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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 34-1.05 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-1.05 new) |
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on May 31, 2015) |
| 8 | | Sec. 34-1.05. The Chicago Educational Governance Task |
| 9 | | Force. |
| 10 | | (a) The General Assembly makes the following findings: |
| 11 | | (1) City of Chicago School District 299 is one of the |
| 12 | | only school districts in this State with an appointed, not |
| 13 | | an elected, school board. |
| 14 | | (2) For 15 years, City of Chicago School District 299 |
| 15 | | has implemented a staggering number of reforms, including |
| 16 | | probation, student retention, school closings, charters, |
| 17 | | turnarounds, and the wholesale firing of 1,300 educators in |
| 18 | | the summer of 2011. |
| 19 | | (3) Many of these reforms are controversial and require |
| 20 | | a robust democratic discussion and decision-making |
| 21 | | process. |
| 22 | | (4) For the past 15 years, citizens have had little to |
| 23 | | no voice in school policy. |
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| 1 | | (5) All children must be able to walk across the street |
| 2 | | to receive a world class education. |
| 3 | | (b) The Chicago Educational Governance Task Force is |
| 4 | | created for the purpose of recommending the best structure and |
| 5 | | procedure for the governance of City of Chicago School District |
| 6 | | 299 in order to protect the welfare of the students of the City |
| 7 | | of Chicago. |
| 8 | | (c) The Task Force shall be composed of the following |
| 9 | | members: |
| 10 | | (1) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House |
| 11 | | of Representatives and 3 members appointed by the Minority |
| 12 | | Leader of the House of Representatives. |
| 13 | | (2) Three members appointed by the President of the |
| 14 | | Senate and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader of |
| 15 | | the Senate. |
| 16 | | (3) The Chief Executive Officer of City of Chicago |
| 17 | | School District 299 or her or his designee. |
| 18 | | (4) The President of the Chicago Board of Education or |
| 19 | | her or his designee. |
| 20 | | (5) The president of a Chicago professional teachers' |
| 21 | | organization or his or her designee. |
| 22 | | (6) The president of the association representing |
| 23 | | principals in the schools of the district or his or her |
| 24 | | designee. |
| 25 | | (7) The student representative from the Chicago Board |
| 26 | | of Education or her or his designee. |
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| 1 | | (d) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall |
| 2 | | appoint one of his or her appointees under subdivision (1) of |
| 3 | | subsection (c) of this Section as a co-chairperson of the |
| 4 | | Chicago Educational Governance Task Force. The President of the |
| 5 | | Senate shall appoint one of his or her appointees under |
| 6 | | subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this Section as a |
| 7 | | co-chairperson of the Chicago Educational Governance Task |
| 8 | | Force. Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be |
| 9 | | appointed for the duration of the Chicago Educational |
| 10 | | Governance Task Force. In the event of a vacancy, the |
| 11 | | appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by the |
| 12 | | legislative leader of the same chamber and party as the leader |
| 13 | | who made the original appointment. |
| 14 | | (e) The Chicago Board of Education shall provide |
| 15 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force. |
| 16 | | (f) The members of the Task Force shall serve on a pro bono |
| 17 | | basis. These members shall aid in the gathering of pertinent |
| 18 | | information on the impact of various school governance |
| 19 | | structures, including without limitation an elected |
| 20 | | representative school board and mayoral control, as well as |
| 21 | | gathering and analyzing data about the district's current |
| 22 | | governance structure. |
| 23 | | (g) The Task Force shall report its recommendation as to |
| 24 | | which governance structure is best designed to serve the |
| 25 | | students of the City of Chicago to the General Assembly on or |
| 26 | | before May 30, 2015. |