Chapter 105, SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/22-80) Sec. 22-80. Student athletes; concussions and head injuries. (a) The General Assembly recognizes all of the following: (1) Concussions are one of the most commonly reported injuries in children and adolescents who participate in sports and recreational activiti…

(105 ILCS 5/22-81) Sec. 22-81. Drug education and youth overdose prevention. By July 1, 2024, the State Board of Education and the Department of Human Services shall work in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including the Illinois Opioid Crisis Response Advisory Council, t…

(105 ILCS 5/22-82) Sec. 22-82. Assessment reporting. (a) Before the 30th day of each school year, beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, every school district shall report, for each of its schools, all of the following to the State Board of Education, using a form developed by…

(105 ILCS 5/22-83) Sec. 22-83. Police training academy job training program. (a) In a county of 175,000 or more inhabitants, any school district with a high school may establish one or more partnerships with a local police department, county sheriff, or police training academy to…

(105 ILCS 5/22-85) Sec. 22-85. Sexual abuse at schools. (a) The General Assembly finds that: (1) investigation of a child regarding an incident of sexual abuse can induce significant trauma for the child; (2) it is desirable to prevent multiple interviews of a child at a school; …

(105 ILCS 5/22-85.10) Sec. 22-85.10. Parental notification of sexual misconduct. (a) The governing body of each school district, charter school, or nonpublic school shall implement a procedure under which notice is provided to the parents or guardians of an enrolled student, unle…

(105 ILCS 5/22-85.5) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-831) Sec. 22-85.5. Sexual misconduct in schools. (a) This Section applies beginning on July 1, 2022. (b) The General Assembly finds that: (1) the success of students in school relies on safe learning environments …

(105 ILCS 5/22-87) Sec. 22-87. Graduation requirements; Free Application for Federal Student Aid. (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, in addition to any other requirements under this Code, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma from a public high school, t…

(105 ILCS 5/22-88) Sec. 22-88. Parental notification of law enforcement detainment and questioning on school grounds. (a) In this Section, "school grounds" means the real property comprising an active and operational elementary or secondary school during the regular hours in whic…

(105 ILCS 5/22-89) Sec. 22-89. Graduates during the 2019-2020 school year. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, any diploma conferred during the 2019-2020 school year, including during the summer of 2020, under graduation requirements that were modified by an executi…

(105 ILCS 5/22-91) Sec. 22-91. Modification of athletic or team uniform; nonpublic schools. (a) A nonpublic school recognized by the State Board of Education must allow a student athlete to modify his or her athletic or team uniform for the purpose of modesty in clothing or attir…

(105 ILCS 5/22-92) Sec. 22-92. Absenteeism and truancy policy. (a) Each school district, charter school, or alternative school or any school receiving public funds shall develop and communicate to its students and their parent or guardian, on an annual basis, an absenteeism and t…

(105 ILCS 5/22-93) Sec. 22-93. School counselor; gift ban. (a) In this Section: "School counselor" means a person employed by a school district and working in a high school to offer students advice and assistance in making career or college plans. "Prohibited source" means any pe…

(105 ILCS 5/22-94) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-831) Sec. 22-94. Employment history review. (a) This Section applies to all permanent and temporary positions for employment with a school or a contractor of a school involving direct contact with children or studen…

(105 ILCS 5/22-95) Sec. 22-95. Policy on discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; response procedures. (a) As used in this Section, "policy" means either the use of a singular policy or multiple policies. (b) Each school district, charter school, or nonpublic, nonsectarian el…

(105 ILCS 5/22-96) Sec. 22-96. Hiring or assigning priority. (a) When hiring or assigning physical education, music, and visual arts educators, a school district must prioritize the hiring or assigning of educators who hold an educator license and endorsement in the content area …

(105 ILCS 5/22-97) (Section scheduled to be repealed on February 1, 2029) Sec. 22-97. Whole Child Task Force. (a) The General Assembly makes all of the following findings: (1) The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed systemic inequities in American society. Students, educators, and fami…

(105 ILCS 5/22-98) Sec. 22-98. Retirement and deferred compensation plans. (a) This Section applies only to school districts, other than a school district organized under Article 34, with a full-time licensed teacher population of 575 or more teachers that maintain a 457 plan. Ev…

(105 ILCS 5/22-99) (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2031) Sec. 22-99. Rural Education Advisory Council. (a) The Rural Education Advisory Council is created as a statewide advisory council to exchange thoughtful dialogue concerning the needs, challenges, and oppor…

(105 ILCS 5/23-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-1) Sec. 23-1. Purpose of article. This Article has for its purpose the education of school board members as to their duties and responsibilities so as to improve the management of the public schools, through associations of school boards. …

(105 ILCS 5/23-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-2) Sec. 23-2. Boards may form or join associations. School boards are authorized to form, join and provide for the expenses of associations of Illinois school boards formed for the purpose of conducting county or regional school board inst…

(105 ILCS 5/23-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-3) Sec. 23-3. Filing copy of constitution, by-laws and amendments. Within 30 days after the adoption by any such association of its constitution or by-laws or any amendment thereto, it shall file a copy thereof, certified by its president …

(105 ILCS 5/23-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-4) Sec. 23-4. Election of officers and governing body. The constitution or by-laws of any such association shall provide for the election of its officers and governing body at an annual meeting of the association, or in some other manner w…

(105 ILCS 5/23-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-5) Sec. 23-5. Membership. Any such association shall admit to its membership any school board whose district lies wholly or in part within the area covered by the association. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

(105 ILCS 5/23-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-6) Sec. 23-6. Annual report. Each association shall make an annual report within 60 days after the close of its fiscal year to the Governor, the State Board of Education and the regional superintendent of schools of each region in which it…

(105 ILCS 5/23-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-7) Sec. 23-7. Compensation and expenses. No school board member shall receive any compensation for service rendered to any such association, whether as an officer or otherwise, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for expenses actually i…

(105 ILCS 5/23-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 23-8) Sec. 23-8. Powers and duties. Each association shall perform such duties and exercise such powers as if it were a state institution for the purposes of Article 16 of the "Illinois Pension Code", approved March 18, 1963, as amended. (Sou…

(105 ILCS 5/24-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-1) Sec. 24-1. Appointment-Salaries-Payment-School month-School term.) School boards shall appoint all teachers, determine qualifications of employment and fix the amount of their salaries subject to limitation set forth in this Act. They s…

(105 ILCS 5/24-1.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-1.1) Sec. 24-1.1. Employment of public school employees by nonpublic schools. Employees of public schools may be employed on a part-time or temporary basis by private or parochial schools, providing that such employment is in no way conn…

(105 ILCS 5/24-1.5) Sec. 24-1.5. New or vacant teaching positions. A school district's selection of a candidate for a new or vacant teaching position not otherwise required to be filled pursuant to Section 24-12 of this Code must be based upon the consideration of factors that in…

(105 ILCS 5/24-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-11) Sec. 24-11. Boards of Education - Boards of School Inspectors - Contractual continued service. (a) As used in this and the succeeding Sections of this Article: "Teacher" means any or all school district employees regularly required to…

(105 ILCS 5/24-12) Sec. 24-12. Removal or dismissal of teachers in contractual continued service. (a) This subsection (a) applies only to honorable dismissals and recalls in which the notice of dismissal is provided on or before the end of the 2010-2011 school term. If a teacher …

(105 ILCS 5/24-12.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-12.1) Sec. 24-12.1. Rights of recalled teachers. Any teacher on contractual continued service who is removed or dismissed as a result of a decision of the board to decrease the number of teachers employed by the board or to discontinue …

(105 ILCS 5/24-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-13) Sec. 24-13. Age or absences not affecting contractual continued service - Teachers replacing teachers in military service or in the General Assembly. The contractual continued service status of a teacher is not affected by his attaine…

(105 ILCS 5/24-13.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-13.1) Sec. 24-13.1. Contractual continued service of teachers employed in Department of Defense overseas dependents' schools. By mutual agreement of a teacher and the employing board, the board may, but is not required to, grant the tea…

(105 ILCS 5/24-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-14) Sec. 24-14. Termination of service by teacher. As used in this Section, "teaching assignment" means any full-time position that requires licensure under Article 21B of this Code. A teacher, as defined in Section 24-11 of this Code may…

(105 ILCS 5/24-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-15) Sec. 24-15. Right to amend or repeal-Partial invalidity. Nothing herein limits the right of the General Assembly to amend or repeal any part of Sections 24-11 to 24-15, inclusive, or any contract resulting therefrom. If any section, p…

(105 ILCS 5/24-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-16) Sec. 24-16. Judicial review of administrative decision. The provisions of the Administrative Review Law, and all amendments and modifications thereof and the rules adopted pursuant thereto, shall apply to and govern all proceedings in…

(105 ILCS 5/24-16.5) Sec. 24-16.5. Optional alternative evaluative dismissal process for PERA evaluations. (a) As used in this Section: "Applicable hearing requirements" means (i) for any school district having less than 500,000 inhabitants or a program of a special education joi…

(105 ILCS 5/24-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-17) Sec. 24-17. Care of property. Every teacher shall see that the property of the district under his care and control is not unnecessarily damaged or destroyed. No teacher shall be paid any part of the school funds unless he has furnishe…

(105 ILCS 5/24-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-18) Sec. 24-18. Daily registers. Teachers shall keep daily registers showing the name, age and attendance of each pupil, the day of the week, month and year. Registers shall be in the form prescribed by the State Board of Education. Such …

(105 ILCS 5/24-2) Sec. 24-2. Holidays. (a) Teachers shall not be required to teach on Saturdays, nor, except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section, shall teachers, educational support personnel employees, or other school employees, other than noncertificated school employ…

(105 ILCS 5/24-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-21) Sec. 24-21. Payment of teachers' wages. The directors shall pay the wages of teachers in a manner agreed upon by the board, but at least 1 payment shall be made during each school month. The directors shall issue and deliver to the te…

(105 ILCS 5/24-21.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-21.1) Sec. 24-21.1. Organization dues, payments and contributions. The board shall, upon the written request of an employee, withhold from the compensation of that employee any dues, payments or contributions payable by such employee to…

(105 ILCS 5/24-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-23) Sec. 24-23. Teacher transcript of credits. Each teacher shall file with the superintendent of the school in which he is teaching or, if there is no such superintendent, with the Regional Superintendent of Schools a complete transcript…

(105 ILCS 5/24-24) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-24) Sec. 24-24. Maintenance of discipline. Subject to the limitations of all policies established or adopted under Section 14-8.05, teachers, other licensed educational employees, and any other person, whether or not a licensed employee, …

(105 ILCS 5/24-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-25) Sec. 24-25. Teachers and other employees may request any person entering a public school building or the grounds which are owned or leased by the board and used for school purposes and activities to identify himself and the purpose of…

(105 ILCS 5/24-26) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-26) Sec. 24-26. Intervening to help students or their family members who may have alcohol or other drug problems. Teachers and other employees of school districts may intervene to help students or their family members who appear to have p…

(105 ILCS 5/24-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-3) Sec. 24-3. Attendance at teachers' institute. The days in any school year spent by a teacher or educational support personnel during the term time spent in attendance upon a teachers' institute or equivalent professional educational exp…

(105 ILCS 5/24-3.5) Sec. 24-3.5. Attendance for federal advocacy work. Any teacher who is a member of a statewide association representing teachers and who is elected by the association's membership to represent the association in federal advocacy work may spend up to 10 days dur…