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 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 may To prohibit 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 may to by rule provide for
14    the imposition of appropriate discipline upon any  pupil  who
15    violates  such  prohibition.  Exceptions  may  be made by the
16    school 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 may shall prohibit  or  regulate  the
21    use  or  possession  of  any cellular radio telecommunication
 
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 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 may shall by rule provide for
 4    the imposition of appropriate discipline upon any  pupil  who
 5    violates  such  prohibition.  Exceptions  may  be made by the
 6    board 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
 
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 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.".

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