Chapter 105, SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.205) Sec. 2-3.205. Air quality resources. The State Board of Education shall, in consultation with the Department of Public Health, compile resources for elementary and secondary schools relating to indoor air quality in schools, including best practices for asses…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.206) Sec. 2-3.206. Law enforcement referral report. (a) As used in this Section, "referral to law enforcement" means an action by which a student is reported to a law enforcement agency or official, including a school police unit, for an incident that occurred on …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.207) Sec. 2-3.207. Statewide master contract for prepackaged meals. (a) Throughout the State, students depend on schools to provide nutritionally balanced, low-cost or free school lunches each day. The General Assembly intends for school districts to provide lunch…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.208) Sec. 2-3.208. Scheduling guidance for major school events. (a) As used in this Section, "major school event" means a school sanctioned or sponsored event that is part of a school or school district's locally created school calendar for the year, including, bu…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.209) Sec. 2-3.209. Assessment reporting transparency. (a) On or before July 1, 2025 and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board of Education shall report, for each assessment contract the State Board of Education enters into, all of the following: (1) the eff…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.210) Sec. 2-3.210. Career and technical education opportunity list. By July 1, 2026, the State Board of Education shall provide a form, posted publicly on its website, for organizations to submit opportunities for high school students to participate in externships…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.211) Sec. 2-3.211. School district reorganization feasibility studies; grant program. (a) The State Board of Education may award grants to school districts for the purpose of incentivizing those districts to conduct reorganization feasibility studies. (b) To be el…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.212) Sec. 2-3.212. Funding for homeless children and youth. (a) School districts shall report to the State Board of Education, on an annual basis: (1) the amount of funds received by each school district in the preceding school year under 20 U.S.C. 6313(c)(3)(A); …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.213) Sec. 2-3.213. American Sign Language implementation. No later than July 1, 2026, the State Board of Education shall encourage school districts to collect teaching resources to support American Sign Language programs. The teaching resources may include, but ne…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.214) (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date) Sec. 2-3.214. Color-vision-deficient literacy. The State Board of Education, in consultation with the Department of Public Health as necessary, shall publish on its Internet websi…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.22) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.22) Sec. 2-3.22. Withholding school funds or compensation of regional superintendent of schools. To require the State Comptroller to withhold from the regional superintendent of schools the amount due the regional superintendent of scho…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.24) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.24) Sec. 2-3.24. Withholding funds from school officer or teacher. To require the Comptroller, regional superintendent of schools, trustees, township treasurer, directors or other school officer to withhold from any township, district, …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25) Sec. 2-3.25. Standards for schools. (a) To determine for all types of schools conducted under this Act efficient and adequate standards for the physical plant, heating, lighting, ventilation, sanitation, safety, equipment and suppli…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25a) Sec. 2-3.25a. "School district" defined; additional standards. (a) For the purposes of State accountability in this Section and Sections 2-3.25b and 2-3.25f of this Code, "school district" includes other public entities responsibl…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25b) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25b) Sec. 2-3.25b. Recognition levels and annual summative designations. The State Board of Education shall, consistent with adopted recognition standards, provide for levels of recognition or nonrecognition. The State Board of Educati…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25d-5) Sec. 2-3.25d-5. Targeted, Comprehensive, and Intensive schools. (a) Beginning in 2018, a school designated as "Comprehensive" shall be defined as: (1) a school that is among the lowest performing 5% of schools in this State based on the multi-measures accou…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f) Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions. (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical assistance to schools in school improvement status to assist with the development and implementation of Improvement Plans. Schools or scho…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f-5) Sec. 2-3.25f-5. Independent Authority. (a) The General Assembly finds all of the following: (1) A fundamental goal of the people of this State, as expressed in Section 1 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution, is the educational development of all person…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25g) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25g) Sec. 2-3.25g. Waiver or modification of mandates within the School Code and administrative rules and regulations. (a) In this Section: "Board" means a school board or the governing board or administrative district, as the case may…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25h) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25h) Sec. 2-3.25h. Technical assistance; State support services. Schools, school districts, local school councils, school improvement panels, and any Independent Authority established under Section 2-3.25f-5 of this Code may receive te…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25i) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25i) Sec. 2-3.25i. Rules. The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of Public Act 87-559 and this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. The State Board of Education…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25j) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25j) Sec. 2-3.25j. Implementation. Commencing with the 1992-93 school year and thereafter the provisions of this amendatory Act and any rules adopted hereunder shall be implemented on a schedule identified by the State Board of Educati…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25n) Sec. 2-3.25n. Every Student Succeeds Act; requirements and construction. (a) The federal Every Student Succeeds Act requires that each state develop and implement a single, statewide accountability system applicable to all schools and school districts. (b) As…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25o) Sec. 2-3.25o. Registration and recognition of non-public elementary and secondary schools. (a) Findings. The General Assembly finds and declares (i) that the Constitution of the State of Illinois provides that a "fundamental goal of the People of the State is…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.26) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.26) Sec. 2-3.26. Federal funds. For the purpose of promoting and coordinating school programs for which federal allotments are available, to cooperate with the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare in the establishme…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.27) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.27) Sec. 2-3.27. Budgets and accounting practices-Forms and procedures. To formulate and approve forms, procedure and regulations for school district accounts and budgets required by this Act reflecting the gross amount of income and ex…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.28) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.28) Sec. 2-3.28. Rules and regulations of budget and accounting systems. To prescribe rules and regulations defining what shall constitute a budget and accounting system required under this Act. The rules and regulations shall prescribe…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.2a) Sec. 2-3.2a. Electronic transmission and collection of data and funds. The State Board of Education may require that the transmission or collection of any document, record, form, claim, proposal, other data, or funds, between the State Board of Education and a…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.3) Sec. 2-3.3. Supervision of public schools. To supervise all the public schools in the State. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.30) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.30) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-695) Sec. 2-3.30. Census for special education. To require on or before December 22 of each year reports as to the census of all children 3 years of age through 21 years of age inclusive…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.31) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.31) Sec. 2-3.31. Data Division. To maintain a Data Division staffed with competent, full-time persons whose duty it shall be to secure, compile, catalog, publish and preserve information and data relative to the public school system of …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.32) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.32) Sec. 2-3.32. Auditing department. To maintain a division of audits whose duty it shall be to establish a system to perform audits, on a sample basis, of claims for state moneys relative to the public school system of Illinois. (Sour…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.33) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.33) Sec. 2-3.33. Recomputation of claims. To recompute within 3 years from the final date for filing of a claim any claim for general State aid reimbursement to any school district and to recompute and adjust any such claims within 6 ye…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.36) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.36) Sec. 2-3.36. Gifts, grants, legacies. To accept and expend gifts, grants or legacies from any source when made for educational purposes if such purposes have been authorized in advance by resolution of the General Assembly. (Source:…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.39) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.39) Sec. 2-3.39. Department of Transitional Bilingual Education. To establish a Department of Transitional Bilingual Education. In selecting staff for the Department of Transitional Bilingual Education the State Board of Education shall…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.41) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.41) Sec. 2-3.41. Chronic truants and truancy prevention. The State Board of Education is empowered to enter into contracts with public or private agencies for the provision of educational services to chronic truants and for the preventi…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.44) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.44) Sec. 2-3.44. Community-based heritage language school program standards. To establish minimum standards for world language instruction in community-based heritage language schools. Such standards shall seek to ensure that the level …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.45) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.45) Sec. 2-3.45. Approval of community-based heritage language schools instruction. To approve community-based heritage language schools programs for the purpose of teaching a world language if such programs meet the minimum standards e…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.47) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.47) Sec. 2-3.47. The State Board of Education shall annually submit a budget recommendation to the Governor and General Assembly that contains recommendations for funding for pre-school through grade 12 through Fiscal Year 2026. For Fis…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.47a) Sec. 2-3.47a. Strategic plan. (a) The State Board of Education shall develop and maintain a continuing comprehensive strategic plan for elementary and secondary education. The strategic plan shall address how the State Board of Education will focus its effort…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.48) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.48) Sec. 2-3.48. Evaluation institutes. To conduct such inservice institutes on evaluation of certified personnel as are necessary to make such training available to all public school district administrators who evaluate other certified…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.49) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.49) Sec. 2-3.49. Review of evaluation plans. To review evaluation plans submitted by school districts and make public its comments thereon. To reject as unacceptable any plan in which evaluation is to be conducted by administrators who …

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.5) Sec. 2-3.5. Assist county superintendents. To advise and assist county superintendents of schools, addressing to them from time to time circular letters relating to the best manner of conducting schools, constructing and furnishing sc…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.50) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.50) Sec. 2-3.50. Conduct of evaluations. To supply a consulting teacher, as defined in subsection (g) of Section 24A-5, to a district requiring one under the mandates of that Section, and to conduct an evaluation of school district pers…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.51.5) Sec. 2-3.51.5. School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program. To improve the level of education and safety of students from kindergarten through grade 12 in school districts and State-recognized, non-public schools. The State Board of Educati…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.52A) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.52A) Sec. 2-3.52A. Pilot programs. The State Board of Education may, pursuant to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act and appropriations for such purposes, establish educator preparation pilot programs. Such programs shall be conduct…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.53) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.53) Sec. 2-3.53. Administrators' Academy. The State Board of Education shall cause to be established an Illinois Administrators' Academy. This Academy shall develop programs which provide for development of skills in the areas of instru…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.53a) Sec. 2-3.53a. New principal mentoring program. (a) Beginning on July 1, 2007, and subject to an annual appropriation by the General Assembly, to establish a new principal mentoring program for new principals. Any individual who is first hired as a principal o…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.53b) Sec. 2-3.53b. New superintendent mentoring program. (a) Beginning on July 1, 2009 and subject to an annual appropriation by the General Assembly, to establish a new superintendent mentoring program for new superintendents. Any individual who begins serving as…

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.56) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.56) Sec. 2-3.56. Evaluation institutes. To conduct as a part of the Administrators' Academy such inservice institutes on evaluation of certified personnel as are necessary to make such training available to all public school district ad…