105 ILCS 5/34-84b
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 34 - Cities Of Over 500,000 Inhabitants - Board Of Education

 (from Ch. 122, par. 34-84b)Sec. 34-84b. Conviction of sex or narcotics offense, first degree murder,  attempted first degree murder, or Class X felony as grounds for  revocation  of certificate.(a) Whenever the holder of any certificate issued by the board  of education has been convicted of any sex offense or narcotics offense  as defined in this Section, the board of education shall forthwith suspend  the certificate.  If the conviction is reversed and the holder is acquitted  of the offense in a new trial or the charges against him are dismissed,  the board shall forthwith terminate the suspension of the certificate.  When the conviction becomes final, the board shall forthwith revoke the  certificate.  "Sex offense" as used in this Section means any one or more  of the following offenses: (1) any offense defined in Sections 11-6,  11-9, and 11-30, Sections  11-14 through 11-21, inclusive, and Sections 11-1.20, 11-1.30, 11-1.40, 11-1.50, 11-1.60, 12-13, 12-14,  12-14.1,  12-15 and 12-16 of the  Criminal Code of 1961 or the Criminal Code of 2012; (2) any attempt to commit any of the foregoing  offenses, and (3) any offense committed or attempted in any other state  which, if committed or attempted in this State, would have been punishable  as one or more of the foregoing offenses.  "Narcotics offense" as used in  this Section means any one or more of the following offenses:  (1) any offense  defined in the Cannabis Control Act except those defined in Sections 4(a),  4(b) and 5(a) of that Act and any offense for which the holder of any  certificate  is placed on probation under the provisions of Section 10 of that Act and  fulfills the terms and conditions of probation as may be required by the  court; (2) any offense defined in the Illinois  Controlled Substances Act except any offense for which the holder of any  certificate is placed on probation under the provisions of Section 410 of  that Act and fulfills the terms and conditions of probation as may be required  by the court; (3) any offense defined in the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act except any offense for which the holder of any certificate is placed on probation under the provision of Section 70 of that Act and fulfills the terms and conditions of probation as may be required by the court; (4) any attempt to commit any of the foregoing  offenses; and (5) any offense committed or attempted in any other state  or against the laws of the United States which, if committed or attempted  in this State, would have been punishable as one or more of the foregoing  offenses.(b) Whenever the holder of any certificate issued by the board of  education or pursuant to Article 21 or any other provisions of the School Code  has been convicted of first degree  murder, attempted first degree murder, or a  Class X felony, the board of education or the State Superintendent of  Education shall forthwith suspend the certificate.  If the conviction is  reversed and the holder is acquitted of that offense in a new trial or the  charges that he or she committed that offense are dismissed, the suspending  authority shall forthwith terminate the suspension of the certificate.  When  the conviction becomes final, the State Superintendent of Education shall  forthwith revoke the certificate.  The stated offenses of "first degree  murder", "attempted first degree murder", and "Class X felony" referred to in  this Section include any offense committed in another state that, if committed  in this State, would have been punishable as any one of the stated offenses.  (Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)