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105 ILCS 5/34-84a (2026)

Maintenance of discipline

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(105 ILCS 5/34-84a) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-84a)
    Sec. 34-84a. Maintenance of discipline. Subject to the limitations of all policies established or adopted under Section 14-8.05, teachers, other licensed educational employees, and any other person, whether or not a licensed employee, providing a related service for or with respect to a student shall maintain discipline in the schools, including school grounds which are owned or leased by the board and used for school purposes and activities. In all matters relating to the discipline in and conduct of the schools and the school children, they stand in the relation of parents and guardians to the pupils. This relationship shall extend to all activities connected with the school program, including all athletic and extracurricular programs, and may be exercised at any time for the safety and supervision of the pupils in the absence of their parents or guardians.
    Nothing in this Section affects the power of the board to establish rules with respect to discipline, except that the rules of the board must provide, subject to the limitations of all policies established or adopted under Section 14-8.05, that a teacher, any other licensed employee, and any other person, whether or not a licensed employee, providing a related service for or with respect to a student may only use reasonable force as permitted under Section 34-18.20, shall provide that a teacher may remove a student from the classroom for disruptive behavior, and must include provisions which provide due process to students. The policy shall prohibit the use of corporal punishment, as defined in Section 22-100, in all circumstances.
(Source: P.A. 103-806, eff. 1-1-25.)

    
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1995–2025 · leading case: Doe v. Lawrence Hall Youth Servs., 2012 IL App (1st) 103758 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012).
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Doe v. Lawrence Hall Youth Servs., 2012 IL App (1st) 103758 (Ill. App. Ct. 2012). · cites it 3× “105 ILCS 5/34-84a (West 2010). There is no substantive difference between these statutory sections.”
Doe Ex Rel. Ortega-Prion v. BD. OF EDUC., 791 N.E.2d 1283 (Ill. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 3× “In all matters relating to the discipline in and conduct of the schools and the school children, they stand in the relation of parents and guardians to the pupils.”
Palmer v. Mount Vernon Twp. High Sch. Dist. 201, 647 N.E.2d 1043 (Ill. App. Ct. 1995). “) This relationship extends to all activities connected with the school program, "including all athletic and extracurricular programs, and may be exercised at any time for the safety and supervision of the pupils in the absence of their parents or guardians.”
Booker v. Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago, 2016 IL App (1st) 151151 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “” 105 ILCS 5/34-84a (West 2012). Petitioner claims that the Board promulgated guidelines for use of reasonable force and improperly misapplied them in this case.”
Booker v. The Bd. of Educ. of the City of Chicago, 2016 IL App (1st) 151151 (Ill. App. Ct. 2016). “” 105 ILCS 5/34-84a (West 2012). Petitioner claims that the Board promulgated guidelines for use of reasonable force and improperly misapplied them in this case.”
Basken v. Cordero-Dennis, 2025 IL App (1st) 231708-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2025). · cites it 6× “On appeal, plaintiff argues that (1) the circuit court erred in dismissing the negligence counts and finding that defendant was immune under section 34-84a of the Illinois School Code (School Code) (105 ILCS 5/34-84a (West 2020)), and (2) the circuit court erred in granting…”
Huddleston v. Illinois State Bd. of Educ., 2019 IL App (1st) 181907-U (Ill. App. Ct. 2019). “¶ 71 Contrary to the petitioner's position, the fact that the School Code also requires teachers to "maintain discipline" and prohibits the Board from enacting policies that preclude teachers from using "reasonable force as needed to maintain safety for the other students" (105…”
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