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Public Act 096-0568
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LRB096 07616 NHT 17713 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
3A-16 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/3A-16)
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Sec. 3A-16. Regional office of education advisory board.
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(a) Beginning October 1, 2009 April 1, 1995, a regional |
office of education advisory board
shall be established within |
each region serving Class I counties or within each group of |
regions participating in an intergovernmental agreement for |
the provision of professional development to advise
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regional superintendent of schools of the region or regions |
involved concerning the planning
and
delivery of professional |
development programs and services under Section 2-3.62 and
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other programs under the control of
the regional superintendent |
of
schools.
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(b) The advisory board shall consist of at least 9 the |
following
13 members. All members of the advisory board shall |
be certified pursuant to Article 21 of this Code and be |
currently employed in positions requiring certification by a |
school district, special education cooperative, joint |
agreement, or regional office of education program. A majority |
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of members shall be nominated by statewide organizations |
representing teachers within the region or regions and selected |
by the regional superintendent of the region or regions |
involved. Administrators shall be nominated by statewide |
organizations representing administrators within the region or |
regions and selected by the regional superintendent of the |
region or regions involved. :
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(1) 7 public members, at least one from each county in |
the region,
selected by the presidents of the region's |
school parent groups at a meeting
held each April. Public |
members shall be geographically balanced throughout
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region. Public members shall meet the same criteria as |
members of
local boards of education but shall not be |
members of a local board of
education or school district |
employees.
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(2) 4 teachers, none of whom shall be from the same |
school district,
nominated and selected by all the teachers |
in the region.
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(3) 2 administrators, from different school districts, |
nominated and
selected by all the administrators in the |
region.
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Members of the advisory board shall serve 4-year terms,
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except that of the
initial members, 5 shall serve until April |
30, 1996, 4 shall serve until April
30, 1997, and 4 shall serve |
until April 30, 1998, as determined by lot.
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(c) The regional office of education advisory
board shall |