Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25a) Sec. 2-3.25a. "School district" defined; additional standards. (a) For the purposes of State accountability in this Section and Sections 2-3.25b and 2-3.25f of this Code, "school district" includes other public entities responsibl…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25b) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25b) Sec. 2-3.25b. Recognition levels and annual summative designations. The State Board of Education shall, consistent with adopted recognition standards, provide for levels of recognition or nonrecognition. The State Board of Educati…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25c) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25c) Sec. 2-3.25c. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 103-175, eff. 6-30-23. Repealed by P.A. 104-261, eff. 1-1-26.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d) Sec. 2-3.25d. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 99-193, eff. 7-30-15. Repealed by P.A. 100-1046, eff. 8-23-18.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d-5) Sec. 2-3.25d-5. Targeted, Comprehensive, and Intensive schools. (a) Beginning in 2018, a school designated as "Comprehensive" shall be defined as: (1) a school that is among the lowest performing 5% of schools in this State based on the multi-measures accou…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25e) Sec. 2-3.25e. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03. Repealed by P.A. 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25e-5) Sec. 2-3.25e-5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 99-193, eff. 7-30-15. Repealed by P.A. 103-175, eff. 6-30-23.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f) Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions. (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical assistance to schools in school improvement status to assist with the development and implementation of Improvement Plans. Schools or scho…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f-5) Sec. 2-3.25f-5. Independent Authority. (a) The General Assembly finds all of the following: (1) A fundamental goal of the people of this State, as expressed in Section 1 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution, is the educational development of all person…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25g) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25g) Sec. 2-3.25g. Waiver or modification of mandates within the School Code and administrative rules and regulations. (a) In this Section: "Board" means a school board or the governing board or administrative district, as the case may…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25h) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25h) Sec. 2-3.25h. Technical assistance; State support services. Schools, school districts, local school councils, school improvement panels, and any Independent Authority established under Section 2-3.25f-5 of this Code may receive te…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25i) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25i) Sec. 2-3.25i. Rules. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of Public Act 87-559 and this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. The State Board of Education…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25j) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25j) Sec. 2-3.25j. Implementation. Commencing with the 1992-93 school year and thereafter the provisions of this amendatory Act and any rules adopted hereunder shall be implemented on a schedule identified by the State Board of Educati…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25k) Sec. 2-3.25k. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-398, eff. 8-20-95. Repealed by P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25m) Sec. 2-3.25m. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03. Repealed by P.A. 99-193, eff. 7-30-15.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25n) Sec. 2-3.25n. Every Student Succeeds Act; requirements and construction. (a) The federal Every Student Succeeds Act requires that each state develop and implement a single, statewide accountability system applicable to all schools and school districts. (b) As…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25o) Sec. 2-3.25o. Registration and recognition of non-public elementary and secondary schools. (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares (i) that the Constitution of the State of Illinois provides that a "fundamental goal of the People of the State is…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.26) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.26) Sec. 2-3.26. Federal funds. For the purpose of promoting and coordinating school programs for which federal allotments are available, to cooperate with the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the establishme…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.27) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.27) Sec. 2-3.27. Budgets and accounting practices-Forms and procedures. To formulate and approve forms, procedure and regulations for school district accounts and budgets required by this Act reflecting the gross amount of income and ex…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.28) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.28) Sec. 2-3.28. Rules and regulations of budget and accounting systems. To prescribe rules and regulations defining what shall constitute a budget and accounting system required under this Act. The rules and regulations shall prescribe…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.2a) Sec. 2-3.2a. Electronic transmission and collection of data and funds. The State Board of Education may require that the transmission or collection of any document, record, form, claim, proposal, other data, or funds, between the State Board of Education and a…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.3) Sec. 2-3.3. Supervision of public schools. To supervise all the public schools in the State. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.30) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.30) Sec. 2-3.30. Census for special education. To require on or before December 22 of each year reports as to the census of all children 3 years of age through 21 years of age inclusive of the types described in definitions under the ru…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.31) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.31) Sec. 2-3.31. Data Division. To maintain a Data Division staffed with competent, full-time persons whose duty it shall be to secure, compile, catalog, publish and preserve information and data relative to the public school system of …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.32) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.32) Sec. 2-3.32. Auditing department. To maintain a division of audits whose duty it shall be to establish a system to perform audits, on a sample basis, of claims for state moneys relative to the public school system of Illinois. (Sour…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.33) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.33) Sec. 2-3.33. Recomputation of claims. To recompute within 3 years from the final date for filing of a claim any claim for general State aid reimbursement to any school district and to recompute and adjust any such claims within 6 ye…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.33a) Sec. 2-3.33a. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-42, eff. 1-1-02. Repealed by P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22; 102-1071, eff. 6-10-22.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.34) Sec. 2-3.34. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1961, p. 1959. Repealed by P.A. 94-108, eff. 7-1-05.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.35) Sec. 2-3.35. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 92-651, eff. 7-11-02. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.36) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.36) Sec. 2-3.36. Gifts, grants, legacies. To accept and expend gifts, grants or legacies from any source when made for educational purposes if such purposes have been authorized in advance by resolution of the General Assembly. (Source:…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.37) Sec. 2-3.37. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 78-505. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.38) Sec. 2-3.38. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 80-1403. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.39) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.39) Sec. 2-3.39. Department of Transitional Bilingual Education. To establish a Department of Transitional Bilingual Education. In selecting staff for the Department of Transitional Bilingual Education the State Board of Education shall…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.4) Sec. 2-3.4. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.40) Sec. 2-3.40. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-553. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.41) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.41) Sec. 2-3.41. Chronic truants and truancy prevention. The State Board of Education is empowered to enter into contracts with public or private agencies for the provision of educational services to chronic truants and for the preventi…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.42) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.42) Sec. 2-3.42. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98. Repealed internally, eff. 7-1-98.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.43) Sec. 2-3.43. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 83-287. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.44) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.44) Sec. 2-3.44. Ethnic school program standards. To establish minimum standards for foreign language instruction in ethnic schools. Such standards shall seek to insure that the level of foreign language instruction in the ethnic school…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.45) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.45) Sec. 2-3.45. Approval of ethnic schools instruction. To approve ethnic schools programs for the purpose of teaching a foreign language if such programs meet the minimum standards established for such programs by the State Board of E…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.47) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.47) Sec. 2-3.47. The State Board of Education shall annually submit a budget recommendation to the Governor and General Assembly that contains recommendations for funding for pre-school through grade 12 through Fiscal Year 2026. For Fis…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.47a) Sec. 2-3.47a. Strategic plan. (a) The State Board of Education shall develop and maintain a continuing comprehensive strategic plan for elementary and secondary education. The strategic plan shall address how the State Board of Education will focus its effort…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.48) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.48) Sec. 2-3.48. Evaluation institutes. To conduct such inservice institutes on evaluation of certified personnel as are necessary to make such training available to all public school district administrators who evaluate other certified…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.49) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.49) Sec. 2-3.49. Review of evaluation plans. To review evaluation plans submitted by school districts and make public its comments thereon. To reject as unacceptable any plan in which evaluation is to be conducted by administrators who …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.5) Sec. 2-3.5. Assist county superintendents. To advise and assist county superintendents of schools, addressing to them from time to time circular letters relating to the best manner of conducting schools, constructing and furnishing sc…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.50) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.50) Sec. 2-3.50. Conduct of evaluations. To supply a consulting teacher, as defined in subsection (g) of Section 24A-5, to a district requiring one under the mandates of that Section, and to conduct an evaluation of school district pers…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.51) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.51) Sec. 2-3.51. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14. Repealed by P.A. 104-261, eff. 1-1-26.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.51.5) Sec. 2-3.51.5. School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program. To improve the level of education and safety of students from kindergarten through grade 12 in school districts and State-recognized, non-public schools. The State Board of Educati…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.51a) Sec. 2-3.51a. (Source: P.A. 93-53, eff. 7-1-03. Repealed by P.A. 104-261, eff. 1-1-26.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.52) Sec. 2-3.52. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 84-126. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)