20 ILCS 405/405-270
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 2 - State Board of Education - Powers and Duties

. The programs and services of educational  service centers may be offered to private school teachers and private school  students within each service center area provided public schools have already  been afforded adequate access to such programs and services.Upon the abolition of the office, removal from office, disqualification for office, resignation from office, or expiration of the current term of office of the regional superintendent of schools, whichever is earlier, the chief administrative officer of the centers serving that portion of a Class II county school unit outside of a city of 500,000 or more inhabitants shall have and exercise, in and with respect to each educational service region having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants and in and with respect to each school district located in any such educational service region, all of the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities theretofore vested by law in and exercised and performed by the regional superintendent of schools for that area under the provisions of this Code or any other laws of this State.The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary  to implement this Section.  The rules shall include detailed standards which  delineate the scope and specific content of programs to be provided by each  Educational Service Center, as well as the specific planning, implementation  and evaluation services to be provided by each Center relative to its programs.   The Board shall also provide the standards by which it will evaluate the  programs provided by each Center.(b) Centers serving Class 1 county school units shall be governed by an  11-member board, 3 members of which shall be public school teachers  nominated by the local bargaining representatives to the appropriate regional  superintendent for appointment and no more than 3 members of which shall be  from each of the following categories, including but not limited to  superintendents, regional superintendents, school board members  and a representative of an institution of higher education.  The members of  the board shall be appointed by the regional superintendents whose school  districts are served by the educational service center.  The composition of the board will reflect the revisions of this  amendatory Act of 1989 as the terms of office of current members expire.(c) The centers shall be of sufficient size and number to assure delivery  of services to all local school districts in the State.(d) From monies appropriated for this program the State Board of  Education shall provide grants paid from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to qualifying Educational Service Centers  applying for such grants in accordance with rules and regulations  promulgated by the State Board of Education to implement this Section.(e) The governing authority of each of the 18 regional educational service  centers shall appoint a comprehensive personal health and safety education and comprehensive sexual health education advisory board  consisting of 2 parents, 2 teachers, 2 school administrators, 2 school  board members, 2 health care professionals, one library system  representative, and the director of the regional educational service center  who shall serve as chairperson of the advisory board so appointed.  Members  of the comprehensive personal health and safety education and comprehensive sexual health education advisory boards shall serve without  compensation.  Each of the advisory boards appointed pursuant to this  subsection shall develop a plan for regional teacher-parent comprehensive personal health and safety education and comprehensive sexual health   education training sessions and shall file a written report of such plan  with the governing board of their regional educational service center.  The  directors of each of the regional educational service  centers shall thereupon meet, review each of the reports submitted by the  advisory boards and combine those reports into a single written report which  they shall file with the Citizens Council on School Problems prior to the  end of the regular school term of the 1987-1988 school year.(f) The 14 educational service centers serving Class I county school units  shall be disbanded on the first Monday of August, 1995, and their statutory  responsibilities and programs shall be assumed by the regional offices of  education, subject to rules and regulations developed by  the  State Board of Education.  The regional superintendents of schools elected by  the voters residing in all Class I counties shall serve as the chief  administrators for these programs and services.  (Source: P.A. 102-522, eff. 8-20-21.)