Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS

(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 5/24-19) Sec. 24-19. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(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 5/24-20) Sec. 24-20. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(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 5/24-22) Sec. 24-22. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 81-1508. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(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…

(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 5/24-8.5) 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) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-20) Sec. 24A-2.5. Definitions. 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 b…

(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) 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 operating under Article 34 of this Code and the exclus…

(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-6) Sec. 24A-6. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-201. Repealed by P.A. 96-861, eff. 1-15-10.)

(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 …