Public Act 094-0197
 		





SB0058 Enrolled
LRB094 04247 NHT 34271 b






    AN ACT concerning education.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:


 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
3-11 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/3-11)  (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)



    Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops. In 
counties
of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional 
superintendent may
arrange for or conduct district, regional, 
or county institutes, or
equivalent professional educational 
experiences, not more than 4 days
annually. Of those 4 days, 2 
days may be used as a teacher's workshop,
when approved by the 
regional superintendent, up to 2 days may be used
for 
conducting parent-teacher conferences or up to 2 days may be 
utilized
as parental institute days as provided in Section 
10-22.18d. A school
district may use one of its 4 institute 
days on the last day of the school
term.  "Institute" or 
"Professional educational experiences" means any
educational 
gathering, demonstration of methods of instruction,
visitation 
of schools or other institutions or facilities, or sexual
abuse 
and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid 
(which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or 
defibrillator training) held or approved
by the regional 
superintendent and declared by him to be an institute day,
or 
parent-teacher conferences. With the concurrence of the State

Superintendent of Education, he or she may employ such 
assistance as is
necessary
to conduct the institute.  Two or 
more adjoining counties may jointly hold
an institute.  
Institute instruction shall be free to holders of
certificates 
good in the county or counties holding the institute, and to

those who have paid an examination fee and failed to receive a 
certificate.

    In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional

superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional, 
or county
inservice training workshops, or equivalent 
professional educational
experiences, not more than 4 days 
annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may
be used for conducting 
parent-teacher conferences and up to 2 days may be
utilized as 
parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d. A

school district may use one of those 4 days on the last day of 
the school
term.  "Inservice Training Workshops" or 
"Professional educational
experiences" means any educational 
gathering, demonstration of methods of
instruction, visitation 
of schools or other institutions or
facilities, or sexual abuse 
and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid 
(which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or 
defibrillator training) held
or approved by the regional 
superintendent and declared by him to be
an inservice training 
workshop, or parent-teacher conferences.  With the
concurrence 
of the State Superintendent of Education, he may employ such

assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice training 
workshop.
With the approval of the regional superintendent, 2 
or more adjoining
districts may jointly hold an inservice 
training workshop. In addition,
with the approval of the 
regional superintendent, one district may conduct
its own 
inservice training workshop with subject matter consultants

requested from the county, State or any State institution of 
higher learning.

    Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section may 
be held
on consecutive or separate days at the option of the 
regional
superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.

    Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers 
institute", it
shall be construed to include the inservice 
training workshops or
equivalent professional educational 
experiences provided for in this Section.

    Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1, 1995, 
is dissolved
and the duties and responsibilities of the 
institute advisory committee are
assumed by the regional office 
of education advisory board.

    Districts providing inservice training programs shall 
constitute inservice
committees, 1/2 of which shall be 
teachers, 1/4 school service personnel
and 1/4 administrators 
to establish program content and schedules.

    The teachers institutes shall include teacher training 
committed to
peer counseling programs and other anti-violence 
and conflict
resolution programs, including without limitation 
programs for preventing at
risk students from committing 
violent acts.

(Source: P.A. 91-491, eff. 8-13-99.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.