TITLE 23: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES SUBTITLE A: EDUCATION CHAPTER I: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION SUBCHAPTER b: PERSONNEL PART 51 DISMISSAL OF TENURED TEACHERS UNDER ARTICLE 24 AND DISMISSAL OF TENURED TEACHERS AND PRINCIPALS UNDER ARTICLE 34 OF THE SCHOOL CODE The General Assembly's Illinois Administrative Code database includes only those rulemakings that have been permanently adopted. This menu will point out the Sections on which an emergency rule (valid for a maximum of 150 days, usually until replaced by a permanent rulemaking) exists. The emergency rulemaking is linked through the notation that follows the Section heading in the menu. View Entire Part SUBPART A: GENERAL PROVISIONS Section 51.10 Definitions SUBPART B: STANDARD DISMISSAL PROCEDURES UNDER ARTICLES 24 AND 34 OF THE SCHOOL CODE Section 51.20 Applicability of this Subpart B Section 51.30 Notice of Charges to Tenured Teachers Section 51.35 Suspension without Pay Section 51.40 Qualifications and Selection of Hearing Officers; Conditions of Service Section 51.55 Pre-Hearing Procedures Section 51.60 The Hearing Section 51.70 The Decision: School Districts Not Organized under Article 34 of the School Code Section 51.75 The Decision: School Districts Organized under Article 34 of the School Code Section 51.80 Waiver, Interpretation and Application of this Part (Repealed) SUBPART C: OPTIONAL ALTERNATIVE EVALUATIVE DISMISSAL UNDER SECTION 24-16.5 OF THE SCHOOL CODE Section 51.200 Purpose and Applicability of this Subpart C Section 51.210 Establishment of the List of Second Evaluators; Qualifications Section 51.220 Selection of Second Evaluators Section 51.230 Use of a Second Evaluator in Specific Remediations Section 51.235 Approval of Providers of PERA Training Section 51.240 Hearing Procedures Section 51.250 Notice of Dismissal to the Affected Tenured Teacher Section 51.260 Qualifications and Selection of Hearing Officers Section 51.270 Scope of the Hearing Section 51.280 Findings of Fact and Recommendation of the Hearing Officer Section 51.290 Decision of Board

AUTHORITY: Implementing and authorized by Sections 24-12 and 34-85 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/24-12 and 34-85].

SOURCE: Rules Prescribed by the State Board of Education Governing the Procedure for the Dismissal of Tenured Teachers in Illinois, adopted February 19, 1976; codified at 8 Ill. Reg. 13739; emergency amendment at 9 Ill. Reg. 13116, effective August 9, 1985, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 10 Ill. Reg. 5807, effective April 2, 1986; emergency amendment at 10 Ill. Reg. 19572, effective October 30, 1986, for a maximum of 150 days; amended at 11 Ill. Reg. 5950, effective March 23, 1987; amended at 29 Ill. Reg. 10108, effective June 30, 2005; amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 4824, effective March 21, 2008; amended at 36 Ill. Reg. 12829, effective July 25, 2012; amended at 38 Ill. Reg. 21906, effective November 3, 2014; amended at 44 Ill. Reg. 14763, effective August 27, 2020; amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 8591, effective May 29, 2024.