Full Text of HB0363 96th General Assembly
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Sen. William Delgado
Filed: 5/5/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 363
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 363 by replacing | 3 |
| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 |
| 34-18.37 as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 34-18.37. Chicago Educational Facility Task Force. | 8 |
| (a) The General Assembly finds all of the following: | 9 |
| (1) The Illinois Constitution recognizes that a | 10 |
| "fundamental goal of the People of the State is the | 11 |
| educational development of all persons to the limits of | 12 |
| their capacities". | 13 |
| (2) Quality educational facilities are essential for | 14 |
| fostering the maximum educational development of all | 15 |
| persons through their educational experience from | 16 |
| pre-kindergarten through high school. |
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| (3) The public school is a major institution in our | 2 |
| communities. Public schools offer resources and | 3 |
| opportunities for the children of this State who seek and | 4 |
| deserve a quality education, but also benefit the entire | 5 |
| community that seeks improvement through access to | 6 |
| education. | 7 |
| (4) The equitable and efficient use of available | 8 |
| facility-related resources among different schools and | 9 |
| among racial, ethnic, income, and disability groups is | 10 |
| essential to maximize the development of quality public | 11 |
| educational facilities for all children, youth, and | 12 |
| adults. The factors that impact the equitable and efficient | 13 |
| use of facility-related resources vary according to the | 14 |
| needs of each school community. Therefore, decisions that | 15 |
| impact school facilities should include the input of the | 16 |
| school community to the greatest extent possible. | 17 |
| (5) School openings, school closings, school | 18 |
| consolidations, school turnarounds, school phase-outs, | 19 |
| school construction, school repairs, school | 20 |
| modernizations, school boundary changes, and other related | 21 |
| school facility decisions often have a profound impact on | 22 |
| the provision of public education in a community. In order | 23 |
| to minimize the negative impact of school facility | 24 |
| decisions on the community, these decisions should be | 25 |
| implemented according to a clear, system-wide criteria and | 26 |
| with the significant involvement of local school councils, |
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| parents, educators, and the community. | 2 |
| (6) The General Assembly has previously stated that it | 3 |
| intended to make the individual school in the City of | 4 |
| Chicago the essential unit for educational governance and | 5 |
| improvement and to place the primary responsibility for | 6 |
| school governance and improvement in the hands of parents, | 7 |
| teachers, and community residents at each school. A school | 8 |
| facility policy must be consistent with these principles. | 9 |
| (b) In order to ensure that school facility-related | 10 |
| decisions are made with the input of the community and reflect | 11 |
| fiscally responsible criteria, a Chicago Educational Facility | 12 |
| Task Force is established. | 13 |
| (c) The Task Force shall consist of the following members: | 14 |
| (1) Two members of the House of Representatives' | 15 |
| Elementary & Secondary Education Committee appointed by | 16 |
| the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | 17 |
| (2) Two members of the House of Representatives' | 18 |
| Elementary & Secondary Education Committee appointed by | 19 |
| the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. | 20 |
| (3) Two members of the Senate's Education Committee | 21 |
| appointed by the President of the Senate. | 22 |
| (4) Two members of the Senate's Education Committee | 23 |
| appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate. | 24 |
| (5) Two representatives of school community | 25 |
| organizations with past involvement in school facility | 26 |
| issues appointed by the Speaker of the House. |
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| (6) Two representatives of school community | 2 |
| organizations with past involvement in school facility | 3 |
| issues appointed by the President of the Senate. | 4 |
| (7) The chief executive officer of the school district | 5 |
| or his or her designee. | 6 |
| (8) One representative from the union representing | 7 |
| teachers in the district's schools. | 8 |
| (9) One representative from an organization | 9 |
| representing principals in the district's schools. | 10 |
| (d) The Speaker of the House shall appoint one of the | 11 |
| appointed House members as a co-chairperson of the Task Force. | 12 |
| The President of the Senate shall appoint one of the appointed | 13 |
| Senate members as a co-chairperson of the Task Force. Members | 14 |
| appointed by the legislative leaders shall be appointed for the | 15 |
| duration of the Task Force; in the event of a vacancy, the | 16 |
| appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by the | 17 |
| legislative leader of the same chamber and party as the leader | 18 |
| who made the original appointment. | 19 |
| (e) The Task Force may gather evidence in the form of | 20 |
| testimony, documents, or other materials. | 21 |
| (f) The Task Force, with the assistance of independent | 22 |
| experts, shall analyze data and other information with respect | 23 |
| to Chicago school openings, school closings, school | 24 |
| consolidations, school turnarounds, school phase-outs, school | 25 |
| construction, school repairs, school modernizations, school | 26 |
| boundary changes, and the impact of other related school |
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| facility decisions on students. The Task Force shall consult | 2 |
| with interested stakeholders, including public officials, | 3 |
| about facility issues and their related costs. The Task Force | 4 |
| shall also examine relevant best practices from other school | 5 |
| systems for addressing school facility-related issues. The | 6 |
| Task Force shall allow opportunities for input from local | 7 |
| stakeholders through hearings, focus groups, and interviews. | 8 |
| (g) The Task Force shall complete a draft policy. This | 9 |
| policy may establish significant decision-making roles for key | 10 |
| stakeholders, require clear criteria or processes for | 11 |
| establishing criteria for making school facility decisions, | 12 |
| and include criteria for school openings, school closings, | 13 |
| school consolidations, school turnarounds, school phase-outs, | 14 |
| school construction, school repairs, school modernizations, | 15 |
| school boundary changes, and other related school facility | 16 |
| decisions, including the encouragement of multiple community | 17 |
| uses for school space. | 18 |
| (h) The Task Force shall prepare the draft policy on or | 19 |
| before October 30, 2009. The draft policy must be posted on the | 20 |
| school district's Internet website. | 21 |
| (i) The Task Force shall hold hearings in separate areas of | 22 |
| the school district to obtain comments and suggestions on the | 23 |
| draft policy. The final hearing shall take place no later than | 24 |
| 30 days prior to the completion of the final draft policy. The | 25 |
| final draft policy must be published on the school district's | 26 |
| Internet website at least 7 days before the final draft policy |
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| is submitted to the General Assembly and the Governor under | 2 |
| subsection (j) of this Section. | 3 |
| (j) The Task Force shall submit the final draft policy to | 4 |
| the Governor and the General Assembly, as provided in Section | 5 |
| 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act, on or before | 6 |
| January 1, 2010. The Task Force may submit other reports as it | 7 |
| deems appropriate. | 8 |
| (k) The final draft policy may be introduced in the form of | 9 |
| legislation. | 10 |
| (l) The State Board of Education shall provide | 11 |
| administrative support to the Task Force.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 13 |
| becoming law.".
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