Chapter 105 — SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/19b-1.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-1.1) Sec. 19b-1.1. Energy conservation measure. "Energy conservation measure" means any improvement, repair, alteration, or betterment of any building or facility owned or operated by a school district or area vocational center or any …

(105 ILCS 5/19b-1.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-1.2) Sec. 19b-1.2. Guaranteed energy savings contract. "Guaranteed energy savings contract" means a contract for: (i) the implementation of an energy audit, data collection, and other related analyses preliminary to the undertaking of …

(105 ILCS 5/19b-1.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-1.3) Sec. 19b-1.3. Qualified provider. "Qualified provider" means a person or business whose employees are experienced and trained in the design, implementation, or installation of energy conservation measures. The minimum training req…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-1.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-1.4) Sec. 19b-1.4. Request for proposals. "Request for proposals" means a competitive selection achieved by negotiated procurement. The request for proposals shall be submitted to the administrators of the Capital Development Board Pro…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-10) Sec. 19b-10. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95. Repealed by P.A. 92-767, eff. 8-6-02.)

(105 ILCS 5/19b-15) Sec. 19b-15. Applicable laws. Other State laws and related administrative requirements apply to this Article, including, but not limited to, the following laws and related administrative requirements: the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Prevailing Wage Act, the…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-2) Sec. 19b-2. Evaluation of proposal. Before entering into a guaranteed energy savings contract under Section 19b-3, a school district or area vocational center shall submit a request for proposals. The school district or area vocationa…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-20) Sec. 19b-20. Historic preservation. In order to protect the integrity of historic buildings, no provision of this Article shall be interpreted to require the implementation of energy conservation measures that conflict with respect to any property eligible for…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-3) Sec. 19b-3. Award of guaranteed energy savings contract. Sealed proposals must be opened by a member or employee of the school board or governing board of the area vocational center, whichever is applicable, at a public opening at whi…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-4) Sec. 19b-4. Guarantee. The guaranteed energy savings contract shall include a written guarantee of the qualified provider that either the energy or operational cost savings, or both, will meet or exceed within 20 years the costs of th…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-5) Sec. 19b-5. Installment payment contract; lease purchase agreement. A school district or school districts in combination or an area vocational center may enter into an installment payment contract or lease purchase agreement with a qu…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-6) Sec. 19b-6. Term; budget and appropriations. Guaranteed energy savings contracts may extend beyond the fiscal year in which they become effective. The school district or area vocational center shall include in its annual budget and ap…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-7) Sec. 19b-7. Operational and energy cost savings. The school district or area vocational center shall document the operational and energy cost savings specified in the guaranteed energy savings contract and designate and appropriate th…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-8) Sec. 19b-8. Available funds. A school district or area vocational center may use funds designated for operating or capital expenditures for any guaranteed energy savings contract including purchases using installment payment contracts…

(105 ILCS 5/19b-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 19b-9) Sec. 19b-9. Funding. State aid and other amounts appropriated for distribution to or reimbursement of a school district or area vocational center shall not be reduced as a result of energy savings realized from a guaranteed energy sav…

(105 ILCS 5/1A-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-1) Sec. 1A-1. Members and terms. (a) (Blank). (b) The State Board of Education shall consist of 8 members and a chairperson, who shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate from a pattern of regional repres…

(105 ILCS 5/1A-10) Sec. 1A-10. Departments of Board. The State Board of Education shall have, without limitation, the following departments within the Board: (1) Educator Effectiveness. (2) Improvement and Innovation. (3) Fiscal Support Services. (4) (Blank). (5) Internal Auditor…

(105 ILCS 5/1A-11) Sec. 1A-11. Children; methamphetamine; protocol. The State Board of Education shall cooperate with the Department of Children and Family Services and the Illinois State Police in developing the protocol required under Section 6.5 of the Children and Family Serv…

(105 ILCS 5/1A-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-2) Sec. 1A-2. Qualifications. The members of the State Board of Education shall be citizens of the United States and residents of the State of Illinois and shall be selected as far as may be practicable on the basis of their knowledge of, …

(105 ILCS 5/1A-2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-2.1) Sec. 1A-2.1. Vacancies. The Governor may remove for incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office any member of the State Board of Education. A vacancy also exists on the State Board of Education when one or more of the fo…

(105 ILCS 5/1A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-4) Sec. 1A-4. Powers and duties of the Board. A. (Blank). B. The Board shall determine the qualifications of and appoint a chief education officer, to be known as the State Superintendent of Education, who may be proposed by the Governor a…

(105 ILCS 5/1A-6) Sec. 1A-6. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 79-1454. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/1A-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-8) Sec. 1A-8. Powers of the Board in Assisting Districts Deemed in Financial Difficulties. To promote the financial integrity of school districts, the State Board of Education shall be provided the necessary powers to promote sound financi…

(105 ILCS 5/1A-9) Sec. 1A-9. Duty of the Board to disseminate information concerning the Children's Privacy Protection and Parental Empowerment Act. The Board shall (i) prepare and disseminate to the local educational agencies and the regional offices of education materials advis…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-1) Sec. 1B-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as the School District Financial Oversight Panel and Emergency Financial Assistance Law. (Source: P.A. 88-618, eff. 9-9-94.)

(105 ILCS 5/1B-10) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-10) Sec. 1B-10. Approval of Financial Plan, Budget and Contracts. In carrying out the purposes of this Article, the Panel shall have the power to approve or to reject the financial plans, budgets and contracts of the board; provided, howe…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-11) Sec. 1B-11. Balanced Budget. The local board's budget for each fiscal year shall be balanced in accordance with an accounting system and procedure to be prescribed by the Panel. (Source: P.A. 86-954.)

(105 ILCS 5/1B-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-12) Sec. 1B-12. Financial Plans. The local board shall develop, adopt and submit to the Panel for approval an initial financial plan with respect to the remaining portion of the current fiscal year and for the 2 succeeding fiscal years. T…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-13) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-13) Sec. 1B-13. Budgets. The board shall develop, adopt and submit to the Panel for approval by the Panel the annual budget for each fiscal year required by Section 17-1. After adoption by the board, the board shall submit each budget to …

(105 ILCS 5/1B-14) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-14) Sec. 1B-14. Contracts and Other Obligations. (a) No contract or other obligation shall be entered into by the board unless it is consistent with the financial plan and budget in effect, including any employment contract or collective …

(105 ILCS 5/1B-15) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-15) Sec. 1B-15. Expenditures. The board shall meet its debt service obligations as they become due. No other expenditure shall be made by the board unless it is consistent with the financial plan and budget in effect. (Source: P.A. 86-954…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-16) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-16) Sec. 1B-16. Cash accounts and bank accounts. (a) The Panel shall require the board or any officer of the board, including the board's treasurer or any person acting as the board's official or ex officio treasurer, to establish and mai…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-17) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-17) Sec. 1B-17. Hearings. To the extent feasible, the Financial Oversight Panel shall provide for and encourage participation by the public in the development and review of financial policy. The Panel shall hold public hearings as it may …

(105 ILCS 5/1B-18) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-18) Sec. 1B-18. Limitations of actions after abolition; indemnification. (a) Termination of the Financial Oversight Panel shall bar any remedy available against the Panel, its members, employees, or agents, for any right or claim existing…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-19) Sec. 1B-19. Abolition of Panel. The Financial Oversight Panel shall be abolished 10 years after approval of the petition providing for its creation, or at such earlier date determined by the State Board. Upon the abolition of the Pane…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-2) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-2) Sec. 1B-2. Findings and purpose. (a) The General Assembly finds: (1) A fundamental goal of the people of the State, as expressed in Section 1 of Article X of the Illinois Constitution, is the educational development of all persons to th…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-20) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-20) Sec. 1B-20. Sanctions. (a) No member, officer, employee, or agent of the board shall commit the board to any contract or other obligation or incur any liability on behalf of the board for any purpose if the amount of such contract, ob…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-21) Sec. 1B-21. (Repealed). (Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06. Repealed by P.A. 94-1105, eff. 6-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/1B-22) Sec. 1B-22. Additional Powers of the Panel. For Panels established under Section 1B-4 for a district which had its financial plan rescinded by the State Board for violating that plan as provided in Section 1A-8, the Panel shall have the following additional pow…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-25) Sec. 1B-25. Establishment prohibited. No school district may have a Financial Oversight Panel established pursuant to this Article after Article 1H of this Code is established. (Source: P.A. 97-429, eff. 8-16-11.)

(105 ILCS 5/1B-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-3) Sec. 1B-3. Definitions. As used in this Article: (a) "Financial Oversight Panel" or "Panel" means the Financial Oversight Panel created under Section 1B-4; (b) "Board" means a local board of education; (c) "Budget" means the annual budg…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-4) Sec. 1B-4. Establishment of Emergency Financial Assistance and Financial Oversight Panel. When approved by the State Board under this Article there is established a body both corporate and politic to be known as the "(Name of School Dis…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-5) Sec. 1B-5. When a petition for emergency financial assistance for a school district is allowed by the State Board under Section 1B-4, the State Superintendent shall within 10 days thereafter appoint 3 members to serve at the State Super…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-6) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-6) Sec. 1B-6. General powers. The purpose of the Financial Oversight Panel shall be to exercise financial control over the board of education, and, when approved by the State Board and the State Superintendent of Education, to furnish fina…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-7) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-7) Sec. 1B-7. Financial Administrator; powers and duties. The Financial Administrator appointed by the Financial Oversight Panel shall serve as the Panel's chief executive officer. The Financial Administrator shall exercise the powers and …

(105 ILCS 5/1B-7.10) Sec. 1B-7.10. Hiring of a chief fiscal officer. (a) In lieu of a Financial Oversight Panel Financial Administrator under Section 1B-7 of this Code, a school district under the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel, after consultation with the Financial Ove…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-7.5) Sec. 1B-7.5. Hiring of a district superintendent or chief executive officer. (a) Upon expiration of the contract of the school district's superintendent who is serving at the time the Financial Oversight Panel is established, a school district under the author…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-8) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-8) Sec. 1B-8. There is created in the State Treasury a special fund to be known as the School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund (the "Fund"). The School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund shall consist of appropriation…

(105 ILCS 5/1B-9) (from Ch. 122, par. 1B-9) Sec. 1B-9. Assistance by State agencies, units of local government or school districts. The local board shall render such services to, and permit the use of its facilities and resources by, the Financial Oversight Panel at no charge as …

(105 ILCS 5/1C-1) Sec. 1C-1. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to permit greater flexibility and efficiency in the distribution and use of certain State funds available to local education agencies for the improvement of the quality of educational services pursuant to locall…