101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0330

 

Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/27A-5
105 ILCS 25/1  from Ch. 122, par. 1821
105 ILCS 25/1.25 new

    Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Creates the High School Interscholastic Association Commission as an executive agency of State government under the direction of the Governor to provide leadership for the development, supervision, and promotion of interscholastic competition and other activities; provides for the membership and powers and duties of the Commission. Provides that beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, no public school, nonpublic school, or charter school in this State with any of grades 9 through 12 may be a member of or pay any dues or fees to an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State other than the Commission. Provides that on or before July 1, 2021, and on or before each July 1 thereafter, the Auditor General must perform an audit of the Commission and on or before August 1, 2021, and on or before each August 1 thereafter, the Commission must submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly on the performance of the Commission that includes, but is not limited to, the results of the audit and information on any contracts entered into by the Commission in the previous year.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

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
527A-5 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/27A-5)
7    Sec. 27A-5. Charter school; legal entity; requirements.
8    (a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian,
9nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school. A charter
10school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit
11corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity
12authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
13    (b) A charter school may be established under this Article
14by creating a new school or by converting an existing public
15school or attendance center to charter school status. Beginning
16on April 16, 2003 (the effective date of Public Act 93-3), in
17all new applications to establish a charter school in a city
18having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the charter
19school shall be limited to one campus. The changes made to this
20Section by Public Act 93-3 do not apply to charter schools
21existing or approved on or before April 16, 2003 (the effective
22date of Public Act 93-3).
23    (b-5) In this subsection (b-5), "virtual-schooling" means

 

 

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1a cyber school where students engage in online curriculum and
2instruction via the Internet and electronic communication with
3their teachers at remote locations and with students
4participating at different times.
5    From April 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016, there is a
6moratorium on the establishment of charter schools with
7virtual-schooling components in school districts other than a
8school district organized under Article 34 of this Code. This
9moratorium does not apply to a charter school with
10virtual-schooling components existing or approved prior to
11April 1, 2013 or to the renewal of the charter of a charter
12school with virtual-schooling components already approved
13prior to April 1, 2013.
14    On or before March 1, 2014, the Commission shall submit to
15the General Assembly a report on the effect of
16virtual-schooling, including without limitation the effect on
17student performance, the costs associated with
18virtual-schooling, and issues with oversight. The report shall
19include policy recommendations for virtual-schooling.
20    (c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by
21its board of directors or other governing body in the manner
22provided in its charter. The governing body of a charter school
23shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open
24Meetings Act.
25    (d) For purposes of this subsection (d), "non-curricular
26health and safety requirement" means any health and safety

 

 

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1requirement created by statute or rule to provide, maintain,
2preserve, or safeguard safe or healthful conditions for
3students and school personnel or to eliminate, reduce, or
4prevent threats to the health and safety of students and school
5personnel. "Non-curricular health and safety requirement" does
6not include any course of study or specialized instructional
7requirement for which the State Board has established goals and
8learning standards or which is designed primarily to impart
9knowledge and skills for students to master and apply as an
10outcome of their education.
11    A charter school shall comply with all non-curricular
12health and safety requirements applicable to public schools
13under the laws of the State of Illinois. On or before September
141, 2015, the State Board shall promulgate and post on its
15Internet website a list of non-curricular health and safety
16requirements that a charter school must meet. The list shall be
17updated annually no later than September 1. Any charter
18contract between a charter school and its authorizer must
19contain a provision that requires the charter school to follow
20the list of all non-curricular health and safety requirements
21promulgated by the State Board and any non-curricular health
22and safety requirements added by the State Board to such list
23during the term of the charter. Nothing in this subsection (d)
24precludes an authorizer from including non-curricular health
25and safety requirements in a charter school contract that are
26not contained in the list promulgated by the State Board,

 

 

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1including non-curricular health and safety requirements of the
2authorizing local school board.
3    (e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a
4charter school shall not charge tuition; provided that a
5charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks,
6instructional materials, and student activities.
7    (f) A charter school shall be responsible for the
8management and operation of its fiscal affairs including, but
9not limited to, the preparation of its budget. An audit of each
10charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an
11outside, independent contractor retained by the charter
12school. To ensure financial accountability for the use of
13public funds, on or before December 1 of every year of
14operation, each charter school shall submit to its authorizer
15and the State Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form
16990 the charter school filed that year with the federal
17Internal Revenue Service. In addition, if deemed necessary for
18proper financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer
19may require quarterly financial statements from each charter
20school.
21    (g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of
22this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, all
23federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools
24that pertain to special education and the instruction of
25English learners, and its charter. A charter school is exempt
26from all other State laws and regulations in this Code

 

 

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1governing public schools and local school board policies;
2however, a charter school is not exempt from the following:
3        (1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of this Code regarding
4    criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide
5    Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent
6    Offender Against Youth Database of applicants for
7    employment;
8        (2) Sections 10-20.14, 10-22.6, 24-24, 34-19, and
9    34-84a of this Code regarding discipline of students;
10        (3) the Local Governmental and Governmental Employees
11    Tort Immunity Act;
12        (4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit
13    Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of
14    officers, directors, employees, and agents;
15        (5) the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
16        (5.5) subsection (b) of Section 10-23.12 and
17    subsection (b) of Section 34-18.6 of this Code;
18        (6) the Illinois School Student Records Act;
19        (7) Section 10-17a of this Code regarding school report
20    cards;
21        (8) the P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act;
22        (9) Section 27-23.7 of this Code regarding bullying
23    prevention;
24        (10) Section 2-3.162 of this Code regarding student
25    discipline reporting;
26        (11) Sections 22-80 and 27-8.1 of this Code;

 

 

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1        (12) Sections 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 of this Code;
2        (13) Sections 10-20.63 and 34-18.56 of this Code; and
3        (14) Section 26-18 of this Code; and
4        (15) Section 22-30 of this Code; and .
5        (16) The Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act.
6    The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection (g)
7is declaratory of existing law.
8    (h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a
9school district, the governing body of a State college or
10university or public community college, or any other public or
11for-profit or nonprofit private entity for: (i) the use of a
12school building and grounds or any other real property or
13facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert
14for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and
15maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service,
16activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required to
17perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
18However, a charter school that is established on or after April
1916, 2003 (the effective date of Public Act 93-3) and that
20operates in a city having a population exceeding 500,000 may
21not contract with a for-profit entity to manage or operate the
22school during the period that commences on April 16, 2003 (the
23effective date of Public Act 93-3) and concludes at the end of
24the 2004-2005 school year. Except as provided in subsection (i)
25of this Section, a school district may charge a charter school
26reasonable rent for the use of the district's buildings,

 

 

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1grounds, and facilities. Any services for which a charter
2school contracts with a school district shall be provided by
3the district at cost. Any services for which a charter school
4contracts with a local school board or with the governing body
5of a State college or university or public community college
6shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
7    (i) In no event shall a charter school that is established
8by converting an existing school or attendance center to
9charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is
10deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter
11agreement, in school district facilities. However, all other
12costs for the operation and maintenance of school district
13facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject
14to negotiation between the charter school and the local school
15board and shall be set forth in the charter.
16    (j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or
17grade level.
18    (k) If the charter school is approved by the Commission,
19then the Commission charter school is its own local education
20agency.
21(Source: P.A. 99-30, eff. 7-10-15; 99-78, eff. 7-20-15; 99-245,
22eff. 8-3-15; 99-325, eff. 8-10-15; 99-456, eff. 9-15-16;
2399-642, eff. 7-28-16; 99-927, eff. 6-1-17; 100-29, eff. 1-1-18;
24100-156, eff. 1-1-18; 100-163, eff. 1-1-18; 100-413, eff.
251-1-18; 100-468, eff. 6-1-18; 100-726, eff. 1-1-19; 100-863,
26eff. 8-14-18; revised 10-5-18.)
 

 

 

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1    Section 10. The Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act
2is amended by changing Section 1 and by adding Section 1.25 as
3follows:
 
4    (105 ILCS 25/1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 1821)
5    Sec. 1. No membership or other dues or fees shall be paid
6by the governing body of any public elementary or public
7secondary school in this State to any association or other
8entity which has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring,
9regulating or in any manner providing for interscholastic
10athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and
11students within this State if such association or other entity
12adopts or maintains in effect any bylaw, rule, regulation or
13policy which designates or requires a member to designate its
14school principal or any other school administrator as the
15representative of the member who alone is entitled to cast the
16vote of the member on any matter coming before such association
17or entity which is to be determined by a vote of its general
18membership; provided, that the provisions of this Section shall
19not apply if the bylaws, rules, regulations or policies of such
20association or entity, as adopted and applied: (i) authorize
21the governing board of each secondary school which is a member
22of the association or entity to appoint, as the allotted
23representative of such secondary school entitled to cast its
24vote on any matter coming before the association or entity

 

 

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1which is to be determined by a vote of its general membership,
2any coach, athletic director, teacher, principal or other
3school administrator employed at the secondary school which the
4governing body chooses to appoint as such representative, and
5(ii) provide that if no representative of a member is so
6appointed by its governing body, that the school principal of
7the member shall be its representative authorized to cast its
8vote unless and until the governing body shall otherwise
9appoint.
10    This Section does not apply to secondary schools beginning
11with the 2020-2021 school year.
12(Source: P.A. 85-656.)
 
13    (105 ILCS 25/1.25 new)
14    Sec. 1.25. High School Interscholastic Association
15Commission.
16    (a) In this Section, "Commission" means the High School
17Interscholastic Association Commission.
18    (b) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, no public
19school, nonpublic school, or charter school in this State with
20any of grades 9 through 12 may be a member of or pay any dues or
21fees to an association or other entity that has as one of its
22purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner
23providing for interscholastic athletics in any of grades 9
24through 12 or any form of athletic competition in any of grades
259 through 12 among schools and students within this State other

 

 

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1than the Commission created under this Section.
2    (c) The High School Interscholastic Association Commission
3is created as an executive agency of State government under the
4direction of the Governor to provide leadership for the
5development, supervision, and promotion of interscholastic
6competition and other activities. Any reference in this Act or
7in any other law to the Illinois High School Association or its
8Board of Directors shall be deemed to mean and to be a
9reference to the Commission. The Commission shall consist of 5
10members who each represent a different region of this State,
11appointed as follows:
12        (1) one member, who shall serve as the chairperson,
13    appointed by the Governor;
14        (2) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
15    Representatives;
16        (3) one member appointed by the President of the
17    Senate;
18        (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
19    House of Representatives; and
20        (5) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
21    Senate.
22    Each member shall serve a 3-year term, and any vacancies in
23membership must be filled in the same manner as the original
24appointment. Members of the Commission are not entitled to
25compensation, but shall receive reimbursement for actual
26expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The

 

 

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1Commission shall meet at the call of the chairperson. Subject
2to appropriation, the Office of the Governor shall provide
3administrative and other support to the Commission.
4    (d) In addition to the powers and duties created under this
5Act, the Commission has all of the following powers and duties:
6        (1) To organize and conduct statewide interscholastic
7    activities as may or may not lead to State championships
8    and to establish terms and conditions for those activities.
9        (2) To establish and publish criteria to be followed in
10    the selection of a school to host State tournament events.
11        (3) To create athletic or school by-laws and any other
12    rules necessary to perform its function.
13    The Commission may call upon specialists from the high
14school field for technical or other advice and assistance as
15may be necessary.
16    (e) On or before July 1, 2021, and on or before each July 1
17thereafter, the Auditor General must perform a compliance,
18financial, and performance audit of the Commission in
19accordance with the Illinois State Auditing Act. The audit may
20include, but is not limited to, an examination of specific
21management or cost efficiencies, specific program objectives,
22procedures, or functions, or responsibilities or duties of the
23Commission.
24    (f) On or before August 1, 2021, and on or before each
25August 1 thereafter, the Commission must submit a report to the
26Governor and the General Assembly on the performance of the

 

 

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1Commission. The report must include, but is not limited to, the
2results of the audit conducted under subsection (e) of this
3Section and information on any contracts entered into by the
4Commission in the previous year. The report to the General
5Assembly shall be filed with the Clerk of the House of
6Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in electronic
7form only, in the manner the Clerk and the Secretary shall
8direct.