Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/14A-5) Sec. 14A-5. Applicability. This Article applies beginning with the 2006-2007 school year. (Source: P.A. 94-151, eff. 7-8-05; 94-410, eff. 8-2-05.)

(105 ILCS 5/14A-50) Sec. 14A-50. Contracts for experimental projects and institutes. Subject to the availability of funds, the State Board of Education shall have the authority to enter into and monitor contracts with school districts, regional offices of education, colleges, uni…

(105 ILCS 5/14A-55) Sec. 14A-55. Rulemaking. The State Board of Education shall have the authority to adopt all rules necessary to implement and regulate the provisions of this Article. (Source: P.A. 94-151, eff. 7-8-05; 94-410, eff. 8-2-05; 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/14C-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-1) Sec. 14C-1. The General Assembly finds that there are large numbers of children in this State who come from environments where the primary language is other than English. Experience has shown that public school classes in which instru…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-10) Sec. 14C-10. Parent and community participation. School districts shall provide for the maximum practical involvement of parents of children in transitional bilingual education programs. Each school district shall, accordingly, esta…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-11) Sec. 14C-11. Preschool or summer school programs. A school district may establish, on a full or part-time basis, preschool or summer school programs in transitional bilingual education for English learners or join with the other sch…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-12) Sec. 14C-12. Account of expenditures; Cost report; Reimbursement. Each school district with at least one English learner shall keep an accurate, detailed and separate account of all monies paid out by it for the programs in transiti…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-13) Sec. 14C-13. Advisory Council. (a) There is created an Advisory Council on Bilingual Education, consisting of 17 members appointed by the State Superintendent of Education and selected, as nearly as possible, on the basis of experie…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-2) Sec. 14C-2. Definitions. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms used in this Article have the following meanings: (a) "State Board" means the State Board of Education. (b) "Certification Board" means the State Teacher Certi…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-2.1) Sec. 14C-2.1. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 78-727. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/14C-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-3) Sec. 14C-3. Language classification of children; establishment of program; period of participation; examination. Each school district shall ascertain, not later than the first day of March, under regulations prescribed by the State Bo…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-4) Sec. 14C-4. Notice of enrollment; content; rights of parents. No later than 30 days after the beginning of the school year or 14 days after the enrollment of any child in a program in transitional bilingual education during the middle…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-5) Sec. 14C-5. Nonresident children; enrollment and tuition; joint programs. A school district may allow a nonresident English learner to enroll in or attend its program in transitional bilingual education, and the tuition for such a chi…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-6) Sec. 14C-6. Placement of children. Children enrolled in a program of transitional bilingual education whenever possible shall be placed in classes with children of approximately the same age and level of educational attainment. If chi…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-7) Sec. 14C-7. Participation in extracurricular activities of public schools. Instruction in courses of subjects included in a program of transitional bilingual education which are not mandatory may be given in a language other than Engl…

(105 ILCS 5/14C-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-8) Sec. 14C-8. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 97-607, eff. 8-26-11. Repealed internally, eff. 6-30-13.)

(105 ILCS 5/14C-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-9) Sec. 14C-9. Tenure; minimum salaries. Any person employed as a teacher of transitional bilingual education whose teaching certificate was issued pursuant to Section 14C-8 (now repealed) of this Code shall have such employment credited…

(105 ILCS 5/14D-10) Sec. 14D-10. Equity Journey Continuum. By July 1, 2029, the State Board of Education's Equity Journey Continuum shall integrate the following components into the comprehensive strategic plan developed by the State Board of Education under Section 2-3.47a: (1) …

(105 ILCS 5/14D-15) Sec. 14D-15. Biliteracy recognition. By July 1, 2027, the State Board of Education shall establish recognition pathways for biliteracy at various levels before high school. School districts may choose to participate in the pathways to biliteracy program. The p…

(105 ILCS 5/14D-5) Sec. 14D-5. Statewide guidance. (a) By December 15, 2026, the State Board of Education shall adopt comprehensive guidance for school districts regarding the establishment of new dual language education programs and the expansion of existing dual language educat…

(105 ILCS 5/15-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-1) Sec. 15-1. Lands constituting. Section 16 in every township, the sections and parts of sections granted in lieu of all or part of such section, shall be held as common school lands. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

(105 ILCS 5/15-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-10) Sec. 15-10. Value fixed-Certification of plat-Plat and certificate to govern. After the school lands have been subdivided and platted, the trustees of schools or township land commissioners shall fix the value of each lot and certify …

(105 ILCS 5/15-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-11) Sec. 15-11. Notice of sale. Upon receipt of the plat and certificate of valuation the county superintendent shall advertise the sale of such land in lots, as divided and platted, by publishing notice thereof once each week for 3 succe…

(105 ILCS 5/15-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-12) Sec. 15-12. Conduct of sale. Upon the day of sale, the county superintendent shall make sales by beginning at the lowest numbered lot and proceeding regularly to the highest numbered until they are all sold or offered. No lot shall be…

(105 ILCS 5/15-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-13) Sec. 15-13. Payment of purchase price. At the close of each day's sale the purchasers shall pay or secure the payment of the purchase money. In case of a failure to do so by 10 a. m. the succeeding day, the lot purchased shall again b…

(105 ILCS 5/15-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-14) Sec. 15-14. Unsold lands subject to sale thereafter. All lands not sold at public sale, as herein provided for, shall be subject to sale at any time hereafter, at the valuation as provided in Section 15-10, and the county superintende…

(105 ILCS 5/15-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-15) Sec. 15-15. Valuation of unsold land. Where common school lands have been valued under Section 15-10 and have remained unsold for 2 years after having been offered for sale in conformity to this Article, the trustees of schools or tow…

(105 ILCS 5/15-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-16) Sec. 15-16. Certificate of purchase. Upon the completion of every sale the county superintendent shall deliver to the purchaser a certificate of purchase including the name and residence of the purchaser and the price and description …

(105 ILCS 5/15-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-17) Sec. 15-17. Patents. Every purchaser of common school lands shall be entitled to a patent from the State, conveying and assuring the title. Patents shall be issued by the Secretary of State from returns made to him by the county super…

(105 ILCS 5/15-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-18) Sec. 15-18. Copies of lost certificates or patents. Purchasers of common school lands, and their heirs or assigns, may obtain certified copies or certificates of purchase and patents upon filing an affidavit with the county superinten…

(105 ILCS 5/15-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-19) Sec. 15-19. Dedication of streets and highways. The trustees of schools or township land commissioners may dedicate to public use for street and highway purposes as much of the unimproved common school lands as may be necessary to ope…

(105 ILCS 5/15-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-2) Sec. 15-2. Place of transacting business. All the business of a township relating to common school lands shall be transacted in the county which contains all or the greater portion of such lands. (Source: Laws 1961, p. 31.)

(105 ILCS 5/15-20) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-20) Sec. 15-20. Books to be kept. The county superintendent shall keep 3 books, to be known and designated by the letters A, B, and C. In book A he shall record at length all petitions presented to him for the sale of common school lands,…

(105 ILCS 5/15-21) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-21) Sec. 15-21. Statements to be presented. At the regular meeting of the county board in each year the county superintendent shall present, first, a statement showing the sales of school lands made subsequent to the first regular term of…

(105 ILCS 5/15-22) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-22) Sec. 15-22. Record of report and statement. The county clerk shall record and preserve the report of the county superintendent made to the county board at its first regular meeting in each year relating to the sale of school lands, th…

(105 ILCS 5/15-23) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-23) Sec. 15-23. Common school lands. The provisions of Sections 15-1 through 15-19, of this Article shall have no application to the sale of any of the common school lands of any township to a school district located within the township f…

(105 ILCS 5/15-24) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-24) Sec. 15-24. Management of permanent funds. The common school lands and township loanable funds in Class I counties shall be managed and operated by township land commissioners who shall receive no salary. In counties of fewer than 220…

(105 ILCS 5/15-25) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-25) Sec. 15-25. Reports of treasurer. The treasurer of the township land commissioners shall with respect to the common school lands and township loanable fund held by them make the reports to them required to be made by township treasure…

(105 ILCS 5/15-26) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-26) Sec. 15-26. Liquidation of permanent fund. Upon a petition signed by at least one hundred voters of any school township filed with the regional superintendent of schools asking that the permanent funds of such township be liquidated a…

(105 ILCS 5/15-27) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-27) Sec. 15-27. Audit. In the month of July of each year and at such other times as they may think necessary the township land commissioners shall cause an audit to be made by a public accountant of all funds under their jurisdiction. A c…

(105 ILCS 5/15-28) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-28) Sec. 15-28. Township land commissioners successors to trustees of schools. The township land commissioners elected under the provisions of this Article shall be the successors to the trustees of schools elected under "An Act in relati…

(105 ILCS 5/15-29) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-29) Sec. 15-29. Bond. It shall be the duty of the township land commissioners to examine the bond of its treasurer and if found to be in proper form in the proper amount with good and sufficient securities to approve same. If at any time …

(105 ILCS 5/15-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-3) Sec. 15-3. Leases-Pooling agreements-Railroad rights of way and depot grounds. The township land commissioners or trustees of schools in townships in which Section 16, or lands granted in lieu thereof, remain unsold, or which have title…

(105 ILCS 5/15-30) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-30) Sec. 15-30. Liability of township land commissioners. If the township land commissioners fail to observe the provisions of this Act in reference to the distribution of funds and property, they shall be individually and jointly liable …

(105 ILCS 5/15-31) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-31) Sec. 15-31. Disposition of funds upon liquidation of permanent funds. Any funds received as the result of the liquidation of the permanent funds belonging to any school township shall after the payment of the necessary expenses connec…

(105 ILCS 5/15-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-4) Sec. 15-4. (Repealed). (Source: Laws 1965, p. 3739. Repealed by P.A. 89-159, eff. 1-1-96.)

(105 ILCS 5/15-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-5) Sec. 15-5. Penalty for trespass. Every trespasser upon common school lands is guilty of a petty offense and shall be fined 3 times the amount of the injury occasioned by the trespass. (Source: P.A. 77-2267.)

(105 ILCS 5/15-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-6) Sec. 15-6. Disposition of penalties and fines. All penalties and fines collected under the provisions of Sections 15-4 and 15-5 shall be paid to the school treasurer and added to the principal of the township fund. (Source: Laws 1961, p…

(105 ILCS 5/15-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-7) Sec. 15-7. Sale of common school lands - Petition - Referendum. When the inhabitants of any township desire the sale of the common school lands thereof they shall present to the county superintendent of the county in which the school la…

(105 ILCS 5/15-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 15-8) Sec. 15-8. Fractional townships united to adjacent township. Any fractional township not having the requisite number of inhabitants to petition for the sale of school lands, which has not heretofore been united with any township for sch…