Chapter 105, SCHOOLS

(105 ILCS 5/13B-60.25) Sec. 13B-60.25. Student Success Plan. A Student Success Plan must be developed for each student enrolled in an alternative learning opportunities program. The student and his or her parent or guardian must be afforded an opportunity to participate in the de…

(105 ILCS 5/13B-60.5) Sec. 13B-60.5. Request for enrollment. A school district that operates an alternative learning opportunities program shall ensure that parents and guardians are aware of the program and the services that the program offers. A student may be enrolled in the p…

(105 ILCS 5/13B-65) Sec. 13B-65. Teacher licensure. Teachers with a valid and active elementary, secondary, or special PK-12 Illinois teaching license may teach in an alternative learning opportunities program. (Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)

(105 ILCS 5/13B-65.10) Sec. 13B-65.10. Continuing professional development for teachers. Teachers may receive continuing professional development units, subject to the provisions of Section 13B-65.5 of this Code, for professional development related to alternative learning. (Sour…

(105 ILCS 5/13B-65.5) Sec. 13B-65.5. Alternative learning credentials for teachers. Licensed teachers may receive an endorsement or approval in the area of alternative learning. The State Board shall establish teaching standards in alternative learning that lead to such an endors…

(105 ILCS 5/13B-70) Sec. 13B-70. Truancy and attendance problems. If a student is a chronic or habitual truant as defined in Section 26-2a of this Code or if a child has been ordered to attend school, the school district may consider the student for placement in an alternative le…

(105 ILCS 5/13B-75) Sec. 13B-75. Subcontracting. A school district, regional office of education, or public community college may contract with a non-profit or for-profit educational entity for the delivery of services under this Article. All educational entities providing instru…

(105 ILCS 5/13B-80) Sec. 13B-80. Student credit. A school district must grant academic credit to a student in an alternative learning opportunities program for work completed at an education provider that is accredited by a regional accrediting body or recognized by the State Boa…

(105 ILCS 5/13B-85) Sec. 13B-85. High school equivalency testing. A student 16 years of age or over who satisfactorily completes an alternative learning opportunities program in accordance with school district guidelines and the Student Success Plan may take a high school equival…

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.01) Sec. 14-1.01. Meaning of terms. Unless the context indicates otherwise, the terms used in this Article have the meanings ascribed to them in Sections 14-1.02 to 14-1.10, each inclusive. (Source: Laws 1965, p. 1948.)

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.02) Sec. 14-1.02. Children with disabilities. "Children with disabilities" means children between the ages of 3 and 21 for whom it is determined, through definitions and procedures described in the Illinois Rules and Regulations to Go…

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.03a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.03a) Sec. 14-1.03a. Children with Specific Learning Disabilities. "Children with Specific Learning Disabilities" means children between the ages of 3 and 21 years who have a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processe…

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.08) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.08) Sec. 14-1.08. Special educational facilities and services. "Special educational facilities and services" includes private special schools, separate public special education day schools, special classes, special housing, including …

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.08a) Sec. 14-1.08a. Separate public special education day school. "Separate public special education day school" means a separate special education program or facility that is established by a school district, public school, regional office of education, or speci…

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.09) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-605) Sec. 14-1.09. School psychologist. "School psychologist" means a psychologist who meets the following qualifications: (1) The psychologist: (A) has graduated with a master's or hi…

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.1) (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-605) Sec. 14-1.09.1. School psychological services. In the public schools, school psychological services provided by qualified specialists who hold a Professional Educator License endorsed for school psychology …

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09.2) Sec. 14-1.09.2. School Social Work Services. In the public schools, social work services may be provided by qualified specialists who hold a Professional Educator License with a school support personnel endorsement in the area of school social worker under …

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.09a) Sec. 14-1.09a. School social worker. "School social worker" means a social worker who has graduated with a master's or higher degree in social work from an accredited graduate school of social work and has such additional qualif…

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09b) Sec. 14-1.09b. Speech-language pathologist. (a) For purposes of supervision of a speech-language pathology assistant, "speech-language pathologist" means a person who has received a license pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Pra…

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09c) Sec. 14-1.09c. Speech-language pathology assistant. "Speech-language pathology assistant" means a person who has received a license to assist a speech-language pathologist pursuant to the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act. (Source…

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.09d) Sec. 14-1.09d. Behavior analyst. "Behavior analyst" means a person who is certified by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board. (Source: P.A. 94-948, eff. 1-1-07.)

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.10) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.10) Sec. 14-1.10. Qualified worker. "Qualified worker" means a trained specialist and includes a behavior analyst, certificated school nurse, professional consultant, registered therapist, school nurse intern, school counselor, school…

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.11) Sec. 14-1.11. Resident district; parent; legal guardian. The resident district is the school district in which the parent or guardian, or both parent and guardian, of the student reside when: (1) the parent has legal guardianship …

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.11a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.11a) Sec. 14-1.11a. Resident district; student. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, the resident district is the school district in which the student resides when: (1) the parent has legal guardianship but the location …

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.11b) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.11b) Sec. 14-1.11b. Resident district; applicability. The provisions of Sections 14-1.11 and 14-1.11a shall be used to determine the resident district in all cases where special education services and facilities are provided pursuant…

(105 ILCS 5/14-11.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-11.01) Sec. 14-11.01. Educational materials coordinating unit. The State Board of Education shall maintain or contract for an educational materials coordinating unit for children with disabilities to provide: (1) Staff and resources fo…

(105 ILCS 5/14-11.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-11.02) Sec. 14-11.02. The Philip J. Rock Center and School for the Deafblind. (a) For the purpose of this Section, persons who are deafblind are (i) individuals with concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which …

(105 ILCS 5/14-11.03) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-11.03) Sec. 14-11.03. Illinois Service Resource Center. The State Board of Education shall maintain, subject to appropriations for such purpose, the Service Resource Center for children and adolescents through the age of 21 who are dea…

(105 ILCS 5/14-12.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-12.01) Sec. 14-12.01. Account of expenditures - Cost report - Reimbursement. Each school board shall keep an accurate, detailed and separate account of all monies paid out by it for the maintenance of each of the types of facilities, c…

(105 ILCS 5/14-13.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01) Sec. 14-13.01. Reimbursement payable by State; amounts for personnel and transportation. (a) Through fiscal year 2017, for staff working on behalf of children who have not been identified as eligible for special education and fo…

(105 ILCS 5/14-14.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-14.01) Sec. 14-14.01. Warrants for reimbursement. The State Comptroller shall draw his warrants on the State Treasurer on or before September 30 of each year for the respective sums for reimbursement for special education reported to h…

(105 ILCS 5/14-16) Sec. 14-16. Participation in graduation ceremony. (a) This Section may be referred to as Brittany's Law. The General Assembly finds the following: (1) Each year, school districts across this State celebrate their students' accomplishments through graduation cer…

(105 ILCS 5/14-18) Sec. 14-18. COVID-19 recovery post-secondary transition recovery eligibility. (a) If a student with an individualized education program (IEP) reaches the age of 22 during the time in which the student's in-person instruction, services, or activities are suspend…

(105 ILCS 5/14-19) Sec. 14-19. Parental notice of right to be accompanied to meeting and of the IEP facilitation process. The notice provided to a parent or guardian prior to a meeting pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 14-8.02 shall inform the parent or guardian of the parent…

(105 ILCS 5/14-2) Sec. 14-2. Definition of general education classroom for special education students receiving services in the general education classroom. (a) With respect to any State statute or administrative rule that defines a general education classroom to be composed of a…

(105 ILCS 5/14-3.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-3.01) Sec. 14-3.01. Advisory Council. This amendatory Act of 1998, in compliance with the reauthorization of IDEA in 1997, makes changes in the membership and responsibilities of the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Di…

(105 ILCS 5/14-4.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-4.01) Sec. 14-4.01. Special educational facilities for children with disabilities. (a) School boards of any school districts that maintain a recognized school, whether operating under the general law or under a special charter, subject …

(105 ILCS 5/14-5.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-5.01) Sec. 14-5.01. Application of Article. This Article applies to school boards of all types and sizes of school districts, including but not limited to special charter districts, community consolidated school districts, community uni…

(105 ILCS 5/14-6.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-6.01) Sec. 14-6.01. Powers and duties of school boards. School boards of one or more school districts establishing and maintaining any of the educational facilities described in this Article shall, in connection therewith, exercise simi…

(105 ILCS 5/14-6.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-6.02) Sec. 14-6.02. Service animals. Service animals such as guide dogs, signal dogs or any other animal individually trained to perform tasks for the benefit of a student with a disability shall be permitted to accompany that student a…

(105 ILCS 5/14-6.03) Sec. 14-6.03. Speech-language pathology assistants. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, on or after January 1, 2002, no person shall perform the duties of a speech-language pathology assistant without first applying for and receiving a licens…

(105 ILCS 5/14-6.04) Sec. 14-6.04. Contracting for speech-language pathology services. (a) For purposes of this Section: "Reasonable efforts" means performing all of the following: (1) placing at least 3 employment advertisements for a speech-language pathologist published in the…

(105 ILCS 5/14-6.10) Sec. 14-6.10. Transfer of parental rights at the age of majority. (a) When a student who is eligible for special education under this Article reaches the majority age of 18 years, all rights accorded to the student's parents under this Article transfer to the…

(105 ILCS 5/14-7.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.01) Sec. 14-7.01. Children attending classes in another district.) If a child, resident of one school district, because of his disability, attends a class or school for any of such types of children in another school district, the sch…

(105 ILCS 5/14-7.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.02) (Text of Section from P.A. 104-466) Sec. 14-7.02. Children attending private special education schools, separate public special education day schools, public out-of-state schools, public school residential facilities, or private s…

(105 ILCS 5/14-7.02b) Sec. 14-7.02b. Funding for children requiring special education services. Payments to school districts for children requiring special education services documented in their individualized education program regardless of the program from which these services …

(105 ILCS 5/14-7.02c) Sec. 14-7.02c. Private therapeutic day schools; student enrollment data. The Illinois Purchased Care Review Board must accept amended student enrollment data from special education private therapeutic day schools that have specialized contractual agreements …

(105 ILCS 5/14-7.03) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.03) Sec. 14-7.03. Special education classes for children from orphanages, foster family homes, children's homes, or State residential units. If a school district maintains special education classes on the site of orphanages and childr…

(105 ILCS 5/14-7.04) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.04) Sec. 14-7.04. Health care reimbursement. (a) Local educational agencies may utilize federally funded health care programs to share in the costs of services which are provided to children requiring special education and related ser…

(105 ILCS 5/14-7.05) Sec. 14-7.05. Placement in residential facility; payment of educational costs. For any student with a disability in a residential facility placement made or paid for by an Illinois public State agency or made by any court in this State, the school district of…