105 ILCS 5/10-22.34c
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

Sec. 10-22.34c. Third party non-instructional services.(a) A    board of education may enter into a contract with a third party for  non-instructional services currently performed by any employee or bargaining  unit member or lay off those educational support personnel employees  upon 90 days  written notice to  the affected employees, provided that:(1)  a contract must not be entered into and become     effective during the term of a collective bargaining agreement, as that term is set forth in the agreement, covering any employees who perform the non-instructional services;(2)  a contract may only take effect upon the     expiration of an existing collective bargaining agreement;(3)  any third party that submits a bid to perform     the non-instructional services shall provide the following:(A)  evidence of liability insurance in scope and         amount equivalent to the liability insurance provided by the school board pursuant to Section 10-22.3 of this Code;(B)  a benefits package for the third party's         employees who will perform the non-instructional services comparable to the benefits package provided to school board employees who perform those services;(C)  a list of the number of employees who will         provide the non-instructional services, the job classifications of those employees, and the wages the third party will pay those employees;(D)  a minimum 3-year cost projection, using         generally accepted accounting principles and which the third party is prohibited from increasing if the bid is accepted by the school board, for each and every expenditure category and account for performing the non-instructional services;(E) composite  information about the criminal and         disciplinary records, including alcohol or other substance abuse, Department of Children and Family Services complaints and investigations, traffic violations, and license revocations or any other licensure problems, of any employees who may perform the non-instructional services, provided that the individual names and other identifying information of employees need not be provided with the submission of the bid, but must be made available upon request of the school board; and(F)  an affidavit, notarized by the president or         chief executive officer of the third party, that each of its employees has completed a criminal background check as required by Section 10-21.9 of this Code within 3 months prior to submission of the bid, provided that the results of such background checks need not be provided with the submission of the bid, but must be made available upon request of the school board;(4)  a contract must not be entered into unless the     school board provides a cost comparison, using generally accepted accounting principles, of each and every expenditure category and account that the school board projects it would incur over the term of the contract if it continued to perform the non-instructional services using its own employees with each and every expenditure category and account that is projected a third party would incur if a third party performed the non-instructional services;(5)  review and consideration of all bids by third     parties to perform the non-instructional services shall take place in open session of a regularly scheduled school board meeting, unless the exclusive bargaining representative of the employees who perform the non-instructional services, if any such exclusive bargaining representative exists, agrees in writing that such review and consideration can take place in open session at a specially scheduled school board meeting;(6)  a minimum of one public hearing, conducted by     the school board prior to a regularly scheduled school board meeting, to discuss the school board's proposal to contract with a third party to perform the non-instructional services must be held before the school board may enter into such a contract; the school board must provide  notice to the public of the date, time, and location of the first public hearing on or before the initial date that bids to provide the non-instructional services are solicited or a minimum of 30 days prior to entering into such a contract, whichever provides a greater period of notice;(7)  a contract shall contain provisions requiring     the contractor to offer available employee positions pursuant to the contract to qualified school district employees whose employment is terminated because of the contract; and(8)  a contract shall contain provisions requiring     the contractor to comply with a policy of nondiscrimination and equal employment opportunity for all persons and to take affirmative steps to provide equal opportunity for all persons.(b)  Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this Section, a board of education may enter into a contract, of no longer than 3 months in duration, with a third party for non-instructional services currently performed by an employee or bargaining unit member for the purpose of augmenting the current workforce in an emergency situation that threatens the safety or health of the school district's students or staff, provided that the school board meets all of its obligations under the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.(c)  The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly are not applicable to non-instructional services of a school district that on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly are performed for the school district by a third party.  (Source: P.A. 95-241, eff. 8-17-07; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)