Bill Amendment: IL HB0397 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-ST CHARTER SCH COMM'N
Status: 2016-05-31 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB0397 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB0397-House_Amendment_002.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-ST CHARTER SCH COMM'N
Status: 2016-05-31 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB0397 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HB0397-House_Amendment_002.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 397
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 397 as follows:
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3 | on page 9, line 2, after "Article.", by inserting " If a charter | ||||||
4 | school applicant submits a proposal to a local school board | ||||||
5 | outside of the process adopted by that local school board for | ||||||
6 | receiving charter school proposals on an annual basis, the | ||||||
7 | applicant shall not have any right to submit its proposal to | ||||||
8 | the Commission as otherwise authorized in subsections (d) and | ||||||
9 | (e) of this Section. "; and
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10 | on page 9, line 24, after "proposal.", by inserting " Final | ||||||
11 | decisions of a local school board are subject to judicial | ||||||
12 | review under the Administrative Review Law. "; and
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13 | on page 10, by replacing lines 20 through 26 with the | ||||||
14 | following: | ||||||
15 | "(h) The Commission may approve a charter school proposal |
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1 | submitted to it in accordance with subsection (d), (e), or (i) | ||||||
2 | of this Section The Commission may reverse a local school | ||||||
3 | board's decision to deny a charter school proposal if the | ||||||
4 | Commission finds that the proposal (i) is in compliance with | ||||||
5 | this Article and (ii) is in the best interests of the students | ||||||
6 | the charter school is designed to serve. Final decisions of the | ||||||
7 | Commission are subject to judicial review under the | ||||||
8 | Administrative Review Law."; and
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9 | on page 13, by replacing lines 13 through 26 with the | ||||||
10 | following: | ||||||
11 | "(e) The Commission may approve an application for a | ||||||
12 | charter submitted to it in accordance with this Article Notice | ||||||
13 | of a local school board's decision to
deny, revoke or not to
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14 | renew a charter shall be provided to the Commission and the | ||||||
15 | State Board.
The Commission may reverse a local board's
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16 | decision
if the Commission finds
that the charter school or | ||||||
17 | charter school proposal (i) is in compliance with
this Article , | ||||||
18 | and (ii) is in the best interests of the students it is | ||||||
19 | designed
to serve. The Commission may condition approval of a | ||||||
20 | charter school application
The Commission may condition the | ||||||
21 | granting of an appeal on the acceptance by
the charter school | ||||||
22 | of funding in an amount less than that requested in the
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23 | proposal submitted to the local school board.
Final decisions | ||||||
24 | of the Commission are shall be subject
to judicial review under | ||||||
25 | the Administrative Review Law.
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1 | (f) Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article, if | ||||||
2 | the Commission approves an application for a charter submitted | ||||||
3 | to it in accordance with this Article or
on appeal reverses a | ||||||
4 | local board's decision
or "; and
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5 | on page 14, by replacing line 4 with the following: | ||||||
6 | "Commission shall execute a
approve the charter agreement and | ||||||
7 | shall perform all"; and
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8 | on page 15, immediately below line 3, by inserting the | ||||||
9 | following: | ||||||
10 | " (i) The Commission has no authority under subsection (e) | ||||||
11 | of this Section to approve a charter school proposal that has | ||||||
12 | been denied by the local school board. ".
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