Rep. Thaddeus Jones

Filed: 4/7/2011

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1415

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1415, AS AMENDED, by
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
62-3.25f and 10-19.1 as follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)
8    Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions.
9    (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical
10assistance to assist with the development and implementation of
11School and District Improvement Plans.
12    Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable
13efforts to implement an approved Improvement Plan may suffer
14loss of State funds by school district, attendance center, or
15program as the State Board of Education deems appropriate.
16    (a-5) In this subsection (a-5), "school" means any of the

 

 

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

 

 

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1    District 158.
2        (15) Oak Glen Elementary School in Lansing School
3    District 158.
4        (16) Lester Crawl Primary Center in Lansing School
5    District 158.
6        (17) Brookwood Junior High School in Brookwood School
7    District 167.
8        (18) Brookwood Middle School in Brookwood School
9    District 167.
10        (19) Hickory Bend Elementary School in Brookwood
11    School District 167.
12        (20) Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center in Ford
13    Heights School District 169.
14        (21) Nathan Hale Elementary School in Sunnybrook
15    School District 171.
16        (22) Ira F. Aldridge Elementary School in City of
17    Chicago School District 299.
18        (23) William E.B. DuBois Elementary School in City of
19    Chicago School District 299.
20    If, after 2 years following its placement on academic watch
21status, a school remains on academic watch status, then,
22subject to federal appropriation money being available, the
23State Board of Education shall allow the school board to opt in
24the process of operating that school on a pilot full-year
25school plan approved by the State Board of Education upon
26expiration of its teachers' current collective bargaining

 

 

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

 

 

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1    recognition status of the school district or school to
2    nonrecognized, or (B) authorize the State Superintendent
3    of Education to direct the reassignment of pupils or direct
4    the reassignment or replacement of school district
5    personnel who are relevant to the failure to meet adequate
6    yearly progress criteria. If a school district is
7    nonrecognized in its entirety, it shall automatically be
8    dissolved on July 1 following that nonrecognition and its
9    territory realigned with another school district or
10    districts by the regional board of school trustees in
11    accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 7-11 of
12    the School Code. The effective date of the nonrecognition
13    of a school shall be July 1 following the nonrecognition.
14    (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school
15districts utilizing federal funds under Title I, Part A of the
16federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
17(Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)
 
18    (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
19    Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan.
20    (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board,
21operate one or more schools within the district on a full year
22school plan approved by the State Board of Education. Any board
23which operates under this subsection (a) Section shall devise a
24plan so that a student's required attendance in school shall be
25for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance, including

 

 

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