99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5556

 

Introduced , by Rep. Cynthia Soto

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/34-210

    Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that no later than July 1, 2016 (rather than January 1, 2016), and every 5 years thereafter, the chief executive officer of the district or his or her designee shall prepare and submit for public comment a draft revised Educational Facility Master Plan. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
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 Section
534-210 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/34-210)
7    Sec. 34-210. The Educational Facility Master Plan.
8    (a) In accordance with the schedule set forth in this
9Article, the chief executive officer or his or her designee
10shall prepare a 10-year educational facility master plan every
115 years, with updates 2 1/2 years after the approval of the
12initial 10-year plan, with the first such educational facility
13master plan to be approved on or before October 1, 2013.
14    (b) The educational facility master plan shall provide
15community area level plans and individual school master plans
16with options for addressing the facility and space needs for
17each facility operated by the district over a 10-year period.
18    (c) The data, information, and analysis that shall inform
19the educational facility master plan shall be published on the
20district's Internet website and shall include the following:
21        (1) a description of the district's guiding
22    educational goals and standards;
23        (2) a brief description of the types of instructional

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1required for development of the original plan.
2    (j) This proposed revised plan shall reflect the progress
3achieved during the first 2 1/2 years of the Educational
4Facility Master Plan.
5(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11;
697-1133, eff. 11-30-12.)
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8becoming law.