Rep. Jack D. Franks

Filed: 4/19/2016

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5918

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5918 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
527A-6 and 27A-9 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/27A-6)
7    Sec. 27A-6. Contract contents; applicability of laws and
8regulations.
9    (a) A certified charter shall constitute a binding contract
10and agreement between the charter school and a local school
11board under the terms of which the local school board
12authorizes the governing body of the charter school to operate
13the charter school on the terms specified in the contract.
14    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
15the certified charter may not waive or release the charter
16school from the State goals, standards, and assessments

 

 

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1established pursuant to Section 2-3.64a-5 of this Code.
2Beginning with the 2003-2004 school year, the certified charter
3for a charter school operating in a city having a population
4exceeding 500,000 shall require the charter school to
5administer any other nationally recognized standardized tests
6to its students that the chartering entity administers to other
7students, and the results on such tests shall be included in
8the chartering entity's assessment reports.
9    (c) Subject to the provisions of subsection (e), a material
10revision to a previously certified contract or a renewal shall
11be made with the approval of both the local school board and
12the governing body of the charter school.
13    (c-5) The proposed contract shall include a provision on
14how both parties will address minor violations of the contract.
15    (d) The proposed contract between the governing body of a
16proposed charter school and the local school board as described
17in Section 27A-7 must be submitted to and certified by the
18State Board before it can take effect. The State Board's review
19of the proposed contract shall include a review of incorporated
20performance frameworks. If the State Board determines that the
21performance frameworks are not sufficiently rigorous or that
22they establish unreasonable expectations for the charter
23school, then the State Board must send the proposed contract
24back to the governing body and local school board. The
25governing body and local school board must resubmit appropriate
26performance frameworks before the contract may be certified. If

 

 

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1the State Board recommends that the proposed contract be
2modified for consistency with this Article before it can be
3certified, the modifications must be consented to by both the
4governing body of the charter school and the local school
5board, and resubmitted to the State Board for its
6certification. If the proposed contract is resubmitted in a
7form that is not consistent with this Article, the State Board
8may refuse to certify the charter.
9    The State Board shall assign a number to each submission or
10resubmission in chronological order of receipt, and shall
11determine whether the proposed contract is consistent with the
12provisions of this Article. If the proposed contract complies,
13the State Board shall so certify.
14    (e) No renewal of a previously certified contract is
15effective unless and until the State Board certifies that the
16renewal is consistent with the provisions of this Article. A
17material revision to a previously certified contract may go
18into effect immediately upon approval of both the local school
19board and the governing body of the charter school, unless
20either party requests in writing that the State Board certify
21that the material revision is consistent with the provisions of
22this Article. If such a request is made, the proposed material
23revision is not effective unless and until the State Board so
24certifies.
25(Source: P.A. 98-972, eff. 8-15-14; 98-1048, eff. 8-25-14;
2699-78, eff. 7-20-15.)
 

 

 

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1    (105 ILCS 5/27A-9)
2    Sec. 27A-9. Term of charter; renewal.
3    (a) For charters granted before the effective date of this
4amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, a A charter may be
5granted for a period not less than 5 and not more than 10
6school years. For charters granted on or after the effective
7date of this amendatory Act of the 99th General Assembly, a
8charter may be granted for a period of 5 school years. A
9charter may be renewed in incremental periods not to exceed 5
10school years, except that the charters of charter schools
11deemed high-quality must be renewed for a period of not less
12than 5 and not more than 10 school years. Each authorizer shall
13create criteria for determining which charter schools meet the
14high-quality definition. In the absence of such criteria, a
15high-quality charter school means a charter school that, in the
16last available ranking, either (i) has been recognized by the
17State Board as a reward school, as defined in this State's
18approved waiver of the federal Elementary and Secondary
19Education Act of 1965, has received the State Board's honor
20roll designation as a spotlight school, or is an academic
21excellence award recipient or academic improvement recipient
22or (ii) has received a rating in the top 40% of schools in a
23school district under a rating system developed by the charter
24school's district that is based on multiple indicators of
25success and used by that district to rate schools in the

 

 

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1district.
2    (a-5) Before January 1, 2017, authorizers shall develop
3performance frameworks that allow authorizers to measure the
4performance of the charter school they authorize and that allow
5authorizers of multiple charter schools to compare performance
6across similarly situated schools using common measures. These
7performance frameworks shall use comprehensive academic,
8financial, and operational performance data to make
9merit-based renewal decisions. The performance frameworks may
10vary depending on the type of charter school authorized and the
11mission of the charter school. To guide authorizers in ensuring
12their performance frameworks are designed to measure charter
13school quality across similarly situated schools using common
14measures, on or before June 30, 2017, the State Board shall
15develop model performance frameworks that authorizers may
16elect to use instead of developing their own performance
17frameworks.
18    Authorizers shall incorporate into charter contracts
19entered into on or after January 1, 2018 either the applicable
20performance frameworks developed by the State Board or those
21they have developed. Authorizers may work with charter schools
22to incorporate the performance frameworks into contracts
23entered into before January 1, 2018, provided that the
24authorizer and charter school mutually agree to the contract
25amendment. All renewal decisions after September 1, 2018 must
26be based on the charter contract and, to the extent applicable,

 

 

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1the performance frameworks. The performance frameworks must be
2made available for public viewing on the authorizer's Internet
3website. Using the renewal criteria set forth in the
4performance frameworks, the authorizer shall report annually
5to the charter school on the progress and performance of that
6charter school.
7    (b) A charter school renewal proposal submitted to the
8local school board or the Commission, as the chartering entity,
9shall contain:
10        (1) A report on the progress of the charter school in
11    achieving the goals, objectives, pupil performance
12    standards, content standards, and other terms of the
13    initial approved charter proposal; and
14        (2) A financial statement that discloses the costs of
15    administration, instruction, and other spending categories
16    for the charter school that is understandable to the
17    general public and that will allow comparison of those
18    costs to other schools or other comparable organizations,
19    in a format required by the State Board.
20    (c) A charter may be revoked or not renewed if the local
21school board or the Commission, as the chartering entity,
22clearly demonstrates that the charter school did any of the
23following, or otherwise failed to comply with the requirements
24of this law:
25        (1) Committed a material violation of any of the
26    conditions, standards, or procedures set forth in the

 

 

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1    charter.
2        (2) Failed to meet or make reasonable progress toward
3    achievement of the content standards or pupil performance
4    standards identified in the charter.
5        (3) Failed to meet generally accepted standards of
6    fiscal management.
7        (4) Violated any provision of law from which the
8    charter school was not exempted.
9    In the case of revocation, the local school board or the
10Commission, as the chartering entity, shall notify the charter
11school in writing of the reason why the charter is subject to
12revocation. The charter school shall submit a written plan to
13the local school board or the Commission, whichever is
14applicable, to rectify the problem. The plan shall include a
15timeline for implementation, which shall not exceed 2 years or
16the date of the charter's expiration, whichever is earlier. If
17the local school board or the Commission, as the chartering
18entity, finds that the charter school has failed to implement
19the plan of remediation and adhere to the timeline, then the
20chartering entity shall revoke the charter. Except in
21situations of an emergency where the health, safety, or
22education of the charter school's students is at risk, the
23revocation shall take place at the end of a school year.
24Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly
25shall be construed to prohibit an implementation timetable that
26is less than 2 years in duration.

 

 

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1    (d) (Blank).
2    (e) Notice of a local school board's decision to deny,
3revoke or not to renew a charter shall be provided to the
4Commission and the State Board. The Commission may reverse a
5local board's decision if the Commission finds that the charter
6school or charter school proposal (i) is in compliance with
7this Article, and (ii) is in the best interests of the students
8it is designed to serve. The Commission may condition the
9granting of an appeal on the acceptance by the charter school
10of funding in an amount less than that requested in the
11proposal submitted to the local school board. Final decisions
12of the Commission shall be subject to judicial review under the
13Administrative Review Law.
14    (f) Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article, if
15the Commission on appeal reverses a local board's decision or
16if a charter school is approved by referendum, the Commission
17shall act as the authorized chartering entity for the charter
18school. The Commission shall approve the charter and shall
19perform all functions under this Article otherwise performed by
20the local school board. The State Board shall determine whether
21the charter proposal approved by the Commission is consistent
22with the provisions of this Article and, if the approved
23proposal complies, certify the proposal pursuant to this
24Article. The State Board shall report the aggregate number of
25charter school pupils resident in a school district to that
26district and shall notify the district of the amount of funding

 

 

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1to be paid by the State Board to the charter school enrolling
2such students. The Commission shall require the charter school
3to maintain accurate records of daily attendance that shall be
4deemed sufficient to file claims under Section 18-8.05
5notwithstanding any other requirements of that Section
6regarding hours of instruction and teacher certification. The
7State Board shall withhold from funds otherwise due the
8district the funds authorized by this Article to be paid to the
9charter school and shall pay such amounts to the charter
10school.
11    (g) For charter schools authorized by the Commission, the
12Commission shall quarterly certify to the State Board the
13student enrollment for each of its charter schools.
14    (h) For charter schools authorized by the Commission, the
15State Board shall pay directly to a charter school any federal
16or State aid attributable to a student with a disability
17attending the school.
18(Source: P.A. 97-152, eff. 7-20-11; 98-739, eff. 7-16-14.)
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
20becoming law.".