Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/34-3.3) Sec. 34-3.3. Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; powers and duties; chief operating, fiscal, educational, and purchasing officers. The General Assembly finds that an education crisis exists in the Chicago Public Schools and that a 5-member Chicago School …

(105 ILCS 5/34-3.4) Sec. 34-3.4. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 91-622, eff. 8-19-99. Repealed internally, eff. 6-30-04.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-3.5) Sec. 34-3.5. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 93-3, eff. 4-16-03. Repealed by P.A. 100-1046, eff. 8-23-18.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-30) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-30) Sec. 34-30. Establishment of fund authorized-Purpose. The board may, by resolution, establish a fund to be known as a "working cash fund" which shall be maintained and administered for the purpose of enabling the board to have in its …

(105 ILCS 5/34-31) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-31) Sec. 34-31. Bond issue to increase fund. (a). Where the board has created and is maintaining such a working cash fund for the purposes above mentioned, it may, with the consent of the city council expressed by ordinance, incur an inde…

(105 ILCS 5/34-32) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-32) Sec. 34-32. Resolution for bond issue-Signature-Sale. Before issuing any bonds under Section 34-31, as amended, the board shall adopt a resolution designating the purpose and fixing the amount of the bonds proposed to be issued, the m…

(105 ILCS 5/34-33) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-33) Sec. 34-33. Tax for payment of bonds. Before or at the time of issuing bonds under Sections 34-31 and 34-32, as amended, the city council, upon the demand and under the direction of the board, shall, by ordinance, provide for the coll…

(105 ILCS 5/34-34) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-34) Sec. 34-34. Bond moneys set apart-Use and reimbursement of fund. All moneys derived from the issuance of bonds under Sections 34-31 and 34-32, or from any tax levied pursuant to Section 34-57 when received by the city treasurer, as sc…

(105 ILCS 5/34-35) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-35) Sec. 34-35. Resolution for transfer from fund-Amount transferred. Moneys shall be transferred from the working cash fund to the educational purposes fund only upon the authority of the board, which shall by resolution direct the schoo…

(105 ILCS 5/34-36) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-36) Sec. 34-36. Violations of provisions-Liability. Any member of the board or any officer thereof or of the city, or any other person holding any other trust or employment under the board or city, who is guilty of the wilful violation of…

(105 ILCS 5/34-37) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-37) Sec. 34-37. Abolishment of working cash funds. The board may abolish its working cash fund, upon the adoption of a resolution so providing, and directing the transfer of any balance in such fund to the educational purposes fund, effec…

(105 ILCS 5/34-38) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-38) Sec. 34-38. Re-creation of working cash fund. Nothing in this Article prevents a board which has abolished its working cash fund from again creating a working cash fund in the manner provided in Section 34-30 of this Article; provided…

(105 ILCS 5/34-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-4) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-457) Sec. 34-4. Eligibility. To be eligible for election or appointment to the Board, a person shall be a citizen of the United States, shall be a registered voter as provided in the Electio…

(105 ILCS 5/34-4.1) Sec. 34-4.1. Nomination petitions. In addition to the requirements of the general election law, the form of petitions under Section 34-4 of this Code shall be substantially as follows:NOMINATING PETITIONS (LEAVE OUT THE INAPPLICABLE PART.) To the Board of Elec…

(105 ILCS 5/34-4.5) Sec. 34-4.5. Chronic truants. (a) Socio-emotional focused attendance intervention. The chief executive officer or the chief executive officer's designee shall implement a socio-emotional focused attendance approach that targets the underlying causes of chronic…

(105 ILCS 5/34-42) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-42) Sec. 34-42. Fiscal year. The period commencing January 1, 1974 and ending August 31, 1974 shall be a fiscal year. Beginning September 1, 1974, each fiscal year of the board through fiscal year 1996 shall commence on September 1 of eac…

(105 ILCS 5/34-42.1) Sec. 34-42.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 77-2734. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-42.2) Sec. 34-42.2. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 78-497. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-43) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-43) Sec. 34-43. Adoption of budget and resolution. The board shall, within the first 60 days of each fiscal year, adopt a budget and pass a resolution to be termed the "annual school budget", hereinafter called the "budget", in and by whi…

(105 ILCS 5/34-43.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-43.1) Sec. 34-43.1. (A) Limitation of noninstructional costs. It is the purpose of this Section to establish for the Board of Education and the general superintendent of schools requirements and standards which maximize the proportion o…

(105 ILCS 5/34-43a) Sec. 34-43a. Post annual budget on web site. The school district shall post its current annual school budget, itemized by receipts and expenditures, on the district's Internet web site. The school district shall notify the parents or guardians of its students …

(105 ILCS 5/34-44) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-44) Sec. 34-44. Budget estimates. The budget shall set forth estimates, by classes, of all current assets and liabilities of each fund of the board as of the beginning of the fiscal year, and the amounts of such assets estimated to be ava…

(105 ILCS 5/34-44.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-44.1) Sec. 34-44.1. Supplemental budget estimate. When the value of the taxable property in the school district is increased either by the establishment of a new multiplier by the Department of Revenue or the availability of a later ass…

(105 ILCS 5/34-45) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-45) Sec. 34-45. Budget appropriations. The budget shall specify: 1. the several organization units, purposes, and objects for which appropriations are made; 2. the amount appropriated for each organization unit, purpose or object; and 3. …

(105 ILCS 5/34-45.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-45.1) Sec. 34-45.1. The amount appropriated in any annual, additional or supplemental school budget adopted pursuant to this Article and specified in such budget to be for workers' compensation, workers' occupational diseases compensati…

(105 ILCS 5/34-46) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-46) Sec. 34-46. Public participation. The budget shall be prepared in tentative form by the board and in such form shall be made available to public inspection for at least 15 days prior to final action thereon, by having at least 5 copie…

(105 ILCS 5/34-47) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-47) Sec. 34-47. Revision of items - Amendment - Publication. Subsequent to the public hearing provided for in Section 34-46 and before final action on the budget, the board may revise, alter, increase, or decrease the items contained ther…

(105 ILCS 5/34-48) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-48) Sec. 34-48. Supplemental budgets - Emergencies. After the effectiveness of the budget (other than an interim budget), the board shall not make any other appropriations prior to the adoption or passage of the next succeeding budget. Th…

(105 ILCS 5/34-49) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-49) Sec. 34-49. Contracts, expense and liabilities without appropriation. No contract shall be made or expense or liability incurred by the board, or any member or committee thereof, or by any person for or in its behalf, notwithstanding …

(105 ILCS 5/34-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-5) Sec. 34-5. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-50) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-50) Sec. 34-50. Transfers between appropriations - Delay. The board may, at any time by a two-thirds vote of all the members authorize the making of transfers within any fund under its jurisdiction, of sums of money appropriated for one o…

(105 ILCS 5/34-51) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-51) Sec. 34-51. Appropriation not to be construed as approval of board of liabilities. The appropriation resolution or budget, including the amounts for the payment of contract liabilities or to defray the expense of any project or purpos…

(105 ILCS 5/34-52) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-52) Sec. 34-52. Wilful violation of budget provisions. Any member of the board, or any officer thereof or of the city or any other person holding any trust or employment under the board or city who wilfully violates any of the provisions …

(105 ILCS 5/34-52.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-52.1) Sec. 34-52.1. Form of ballot and notice. Whenever any proposition to authorize or to levy an annual tax, or to increase the annual rate of tax levied by any school district, for any school purpose is submitted to the voters of suc…

(105 ILCS 5/34-53) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-53) Sec. 34-53. Tax levies; purpose; rates. For the purpose of establishing and supporting free schools for not fewer than 9 months in each year and defraying their expenses the board may levy annually, upon all taxable property of such d…

(105 ILCS 5/34-53.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-53.1) Sec. 34-53.1. Supplemental tax levy. When a supplemental budget has been adopted by the board of education under Section 34-44.1 the board of education may levy supplemental taxes which shall not exceed the amount of the increase …

(105 ILCS 5/34-53.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-53.2) Sec. 34-53.2. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-53.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-53.3) Sec. 34-53.3. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-53.5) Sec. 34-53.5. Capital improvement tax levy; purpose; maximum amount. (a) For the purpose of providing a reliable source of revenue for capital improvement purposes, including without limitation (i) the construction and equipping of a new school building or bu…

(105 ILCS 5/34-53A) Sec. 34-53A. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95. Repealed by P.A. 89-698, eff. 1-14-97.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-54) Sec. 34-54. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 86-1477. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-54.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-54.1) Sec. 34-54.1. Tax levies and extensions. The annual tax rates and the several tax levies authorized to be made shall be: (i) for each fiscal year through and including the 1995-96 fiscal year, for a fiscal year commencing Septembe…

(105 ILCS 5/34-54.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-54.2) Sec. 34-54.2. Taxes levied in 1989 and 1990. (a) All real property taxes levied by the board in 1989 and 1990 are confirmed and validated, and are declared to be and are valid, in all respects as if they had been timely and proper…

(105 ILCS 5/34-55) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-55) Sec. 34-55. Expenditures in excess of receipts. The board shall not add to the expenditures for school purposes anything above the amount received from the State common school fund, the rental of school lands or property, funds otherw…

(105 ILCS 5/34-56) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-56) Sec. 34-56. Amount to cover loss and cost of collecting tax not added. In ascertaining the rate per cent that will produce the amount of any tax levied pursuant to the authority granted by Section 34-53, the county clerk shall not add…

(105 ILCS 5/34-57) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-57) Sec. 34-57. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-58) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-58) Sec. 34-58. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-59) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-59) Sec. 34-59. (Repealed). (Source: Repealed by P.A. 89-15, eff. 5-30-95.)

(105 ILCS 5/34-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-6) Sec. 34-6. Superintendent of schools. After June 30, 1999, the board may, by a vote of a majority of its full membership, appoint a general superintendent of schools to serve pursuant to a performance-based contract for a term ending on…

(105 ILCS 5/34-6.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-6.1) Sec. 34-6.1. The president or general superintendent shall report any requests made of the district under provisions of The Freedom of Information Act and shall report the status of the district's response. (Source: P.A. 85-942.)