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1    AN ACT concerning local government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
534-210, 34-225, and 34-230 and by adding Section 34-232 as
6follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/34-210)
8    Sec. 34-210. The Educational Facility Master Plan.
9    (a) In accordance with the schedule set forth in this
10Article, the chief executive officer or his or her designee
11shall prepare a 10-year educational facility master plan every
125 years, with updates 2 1/2 years after the approval of the
13initial 10-year plan, with the first such educational facility
14master plan to be approved on or before October 1, 2013 July 1,
152013.
16    (b) The educational facility master plan shall provide
17community area level plans and individual school master plans
18with options for addressing the facility and space needs for
19each facility operated by the district over a 10-year period.
20    (c) The data, information, and analysis that shall inform
21the educational facility master plan shall be published on the
22district's Internet website and shall include the following:
23        (1) a description of the district's guiding

 

 

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1    educational goals and standards;
2        (2) a brief description of the types of instructional
3    programs and services delivered in each school;
4        (3) a description of the process, procedure, and
5    timeline for community participation in the development of
6    the plan;
7        (4) the enrollment capacity of each school and its rate
8    of utilization;
9        (5) a report on the assessment of individual building
10    and site conditions;
11        (6) a data table with historical and projected
12    enrollment data by school by grade;
13        (7) community analysis, including a study of current
14    and projected demographics, land usage, transportation
15    plans, residential housing and commercial development,
16    private schools, plans for water and sewage service
17    expansion or redevelopment, and institutions of higher
18    education;
19        (8) an analysis of the facility needs and requirements
20    of the district; and
21        (9) identification of potential sources of funding for
22    the implementation of the Educational Facility Master
23    Plan.
24    (d) On or before May 1, 2013 January 1, 2013, the chief
25executive officer or his or her designee shall prepare and
26distribute for comment a preliminary draft of the Educational

 

 

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1Facility Master Plan. The draft plan shall be distributed to
2the City of Chicago, the County of Cook, the Chicago Park
3District, the Chicago Housing Authority, the Chicago Transit
4Authority, attendance centers operated by the district, and
5charter schools operating within the district. Each attendance
6center shall make the draft plan available to the local school
7council or alternative advisory body and to the parents,
8guardians, and staff of the school. The draft plan also shall
9be distributed to each State Senator and State Representative
10with a district in the City of Chicago, to the Mayor of the
11City of Chicago, and to each alderman of the City.
12    (e) The chief executive or his or her designee shall
13publish a procedure for conducting public hearings and
14submitting public comments on the draft plan.
15    (f) After consideration of public input on the draft plan,
16the chief executive officer or his or her designee shall
17prepare and publish a report describing the process used to
18incorporate public input in the development of the final plan
19to be recommended to the Board.
20    (g) The chief executive officer shall present the final
21plan and report to the Board for final consideration and
22approval.
23    (h) The final approved Educational Facility Master Plan
24shall be published on the district's website.
25    (i) No later than January 1, 2016, and every 5 years
26thereafter, the chief executive officer or his or her designee

 

 

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1shall prepare and submit for public comment a draft revised
2Educational Facility Master Plan following the procedures
3required for development of the original plan.
4    (j) This proposed revised plan shall reflect the progress
5achieved during the first 2 1/2 years of the Educational
6Facility Master Plan.
7(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11.)
 
8    (105 ILCS 5/34-225)
9    Sec. 34-225. School transition plans.
10    (a) If the Board approves a school action, the chief
11executive officer or his or her designee shall work
12collaboratively with local school educators and families of
13students attending a school that is the subject of a school
14action to ensure successful integration of affected students
15into new learning environments.
16    (b) The chief executive officer or his or her designee
17shall prepare and implement a school transition plan to support
18students attending a school that is the subject of a school
19action that accomplishes the goals of this Section. The chief
20executive must identify and commit specific resources for
21implementation of the school transition plan for a minimum of
22the full first academic year after the board approves a school
23action.
24    (c) The school transition plan shall include the following:
25        (1) services to support the academic, social, and

 

 

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1    emotional needs of students; supports for students with
2    disabilities, homeless students, and English language
3    learners; and support to address security and safety
4    issues;
5        (2) options to enroll in higher performing schools;
6        (3) informational briefings regarding the choice of
7    schools that include all pertinent information to enable
8    the parent or guardian and child to make an informed
9    choice, including the option to visit the schools of choice
10    prior to making a decision; and
11        (4) the provision of appropriate transportation where
12    practicable.
13    (d) When implementing a school action, the Board must make
14reasonable and demonstrated efforts to ensure that:
15        (1) Affected students receive a comparable level of
16    social support services provided by Chicago Public Schools
17    that were available at the previous school, provided that
18    the need for such social support services continue to
19    exist; and
20        (2) Class sizes of any receiving school do not exceed
21    those established under the Chicago Public Schools policy
22    regarding class size, subject to principal discretion.
23(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11;
2497-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
 
25    (105 ILCS 5/34-230)

 

 

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1    Sec. 34-230. School action public meetings and hearings.
2    (a) By October November 1 of each year, the chief executive
3officer shall prepare and publish guidelines for school
4actions. The guidelines shall outline the academic and
5non-academic criteria for a school action. These guidelines
6shall be created with the involvement of local school councils,
7parents, educators, and community organizations. These
8guidelines, and each subsequent revision, shall be subject to a
9public comment period of at least 21 days before their
10approval.
11    (b) The chief executive officer shall announce all proposed
12school actions to be taken at the close of the current academic
13year consistent with the guidelines by December 1 of each year.
14    (c) On or before December 1 of each year, the chief
15executive officer shall publish notice of the proposed school
16actions.
17        (1) Notice of the proposal for a school action shall
18    include a written statement of the basis for the school
19    action, an explanation of how the school action meets the
20    criteria set forth in the guidelines, and a draft School
21    Transition Plan identifying the items required in Section
22    34-225 of this Code for all schools affected by the school
23    action. The notice shall state the date, time, and place of
24    the hearing or meeting.
25        (2) The chief executive officer or his or her designee
26    shall provide notice to the principal, staff, local school

 

 

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1    council, and parents or guardians of any school that is
2    subject to the proposed school action.
3        (3) The chief executive officer shall provide written
4    notice of any proposed school action to the State Senator,
5    State Representative, and alderman for the school or
6    schools that are subject to the proposed school action.
7        (4) The chief executive officer shall publish notice of
8    proposed school actions on the district's Internet
9    website.
10        (5) The chief executive officer shall provide notice of
11    proposed school actions at least 30 calendar days in
12    advance of a public hearing or meeting. The notice shall
13    state the date, time, and place of the hearing or meeting.
14    No Board decision regarding a proposed school action may
15    take place less than 60 days after the announcement of the
16    proposed school action.
17    (d) The chief executive officer shall publish a brief
18summary of the proposed school actions and the date, time, and
19place of the hearings or meetings in a newspaper of general
20circulation.
21    (e) The chief executive officer shall designate at least 3
22opportunities to elicit public comment at a hearing or meeting
23on a proposed school action and shall do the following:
24        (1) Convene at least one public hearing at the
25    centrally located office of the Board.
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1    meetings at a location convenient to the school community
2    subject to the proposed school action.
3    (f) Public hearings shall be conducted by a qualified
4independent hearing officer chosen from a list of independent
5hearing officers. The general counsel shall compile and publish
6a list of independent hearing officers by November 1 of each
7school year. The independent hearing officer shall have the
8following qualifications:
9        (1) he or she must be a licensed attorney eligible to
10    practice law in Illinois;
11        (2) he or she must not be an employee of the Board; and
12        (3) he or she must not have represented the Board, its
13    employees or any labor organization representing its
14    employees, any local school council, or any charter or
15    contract school in any capacity within the last year.
16    (4) The independent hearing officer shall issue a written
17report that summarizes the hearing and determines whether the
18chief executive officer complied with the requirements of this
19Section and the guidelines.
20    (5) The chief executive officer shall publish the report on
21the district's Internet website within 5 calendar days after
22receiving the report and at least 15 days prior to any Board
23action being taken.
24    (g) Public meetings shall be conducted by a representative
25of the chief executive officer. A summary of the public meeting
26shall be published on the district's Internet website within 5

 

 

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1calendar days after the meeting.
2    (h) If the chief executive officer proposes a school action
3without following the mandates set forth in this Section, the
4proposed school action shall not be approved by the Board
5during the school year in which the school action was proposed.
6(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11;
797-813, eff. 7-13-12; revised 10-17-12.)
 
8    (105 ILCS 5/34-232 new)
9    Sec. 34-232. Proposed school action announcement and
10notice; 2012-2013 school year. The following apply for school
11actions proposed during the 2012-2013 school year:
12        (1) On or before March 31, 2013, the chief executive
13    officer shall announce all proposed school actions to be
14    taken at the close of the current academic year consistent
15    with the guidelines published under Section 34-230 of this
16    Code.
17        (2) On or before March 31, 2013, the chief executive
18    officer shall publish notice of the proposed school
19    actions.
20        (3) The chief executive officer shall provide notice of
21    proposed school actions at least 15 calendar days in
22    advance of a public hearing or meeting.
23    All other provisions of Section 34-230 of this Code that do
24not conflict with this Section must be followed when proposing
25school actions.
 

 

 

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1    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2becoming law.