Chapter 105, SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/19b-1.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-1.2) Sec. 19b-1.2. Guaranteed energy savings contract. "Guaranteed energy savings contract" means a contract for: (i) the implementation of an energy audit, data collection, and other related analyses preliminary to the undertaking of …

(105 ILCS 5/19b-1.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-1.3) Sec. 19b-1.3. Qualified provider. "Qualified provider" means a person or business whose employees are experienced and trained in the design, implementation, or installation of energy conservation measures. The minimum training req…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-1.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-1.4) Sec. 19b-1.4. Request for proposals. "Request for proposals" means a competitive selection achieved by negotiated procurement. The request for proposals shall be submitted to the administrators of the Capital Development Board Pro…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-15) Sec. 19b-15. Applicable laws. Other State laws and related administrative requirements apply to this Article, including, but not limited to, the following laws and related administrative requirements: the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Prevailing Wage Act, the…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-2) Sec. 19b-2. Evaluation of proposal. Before entering into a guaranteed energy savings contract under Section 19b-3, a school district or area vocational center shall submit a request for proposals. The school district or area vocationa…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-20) Sec. 19b-20. Historic preservation. In order to protect the integrity of historic buildings, no provision of this Article shall be interpreted to require the implementation of energy conservation measures that conflict with respect to any property eligible for…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-3) Sec. 19b-3. Award of guaranteed energy savings contract. Sealed proposals must be opened by a member or employee of the school board or governing board of the area vocational center, whichever is applicable, at a public opening at whi…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-4) Sec. 19b-4. Guarantee. The guaranteed energy savings contract shall include a written guarantee of the qualified provider that either the energy or operational cost savings, or both, will meet or exceed within 20 years the costs of th…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-5) Sec. 19b-5. Installment payment contract; lease purchase agreement. A school district or school districts in combination or an area vocational center may enter into an installment payment contract or lease purchase agreement with a qu…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-6) Sec. 19b-6. Term; budget and appropriations. Guaranteed energy savings contracts may extend beyond the fiscal year in which they become effective. The school district or area vocational center shall include in its annual budget and ap…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-7) Sec. 19b-7. Operational and energy cost savings. The school district or area vocational center shall document the operational and energy cost savings specified in the guaranteed energy savings contract and designate and appropriate th…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-8) Sec. 19b-8. Available funds. A school district or area vocational center may use funds designated for operating or capital expenditures for any guaranteed energy savings contract including purchases using installment payment contracts…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-9) Sec. 19b-9. Funding. State aid and other amounts appropriated for distribution to or reimbursement of a school district or area vocational center shall not be reduced as a result of energy savings realized from a guaranteed energy sav…

(105 ILCS 5/20-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 20-1) Sec. 20-1. Authority to create working cash fund. In each school district, whether organized under general law or special charter, having a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants, a fund to be known as a "Working Cash Fund" may be …

(105 ILCS 5/20-10) Sec. 20-10. Abatement of working cash fund. Any school district may abate its working cash fund at any time, upon the adoption of a resolution so providing, and direct the transfer at any time of moneys in that fund to any fund or funds of the district most in …

(105 ILCS 5/20-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 20-2) Sec. 20-2. Indebtedness and bonds. For the purpose of creating, re-creating, or increasing a working cash fund, the school board of any such district may incur an indebtedness and issue bonds as evidence thereof in an amount or amounts …

(105 ILCS 5/20-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 20-3) Sec. 20-3. Tax levy. For the purpose of providing moneys for a working cash fund, the school board of any such school district may also levy annually upon all the taxable property of their district a tax, known as the "working cash fund…

(105 ILCS 5/20-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 20-4) Sec. 20-4. Use and reimbursement of fund. This Section shall not apply in any school district which does not operate a working cash fund. Moneys derived from the issuance of bonds as authorized by Section 20-2, or from any tax levied pu…

(105 ILCS 5/20-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 20-5) Sec. 20-5. Transfer to other fund. This Section shall not apply in any school district which does not operate a working cash fund. Moneys in the working cash fund shall be transferred from the working cash fund to another fund of the di…

(105 ILCS 5/20-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 20-6) Sec. 20-6. Willful violation of law. Any member of the school board of any school district to which this Article is applicable, or any other person holding any office, trust, or employment under such school district who wilfully violate…

(105 ILCS 5/20-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 20-7) Sec. 20-7. Resolution for issuance of bonds - Submission to voters - Ballot. No school district may issue bonds under this Article unless it adopts a resolution declaring its intention to issue bonds for the purpose therein provided and…

(105 ILCS 5/20-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 20-8) Sec. 20-8. Abolishment of working cash fund. Any school district may abolish its working cash fund, upon the adoption of a resolution so providing, and direct the transfer of any balance in such fund to the educational fund at the close…

(105 ILCS 5/20-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 20-9) Sec. 20-9. A school district which has abolished or abated its working cash fund has the authority to again create a working cash fund at any time in the manner provided in this Article. (Source: P.A. 96-1277, eff. 7-26-10.)

(105 ILCS 5/21-28) Sec. 21-28. Special education teachers; certification. (a) In order to create a special education workforce with the broad-based knowledge necessary to educate students with a variety of disabilities, the State Board of Education and State Teacher Certification…

(105 ILCS 5/21A-10) Sec. 21A-10. Development of program required. (a) Each eligible applicant shall develop a new teacher induction and mentoring program for first and second-year teachers that meets the requirements set forth in Section 21A-20 to assist new teachers in developin…

(105 ILCS 5/21A-15) Sec. 21A-15. Program establishment and implementation. (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a competitive State grant program to support new teacher induction and mentoring programs. The program shall be available to eligible entities not less than…

(105 ILCS 5/21A-20) Sec. 21A-20. Program requirements. Each new teacher induction and mentoring program must align with the standards established under Section 21A-20.5 and shall be based on a plan that at least does all of the following: (1) Assigns a mentor teacher to each new …

(105 ILCS 5/21A-20.5) Sec. 21A-20.5. Program standards. (a) The State Board of Education shall establish standards for new teacher induction and mentoring programs. In establishing these standards, the State Board shall seek input and feedback from stakeholders, including parents…

(105 ILCS 5/21A-25) Sec. 21A-25. Funding. (a) From a separate appropriation made for the purposes of this Article, for each new teacher participating in a new teacher induction and mentoring program that meets the requirements set forth in Section 21A-20 of this Code or in an exi…

(105 ILCS 5/21A-25.5) Sec. 21A-25.5. Teaching Induction and Mentoring Advisory Group. (a) The State Board of Education shall create a Teaching Induction and Mentoring Advisory Group. Members of the Advisory Group must represent the diversity of this State and possess the expertis…

(105 ILCS 5/21A-30) Sec. 21A-30. Evaluation of programs. The State Board of Education shall contract with an independent party, using funds from the relevant appropriation for new teacher induction and mentoring programs, to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the new teacher i…

(105 ILCS 5/21A-35) Sec. 21A-35. Rules. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall adopt rules for the implementation of this Article. (Source: P.A. 101-643, eff. 6-18-20.)

(105 ILCS 5/21A-5) Sec. 21A-5. Definitions. In this Article: "New teacher" means the holder of a professional educator license, as set forth in Section 21B-20 of this Code, who is employed by a public school and who has not previously participated in a new teacher induction and m…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-10) Sec. 21B-10. State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. (a) The State Teacher Certification Board, which had been established under Section 21-13 of the School Code prior to this amendatory Act of the 97th General Assembly, shall be renamed the State Educ…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-100) Sec. 21B-100. Licensure officers at higher education institutions. Licensure officers at higher education institutions shall adhere to this Code and any administrative rules adopted to implement this Code when entitling candidates for licensure or when adding…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-105) Sec. 21B-105. Granting of recognition; regional accreditation; definitions. (a) "Recognized", as used in this Article in connection with the word "school" or "institution", means such college, university, or for-profit or not-for-profit entity that meets requ…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-107) (was 105 ILCS 5/27-9) Sec. 21B-107. Training teachers to teach physical education. The curriculum in all elementary educator preparation programs approved by the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board shall contain instruction in methods and materials…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-110) Sec. 21B-110. Public health emergency declaration. (a) This Section applies only during any time in which the Governor has declared a public health emergency under Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. (b) Notwithstanding any other requir…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-115) Sec. 21B-115. Spring 2020 student teaching or internship. Notwithstanding any other requirements under this Article, for the spring 2020 semester only, a candidate's requirement to complete student teaching or its equivalent or a school business management in…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-120) Sec. 21B-120. Short-Term Approval credential. (a) As used in this Section, "serious health condition" has the same meaning as set forth in the federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993. (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educa…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-15) Sec. 21B-15. Qualifications of educators. (a) No one may be licensed to teach or supervise or be otherwise employed in the public schools of this State who is not of good character and at least 19 years of age, except as otherwise provided in subparagraph (J) …

(105 ILCS 5/21B-20) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-631) Sec. 21B-20. Types of licenses. The State Board of Education shall implement a system of educator licensure, whereby individuals employed in school districts who are required to be licensed must have one of the following lic…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-25) Sec. 21B-25. Endorsement on licenses. All licenses issued under paragraph (1) of Section 21B-20 of this Code shall be specifically endorsed by the State Board of Education for each content area, school support area, and administrative area for which the holder…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-30) Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. (a) (Blank). (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design and implement a system of examinations, which shall be required prior to the issuance of educato…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-32) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2029) Sec. 21B-32. Teacher Performance Assessment Advisory Committee. (a) The State Superintendent of Education shall establish a Teacher Performance Assessment Advisory Committee of no more than 15 members to ai…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-35) Sec. 21B-35. Minimum requirements for educators trained in other states or countries. (a) Any applicant who has not been entitled by an Illinois-approved educator preparation program at an Illinois institution of higher education applying for a Professional Ed…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-40) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-465) Sec. 21B-40. Fees. (a) Beginning with the start of the new licensure system established pursuant to this Article, the following fees shall be charged to applicants: (1) A $100 application fee for a Professional Educator Lice…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-45) Sec. 21B-45. Professional Educator License renewal. (a) Individuals holding a Professional Educator License are required to complete the licensure renewal requirements as specified in this Section, unless otherwise provided in this Code. Individuals holding a …

(105 ILCS 5/21B-47) Sec. 21B-47. Paraprofessional to Teacher Pathway Program. (a) There is established the Paraprofessional Teacher Pathway Program. The Paraprofessional Teacher Pathway Program may be offered by a recognized institution approved to offer educator preparation prog…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-5) Sec. 21B-5. Licensure powers of the State Board of Education. (a) Recognizing that the education of our citizens is the single most important influence on the prosperity and success of this State and recognizing that new developments in education require a flex…