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Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford
Filed: 2/23/2004
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2360
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2360 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 2-3.25f as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)
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| Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions.
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| (a) A school or school district must submit the required |
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| revised
Improvement Plan pursuant to rules adopted by the State |
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| Board of
Education. The State Board of Education shall provide |
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| technical
assistance to assist with the development and |
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| implementation of the
improvement plan.
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| Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable |
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| efforts to
implement an
approved Improvement Plan may suffer |
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| loss of State funds by school
district, attendance center, or |
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| program as the State Board of Education
deems appropriate.
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| (a-5) The State Board of Education, from appropriations |
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| made for this purpose, must implement
and administer a grant
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| program that provides 2-year grants to school districts on the |
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| academic watch
list and other school districts that have the |
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| lowest achieving students, as
determined by the State Board of |
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| Education, to be
used to improve student achievement.
In order
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| to receive a
grant under this program, a school district must |
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| establish an accountability
program. The
accountability |
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| program must involve the use of statewide testing standards and
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| local
evaluation measures. A grant shall be automatically |
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| renewed when achievement
goals are met. The Board may adopt any |
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| rules necessary to implement and
administer this grant program.
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| (b) In addition to subsection (a), if after 3 years |
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| following its placement on
academic
watch status a school |
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| district or school remains on
academic watch status, the
State |
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| Board of Education shall take one of the following actions for |
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| the
district or
school:
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| (1) The State Board of Education may authorize the |
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| State
Superintendent
of Education to direct the regional |
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| superintendent of schools to remove
school board members |
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| pursuant to Section 3-14.28 of this Code. Prior
to such |
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| direction the State Board of Education shall permit members |
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| of the
local board of education to present written and oral |
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| comments to the State
Board of Education. The State Board |
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| of Education may direct the State
Superintendent of |
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| Education to appoint an Independent Authority that shall
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| exercise such powers and duties as may be necessary to |
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| operate a school or
school district for purposes of |
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| improving pupil performance and school
improvement. The |
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| State Superintendent of Education shall designate one
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| member of the Independent Authority to serve as chairman. |
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| The Independent
Authority shall serve for a period of time |
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| specified by the State Board of
Education upon the |
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| recommendation of the State Superintendent of
Education.
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| (2) The State Board of Education may (A)
change the |
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| recognition status of the school district or school to
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| nonrecognized, or (B) authorize the State Superintendent
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| of Education to direct the reassignment of pupils
or direct |
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| the reassignment or replacement of school district |
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| personnel who
are relevant to the
failure
to
meet adequate |
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| yearly progress criteria. If
a school district is |
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| nonrecognized in its entirety, it shall automatically
be |
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| dissolved on July 1 following that nonrecognition and its |
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| territory
realigned with another school district or |
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| districts by the regional board
of school trustees in |
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| accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
7-11 of |
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| the School Code. The effective date of the nonrecognition |
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| of a school
shall be July 1 following the nonrecognition.
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| (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school |
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| districts
utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the |
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| federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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