Full Text of SB2119 96th General Assembly
SB2119eng 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 |
| 2-3.64b as follows: | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64b new) | 7 |
| Sec. 2-3.64b. Innovation, Intervention, and Restructuring | 8 |
| Task Force. | 9 |
| (a) In keeping with the goals outlined in the federal | 10 |
| American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the State of | 11 |
| Illinois hereby creates the Innovation, Intervention, and | 12 |
| Restructuring Task Force to develop recommendations for the | 13 |
| innovation, intervention, and restructuring of schools, | 14 |
| including those that need comprehensive or focused | 15 |
| intervention, as those terms are defined by this State's | 16 |
| proposal for participation in the No Child Left Behind | 17 |
| differentiated accountability pilot project. | 18 |
| (b) The task force shall consist of the following members: | 19 |
| (1) One chairperson, appointed by the Governor. | 20 |
| (2) Two additional members, each appointed by the | 21 |
| Governor. | 22 |
| (3) Two members appointed by the State Superintendent | 23 |
| of Education. |
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| (4) One member appointed by the President of the | 2 |
| Senate. | 3 |
| (5) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 4 |
| Representatives. | 5 |
| (6) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 6 |
| Senate. | 7 |
| (7) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 8 |
| House of
Representatives. | 9 |
| (c) The task force shall compile data, study, and, pursuant | 10 |
| to subsection (e) of this Section, report on all of the | 11 |
| following matters, among any others deemed relevant by the task | 12 |
| force: | 13 |
| (1) Ways in which this State can identify schools | 14 |
| requiring more intensive intervention. | 15 |
| (2) Strategies for strengthening leadership at | 16 |
| struggling schools and otherwise strengthening school | 17 |
| district capacity to effectively implement reforms and | 18 |
| ensure continuous improvement. | 19 |
| (3) Strategies that have been involved in successful | 20 |
| turnaround efforts and a template for evaluating | 21 |
| turnaround efforts. | 22 |
| (4) The autonomies, resources, and support that need to | 23 |
| be available to achieve and maintain over time a successful | 24 |
| turnaround. | 25 |
| (5) Mechanisms for model innovations to be captured and | 26 |
| shared across this State. |
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| (6) The amount of funding necessary to accomplish any | 2 |
| and all strategies included in the task force's | 3 |
| recommendation. | 4 |
| (7) The identification of any statutory or regulatory | 5 |
| changes that would be necessary or helpful to promote | 6 |
| successful innovation, intervention, and restructuring. | 7 |
| (d) In developing its recommendations, the task force shall | 8 |
| compile relevant data. Moreover, the task force shall seek | 9 |
| input from appropriate organizations, including the Illinois | 10 |
| Education Association, the Illinois Federation of Teachers, | 11 |
| the Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance, ED-RED, the | 12 |
| Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools, | 13 |
| the Metropolitan Planning Council, the Illinois PTA, the Civic | 14 |
| Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Voices for | 15 |
| Illinois Children, Action for Children, the Legislative | 16 |
| Education Network of DuPage County (LEND), the South | 17 |
| Cooperative Organization for Public Education (SCOPE), the | 18 |
| Ounce of Prevention Fund, the Illinois Business Roundtable, and | 19 |
| any other source deemed appropriate. | 20 |
| (e) The task force shall submit a comprehensive report to | 21 |
| the Governor, the General Assembly, and the State | 22 |
| Superintendent of Education not later than December 31, 2009. | 23 |
| The task force may, with the written approval of the Governor, | 24 |
| reconvene for the purposes of continued study and the | 25 |
| development of additional recommendations.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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