105 ILCS 5/3-11
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 3 - Regional Superintendent of Schools

 (from Ch. 122, par. 3-11)Sec. 3-11. Institutes or inservice training workshops. In counties  of less than 2,000,000 inhabitants, the regional superintendent may  arrange for or conduct district, regional, or county institutes, or  equivalent professional educational experiences, not more than 4 days  annually. Of those 4 days, 2 days may be used as a teacher's and educational support personnel workshop,  when approved by the regional superintendent, up to 2 days may be used  for conducting parent-teacher conferences, or up to 2 days may be utilized  as parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d. Educational support personnel may be exempt from a workshop if the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. A school  district may use one of its 4 institute days on the last day of the school  term.  "Institute" or "Professional educational experiences" means any  educational gathering, demonstration of methods of instruction,  visitation of schools or other institutions or facilities, sexual  abuse and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid (which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or defibrillator training) held or approved  by the regional superintendent and declared by him to be an institute day,  or parent-teacher conferences. With the concurrence of the State  Superintendent of Education, he or she may employ such assistance as is  necessary  to conduct the institute.  Two or more adjoining counties may jointly hold  an institute.  Institute instruction shall be free to holders of  licenses good in the county or counties holding the institute and to  those who have paid an examination fee and failed to receive a license.In counties of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the regional  superintendent may arrange for or conduct district, regional, or county  inservice training workshops, or equivalent professional educational  experiences, not more than 4 days annually. Of those 4 days, 2  days may be used as a teacher's and educational support  personnel workshop, when approved by the regional  superintendent, up to 2 days may  be used for conducting parent-teacher conferences, or up to 2 days may be  utilized as parental institute days as provided in Section 10-22.18d. Educational support personnel may be exempt from a workshop if  the workshop is not relevant to the work they do. A  school district may use one of those 4 days on the last day of the school  term.  "Inservice Training Workshops" or "Professional educational  experiences" means any educational gathering, demonstration of methods of  instruction, visitation of schools or other institutions or  facilities, sexual abuse and sexual assault awareness seminar, or training in First Aid (which may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation or defibrillator training) held  or approved by the regional superintendent and declared by him to be  an inservice training workshop, or parent-teacher conferences.  With the  concurrence of the State Superintendent of Education, he may employ such  assistance as is necessary to conduct the inservice training workshop.  With the approval of the regional superintendent, 2 or more adjoining  districts may jointly hold an inservice training workshop. In addition,  with the approval of the regional superintendent, one district may conduct  its own inservice training workshop with subject matter consultants  requested from the county, State or any State institution of higher learning.Such teachers institutes as referred to in this Section may be held  on consecutive or separate days at the option of the regional  superintendent having jurisdiction thereof.Whenever reference is made in this Act to "teachers institute", it  shall be construed to include the inservice training workshops or  equivalent professional educational experiences provided for in this Section.Any institute advisory committee existing on April 1, 1995, is dissolved  and the duties and responsibilities of the institute advisory committee are  assumed by the regional office of education advisory board.Districts providing inservice training programs shall constitute inservice  committees, 1/2 of which shall be teachers, 1/4 school service personnel  and 1/4 administrators to establish program content and schedules.The teachers institutes shall include teacher training committed to (i)  peer counseling programs and other anti-violence and conflict  resolution programs, including without limitation programs for preventing at  risk students from committing violent acts, and (ii) educator ethics and teacher-student conduct. Beginning with the 2009-2010 school year, the teachers institutes shall include instruction on prevalent student chronic health conditions. Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the teachers institutes shall include, at least once every 2 years, instruction on the federal Americans with Disabilities Act as it pertains to the school environment.   (Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-616, eff. 7-22-16.)