{"id":"AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-030","kind":"order","level":"state","jurisdiction":"Illinois State Board of Education; State level","state":"IL","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED","eco":"","issuer":"Illinois State Board of Education","authority":"105 ILCS 5/2-3.6; 5 ILCS 100/5-45","instrument":"23 Ill. Adm. Code Part 5, Remote Learning Days (emergency rule, sections 5.5 and 5.10), 44 Ill. Reg. (March 2020)","title":"Emergency rule authorizing the State Superintendent to declare a requirement to use Remote Learning Days for the entire State, during which schools must conduct instruction remotely","dateIssued":"2020-03-27","effective":"2020-03-27 (emergency, maximum 150 days); Remote Learning Days declared statewide from March 31, 2020 (Ex. 033)","end":"150 days (emergency); the statutory remote-learning-day provisions were later codified by Public Act 101-643 (June 12, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-27","endDate":"2020-06-12","quarters":["2020Q2","2020Q3"],"types":["SCH","CLOSE","OTHER"],"addressees":["every school district and school, grades pre-kindergarten through 12","the State Superintendent"],"clause":"Section 5.10 Remote Learning Days EMERGENCY a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1, when a Gubernatorial Disaster has been proclaimed or when any other exigent circumstance exists, as deemed by the State Superintendent, the State Superintendent may declare a requirement to use Remote Learning Days for a district, multiple districts, a region, or the entire State. During Remote Learning Days, schools must conduct instruction remotely. Once declared, Remote Learning Days will be implemented in any of grades pre-kindergarten through 12 as days of attendance, and shall be deemed pupil attendance days for calculation of the length of a school term under Section 10-19 of the School Code.... c) For any school or district that does not implement an e-learning program under Section 10-20.56 of the Code, the school or district must adopt a Remote Learning Day Plan","enforcement":"105 ILCS 5/2-3.25 and 23 Ill. Adm. Code 1.20 (recognition); 105 ILCS 5/18-8.15 (general State aid tied to attendance days, which the rule deems satisfied)","functions":["IN in-person instruction replaced by mandatory remote instruction","RL remote learning (plans, accessibility, special populations)","HR work under Remote Learning Day Plans \u0027mutually agreed upon\u0027 with bargaining units","WF parents\u0027 workforce","CB families"],"notes":"The legal mechanism of Illinois\u0027s spring 2020 school closure at the agency level; the State Superintendent\u0027s declaration (Ex. 033) invoked it the same day","sourceUrl":"https://www.isbe.net/Documents/23-5RG-E.pdf","snapshot":"https://web.archive.org/web/20200401221322/https://www.isbe.net/Documents/23-5RG-E.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":97594,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED","url":"/library/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-030","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-030","citation":"Illinois State Board of Education, 23 Ill. Adm. Code Part 5, Remote Learning Days (emergency rule, sections 5.5 and 5.10), 44 Ill. Reg. (March 2020) (Mar. 27, 2020) (Ex. AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-030)","stateName":"Illinois","related":["AGY-ST-EDUCATION-HIGHER-ED-055"]}