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O'MALLEY.

   105 ILCS 5/27A-2                                                            
   105 ILCS 5/27A-3                                                            
   105 ILCS 5/27A-3.5 new                                                      
   105 ILCS 5/27A-4                                                            
   105 ILCS 5/27A-6                                                            
   105 ILCS 5/27A-7                                                            
   105 ILCS 5/27A-8                                                            
   105 ILCS 5/27A-9                                                            
   105 ILCS 5/27A-10                                                           
   105 ILCS 5/27A-11                                                           

        Amends the Charter Schools Law in the School Code.  Eliminates  a      
   provision  that  limits  the  number  of resident pupils from the same      
   grade in a school district with only one  attendance  center  covering      
   that  grade that may be enrolled in a charter school at one time. Adds      
   definitions.  Eliminates limitations on the number of charter  schools      
   that  may  operate  at  any one time.  Creates the Illinois Chartering      
   Board with the  authority,  beginning  March  1,  1998,  to  act  upon      
   proposals to establish or renew charter schools. Also provides that if      
   a  chartering  agency (a local school board or the Illinois Chartering      
   Board) denies a charter school proposal or revokes or  denies  renewal      
   of  an existing charter, the entities that initiate the charter school      
   proposal or the governing body  of  the  charter  school  may  file  a      
   petition,  signed by 5% or more of the registered voters of the school      
   district in which the charter school is or is to be located, requiring      
   submission to a referendum of a proposition  to  approve  the  charter      
   school  proposal  or  to  rescind  the  revocation  of or to renew the      
   charter of the charter school.  Provides that if a majority  of  those      
   voting on the proposition vote in favor thereof, the proposition shall      
   be  deemed  to  have  obtained  local  approval  and,  subject  to the      
   requisite certification by the  State  Board  of  Education  that  the      
   charter  school  proposal  or charter as sought to be renewed complies      
   with applicable law, the charter school shall be  established  or  the      
   charter  renewed  for  the length of the term provided in the charter,      
   beginning with the first day of the next  school  year.   Makes  other      
   related changes.  Effective immediately.                                    
   97-10-28  S  FIRST READING                                                  
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