101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB0811

 

Introduced , by Rep. Robert Martwick

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/27A-10.5

    Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that a charter school established on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act may not enter into a contract with a for-profit educational or charter management organization. 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
527A-10.5 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/27A-10.5)
7    Sec. 27A-10.5. Educational or charter management
8organization.
9    (a) In this Section:
10    "CMO" means a charter management organization.
11    "EMO" means an educational management organization.
12    (b) All authorizers shall ensure that any charter school
13established on or after the effective date of this amendatory
14Act of the 98th General Assembly has a governing body that is
15separate and distinct from the governing body of any CMO or
16EMO. In reviewing charter applications and charter renewal
17applications, authorizers shall review the governance model
18proposed by the applicant to ensure that there are no conflicts
19of interest.
20    (c) No charter school may employ a staff person who is
21simultaneously employed by an EMO or CMO.
22    (d) A charter school established on or after the effective
23date of this amendatory Act of the 101st General Assembly may

 

 

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1not enter into a contract with a for-profit EMO or CMO.
2(Source: P.A. 98-783, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.