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| Public Act 099-0616 | ||||
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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 | ||||
3-11 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/3-11) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)
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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 and educational support | ||||
personnel 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. | ||||
Educational support personnel may be exempt from a workshop if | ||||
the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. A school
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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, 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
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licenses good in the county or counties holding the institute | ||
and to
those who have paid an examination fee and failed to | ||
receive a license.
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In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional
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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 as a teacher's | ||
and educational support
personnel 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
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utilized as parental institute days as provided in Section | ||
10-22.18d. Educational support personnel may be exempt from a | ||
workshop if
the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. A
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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, 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
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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
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requested from the county, State or any State institution of | ||
higher learning.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The teachers institutes shall include teacher training | ||
committed to (i)
peer counseling programs and other | ||
anti-violence and conflict
resolution programs, including | ||
without limitation programs for preventing at
risk students | ||
from committing violent acts, and (ii) educator ethics and | ||
teacher-student conduct. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school | ||
year, the teachers institutes shall include instruction on | ||
prevalent student chronic health conditions. Beginning with | ||
the 2016-2017 school year, the teachers institutes shall | ||
include, at least once every 2 years, instruction on the | ||
federal Americans with Disabilities Act as it pertains to the | ||
school environment.
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(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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