(745 ILCS 25/0.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 820)
Sec. 0.01. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Tort Liability of Schools Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(745 ILCS 25/1) (from Ch. 122, par. 821)
Sec. 1. The General Assembly finds and hereby enacts as the public policy of the State of Illinois that public schools in the exercise of purely governmental functions should be protected from excessive diversion of their funds for purposes not directly connected with their statutory functions, if there is liability imposed by any court, and that there should be a reasonable distribution among the members of the public at large of the burden of individual loss from injuries incurred as a result of negligence in the conduct of school district affairs; and that non-profit private schools conducted by bona fide eleemosynary or religious institutions should be protected from excessive diversion of their funds for purposes not directly connected with their educational functions and also that there should be a reasonable contribution by non-profit private schools conducted by bona fide eleemosynary or religious institutions toward alleviation of the burden of individual loss arising from injuries incurred as a result of negligence in the conduct of such non-profit private schools.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)
(745 ILCS 25/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 822)
Sec. 2. No civil action shall be commenced in any court against any school district or non-profit private school by any person for any injury to his person or property unless it is commenced within one year from the date that the injury was received or the cause of action accrued.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)
(745 ILCS 25/3) (from Ch. 122, par. 823)
Sec. 3. Within six months from the date that such injury was received or such cause of action accrued, any person who is about to commence any civil action in any court against any school district for damages on account of any injury to his person or property shall file in the office of the school board attorney, if there is a school board attorney, and also in the office of the clerk or secretary of the school board, either by himself, his agent or attorney, a statement in writing signed by himself, his agent or attorney, giving the name of the person to whom the cause of action has accrued, the name and residence of the person injured, the date and about the hour of the accident, the place or location where the accident occurred and the name and address of the attending physician, if any.
With respect to non-profit private schools the statement in writing required hereunder shall be filed in the office of the Superintendent or Principal of such school.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)
(745 ILCS 25/4) (from Ch. 122, par. 824)
Sec. 4. If the notice provided by Section 3 is not filed as provided therein, any such civil action commenced against any school district or non-profit private school shall be dismissed and the person to whom any such cause of action accrued for any personal injury or property damage shall be forever barred from further suing.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)
(745 ILCS 25/5) (from Ch. 122, par. 825)
Sec. 5. A. The amount recovered in each separate cause of action against a public school district shall not exceed $10,000.00, except as is otherwise provided by law.
B. The amount recovered in each separate cause of action against a non-profit private school shall not exceed $10,000.00.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)
(745 ILCS 25/6) (from Ch. 122, par. 826)
Sec. 6. In case of injury occurring prior to the effective date of this Act, where action for such injury is not barred by the provisions of "An Act in regard to limitations", approved April 4, 1872, as amended, no civil action shall be commenced in any court against any school district or non-profit private school by any person for any injury to his person or property unless it is commenced within one year from the effective date of this Act.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)
(745 ILCS 25/7) (from Ch. 122, par. 827)
Sec. 7. Within six months from the effective date of this Act any person who is about to commence any civil action in any court against any school district for damages on account of any injury to his person or property occurring prior to the effective date of this Act shall file in the office of the school board attorney, if there is a school board attorney, and also in the office of the clerk or secretary of the school board, either by himself, his agent or attorney, a statement in writing signed by himself, his agent or attorney, giving the name of the person to whom the cause of action has accrued, the name and residence of the person injured, the date and about the hour of the accident, the place or location where the accident occurred and the name and address of the attending physician, if any.
With respect to non-profit private schools the statement in writing required hereunder shall be filed in the office of the Superintendent or Principal of such school.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)
(745 ILCS 25/8) (from Ch. 122, par. 828)
Sec. 8. If the notice provided by Section 7 is not filed as provided therein, any such civil action commenced against any school district or non-profit private school shall be dismissed and the person to whom any such cause of action accrued for any personal injury or property damage shall be forever barred from further suing.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)
(745 ILCS 25/9) (from Ch. 122, par. 829)
Sec. 9. A. The amount recovered in each separate cause of action against a public school district for injuries to person or property occurring prior to the effective date of this Act shall not exceed $10,000.00, except as is otherwise provided by law.
B. The amount recovered in each separate cause of action against a non-profit private school for injuries to person or property occurring prior to the effective date of this Act shall not exceed $10,000.00.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)
(745 ILCS 25/9.5)
Sec. 9.5. Tort immunity fund transfers. Notwithstanding any provision of the School Code to the contrary, if a school board determines that there are educational needs that will go unmet because of a lack of funds in the district's educational, operations and maintenance, and transportation funds, that there exists a sufficient fund balance in the district's tort immunity fund to meet those educational needs, and that a transfer will not cause the district to realize increased tort exposure, then the school board of any school district (i) that is subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, (ii) that has a population of less than 500,000 inhabitants, (iii) that is levying at its maximum tax rate, (iv) whose total equalized assessed valuation has declined 20% in the prior 2 years, (v) in which 80% or more of its students receive free or reduced-price lunch, and (vi) that had an equalized assessed valuation of less than $207 million but more than $203 million in the 2011 levy year may annually, until July 1, 2016, transfer money from the tort immunity fund of the district to the educational fund, the operations and maintenance fund, or the transportation fund of the district by proper resolution following a public hearing set by the school board or the president of the school board, with notice as provided in subsection (a) of Section 17-2A of the School Code, so long as the district meets the qualifications set forth in this Section on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly even if the district does not meet those qualifications at the time a given transfer is made.
(Source: P.A. 98-131, eff. 1-1-14.)
(745 ILCS 25/10) (from Ch. 122, par. 830)
Sec. 10. Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to authorize the bringing of any action against any school district or non-profit private school, nor the entry of a judgment in any such action.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)
(745 ILCS 25/11) (from Ch. 122, par. 831)
Sec. 11. If any section or part of any section of this Act is held unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, all other sections or parts of sections shall remain in full force and effect.
(Source: Laws 1959, p. 2060.)