Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

Filed: 2/24/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1152

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1152 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
534-1.05 as follows:
 
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7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on May 31, 2015)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
9Force.
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,

 

 

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1    turnarounds, and the wholesale firing of 1,300 educators in
2    the summer of 2011.
3        (3) Many of these reforms are controversial and require
4    a robust democratic discussion and decision-making
5    process.
6        (4) For the past 15 years, citizens have had little to
7    no voice in school policy.
8        (5) All children must be able to walk across the street
9    to receive a world class education.
10    (b) The Chicago Educational Governance Task Force is
11created for the purpose of recommending the best structure and
12procedure for the governance of City of Chicago School District
13299 in order to protect the welfare of the students of the City
14of Chicago.
15    (c) The Task Force shall be composed of the following
16members:
17        (1) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House
18    of Representatives and 3 members appointed by the Minority
19    Leader of the House of Representatives.
20        (2) Three members appointed by the President of the
21    Senate and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader of
22    the Senate.
23        (3) The Chief Executive Officer of City of Chicago
24    School District 299 or her or his designee.
25        (4) The President of the Chicago Board of Education or
26    her or his designee.

 

 

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1        (5) The president of a Chicago professional teachers'
2    organization or his or her designee.
3        (6) The president of the association representing
4    principals in the schools of the district or his or her
5    designee.
6        (7) The student representative from the Chicago Board
7    of Education or her or his designee.
8    (d) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall
9appoint one of his or her appointees under subdivision (1) of
10subsection (c) of this Section as a co-chairperson of the
11Chicago Educational Governance Task Force. The President of the
12Senate shall appoint one of his or her appointees under
13subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this Section as a
14co-chairperson of the Chicago Educational Governance Task
15Force. Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be
16appointed for the duration of the Chicago Educational
17Governance Task Force. In the event of a vacancy, the
18appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by the
19legislative leader of the same chamber and party as the leader
20who made the original appointment.
21    (e) The State Board of Education shall provide
22administrative and other support to the Task Force.
23    (f) The members of the Task Force shall serve on a pro bono
24basis. These members shall aid in the gathering of pertinent
25information on the impact of various school governance
26structures, including without limitation an elected

 

 

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1representative school board and mayoral control, as well as
2gathering and analyzing data about the district's current
3governance structure.
4    (g) The Task Force shall report its recommendation as to
5which governance structure is best designed to serve the
6students of the City of Chicago to the General Assembly on or
7before May 30, 2015.
8    (h) The Task Force is abolished and this Section is
9repealed on May 31, 2015.".