105 ILCS 5/34-8.13: Learning Zone designation principles.

In performing its duties under this Law, the board shall be guided by the following additional principles:

(1) Learning Zone designations should be effective for an initial period of no less than 3 and no more than 6 years;

(2) Learning Zone designations should encompass clusters of attendance centers through joint application from secondary and feeder elementary schools or in other reasonably related clusters;

(3) Learning Zone designations should encompass, in the aggregate, approximately 10% of the students enrolled in attendance centers within Chicago;

(4) Learning Zone designations should, in the aggregate, be reflective of the racial and ethnic diversity and demography of students enrolled in attendance centers within Chicago;

(5) Learning Zone designations should be fully operational commencing with the 1996-97 school year; and

(6) Learning Zone designation renewals, revisions, and applications for additional waivers of statutes, regulations, rules, and policies should be evaluated in light of the goals of this Law.