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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB3341
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Tom Cross SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the conversion and formation of school districts.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 11E-10 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/11E-10) |
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| Sec. 11E-10. Definitions. In this Article: |
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| "Affected district" means any
any school district with |
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| territory included in a petition for reorganization under this |
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| Article that encompasses (i) 25% or more of the total land area |
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| of the district, (ii) more than 8% of the student enrollment of |
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| the district, or (iii) more than 8% of the equalized assessed |
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| valuation of the district. |
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| "Combined high school - unit district" means a school |
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| district resulting from the combination of a high school |
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| district and a unit district. |
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| "Combined school district" means any district resulting |
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| from the combination of 2 or more entire elementary districts, |
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| 2 or more entire high school districts, or 2 or more entire |
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| unit districts. |
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| "Dual district" means a high school district and all of its |
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| feeder elementary districts collectively. |
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| "Elementary district" means a school district organized |
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| and established for purposes of providing instruction up to and |
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| including grade 8. "Elementary district" includes common |
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| elementary school districts, consolidated elementary school |
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| districts, community consolidated school districts, combined |
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| elementary districts, and charter elementary districts. |
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| "Elementary purposes" means the purposes of providing |
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| instruction up to and including grade 8. |
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| "High school district" means a school district organized |
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| and established for purposes of providing instruction in grades |
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| 9 through 12. "High school district" includes charter high |
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| school districts, township high school districts, consolidated |
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| high school districts, community high school districts, and |
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| non-high school districts. |
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| "High school purposes" means the purposes of providing |
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| instruction in grades nine through 12. |
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| "High school - unit conversion" means a school district |
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| conversion authorized under subsection (a) of Section 11E-15 of |
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| this Code.
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| "K through 12 purposes" means the purposes of providing |
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| instruction up to and including grade 12.
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| "Multi-unit conversion" means the formation of a combined |
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| high school - unit district and one or more new elementary |
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| districts as authorized under subsection (b) of Section 11E-30 |
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| of this Code.
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| "Optional elementary unit district" means a unit district |
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| resulting from the combination of a high school district and |
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| the combination of any one or more elementary districts |
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| electing to organize as an optional elementary unit district. |
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| "Partial elementary unit district" means either a combined |
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| high school - unit district or an optional elementary unit |
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| district. |
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| "School board" means either a board of education or a board |
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| of school directors. |
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| "School district conversion" means a high school - unit |
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| conversion or a unit to dual conversion. |
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| "School needs" means the needs of the proposed school |
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| district and any districts in the area adjacent thereto in |
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| relation to, without limitation, providing a full range of high |
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| quality educational and extracurricular programs, maintaining |
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| a full complement of professional staff to deliver optimal |
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| educational services, meeting the program and staff needs of |
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| all students, including students with disabilities and |
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| students in career and technical education courses, maximizing |
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| community involvement in school governance, operating on an |
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| economically efficient basis, and maintaining a sufficient |
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| local tax base. |
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| "Substantially coterminous" means that a high school |
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| district and one or more elementary districts share the same |
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| boundaries or share the same boundaries except for territory |
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| encompassing, for a particular district, (i) less than 25% of |
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| the land area of the district, (ii) less than 8% of the student |
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| enrollment of the district, and (iii) less than 8% of the |
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| equalized assessed valuation of the district. |
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| "Unit district" means a school district organized and |
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| established for purposes of providing instruction up to and |
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| including grade 12. "Unit district" includes charter (K through |
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| 12) districts, community unit districts, community |
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| consolidated unit districts, other districts that, prior to the |
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| adoption of the community consolidated unit district and |
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| community unit district, authorizing legislation had expanded |
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| to provide instruction through the 12th grade (commonly |
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| referred to as "Old Type" unit districts), and partial |
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| elementary unit districts organized pursuant to the provisions |
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| of this Article.
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| "Unit to dual conversion" means a school district |
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| conversion authorized under subsection (b) of Section 11E-15 of |
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| this Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-1019, eff. 7-10-06.)
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