a) The
State Superintendent of Education will make available an application to be used
for schools' voluntary registration. A school's initial registration may occur
at any time from October 1 through June 30 of the relevant school year. Initial
registration of a school must occur by means of an application process
specified by the State Superintendent. Each registration application must be
received by the State Board no later than June 25 for the school to be
registered by June 30.
1) Descriptive
information that must be submitted by the school shall include, but is not
limited to, the following:
A) the name of the
school, its location and telephone number, its affiliation, and the name of the
chief school administrator;
B)
demographic and other data on the enrolled students, including a student's
race, ethnicity, and grade level; and
C) data on the staff employed in various
capacities.
2) The chief
school administrator of each school shall provide assurances to the State
Superintendent that the school can document the following:
A) the school offers:
i) an academic term of at least 176 days of
pupil attendance annually that meets the current statutory requirements
regarding minimum hours of instruction per day (see Section 10-19.05 of the
Code);
ii) at least 880 per-pupil
clock hours of instruction annually; or
iii) an academic term that satisfies any
other minimum instructional requirement established in statute that is
applicable to public schools, including possible incorporation of exceptions
provided for public schools;
B) it provides instruction in
English, except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 27-2 of the
Code, in the branches of education taught to children of corresponding
age and grade in the public schools [105
ILCS 5/26-1] , including the language arts,
mathematics, the biological, physical and social sciences, the fine arts, and
physical development and health [105
ILCS 5/27-1] ;
C) it requires the students who are enrolled
to attend daily during the school's entire regular school term;
D) the physical facilities occupied by the
school comply with the applicable local building code and fire safety
requirements;
E) it requires
evidence that, and furnishes to the State Superintendent, the required reports
regarding the extent to which students have complied with the requirements of
Section 27-8.1 of the Code and the rules of the Department of Public Health at
77 Ill. Adm. Code 665 with respect to health examinations, immunizations, eye
examinations, and dental examinations; and cooperates in the implementation of
the Child Vision and Hearing Test Act [410 ILCS 205 ] and the rules of the
Department of Public Health at 77 Ill. Adm. Code 675 and 685 regarding hearing
and vision screenings, respectively;
F) it complies with the applicable
requirements of Section 22-30 of the Code, to the extent that the school allows
the self-administration and self-carry of asthma medication, diabetes
medication, and/or epinephrine auto-injectors, Section 22-33 of the Code, the
Care of Students with Diabetes Act, 23 Ill. Adm. Code
1.540
(Undesignated Epinephrine Auto-injectors; Opioid Antagonists), to the extent
that the school allows the administration of undesignated epinephrine
auto-injectors or opioid antagonists, and any other law or rule pertaining to
the administration or self-administration of prescription or non-prescription
medications;
G) it can document
that each student participating in interscholastic athletics has had an annual
physical examination (23 Ill. Adm. Code
1.530) and that
it complies with the concussion policy and other requirements under Section
22-80 of the Code and Section
1.20
of the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act;
H) it complies with applicable federal and
State laws prohibiting discrimination, including, but not limited to, Title IX
of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et
seq.), the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004
(20 U.S.C.
1400 et seq.), the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C.
621 et seq.), Titles VI and VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964 (42
U.S.C. 2000d et seq., 2000e et seq.), the
Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
12101 et seq.), the School Code, and relevant
case law; and
I) it complies with
applicable State and federal laws, relevant case law, and State and federal
rules and regulations.
3)
The chief school administrator of each school must provide evidence to the
State Superintendent that the school is a not-for-profit entity that is subject
to the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 [805 ILCS 105 ] or is
incorporated as a not-for-profit entity in another state and authorized to do
business in the State of Illinois pursuant to the Business Corporation Act of
1983 [805 ILCS 5 ]. The evidence provided must consist of the file number
assigned to the not-for-profit entity by the Illinois Secretary of State,
Department of Business Services. Under certain circumstances, as determined by
the State Superintendent, the State Superintendent may accept an alternative
form of evidence from the chief school administrator to satisfy the
requirements of this subsection (a)(3).
4) The chief school administrator of each
school must provide documentation that it complies with the requirements of
Section 2-3.13a of the Code and 23 Ill. Adm. Code
375.75.
