Chapter 105, SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/24-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-4) Sec. 24-4. The color, race, sex, nationality, religion or religious affiliation of any applicant seeking employment either as a superintendent, principal, teacher or otherwise in the public elementary or high schools, shall not be consi…

(105 ILCS 5/24-4.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-4.1) Sec. 24-4.1. Residence requirements. Residency within any school district shall not be considered in determining the employment or the compensation of a teacher or whether to retain, promote, assign, or transfer that teacher. (Sourc…

(105 ILCS 5/24-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-5) Sec. 24-5. Physical fitness and professional growth. (a) In this Section, "employee" means any employee of a school district, a student teacher, an employee of a contractor that provides services to students or in schools, or any other …

(105 ILCS 5/24-6) Sec. 24-6. Sick leave. The school boards of all school districts, including special charter districts, but not including school districts in municipalities of 500,000 or more, shall grant their full-time teachers, and also shall grant such of their other employe…

(105 ILCS 5/24-6.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-6.1) Sec. 24-6.1. Sabbatical leave. Every school board may grant a sabbatical leave of absence to a teacher, principal or superintendent performing contractual continued service, for a period of at least 4 school months but not in excess…

(105 ILCS 5/24-6.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-6.2) Sec. 24-6.2. Association president leave. Each school board shall grant paid leaves of absence to the local association president of a state teacher association that is an exclusive bargaining agent in the district, or his or her te…

(105 ILCS 5/24-6.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-6.3) Sec. 24-6.3. Retirement trustee leave. (a) Each school board employing a teacher who is an elected trustee of the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois shall make available to the elected trustee at least 20 days of p…

(105 ILCS 5/24-6.4) Sec. 24-6.4. Family and medical leave coverage. A school district employee who has been employed by the school district for at least 12 months and who has worked at least 1,000 hours in the previous 12-month period shall be eligible for family and medical leav…

(105 ILCS 5/24-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-7) Sec. 24-7. Discrimination on account of sex. In fixing salaries of certificated employees school boards shall make no discrimination on account of sex. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

(105 ILCS 5/24-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-8) Sec. 24-8. Minimum salary. In fixing the salaries of teachers, school boards shall pay those who serve on a full-time basis not less than a rate for the school year that is based upon training completed in a recognized institution of hi…

(105 ILCS 5/24-8.2) Sec. 24-8.2. Continuing education coursework used for salary increases. (a) In this Section: "Continuing education coursework" means any graduate-level, degree-eligible credit course taught by an instructor of record and completed by a licensed classroom teach…

(105 ILCS 5/24-8.5) Sec. 24-8.5. Student teacher; salary. Each school district may provide a salary to a student teacher employed by the district. A school district may fix the amount of salary to pay a student teacher under this Section. No institution of higher education shall …

(105 ILCS 5/24-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 24-9) Sec. 24-9. Teachers duty free lunch period. Every teacher in any school house where 2 or more teachers are employed whose duties require attendance at the school for 4 or more clock hours in any school day shall be entitled to and be al…

(105 ILCS 5/24A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-1) Sec. 24A-1. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to improve the educational services of the elementary and secondary public schools of Illinois by requiring that all certified school district employees be evaluated on a periodic ba…

(105 ILCS 5/24A-15) Sec. 24A-15. Development of evaluation plan for principals and assistant principals. (a) Each school district, except for a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, shall establish a principal and assistant principal evaluation plan in accordan…

(105 ILCS 5/24A-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-2) Sec. 24A-2. Application. The provisions of this Article shall apply to all public school districts organized and operating pursuant to the provisions of this Code, including special charter districts and those school districts operati…

(105 ILCS 5/24A-2.5) Sec. 24A-2.5. Definition. In this Article, "evaluator"means: (1) an administrator qualified under Section 24A-3; or (2) other individuals qualified under Section 24A-3, provided that, if such other individuals are in the bargaining unit of a district's teache…

(105 ILCS 5/24A-20) Sec. 24A-20. State Board of Education data collection and evaluation assessment and support systems. (a) The State Board of Education shall, through a process involving collaboration with the Performance Evaluation Advisory Committee, develop or contract for t…

(105 ILCS 5/24A-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-3) Sec. 24A-3. Evaluation training and pre-qualification. (a) School boards shall require evaluators to participate in an inservice training on the evaluation of certified personnel provided or approved by the State Board of Education pr…

(105 ILCS 5/24A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-4) Sec. 24A-4. Development of evaluation plan. (a) As used in this and the succeeding Sections, "teacher" means any and all school district employees regularly required to be certified under laws relating to the certification of teachers…

(105 ILCS 5/24A-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-5) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-565) Sec. 24A-5. Content of evaluation plans. This Section does not apply to teachers assigned to schools identified in an agreement entered into between the board of a school district ope…

(105 ILCS 5/24A-5.5) Sec. 24A-5.5. Local appeal process for unsatisfactory ratings. Beginning with the first school year following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly, each school district shall, in good faith cooperation with its teachers or, …

(105 ILCS 5/24A-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-7) Sec. 24A-7. Rules. (a) The State Board of Education is authorized to adopt such rules as are deemed necessary to implement and accomplish the purposes and provisions of this Article, including, but not limited to, rules: (1) relating …

(105 ILCS 5/24A-7.1) Sec. 24A-7.1. Teacher, principal, and superintendent performance evaluations. Except as otherwise provided under this Act, disclosure of public school teacher, principal, and superintendent performance evaluations is prohibited. (Source: P.A. 96-861, eff. 1-1…

(105 ILCS 5/24A-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 24A-8) Sec. 24A-8. Evaluation of teachers not in contractual continued service. Each teacher not in contractual continued service shall be evaluated at least once each school year. (Source: P.A. 96-861, eff. 1-15-10.)

(105 ILCS 5/26-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-1) Sec. 26-1. Compulsory school age; exemptions. Whoever has custody or control of any child (i) between the ages of 7 and 17 years (unless the child has already graduated from high school) for school years before the 2014-2015 school year…

(105 ILCS 5/26-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-10) Sec. 26-10. Fine for noncompliance.) Any person having custody or control of a child subject to the provisions of this Article to whom notice has been given of the child's truancy and who knowingly and wilfully permits such a child to…

(105 ILCS 5/26-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-11) Sec. 26-11. Punishment for certain offenses. Any person who induces or attempts to induce any child to be absent from school unlawfully, or who knowingly employs or harbors, while school is in session, any child absent unlawfully from…

(105 ILCS 5/26-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-12) Sec. 26-12. Punitive action. (a) No punitive action, including out-of-school suspensions, expulsions, or court action, shall be taken against truant minors for such truancy unless appropriate and available supportive services and othe…

(105 ILCS 5/26-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-13) Sec. 26-13. Absenteeism and truancy policies. School districts shall adopt policies, consistent with rules adopted by the State Board of Education and Section 22-92, which identify the appropriate supportive services and available res…

(105 ILCS 5/26-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-14) Sec. 26-14. Truancy programs for dropouts. Any dropout, as defined in Section 26-2a, who is 17 years of age may apply to a school district for status as a truant, and the school district shall permit such person to participate in the …

(105 ILCS 5/26-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-15) Sec. 26-15. Truant minors. When a regional superintendent has reason to believe that a pupil is a truant minor as defined in Section 26-2a, the regional superintendent may report such pupil under the provisions of the Juvenile Court A…

(105 ILCS 5/26-16) Sec. 26-16. Graduation incentives program. (a) The General Assembly finds that it is critical to provide options for children to succeed in school. The purpose of this Section is to provide incentives for and encourage all Illinois students who have experienced…

(105 ILCS 5/26-18) Sec. 26-18. Chronic absenteeism report and support. (a) As used in this Section: "Chronic absence" means absences that total 10% or more of school days of the most recent academic school year, including absences with and without valid cause, as defined in Secti…

(105 ILCS 5/26-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2) Sec. 26-2. Enrolled pupils not of compulsory school age. (a) Any person having custody or control of a child who is below the age of 6 years or is 17 years of age or above and who is enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through 12 in …

(105 ILCS 5/26-20) (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 31, 2028) Sec. 26-20. Chronic Absence Task Force. (a) The Chronic Absence Task Force is created within the State Board of Education to study chronic absenteeism and to support the development of a State strategy to a…

(105 ILCS 5/26-2a) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2a) Sec. 26-2a. A "truant" is defined as a child who is subject to compulsory school attendance and who is absent without valid cause, as defined under this Section, from such attendance for more than 1% but less than 5% of the past 180 s…

(105 ILCS 5/26-2b) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-2b) Sec. 26-2b. Any child enrolled in a public school who is unable, because of the observance of a religious holiday, to attend classes on a particular day or days or at a particular time of day shall be excused from any examination or a…

(105 ILCS 5/26-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-3) Sec. 26-3. Teachers furnished list-Report of non-attendance-Report of persons not on list. The clerk or secretary of the school board of all school districts except those employing district truant officers shall furnish the superintende…

(105 ILCS 5/26-3a) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-3a) Sec. 26-3a. Report of pupils no longer enrolled in school. The clerk or secretary of the school board of all school districts shall furnish quarterly on the first school day of October, January, April and July to the regional superint…

(105 ILCS 5/26-3b) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-3b) Sec. 26-3b. Beginning July 1, 1986, if any child enrolled in a public school in grades Kindergarten through 8 is absent from school, and there is no record that such absence is for a valid cause, as defined under Article 26 of this Co…

(105 ILCS 5/26-3d) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-3d) Sec. 26-3d. All regional superintendents, district superintendents, and special education joint agreement directors shall collect data concerning truants, chronic truants, and truant minor pupils as designated by the State Board of Ed…

(105 ILCS 5/26-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-5) Sec. 26-5. Duties of truant officers. The truant officer of the school district, whenever notified by the Superintendent, teacher, or other person of violations of this Article, or the county truant officer, when notified by the County …

(105 ILCS 5/26-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-6) Sec. 26-6. List and reports in districts employing truant officers. In school districts which employ truant officers the clerk or secretary of the school board shall at the beginning of each school year furnish a copy of the last school…

(105 ILCS 5/26-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-7) Sec. 26-7. Notice to custodian-Notice of non-compliance. If any person fails to send any child under his custody or control to some lawful school, the truant officer or, in a school district that does not have a truant officer, the regi…

(105 ILCS 5/26-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-8) Sec. 26-8. Determination as to compliance - Complaint in circuit court. Except for a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code, a truant officer or, in a school district that does not have a truant officer, the regional su…

(105 ILCS 5/26-8a) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-8a) Sec. 26-8a. The petition for court action shall include the name of the truant minor, the names and addresses of persons having custody or control of the student, the dates of the truant behavior, the dates and nature of contacts or c…

(105 ILCS 5/26-8b) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-8b) Sec. 26-8b. When a petition is filed, it shall be set for an adjudicatory hearing within 10 days and acted upon within 30 days, subject to the provisions of the Juvenile Court Act or the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 if filed thereunder.…

(105 ILCS 5/26-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 26-9) Sec. 26-9. School officers and teachers to assist truant officers. School officers, superintendents, teachers or other persons shall render such assistance and furnish such information as they have to aid truant officers in the performa…

(105 ILCS 5/26A-1) Sec. 26A-1. Scope of Article. This Article applies to all school districts and schools governed by this Code, including schools operating under Article 13, 13A, 13B, 27A, 32, 33, or 34. However, this Article does not apply to the Department of Juvenile Justice …