Public Act 104-0288
 
HB3247 EnrolledLRB104 11044 LNS 21126 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 
22-105 and by changing Section 27A-5 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/22-105 new)
    Sec. 22-105. Denial of free education prohibited.  
    (a) The purpose of this Section is to secure the right of 
every child to equal access to a free public education and a 
school that is safe from intimidation and fear, consistent 
with the landmark United States Supreme Court decision in 
Plyler v. Doe, 457 U.S. 202 (1982), as in effect on January 1, 
2025, which held that it is unconstitutional for states to 
deny children a free public education based on immigration 
status. In their efforts to promote the right to educational 
equality established in Plyler, schools must take steps to 
protect the integrity of school learning environments for all 
children, so that no parent is discouraged from sending and no 
child is discouraged from attending school, including from the 
threat of immigration enforcement or other law enforcement 
activity on a school campus.
    (b) As used in this Section:
    "Citizenship or immigration status" means all matters 
regarding citizenship of the United States or any other 
country or the authority or lack thereof to reside in or 
otherwise to be present in the United States, including an 
individual's nationality and country of citizenship.
    "Law enforcement agent" means an agent of federal, State, 
or local law enforcement authorized with the power to arrest 
or detain individuals or manage the custody of detained 
individuals for a law enforcement purpose, including civil 
immigration enforcement. "Law enforcement agent" does not 
include a school resource officer as defined in Section 
10-20.68 of this Code. 
    "Nonjudicial warrant" means a warrant issued by a federal, 
State, or local agency authorized with the power to arrest or 
detain individuals or manage the custody of detained 
individuals for any law enforcement purpose, including civil 
immigration enforcement. "Nonjudicial warrant" includes an 
immigration detainer or civil immigration warrant as defined 
in the Illinois TRUST Act. "Nonjudicial warrant" does not 
include a criminal warrant issued upon a judicial 
determination of probable cause, in compliance with the 
requirements of the Fourth Amendment to the United States 
Constitution and Section 6 of Article I of the Illinois 
Constitution. 
    "Prevailing party" includes any party:
        (1) who obtains some of his or her requested relief 
    through a judicial judgment in his or her favor;
        (2) who obtains some of his or her requested relief 
    through a settlement agreement approved by the court; or
        (3) whose pursuit of a non-frivolous claim was a 
    catalyst for a unilateral change in position by the 
    opposing party relative to the relief sought.
    "School" means every public school, school district, and 
governing body, including a special charter district or 
charter school, organized under this Code, and its agents, 
including a contracted party.
    (c) No child may be denied a free public education through 
secondary school while in this State based on the child's 
perceived or actual immigration status or the child's parent's 
or guardian's perceived or actual citizenship or immigration 
status.
        (1) A school must not exclude a child from 
    participation in or deny a child the benefits of any 
    program or activity on the grounds of that child's 
    perceived or actual immigration status or the child's 
    parent's or guardian's actual or perceived citizenship or 
    immigration status.
        (2) A school must not use policies or procedures or 
    engage in practices that have the effect of excluding a 
    child from participation in or denying the benefits of any 
    program or activity or the effect of excluding 
    participation of the child's parent or guardian from 
    parental engagement activities or programs because of the 
    child's perceived or actual immigration status or the 
    child's parent's or guardian's actual or perceived 
    immigration status. These policies, procedures, and 
    practices include:
            (A) requesting or collecting information or 
        documentation from a student or the student's parent 
        or guardian about citizenship or immigration status 
        unless required by State or federal law; and
            (B) designating immigration status, citizenship, 
        place of birth, nationality, or national origin as 
        directory information, as that term is defined by 
        federal and State law.
        (3) A school must not perform any of the following 
    actions:
            (A) Threaten to disclose anything related to the 
        actual or perceived citizenship or immigration status 
        of a child or a person associated with the child to any 
        other person or entity or an immigration or law 
        enforcement agency.
            (B) Disclose anything related to the perceived 
        citizenship or immigration status of a child or a 
        person associated with the child to any other person 
        or entity or an immigration or law enforcement agency 
        if the school does not have direct knowledge of the 
        child's or associated person's actual citizenship or 
        immigration status, subject to the requirements of 
        this paragraph (3).
            (C) Disclose anything related to the actual 
        citizenship or immigration status of a child or a 
        person associated with the child to any other person 
        or nongovernmental entity if the school has direct 
        knowledge of the child's or associated person's actual 
        citizenship or immigration status, subject to the 
        requirements of this paragraph (3).
        Nothing in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this paragraph 
    (3) may be construed to permit the disclosure of student 
    records or information without complying with State and 
    federal requirements governing the disclosure of such 
    records or information. Subparagraphs (B) and (C) of this 
    paragraph (3) may not be construed to prohibit or restrict 
    an entity from sending to or receiving from the United 
    States Department of Homeland Security or any other 
    federal, State, or local governmental entity information 
    regarding the citizenship or immigration status of an 
    individual under Sections 1373 and 1644 of Title 8 of the 
    United States Code.
        (4) A school must develop procedures for reviewing and 
    authorizing requests from law enforcement agents 
    attempting to enter a school or school facility by July 1, 
    2026. The procedures must comply with the requirements of 
    paragraph (2) of this subsection (c), and, at a minimum, 
    include the following:
            (A) procedures for reviewing and contacting a 
        designated authorized person at the school or school 
        facility and the district superintendent's office or 
        school administrative office, who may contact the 
        school's legal counsel, and procedures for that 
        authorized person or legal counsel to review requests 
        to enter a school or school facility, including 
        judicial warrants, nonjudicial warrants, and 
        subpoenas;
            (B) procedures for monitoring or accompanying and 
        procedures for documenting all interactions with law 
        enforcement agents while on the school's premises; and
            (C) procedures for notifying and seeking consent 
        from a student's parents or guardian or from the 
        student if the student is 18 years old or older or 
        emancipated if a law enforcement agent requests access 
        to a student for immigration enforcement purposes, 
        unless such access is in compliance with a judicial 
        warrant or subpoena that restricts the disclosure of 
        the information to the student's parent or guardian.
        This paragraph (4) is subject to subsection (c) of 
    Section 22-88 of this Code.
    (d) A school shall adopt a policy for complying with 
paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) of subsection (c) by July 1, 
2026.
    (e) Beginning July 1, 2026, any party aggrieved by conduct 
that violates subsection (c) may bring a civil lawsuit. This 
lawsuit must be brought no later than 2 years after the 
violation of subsection (c). If the court finds that a willful 
violation of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subsection (c) has 
occurred, the court may award actual damages. The court, as it 
deems appropriate, may grant, as relief, any permanent or 
preliminary negative or mandatory injunction, temporary 
restraining order, or other order.
    (f) Nothing in this Section may be construed to require an 
exhaustion of the administrative complaint process before 
civil law remedies may be pursued.
    (g) Upon a motion, a court shall award reasonable 
attorney's fees and costs, including expert witness fees and 
other litigation expenses, to a plaintiff who is a prevailing 
party in any action brought under subsection (c). In awarding 
reasonable attorney's fees, the court shall consider the 
degree to which the relief obtained relates to the relief 
sought.
    (h) The General Assembly finds and declares that this 
Section is a State law within the meaning of subsection (d) of 
Section 1621 of Title 8 of the United States Code.
 
    (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
    (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-466)
    Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements. 
    (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, 
nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter 
school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit 
corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity 
authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
    (b) A charter school may be established under this Article 
by creating a new school or by converting an existing public 
school or attendance center to charter school status. In all 
new applications to establish a charter school in a city 
having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the 
charter school shall be limited to one campus. This limitation 
does not apply to charter schools existing or approved on or 
before April 16, 2003.
    (b-5) (Blank). 
    (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by 
its board of directors or other governing body in the manner 
provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter 
school shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and 
the Open Meetings Act. A charter school's board of directors 
or other governing body must include at least one parent or 
guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school 
who may be selected through the charter school or a charter 
network election, appointment by the charter school's board of 
directors or other governing body, or by the charter school's 
Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent. 
    (c-5) No later than January 1, 2021 or within the first 
year of his or her first term, every voting member of a charter 
school's board of directors or other governing body shall 
complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development 
leadership training to ensure that each member has sufficient 
familiarity with the board's or governing body's role and 
responsibilities, including financial oversight and 
accountability of the school, evaluating the principal's and 
school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information 
Act and the Open Meetings Act, and compliance with education 
and labor law. In each subsequent year of his or her term, a 
voting member of a charter school's board of directors or 
other governing body shall complete a minimum of 2 hours of 
professional development training in these same areas. The 
training under this subsection may be provided or certified by 
a statewide charter school membership association or may be 
provided or certified by other qualified providers approved by 
the State Board. 
    (d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular 
health and safety requirement" means any health and safety 
requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain, 
preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for 
students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or 
prevent threats to the health and safety of students and 
school personnel. "Non-curricular health and safety 
requirement" does not include any course of study or 
specialized instructional requirement for which the State 
Board has established goals and learning standards or which is 
designed primarily to impart knowledge and skills for students 
to master and apply as an outcome of their education.
    A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular 
health and safety requirements applicable to public schools 
under the laws of the State of Illinois. The State Board shall 
promulgate and post on its Internet website a list of 
non-curricular health and safety requirements that a charter 
school must meet. The list shall be updated annually no later 
than September 1. Any charter contract between a charter 
school and its authorizer must contain a provision that 
requires the charter school to follow the list of all 
non-curricular health and safety requirements promulgated by 
the State Board and any non-curricular health and safety 
requirements added by the State Board to such list during the 
term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d) precludes 
an authorizer from including non-curricular health and safety 
requirements in a charter school contract that are not 
contained in the list promulgated by the State Board, 
including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the 
authorizing local school board. 
    (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a 
charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a 
charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks, 
instructional materials, and student activities.
    (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the 
management and operation of its fiscal affairs, including, but 
not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each 
charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an 
outside, independent contractor retained by the charter 
school. The contractor shall not be an employee of the charter 
school or affiliated with the charter school or its authorizer 
in any way, other than to audit the charter school's finances. 
To ensure financial accountability for the use of public 
funds, on or before December 1 of every year of operation, each 
charter school shall submit to its authorizer and the State 
Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form 990 the 
charter school filed that year with the federal Internal 
Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for proper 
financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer may 
require quarterly financial statements from each charter 
school. 
    (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of 
this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, 
all federal and State laws and rules applicable to public 
schools that pertain to special education and the instruction 
of English learners, and its charter. A charter school is 
exempt from all other State laws and regulations in this Code 
governing public schools and local school board policies; 
however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
        (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code 
    regarding criminal history records checks and checks of 
    the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer 
    and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants 
    for employment;
        (2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 22-100, 24-24, 34-19, 
    and 34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of students;
        (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees 
    Tort Immunity Act;
        (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit 
    Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of 
    officers, directors, employees, and agents;
        (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
        (5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and 
    subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code;
        (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
        (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school 
    report cards;
        (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act;
        (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying 
    prevention;
        (10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student 
    discipline reporting;
        (11) Sections 22-80 and 27-8.1 of this Code;
        (12) Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 of this Code;
        (13) Sections 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 of this Code;
        (14) Sections 22-90 and 26-18 of this Code;
        (15) Section 22-30 of this Code; 
        (16) Sections 24-12 and 34-85 of this Code;
        (17) the Seizure Smart School Act;
        (18) Section 2-3.64a-10 of this Code;
        (19) Sections 10-20.73 and 34-21.9 of this Code;
        (20) Section 10-22.25b of this Code;
        (21) Section 27-9.1a of this Code;
        (22) Section 27-9.1b of this Code; 
        (23) Section 34-18.8 of this Code;
        (25) Section 2-3.188 of this Code;
        (26) Section 22-85.5 of this Code; 
        (27) subsections (d-10), (d-15), and (d-20) of Section 
    10-20.56 of this Code; 
        (28) Sections 10-20.83 and 34-18.78 of this Code; 
        (29) Section 10-20.13 of this Code; 
        (30) Section 28-19.2 of this Code; 
        (31) Section 34-21.6 of this Code;
        (32) Section 22-85.10 of this Code;
        (33) Section 2-3.196 of this Code; 
        (34) Section 22-95 of this Code; 
        (35) Section 34-18.62 of this Code;
        (36) the Illinois Human Rights Act; and
        (37) Section 2-3.204 of this Code. 
    The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection 
(g) is declaratory of existing law.
    (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a 
school district, the governing body of a State college or 
university or public community college, or any other public or 
for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a 
school building and grounds or any other real property or 
facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert 
for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and 
maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service, 
activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required 
to perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter. 
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this Section, a school 
district may charge a charter school reasonable rent for the 
use of the district's buildings, grounds, and facilities. Any 
services for which a charter school contracts with a school 
district shall be provided by the district at cost. Any 
services for which a charter school contracts with a local 
school board or with the governing body of a State college or 
university or public community college shall be provided by 
the public entity at cost.
    (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established 
by converting an existing school or attendance center to 
charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is 
deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter 
agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other 
costs for the operation and maintenance of school district 
facilities that are used by the charter school shall be 
subject to negotiation between the charter school and the 
local school board and shall be set forth in the charter.
    (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age 
or grade level.
    (k) If the charter school is authorized by the State 
Board, then the charter school is its own local education 
agency. 
(Source: P.A. 102-51, eff. 7-9-21; 102-157, eff. 7-1-22; 
102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-445, eff. 8-20-21; 102-522, eff. 
8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-676, eff. 12-3-21; 
102-697, eff. 4-5-22; 102-702, eff. 7-1-23; 102-805, eff. 
1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23; 103-175, 
eff. 6-30-23; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-605, eff. 7-1-24; 
103-641, eff. 7-1-24; 103-806, eff. 1-1-25; revised 10-9-24.)
 
    (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-466)
    Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements. 
    (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, 
nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter 
school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit 
corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity 
authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
    (b) A charter school may be established under this Article 
by creating a new school or by converting an existing public 
school or attendance center to charter school status. In all 
new applications to establish a charter school in a city 
having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the 
charter school shall be limited to one campus. This limitation 
does not apply to charter schools existing or approved on or 
before April 16, 2003.
    (b-5) (Blank). 
    (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by 
its board of directors or other governing body in the manner 
provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter 
school shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and 
the Open Meetings Act. A charter school's board of directors 
or other governing body must include at least one parent or 
guardian of a pupil currently enrolled in the charter school 
who may be selected through the charter school or a charter 
network election, appointment by the charter school's board of 
directors or other governing body, or by the charter school's 
Parent Teacher Organization or its equivalent. 
    (c-5) No later than January 1, 2021 or within the first 
year of his or her first term, every voting member of a charter 
school's board of directors or other governing body shall 
complete a minimum of 4 hours of professional development 
leadership training to ensure that each member has sufficient 
familiarity with the board's or governing body's role and 
responsibilities, including financial oversight and 
accountability of the school, evaluating the principal's and 
school's performance, adherence to the Freedom of Information 
Act and the Open Meetings Act, and compliance with education 
and labor law. In each subsequent year of his or her term, a 
voting member of a charter school's board of directors or 
other governing body shall complete a minimum of 2 hours of 
professional development training in these same areas. The 
training under this subsection may be provided or certified by 
a statewide charter school membership association or may be 
provided or certified by other qualified providers approved by 
the State Board. 
    (d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular 
health and safety requirement" means any health and safety 
requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain, 
preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for 
students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or 
prevent threats to the health and safety of students and 
school personnel. "Non-curricular health and safety 
requirement" does not include any course of study or 
specialized instructional requirement for which the State 
Board has established goals and learning standards or which is 
designed primarily to impart knowledge and skills for students 
to master and apply as an outcome of their education.
    A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular 
health and safety requirements applicable to public schools 
under the laws of the State of Illinois. The State Board shall 
promulgate and post on its Internet website a list of 
non-curricular health and safety requirements that a charter 
school must meet. The list shall be updated annually no later 
than September 1. Any charter contract between a charter 
school and its authorizer must contain a provision that 
requires the charter school to follow the list of all 
non-curricular health and safety requirements promulgated by 
the State Board and any non-curricular health and safety 
requirements added by the State Board to such list during the 
term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d) precludes 
an authorizer from including non-curricular health and safety 
requirements in a charter school contract that are not 
contained in the list promulgated by the State Board, 
including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the 
authorizing local school board. 
    (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a 
charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a 
charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks, 
instructional materials, and student activities.
    (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the 
management and operation of its fiscal affairs, including, but 
not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each 
charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an 
outside, independent contractor retained by the charter 
school. The contractor shall not be an employee of the charter 
school or affiliated with the charter school or its authorizer 
in any way, other than to audit the charter school's finances. 
To ensure financial accountability for the use of public 
funds, on or before December 1 of every year of operation, each 
charter school shall submit to its authorizer and the State 
Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form 990 the 
charter school filed that year with the federal Internal 
Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for proper 
financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer may 
require quarterly financial statements from each charter 
school. 
    (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of 
this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, 
all federal and State laws and rules applicable to public 
schools that pertain to special education and the instruction 
of English learners, and its charter. A charter school is 
exempt from all other State laws and regulations in this Code 
governing public schools and local school board policies; 
however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
        (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code 
    regarding criminal history records checks and checks of 
    the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer 
    and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants 
    for employment;
        (2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 22-100, 24-24, 34-19, 
    and 34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of students;
        (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees 
    Tort Immunity Act;
        (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit 
    Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of 
    officers, directors, employees, and agents;
        (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
        (5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and 
    subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code;
        (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
        (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school 
    report cards;
        (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act;
        (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying 
    prevention;
        (10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student 
    discipline reporting;
        (11) Sections 22-80 and 27-8.1 of this Code;
        (12) Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 of this Code;
        (13) Sections 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 of this Code;
        (14) Sections 22-90 and 26-18 of this Code;
        (15) Section 22-30 of this Code; 
        (16) Sections 24-12 and 34-85 of this Code;
        (17) the Seizure Smart School Act;
        (18) Section 2-3.64a-10 of this Code;
        (19) Sections 10-20.73 and 34-21.9 of this Code;
        (20) Section 10-22.25b of this Code;
        (21) Section 27-9.1a of this Code;
        (22) Section 27-9.1b of this Code; 
        (23) Section 34-18.8 of this Code; 
        (24) Article 26A of this Code;
        (25) Section 2-3.188 of this Code;
        (26) Section 22-85.5 of this Code; 
        (27) subsections (d-10), (d-15), and (d-20) of Section 
    10-20.56 of this Code; 
        (28) Sections 10-20.83 and 34-18.78 of this Code; 
        (29) Section 10-20.13 of this Code; 
        (30) Section 28-19.2 of this Code; 
        (31) Section 34-21.6 of this Code;
        (32) Section 22-85.10 of this Code; 
        (33) Section 2-3.196 of this Code; 
        (34) Section 22-95 of this Code; 
        (35) Section 34-18.62 of this Code;
        (36) the Illinois Human Rights Act; and
        (37) Section 2-3.204 of this Code; and . 
        (38) Section 22-105 of this Code. 
    The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection 
(g) is declaratory of existing law.
    (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a 
school district, the governing body of a State college or 
university or public community college, or any other public or 
for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a 
school building and grounds or any other real property or 
facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert 
for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and 
maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service, 
activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required 
to perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter. 
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this Section, a school 
district may charge a charter school reasonable rent for the 
use of the district's buildings, grounds, and facilities. Any 
services for which a charter school contracts with a school 
district shall be provided by the district at cost. Any 
services for which a charter school contracts with a local 
school board or with the governing body of a State college or 
university or public community college shall be provided by 
the public entity at cost.
    (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established 
by converting an existing school or attendance center to 
charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is 
deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter 
agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other 
costs for the operation and maintenance of school district 
facilities that are used by the charter school shall be 
subject to negotiation between the charter school and the 
local school board and shall be set forth in the charter.
    (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age 
or grade level.
    (k) If the charter school is authorized by the State 
Board, then the charter school is its own local education 
agency. 
(Source: P.A. 102-51, eff. 7-9-21; 102-157, eff. 7-1-22; 
102-360, eff. 1-1-22; 102-445, eff. 8-20-21; 102-466, eff. 
7-1-25; 102-522, eff. 8-20-21; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-676, 
eff. 12-3-21; 102-697, eff. 4-5-22; 102-702, eff. 7-1-23; 
102-805, eff. 1-1-23; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22; 103-154, eff. 
6-30-23; 103-175, eff. 6-30-23; 103-472, eff. 8-1-24; 103-605, 
eff. 7-1-24; 103-641, eff. 7-1-24; 103-806, eff. 1-1-25; 
revised 11-26-24.)
 
    Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes 
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text 
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section 
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does 
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes 
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other 
Public Act.