Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 125/6) (from Ch. 122, par. 712.6) Sec. 6. Disapproval or reduction of reimbursement. The State Board of Education may disapprove any reimbursement if it is found that balanced, nutritious meals are not served in accordance with the prescribed standards. The State Board …

(105 ILCS 125/7) (from Ch. 122, par. 712.7) Sec. 7. Disbursement of funds. The funds appropriated shall be paid to school boards and welfare centers in accordance with the reimbursement rates established in Section 2. If the total amount of the claims for reimbursement for any sc…

(105 ILCS 125/8) (from Ch. 122, par. 712.8) Sec. 8. Filing and forwarding claims for reimbursement. School boards and welfare centers shall file claims for reimbursement, on forms provided by the State Board of Education, on a monthly basis as prescribed by the State Board of Edu…

(105 ILCS 125/9) (from Ch. 122, par. 712.9) Sec. 9. Certification and payment of claims. The State Board of Education shall prepare and certify to the State Comptroller at least quarterly the amount due each board and welfare center, whereupon the Comptroller shall draw his warra…

(105 ILCS 126/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. (Source: P.A. 93-1086, eff. 2-15-05.)

(105 ILCS 126/10) Sec. 10. Definitions. In this Act: "Hunger" means a symptom of poverty caused by a lack of resources that prevents the purchasing of a nutritionally adequate diet resulting in a chronic condition of being undernourished. "Food insecurity" means a limited or unce…

(105 ILCS 126/15) Sec. 15. School breakfast program. (a) The board of education of each school district in this State shall implement and operate a school breakfast program in the next school year, if a breakfast program does not currently exist, in accordance with federal guidel…

(105 ILCS 126/16) Sec. 16. Breakfast after the bell program. (a) For the purposes of this Section, "breakfast after the bell" means breakfast is provided to children after the instructional day has officially begun. This term does not prohibit schools from also providing breakfas…

(105 ILCS 126/18) Sec. 18. Breakfast after the bell grant program. (a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education shall award grants of up to $7,000 per school site on a competitive basis to eligible schools, school districts, or entities approved by the State Board o…

(105 ILCS 126/20) Sec. 20. Summer food service program. (a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate a State plan for summer food service programs, in accordance with 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1761 and any other applicable federal laws and regulations, by February 1, 2008. (b) On or be…

(105 ILCS 126/5) Sec. 5. State policy and legislative intent. The General Assembly recognizes that hunger and food security are serious problems in the State of Illinois with as many as one million citizens being affected. These citizens have lost their sense of food security. Fo…

(105 ILCS 126/95) Sec. 95. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 93-1086, eff. 2-15-05; text omitted.)

(105 ILCS 126/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 93-1086, eff. 2-15-05.)

(105 ILCS 127/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the School Reporting of Drug Violations Act. (Source: P.A. 90-395, eff. 8-15-97.)

(105 ILCS 127/2) Sec. 2. Duty of school administrators. It is the duty of the principal of a public elementary or secondary school, or his or her designee, and the chief administrative officer of a private elementary or secondary school or a public or private community college, c…

(105 ILCS 127/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 90-395, eff. 8-15-97.)

(105 ILCS 128/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the School Safety Drill Act. (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)

(105 ILCS 128/10) Sec. 10. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is (i) to establish minimum requirements and standards for schools to follow when conducting school safety drills and reviewing school emergency and crisis response plans and, beginning July 1, 2027, hazardous substance …

(105 ILCS 128/15) Sec. 15. Types of drills. Under this Act, the following school safety drills shall be instituted by all schools in this State: (1) School evacuation drills, which shall address and prepare students and school personnel for situations that occur when conditions o…

(105 ILCS 128/20) Sec. 20. Number of drills; incidents covered; local authority participation. (a) During each academic year, schools must conduct a minimum of 3 school evacuation drills to address and prepare students and school personnel for fire incidents. These drills must me…

(105 ILCS 128/22) Sec. 22. Substitute personnel training and support. (a) A school district shall provide training on school evacuation drills and law enforcement lockdown drills to all school personnel serving in a substitute capacity. Training shall be provided in person when a…

(105 ILCS 128/25) Sec. 25. Annual review. (a) Each public school district, through its school board or the board's designee, shall conduct a minimum of one annual meeting at which it will review each school building's emergency and crisis response plans, protocols, and procedures…

(105 ILCS 128/30) Sec. 30. Reporting; duties of the State Fire Marshal, regional superintendents, and the State Board of Education. (a) The State Board of Education shall accept, directly, one-page annual review compliance reports from private schools. (b) Each regional superinte…

(105 ILCS 128/35) Sec. 35. Reporting and recording mechanism for fires. The Office of the State Fire Marshal, in conjunction with the State Board of Education, shall create a reporting and recording mechanism concerning fires that occur in schools located in this State. The recor…

(105 ILCS 128/40) Sec. 40. Common rules. The State Board of Education and the Office of the State Fire Marshal shall cooperate together and coordinate with all appropriate education, first responder, and emergency management officials to (i) develop and implement one common set o…

(105 ILCS 128/45) Sec. 45. Threat assessment procedure. (a) Each school district must implement a threat assessment procedure that may be part of a school board policy on targeted school violence prevention. The procedure must include the creation of a threat assessment team. The…

(105 ILCS 128/5) Sec. 5. Definitions. In this Act: "Emergency services and disaster agency" means an agency by the name "emergency services and disaster agency", by the name "emergency management agency", or by any other name that is established by ordinance within a political su…

(105 ILCS 128/50) Sec. 50. Crisis response mapping data grants. (a) Subject to appropriation, a public school district, a charter school, a special education cooperative or district, an education for employment system, a State-approved area career center, a public university labo…

(105 ILCS 128/55) Sec. 55. Rapid entry. A school building's emergency and crisis response plan, protocol, and procedures shall include a plan for local law enforcement to rapidly enter a school building in the event of an emergency. (Source: P.A. 103-194, eff. 1-1-24; 103-605, ef…

(105 ILCS 128/60) Sec. 60. Cardiac emergency response plan. (a) A school district and a private school shall develop a cardiac emergency response plan in place in accordance with guidelines set forth by either the American Heart Association or other nationally recognized, evidenc…

(105 ILCS 128/65) Sec. 65. Hazardous substance release guidance and procedures. (a) By January 1, 2027, the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office of Homeland Security, in consultation with the State Board of Education, shall develop and provide guidance for all local em…

(105 ILCS 128/910) Sec. 910. The School Code is amended by repealing Sections 2-3.129, 10-20.22, 10-20.23, 10-20.32, 27-26, and 34-18.19. (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)

(105 ILCS 128/915) Sec. 915. The Fire Drill Act is repealed. (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)

(105 ILCS 128/990) Sec. 990. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05; text omitted.)

(105 ILCS 128/999) (This Act was approved by the Governor on August 16, 2005, so the actual effective date of this Act is August 16, 2005) Sec. 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, 2005. (Source: P.A. 94-600, eff. 8-16-05.)

(105 ILCS 129/1) Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the School Health Center Act. (Source: P.A. 95-488, eff. 8-28-07.)

(105 ILCS 129/10) Sec. 10. Eligibility. All students in the school under the age of 18 are eligible for services if they have obtained written parental consent or if they are otherwise permitted under Illinois law to consent on their own behalf to such care. All students 18 years…

(105 ILCS 129/15) Sec. 15. Consent. The school health center shall provide a list of the health care services available. The form shall enumerate the provided services using either a check off or other means. The consent form shall state that a parent, legal guardian, or student …

(105 ILCS 129/20) Sec. 20. Department of Human Services to initiate school health centers. Subject to appropriation, the Illinois Department of Human Services shall initiate 20 new school health centers over a 5-year period beginning July 1, 2007, and shall build capacity with ex…

(105 ILCS 129/5) Sec. 5. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds as follows: (1) Asthma and oral health problems are 2 of the leading causes of absenteeism among Illinois elementary and secondary school students. (2) Illinois youth must deal with increasing obesity, poor…

(105 ILCS 129/99) Sec. 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 95-488, eff. 8-28-07.)

(105 ILCS 135/1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1601) Sec. 1. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the "Toxic Art Supplies in Schools Act." (Source: P.A. 84-725.)

(105 ILCS 135/10) (from Ch. 122, par. 1610) Sec. 10. By July 1, 1986, the Department shall complete a study of art and craft materials purchased for use by children in Illinois school districts to determine the extent of toxic substances in such materials and the scope of their u…

(105 ILCS 135/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 1602) Sec. 2. The General Assembly finds that: (a) Art supplies which contain toxic substances or which are potential human carcinogens pose a significant danger to the health and safety of school children. (b) School children are not sufficie…

(105 ILCS 135/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 1603) Sec. 3. For the purpose of this Act, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) "Art or craft material" means any raw or processed material or manufactured product marketed or being represented by the manufacturer or repackager as being …

(105 ILCS 135/4) (from Ch. 122, par. 1604) Sec. 4. The Department of Labor shall supply Material Safety Data Sheets to the Department of Public Health, as requested, to assist in the determination of the presence of toxic substances in any art or craft material. (Source: P.A. 84-…

(105 ILCS 135/5) (from Ch. 122, par. 1605) Sec. 5. Warning labels for art or craft materials containing toxic substances shall meet all of the following standards: (a) The warning label shall be affixed in a conspicuous place and shall contain the signal word "WARNING" to alert u…

(105 ILCS 135/6) (from Ch. 122, par. 1606) Sec. 6. (a) Except as provided in Section 7 below, for the 1986-87 academic year and for each academic year thereafter, no art or craft material which is a toxic substance as defined in this Act, shall be ordered or purchased by any scho…

(105 ILCS 135/7) (from Ch. 122, par. 1607) Sec. 7. The State Board of Education, in the name of the People of the State of Illinois, through the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, or through the State's Attorney of any county in the State of Illinois, upon any complaint m…

(105 ILCS 135/8) (from Ch. 122, par. 1608) Sec. 8. If the Department finds that, because the toxic substances contained in an art or craft material cannot be ingested, inhaled or otherwise absorbed into the body during any reasonably foreseeable use of the product in such a manne…