Full Text of HB1163 102nd General Assembly
HB1163ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Filed: 4/20/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1163
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1163 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 10-20.75 and by changing Section 11E-20 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new) | 7 | | Sec. 10-20.75. Calumet City reorganization of school | 8 | | districts. | 9 | | (a) The City Council of the City of Calumet City, in | 10 | | cooperation with the school boards of Dolton School District | 11 | | 149, Calumet City School District 155, Lincoln Elementary | 12 | | School District 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial School | 13 | | District 157, shall develop a plan to reorganize Dolton School | 14 | | District 149, Calumet City School District 155, Lincoln | 15 | | Elementary School District 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial | 16 | | School District 157 into a combined unit district by July 1, |
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| 1 | | 2021. As part of the plan, the city council shall adopt an | 2 | | ordinance to set the boundaries of the combined unit district. | 3 | | The city council shall submit the plan to the State Board of | 4 | | Education as soon as possible after the effective date of this | 5 | | amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly. | 6 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 7 | | contrary, the Mayor of the City of Calumet City, with the | 8 | | advice and consent of the city council, shall appoint a | 9 | | 7-member school board for the combined unit district. | 10 | | (c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 11 | | contrary, all collective bargaining agreements of Dolton | 12 | | School District 149, Calumet City School District 155, Lincoln | 13 | | Elementary School District 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial | 14 | | School District 157 that are in effect on June 30, 2022 shall | 15 | | be terminated on July 1, 2022. | 16 | | (d) The city council shall study the educational growth of | 17 | | the combined unit district after the first year of the | 18 | | reorganization and determine the tax savings of the | 19 | | reorganization. The city council shall report its findings to | 20 | | the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2023. | 21 | | (e) The city council shall adopt an ordinance to submit | 22 | | the question of whether Dolton School District 149, Calumet | 23 | | City School District 155, Lincoln Elementary School District | 24 | | 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 should | 25 | | have been reorganized into a combined unit district to the | 26 | | electors of the city at the 2025 election, in accordance with |
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| 1 | | the Election Code. If a majority of the electors voting on the | 2 | | question disapprove of the reorganization, then the city | 3 | | council, in cooperation with the school board of the combined | 4 | | unit district, shall develop a plan to dissolve the combined | 5 | | unit district and restore Dolton School District 149, Calumet | 6 | | City School District 155, Lincoln Elementary School District | 7 | | 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 and submit | 8 | | that plan to the State Board of Education. | 9 | | | 10 | | (105 ILCS 5/11E-20) | 11 | | Sec. 11E-20. Combined school district formation. | 12 | | (a)(1) The territory of 2 or more entire contiguous | 13 | | elementary districts may be organized into a combined | 14 | | elementary district under the provisions of this Article. | 15 | | (2) Any 2 or more entire elementary districts that | 16 | | collectively are within or substantially coterminous with the | 17 | | boundaries of a high school district, regardless of whether | 18 | | the districts are compact and contiguous with each other, may | 19 | | be organized into a combined school district in accordance | 20 | | with this Article. | 21 | | (3) Any 2 or more entire elementary districts that are not | 22 | | contiguous may be organized into a combined school district in | 23 | | accordance with this Article if the following requirements are | 24 | | met and documented within 2 calendar years prior to the | 25 | | petition filing date: |
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| 1 | | (A) the distance between each district administrative | 2 | | office is documented as no more than 30 miles; and | 3 | | (B) every district contiguous to a district wishing to | 4 | | organize into a combined school district under the | 5 | | provisions of this paragraph (3) determines that it is not | 6 | | interested in participating in a petition for a combined | 7 | | school district filed in accordance with this Article, | 8 | | through a vote of its school board, and documents that | 9 | | non-interest in a letter to the regional superintendent of | 10 | | schools containing approved minutes that record the school | 11 | | board vote. | 12 | | (b)(1) The territory of 2 or more entire contiguous high | 13 | | school districts may be organized into a combined high school | 14 | | district under the provisions of this Article. | 15 | | (2) Any 2 or more entire high school districts that are not | 16 | | contiguous may be organized into a combined school district in | 17 | | accordance with this Article if the following requirements are | 18 | | met and documented within 2 calendar years prior to the | 19 | | petition filing date: | 20 | | (A) the distance between each district administrative | 21 | | office is documented as no more than 30 miles; and | 22 | | (B) every district contiguous to a district wishing to | 23 | | organize into a combined school district under the | 24 | | provisions of this paragraph (2) determines that it is not | 25 | | interested in participating in a petition for a combined | 26 | | school district filed in accordance with this Article, |
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| 1 | | through a vote of its school board, and documents that | 2 | | non-interest in a letter to the regional superintendent of | 3 | | schools containing approved minutes that record the school | 4 | | board vote. | 5 | | (c)(1) The territory of 2 or more entire contiguous unit | 6 | | districts may be organized into a combined unit district under | 7 | | the provisions of this Article.
| 8 | | (2) Any 2 or more entire unit districts that are not | 9 | | contiguous may be organized into a combined school district in | 10 | | accordance with this Article if the following requirements are | 11 | | met and documented within 2 calendar years prior to the | 12 | | petition filing date: | 13 | | (A) the distance between each district administrative | 14 | | office is documented as no more than 30 miles; and | 15 | | (B) every district contiguous to the district wishing | 16 | | to organize into a combined school district under the | 17 | | provisions of this paragraph (2) determines that it is not | 18 | | interested in participating in a petition for a combined | 19 | | school district filed in accordance with this Article, | 20 | | through a vote of its school board, and documents that | 21 | | non-interest in a letter to the regional superintendent of | 22 | | schools containing approved minutes that record the school | 23 | | board vote. | 24 | | (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | 25 | | contrary, Dolton School District 149, Calumet City School | 26 | | District 155, Lincoln Elementary School District 156, and |
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| 1 | | Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 shall be organized | 2 | | into a combined unit district as provided in Section 10-20.75. | 3 | | (Source: P.A. 98-125, eff. 8-2-13.)
| 4 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 5 | | becoming law.".
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