Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS

(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) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-846) 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 requi…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-32) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2028) Sec. 21B-32.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) 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 License or an Educator License with Stip…

(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…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-50) Sec. 21B-50. Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. (a) There is established an alternative educator licensure program, to be known as the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers. (b) The Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Tea…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-55) Sec. 21B-55. Alternative route to superintendent endorsement. (a) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, may approve programs designed to provide an alternative route to superintendent endorsement…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-60) Sec. 21B-60. Principal preparation programs. (a) It is the policy of this State that an essential element of improving student learning is supporting and employing highly effective school principals in leadership roles who improve teaching and learning and inc…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-65) Sec. 21B-65. National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Individuals holding certification issued by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards shall be issued a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards designation on an existing …

(105 ILCS 5/21B-70) Sec. 21B-70. Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. (a) As used in this Section: "Diverse candidate" means a candidate who identifies with any of the ethnicities reported on the Illinois Report Card other than White. "Hard-to-staff school" means a public school…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-75) Sec. 21B-75. Suspension or revocation of license, endorsement, or approval. (a) As used in this Section, "teacher" means any school district employee regularly required to be licensed, as provided in this Article, in order to teach or supervise in the public s…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-80) Sec. 21B-80. Conviction of certain offenses as grounds for disqualification for licensure or suspension or revocation of a license. (a) As used in this Section: "Drug offense" means any one or more of the following offenses: (1) Any offense defined in the Cann…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-85) Sec. 21B-85. Conviction of felony. (a) Whenever the holder of any license issued under this Article is employed by the school board of a school district, including a special charter district or a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, and is …

(105 ILCS 5/21B-90) Sec. 21B-90. Administrative Review Law. In this Section, "administrative decision" has the meaning ascribed to that term in Section 3-101 of the Code of Civil Procedure. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law and the rules adopted pursuant to the Admi…

(105 ILCS 5/21B-95) Sec. 21B-95. Denial of recommendation for licensure. Each college or university providing an educator preparation program approved and recognized pursuant to the provisions of this Article shall establish procedures and standards to ensure that no student is d…

(105 ILCS 5/22-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-1) Sec. 22-1. Trustees and similar officers-No pecuniary compensation. Trustees of schools, school directors or other school officers performing like duties shall receive no pecuniary compensation. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

(105 ILCS 5/22-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-10) Sec. 22-10. Payments and grants in aid of church or sectarian purpose. No county, city, town, township, school district or other public corporation shall make any appropriation, or pay from any school fund anything in aid of any churc…

(105 ILCS 5/22-100) Sec. 22-100. Prohibition on physical discipline in schools. (a) In this Section: "Corporal punishment" means a discipline method in which a person deliberately inflicts pain upon a student in response to the student's unacceptable behavior or inappropriate lan…

(105 ILCS 5/22-105) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-288) Sec. 22-105. Denial of free education prohibited. (a) The purpose of this Section is to secure the right of every child to equal access to a free public education and a school that is safe from intimidation and fear, consist…

(105 ILCS 5/22-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-11) Sec. 22-11. Exclusion of children on account of color. Any school officer or other person who excludes or aids in excluding from the public schools, on account of color, any child who is entitled to the benefits of such school shall b…

(105 ILCS 5/22-110) (was 105 ILCS 5/27-23.7) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-338) Sec. 22-110. Bullying prevention. (a) The General Assembly finds that a safe and civil school environment is necessary for students to learn and achieve and that bullying causes physical, psychologic…

(105 ILCS 5/22-115) (was 105 ILCS 110/3 in part) Sec. 22-115. Emergency procedures and life-saving techniques. No later than 30 days after the first day of each school year, the school board of each public elementary and secondary school in the State shall provide all teachers, a…

(105 ILCS 5/22-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-12) Sec. 22-12. Preventing or interfering with a child's attendance at school. Whoever by threat, menace, or intimidation prevents any child entitled to attend a public or nonpublic school in this State from attending such school or inter…

(105 ILCS 5/22-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-13) Sec. 22-13. Use of Illinois mined coal. School boards shall comply with the provisions of "An Act concerning the use of Illinois mined coal in certain plants and institutions", filed July 13, 1937, as amended. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 3…

(105 ILCS 5/22-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-14) Sec. 22-14. Scholastic records of discontinued districts. If any school district is discontinued under this Act and is not made a distinct part of another school district that makes arrangements to safely keep all scholastic records o…

(105 ILCS 5/22-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-15) Sec. 22-15. Insurance on athletes. (a) In this Section, "IHSA" means the Illinois High School Association. (b) A public school district maintaining grades 9 through 12 shall provide catastrophic accident insurance coverage, with aggre…

(105 ILCS 5/22-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-16) Sec. 22-16. Acquisition of land outside school district. Whenever, in the opinion of the corporate authority of any school district, a lot or parcel of land situated not more than 2 miles outside of said school district or in the case…

(105 ILCS 5/22-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-17) Sec. 22-17. Leasing property from building commission. In addition to other powers and authority now possessed by it, the corporate authority of any school district, including any special charter district, shall have power: (1) To lea…

(105 ILCS 5/22-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-18) Sec. 22-18. Apportionment of assets in district without property. Whenever there is no property within a school district subject to taxation for ordinary operating purposes, the county clerk shall so notify the trustees of the townshi…

(105 ILCS 5/22-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-19) Sec. 22-19. Upon the filing of a complaint with the State Board of Education, executed in duplicate and subscribed with the names and addresses of at least 50 residents of a school district or 10% of the residents, whichever is less, …

(105 ILCS 5/22-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-2) Sec. 22-2. Cost of official bonds. Every school district shall be subject to the provisions of "An Act relating to the payment of the cost of corporate suretyship and indemnity upon official bonds", approved June 7, 1897, as amended. (S…

(105 ILCS 5/22-20) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-20) Sec. 22-20. All courts and law enforcement agencies of the State of Illinois and its political subdivisions shall report to the principal of any public school in this State whenever a child enrolled therein is detained for proceedings…

(105 ILCS 5/22-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-21) Sec. 22-21. Elections-Use of school buildings. (a) Every school board shall offer to the appropriate officer or board having responsibility for providing polling places for elections the use of any and all buildings under its jurisdic…

(105 ILCS 5/22-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-22) Sec. 22-22. Secondary Education. The term "secondary education" means the curriculum offered by a school district or an attendance center or centers serving grades 9 through 12 or grades 10 through 12. (Source: P.A. 84-814.)

(105 ILCS 5/22-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-23) Sec. 22-23. Sprinkler systems. (a) The provisions of this Section apply to the school board, board of education, board of school directors, board of school inspectors or other governing body of each school district in this State, incl…

(105 ILCS 5/22-24) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-24) Sec. 22-24. IHSA Liaison. To facilitate communication and coordination between the General Assembly and the Illinois High School Association on matters relative to the continuing development of interscholastic athletic and activity pa…

(105 ILCS 5/22-25) Sec. 22-25. High School Quality Guarantees. The school board of any district that maintains grades 9-12, including special charter districts and any district organized under Article 34, may enter into agreements that guarantee the academic skills and performanc…

(105 ILCS 5/22-26) Sec. 22-26. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-491, eff. 8-13-99. Repealed internally, eff. 1-2-00; repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/22-27) Sec. 22-27. World War II, Korean Conflict, and Vietnam Conflict veterans; service member killed in action; diplomas. (a) Upon request, the school board of any district that maintains grades 10 through 12 may award a diploma to any honorably discharged veteran w…

(105 ILCS 5/22-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-3) Sec. 22-3. Enforcement of judgments - Service of process - Costs. If judgment is obtained against any county board of school trustees, trustees of schools or school board, the party entitled to the benefit of the judgment may have enfor…

(105 ILCS 5/22-30) Sec. 22-30. Self-administration and self-carry of asthma medication and epinephrine injectors; administration of undesignated epinephrine injectors; administration of an opioid antagonist; administration of undesignated asthma medication; supply of undesignated…

(105 ILCS 5/22-33) Sec. 22-33. Medical cannabis. (a) This Section may be referred to as Ashley's Law. (a-5) In this Section: "Designated caregiver", "medical cannabis infused product", "qualifying patient", and "registered" have the meanings given to those terms under Section 10 …

(105 ILCS 5/22-35) Sec. 22-35. Sharing information on school lunch applicants; consent. Before an entity shares with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services information on an applicant for free or reduced-price lunches under Section 2-3.131, 3-14.29, 10-28, or 34-18.26 o…

(105 ILCS 5/22-4) Sec. 22-4. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/22-40) Sec. 22-40. Eminent domain. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any power granted under this Code to acquire property by condemnation or eminent domain is subject to, and shall be exercised in accordance with, the Eminent Domain Act. (Source: P.A.…

(105 ILCS 5/22-45) Sec. 22-45. Illinois P-20 Council. (a) The General Assembly finds that preparing Illinoisans for success in school and the workplace requires a continuum of quality education from preschool through graduate school. This State needs a framework to guide educatio…

(105 ILCS 5/22-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 22-5) Sec. 22-5. Interest of officers or teachers in books, apparatus or furniture. No State, county, township, or district school officer or teacher shall be interested in the sale, proceeds or profits of any book, apparatus or furniture use…