Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.3) Sec. 10-23.3. Real estate for vocational and other training. After provision has been made for the payment of all school expenses, to appropriate from the educational fund school funds or to borrow funds for the purchase of real e…

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.3a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.3a) Sec. 10-23.3a. Conduct of business for vocational training. To independently operate or cooperate with existing companies in the operation of a business or businesses for the sole purpose of providing training for students in vo…

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.4) Sec. 10-23.4. Purchase of school bus. To purchase, maintain, repair and operate school buses and by resolution of the board to enter into a contract for the purchase of buses to be paid for within three years of the date of the re…

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.4a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.4a) Sec. 10-23.4a. To enter into a lease for a period of not to exceed 5 years for such equipment and machinery as may be required for corporate purposes when authorized by the affirmative vote of two-thirds of the members of the bo…

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.5) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.5) Sec. 10-23.5. Educational support personnel employees. (a) To employ such educational support personnel employees as it deems advisable and to define their employment duties; provided that residency within any school district shal…

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.6) Sec. 10-23.6. Sites out of district. A school district, including any special charter school district, having 100,000 or more inhabitants and maintaining grades 1 through 12 may acquire a school site in any other school district w…

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.7) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.7) Sec. 10-23.7. Special Charter district - Adoption of Article 10. This Article may be adopted by the electors of any special charter school district, in the following manner: The board of such district may, and upon petition of 10%…

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.8) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.8) Sec. 10-23.8. Superintendent contracts. After the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 and the expiration of contracts in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act, school districts may only employ a superintend…

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.8a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.8a) Sec. 10-23.8a. Principal, assistant principal, and other administrator contracts. After the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997 and the expiration of contracts in effect on the effective date of this amendatory Act, sc…

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.8b) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-23.8b) Sec. 10-23.8b. Reclassification of principals and assistant principals. Upon non-renewal of a principal's or assistant principal's administrative contract, the principal or assistant principal shall be reclassified pursuant to t…

(105 ILCS 5/10-23.9) Sec. 10-23.9. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 81-1508. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/10-27.1A) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-609 and 104-174) Sec. 10-27.1A. Firearms in schools. (a) All school officials, including teachers, school counselors, and support staff, shall immediately notify the office of the principal in the event that they: (1) observe a…

(105 ILCS 5/10-27.1B) (Text of Section from P.A. 103-609) Sec. 10-27.1B. Reporting drug-related incidents in schools. (a) In this Section: "Drug" means "cannabis" as defined under subsection (a) of Section 3 of the Cannabis Control Act, "narcotic drug" as defined under subsection…

(105 ILCS 5/10-28) Sec. 10-28. Sharing information on school lunch applicants. A school board shall, whenever requested by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services (formerly Department of Public Aid), agree in writing with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services …

(105 ILCS 5/10-29) Sec. 10-29. Remote educational programs. (a) For purposes of this Section, "remote educational program" means an educational program delivered to students in the home or other location outside of a school building that meets all of the following criteria: (1) A…

(105 ILCS 5/10-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-3) Sec. 10-3. Eligibility of directors. Any person who, on the date of his or her election, is a citizen of the United States, of the age of 18 years or over, is a resident of the State and of the territory of the district for at least one…

(105 ILCS 5/10-30) Sec. 10-30. Remote and blended remote learning. This Section applies if the Governor has declared a disaster due to a public health emergency pursuant to Section 7 of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency Act. (1) If the Governor has declared a disaster due …

(105 ILCS 5/10-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-4) Sec. 10-4. Election of directors. (a) In all districts, directors shall be elected in each odd-numbered year, each for a term of 4 years. (b) In consolidated districts where 5 directors are elected in 1981 pursuant to the extension of t…

(105 ILCS 5/10-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-5) Sec. 10-5. Organization of board - Report to treasurer and regional superintendent of schools. Within 40 days after the regular election of directors, the directors shall meet and organize by appointing one of their number president and…

(105 ILCS 5/10-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-6) Sec. 10-6. Regular and special meetings. The directors shall hold regular meetings at such times as they may designate, and special meetings at the call of the president or of any 2 members. Public notice of meetings must be given as pr…

(105 ILCS 5/10-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-7) Sec. 10-7. Secretary or clerk to record official acts - yeas and nays on expenditures. The secretary or clerk shall keep in a punctual, orderly and reliable manner a record of the official acts of the board which shall be signed by the …

(105 ILCS 5/10-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-8) Sec. 10-8. Report by secretary or clerk to treasurer. On or before July 7 annually, the secretary or clerk shall report to the treasurer having the custody of the funds of his district, such statistics and other information in relation …

(105 ILCS 5/10-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-9) Sec. 10-9. Interest of board member in contracts. (a) No school board member shall be interested, directly or indirectly, in his own name or in the name of any other person, association, trust or corporation, in any contract, work or bu…

(105 ILCS 5/11C-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 11C-1) Sec. 11C-1. Appraisers. The regional superintendent shall appoint one or more appraisers to appraise all the tangible school property in the district from which territory has been taken and the tangible school property in such territo…

(105 ILCS 5/11C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 11C-2) Sec. 11C-2. Appraisal guide. In making such appraisal land shall be appraised at its fair market value; other property shall be appraised at its reproduction or replacement cost less depreciation and an allowance for obsolescence, if …

(105 ILCS 5/11C-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 11C-3) Sec. 11C-3. Time for filing appraisals - Contest - Administrative review. Within 30 days after their appointment the appraisers shall file their appraisal or appraisals with the regional superintendent. Within 10 days thereafter the r…

(105 ILCS 5/11C-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 11C-4) Sec. 11C-4. Debited school property. Each district from which territory is taken shall be debited with the value of the school property remaining in such district as above determined and each district which is created so as to include…

(105 ILCS 5/11C-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 11C-5) Sec. 11C-5. Debited school funds. Each district from which territory is taken shall be debited with all funds in the possession of its treasurer and of all other funds to which the district may be entitled, including taxes in process …

(105 ILCS 5/11C-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 11C-6) Sec. 11C-6. Credited unfunded indebtedness. Each district from which territory is taken shall be credited with all unfunded indebtedness of such district and with the estimated cost of operating the schools of the district for the bal…

(105 ILCS 5/11C-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 11C-7) Sec. 11C-7. Credited appraised value of property and funds. Each district which is created so as to include a part of another district shall be credited with the appraised value of the property and of the funds described in Sections 1…

(105 ILCS 5/11C-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 11C-8) Sec. 11C-8. Reports. The regional superintendent is hereby given the power to require reports from the treasurer or any other officer of the district from which territory is taken to give it any information necessary for it to perform…

(105 ILCS 5/11C-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 11C-9) Sec. 11C-9. Accounting waived. If the stipulation is refused by the regional superintendent the boards of the districts affected by the change in boundaries in the creation of a new district may waive accounting or stipulate as to the…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-10) Sec. 11E-10. Definitions. In this Article: "Affected district" means any school district with territory included in a petition for reorganization under this Article that encompasses (i) 25% or more of the total land area of the district, (ii) more than 8% of t…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-100) Sec. 11E-100. Timing of extension of tax levies. (a) If the election of the school board of the new district occurs at a regular election and the board of education makes its initial levy or levies in that same year, the county clerk shall extend the levy or …

(105 ILCS 5/11E-105) Sec. 11E-105. Assets, liabilities and bonded indebtedness; tax rate. (a) Subject to the terms and provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this Section, whenever a new district is created under any of the provisions of this Article, the outstanding bonded ind…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-110) Sec. 11E-110. Teachers in contractual continued service; educational support personnel employees. (a) When a school district conversion or multi-unit conversion becomes effective for purposes of administration and attendance, as determined pursuant to Section…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-115) Sec. 11E-115. Limitations on contesting boundary change. Neither the People of the State of Illinois, any person or corporation, private or public, nor any association of persons shall commence an action contesting either directly or indirectly the dissolutio…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-120) Sec. 11E-120. Limitation on successive petitions. (a) No affected district shall be again involved in proceedings under this Article for at least 2 years after a final non-procedural determination of the first proceeding, unless during that 2-year period a pe…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-125) Sec. 11E-125. Districts not penalized for nonrecognition. Any school district included in a petition for reorganization as authorized under this Article shall not suffer loss of State aid as a result of being placed on nonrecognition status if the district co…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-130) Sec. 11E-130. Unit district formation and joint agreement vocational education program. (a) If a unit district is established under the provisions of this Article and more than 50% of the territory of the unit district is territory that immediately prior to i…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-135) Sec. 11E-135. Incentives. For districts reorganizing under this Article and for a district or districts that annex all of the territory of one or more entire other school districts in accordance with Article 7 of this Code, the following payments shall be mad…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-15) Sec. 11E-15. School district conversion. (a) One or more unit districts and one or more high school districts, all of which are contiguous, may, under the provisions of this Article, be converted into a dual district through the dissolution of the unit distric…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-190) Sec. 11E-190. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-503, eff. 8-23-11. Repealed internally, eff. 1-31-13.)

(105 ILCS 5/11E-20) Sec. 11E-20. Combined school district formation. (a)(1) The territory of 2 or more entire contiguous elementary districts may be organized into a combined elementary district under the provisions of this Article. (2) Any 2 or more entire elementary districts t…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-25) Sec. 11E-25. Unit district formation. (a) Any contiguous and compact territory, no part of which is included within any unit district, may be organized into a unit district as provided in this Article. (b) The territory of one or more entire unit districts tha…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-30) Sec. 11E-30. Partial elementary unit district formation. (a) One or more entire high school districts and one or more entire unit districts, all of which are contiguous, may be organized into a combined high school - unit district as provided in this Article. …

(105 ILCS 5/11E-35) Sec. 11E-35. Petition filing. (a) A petition shall be filed with the regional superintendent of schools of the educational service region in which the territory described in the petition or that part of the territory with the greater percentage of equalized as…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-40) Sec. 11E-40. Notice and petition amendments. (a) Upon the filing of a petition with the regional superintendent of schools as provided in Section 11E-35 of this Code, the regional superintendent shall do all of the following: (1) Cause a copy of the petition t…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-45) Sec. 11E-45. Hearing. (a) No more than 15 days after the last date on which the required notice under Section 11E-40 of this Code is published, the regional superintendent of schools with whom the petition is required to be filed shall hold a hearing on the pe…

(105 ILCS 5/11E-5) Sec. 11E-5. Purpose and applicability. The purpose of this Article is to permit greater flexibility and efficiency in the reorganization and formation of school districts for the improvement of the administration and quality of educational services and for the …