Illinois Compiled Statutes 745 ILCS 25 — Tort Liability of Schools Act.

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Short title. This Act may be cited as the Tort Liability of Schools Act. (Source: P.A. 86-1324.)

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…

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.)

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…

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.…

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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.)

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 pers…

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 t…

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.…

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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-profi…

Tort immunity fund transfers

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…

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

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.)

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

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.)