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92_HB1437eng HB1437 Engrossed LRB9202638NTsb 1 AN ACT regarding schools. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 5 Section 10-19 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19) 7 Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental 8 programs. Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar 9 for the school term, specifying the opening and closing dates 10 and providing a minimum term of at least 185 days to ensure 11insure176 days of actual pupil attendance, computable under 12 Section 18-8.05, except that for the 1980-1981 school year 13 only 175 days of actual pupil attendance shall be required 14 because of the closing of schools pursuant to Section 24-2 on 15 January 29, 1981 upon the appointment by the President of 16 that day as a day of thanksgiving for the freedom of the 17 Americans who had been held hostage in Iran. Any days allowed 18 by law for teachers' institute but not used as such or used 19 as parental institutes as provided in Section 10-22.18d shall 20 increase the minimum term by the school days not so used. 21 Except as provided in Section 10-19.1, the board may not 22 extend the school term beyond such closing date unless that 23 extension of term is necessary to provide the minimum number 24 of computable days. In case of such necessary extension 25 school employees shall be paid for such additional time on 26 the basis of their regular contracts. A school board may 27 specify a closing date earlier than that set on the annual 28 calendar when the schools of the district have provided the 29 minimum number of computable days under this Section. Nothing 30 in this Section prevents the board from employing 31 superintendents of schools, principals and other nonteaching HB1437 Engrossed -2- LRB9202638NTsb 1 personnel for a period of 12 months, or in the case of 2 superintendents for a period in accordance with Section 3 10-23.8, or prevents the board from employing other personnel 4 before or after the regular school term with payment of 5 salary proportionate to that received for comparable work 6 during the school term. 7 A school board may make such changes in its calendar for 8 the school term as may be required by any changes in the 9 legal school holidays prescribed in Section 24-2. A school 10 board may make changes in its calendar for the school term as 11 may be necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers' 12 institute days as parental institute days as provided in 13 Section 10-22.18d. 14 With the prior approval of the State Board of Education 15 and subject to review by the State Board of Education every 3 16 years, any school board may, by resolution of its board and 17 in agreement with affected exclusive collective bargaining 18 agents, establish experimental educational programs, 19 including but not limited to programs for self-directed 20 learning or outside of formal class periods, which programs 21 when so approved shall be considered to comply with the 22 requirements of this Section as respects numbers of days of 23 actual pupil attendance and with the other requirements of 24 this Act as respects courses of instruction. 25 (Source: P.A. 91-96, eff. 7-9-99.)