Rep. Thaddeus Jones

Filed: 3/1/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1415

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1415 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
52-3.25f and 10-19.1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)
7    Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions.
8    (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical
9assistance to assist with the development and implementation of
10School and District Improvement Plans.
11    Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable
12efforts to implement an approved Improvement Plan may suffer
13loss of State funds by school district, attendance center, or
14program as the State Board of Education deems appropriate.
15    (a-5) In this subsection (a-5), "school" means any of the
16following named public schools or their successor name:

 

 

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1        (1) Dirksen Middle School in Dolton School District
2    149.
3        (2) Diekman Elementary School in Dolton School
4    District 149.
5        (3) Caroline Sibley Elementary School in Dolton School
6    District 149.
7        (4) Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School in Dolton
8    School District 149.
9        (5) Carol Moseley Braun School in Dolton School
10    District 149.
11        (6) New Beginnings Learning Academy in Dolton School
12    District 149.
13        (7) McKinley Junior High School in South Holland School
14    District 150.
15        (8) Greenwood Elementary School in South Holland
16    School District 150.
17        (9) McKinley Elementary School in South Holland School
18    District 150.
19        (10) Eisenhower School in South Holland School
20    District 151.
21        (11) Madison School in South Holland School District
22    151.
23        (12) Taft School in South Holland School District 151.
24        (13) Wolcott School in Thornton School District 154.
25        (14) Memorial Junior High School in Lansing School
26    District 158.

 

 

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1        (15) Oak Glen Elementary School in Lansing School
2    District 158.
3        (16) Lester Crawl Primary Center in Lansing School
4    District 158.
5        (17) Brookwood Junior High School in Brookwood School
6    District 167.
7        (18) Brookwood Middle School in Brookwood School
8    District 167.
9        (19) Hickory Bend Elementary School in Brookwood
10    School District 167.
11        (20) Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center in Ford
12    Heights School District 169.
13        (21) Nathan Hale Elementary School in Sunnybrook
14    School District 171.
15        (22) Thornridge High School in Thornton Township High
16    School District 205.
17        (23) Thornwood High School in Thornton Township High
18    School District 205.
19        (24) Thornton Fractional South High School in Thornton
20    Fractional Township High School District 215.
21        (25) Ira F. Aldridge Elementary School in City of
22    Chicago School District 299.
23        (26) William E.B. DuBois Elementary School in City of
24    Chicago School District 299.
25        (27) Walter L. Newberry Elementary Math & Science
26    Academy in City of Chicago School District 299.

 

 

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1    If, after 2 years following its placement on academic watch
2status, a school remains on academic watch status, then the
3State Board of Education shall direct the school board to
4operate that school on a pilot full-year school plan approved
5by the State Board of Education upon expiration of its
6teachers' current collective bargaining agreement until the
7expiration of the next collective bargaining agreement.
8    (b) In addition, if after 3 years following its placement
9on academic watch status a school district or school remains on
10academic watch status, the State Board of Education shall take
11one of the following actions for the district or school:
12        (1) The State Board of Education may authorize the
13    State Superintendent of Education to direct the regional
14    superintendent of schools to remove school board members
15    pursuant to Section 3-14.28 of this Code. Prior to such
16    direction the State Board of Education shall permit members
17    of the local board of education to present written and oral
18    comments to the State Board of Education. The State Board
19    of Education may direct the State Superintendent of
20    Education to appoint an Independent Authority that shall
21    exercise such powers and duties as may be necessary to
22    operate a school or school district for purposes of
23    improving pupil performance and school improvement. The
24    State Superintendent of Education shall designate one
25    member of the Independent Authority to serve as chairman.
26    The Independent Authority shall serve for a period of time

 

 

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1    specified by the State Board of Education upon the
2    recommendation of the State Superintendent of Education.
3        (2) The State Board of Education may (A) change the
4    recognition status of the school district or school to
5    nonrecognized, or (B) authorize the State Superintendent
6    of Education to direct the reassignment of pupils or direct
7    the reassignment or replacement of school district
8    personnel who are relevant to the failure to meet adequate
9    yearly progress criteria. If a school district is
10    nonrecognized in its entirety, it shall automatically be
11    dissolved on July 1 following that nonrecognition and its
12    territory realigned with another school district or
13    districts by the regional board of school trustees in
14    accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7-11 of
15    the School Code. The effective date of the nonrecognition
16    of a school shall be July 1 following the nonrecognition.
17    (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school
18districts utilizing federal funds under Title I, Part A of the
19federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
20(Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
21    (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
22    Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan.
23    (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board,
24operate one or more schools within the district on a full year
25school plan approved by the State Board of Education. Any board

 

 

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1which operates under this subsection (a) Section shall devise a
2plan so that a student's required attendance in school shall be
3for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance, including
4not more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month period, but
5shall not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no teacher shall be
6required to teach more than 185 days. A calendar of 180 days
7may be established with the approval of the State Board of
8Education.
9    (b) Any school board that operates one or more schools
10within the school district on a pilot full-year school plan
11under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-3.25f of this Code shall
12devise a plan so that a student's required attendance in school
13shall be for a minimum term of 215 days of actual attendance,
14including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month
15period. A calendar of 215 days may be established with the
16approval of the State Board of Education.
17(Source: P.A. 81-1508.)".