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1 AN ACT concerning 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 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
22 device by any pupil while such pupil is in any school
23 building or on any school property, during regular school
24 hours or at any other time, and may shall by rule provide for
25 the imposition of appropriate discipline upon any pupil who
26 violates such prohibition. Exceptions may be made by the
27 board of education with the approval of the school principal.
28 (Source: P.A. 86-1391.)
29 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.35 new)
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1 Sec. 10-20.35. Use of automated telephone answering
2 equipment.
3 (a) The General Assembly finds that:
4 (1) parents of public school students need to
5 contact the school from time to time because of family
6 problems or emergencies;
7 (2) when a person calls a school, that person often
8 needs to talk to an individual and it is not necessarily
9 convenient or practical for that person to leave a
10 message or to follow an automated menu;
11 (3) when a person calls a school because of a
12 family problem or emergency and receives an automated
13 operator or an automated menu instead of a live operator,
14 that person often is not able to adequately receive
15 assistance; and
16 (4) the number of people calling schools and not
17 getting the assistance that they require because the
18 school does not have a live operator answering incoming
19 phone calls grows by the day.
20 (b) A public school that uses automated telephone
21 answering equipment to answer incoming telephone calls must,
22 beginning on July 1, 2003, during the normal business hours
23 of the school, provide the caller with the option, among the
24 first set of menu choices, of speaking to a live operator.
25 This Section does not apply to a telephone line that is
26 dedicated as a hot line for emergency services or to provide
27 general information.
28 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.22 new)
29 Sec. 34-18.22. Use of automated telephone answering
30 equipment.
31 (a) The General Assembly finds that:
32 (1) parents of public school students need to
33 contact the school from time to time because of family
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1 problems or emergencies;
2 (2) when a person calls a school, that person often
3 needs to talk to an individual and it is not necessarily
4 convenient or practical for that person to leave a
5 message or to follow an automated menu;
6 (3) when a person calls a school because of a
7 family problem or emergency and receives an automated
8 operator or an automated menu instead of a live operator,
9 that person often is not able to adequately receive
10 assistance; and
11 (4) the number of people calling schools and not
12 getting the assistance that they require because the
13 school does not have a live operator answering incoming
14 phone calls grows by the day.
15 (b) A public school that uses automated telephone
16 answering equipment to answer incoming telephone calls must,
17 beginning on July 1, 2003, during the normal business hours
18 of the school, provide the caller with the option, among the
19 first set of menu choices, of speaking to a live operator.
20 This Section does not apply to a telephone line that is
21 dedicated as a hot line for emergency services or to provide
22 general information.
23 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24 becoming law.
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