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92_HB1004ham001 LRB9205712NTpkam 1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1004 2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 1004 by replacing 3 everything after the enacting clause with the following: 4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 5 Sections 10-20.28 and 34-18.14 and adding Sections 10-20.35 6 and 34-18.22 as follows: 7 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.28) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.28) 8 Sec. 10-20.28. Cellular radio telecommunication 9 prohibition. A school board mayToprohibit or regulate the 10 use or possession of any cellular radio telecommunication 11 device by any pupil while such pupil is in any school 12 building or on any school property, during regular school 13 hours or at any other time, and maytoby rule provide for 14 the imposition of appropriate discipline upon any pupil who 15 violates such prohibition.Exceptions may be made by the16school board with the approval of the school principal.17 (Source: P.A. 86-1391.) 18 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.14) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-18.14) 19 Sec. 34-18.14. Cellular radio telecommunication 20 prohibition. The board mayshallprohibit or regulate the 21 use or possession of any cellular radio telecommunication -2- LRB9205712NTpkam 1 device by any pupil while such pupil is in any school 2 building or on any school property, during regular school 3 hours or at any other time, and mayshallby rule provide for 4 the imposition of appropriate discipline upon any pupil who 5 violates such prohibition.Exceptions may be made by the6board of education with the approval of the school principal.7 (Source: P.A. 86-1391.) 8 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.35 new) 9 Sec. 10-20.35. Use of automated telephone answering 10 equipment. 11 (a) The General Assembly finds that: 12 (1) parents of public school students need to 13 contact the school from time to time because of family 14 problems or emergencies; 15 (2) when a person calls a school, that person often 16 needs to talk to an individual and it is not necessarily 17 convenient or practical for that person to leave a 18 message or to follow an automated menu; 19 (3) when a person calls a school because of a 20 family problem or emergency and receives an automated 21 operator or an automated menu instead of a live operator, 22 that person often is not able to adequately receive 23 assistance; and 24 (4) the number of people calling schools and not 25 getting the assistance that they require because the 26 school does not have a live operator answering incoming 27 phone calls grows by the day. 28 (b) A public school that uses automated telephone 29 answering equipment to answer incoming telephone calls must, 30 beginning on July 1, 2003, during the normal business hours 31 of the school, provide the caller with the option, among the 32 first set of menu choices, of speaking to a live operator. 33 This Section does not apply to a telephone line that is -3- LRB9205712NTpkam 1 dedicated as a hot line for emergency services or to provide 2 general information. 3 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.22 new) 4 Sec. 34-18.22. Use of automated telephone answering 5 equipment. 6 (a) The General Assembly finds that: 7 (1) parents of public school students need to 8 contact the school from time to time because of family 9 problems or emergencies; 10 (2) when a person calls a school, that person often 11 needs to talk to an individual and it is not necessarily 12 convenient or practical for that person to leave a 13 message or to follow an automated menu; 14 (3) when a person calls a school because of a 15 family problem or emergency and receives an automated 16 operator or an automated menu instead of a live operator, 17 that person often is not able to adequately receive 18 assistance; and 19 (4) the number of people calling schools and not 20 getting the assistance that they require because the 21 school does not have a live operator answering incoming 22 phone calls grows by the day. 23 (b) A public school that uses automated telephone 24 answering equipment to answer incoming telephone calls must, 25 beginning on July 1, 2003, during the normal business hours 26 of the school, provide the caller with the option, among the 27 first set of menu choices, of speaking to a live operator. 28 This Section does not apply to a telephone line that is 29 dedicated as a hot line for emergency services or to provide 30 general information. 31 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 32 becoming law.".