Illinois House Bill 3257 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Failed on January 8 2019 - 100% progression
Action: 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Amends the Charter Schools Article of the School Code. Removes provisions providing that the total number of charter schools operating under this Article at any one time shall not exceed 120. Removes a provision limiting the number of charter schools to 70 in any city having a population exceeding 500,000. Removes a provision limiting the number of charter schools to 45 in the remainder of the State. Removes a provision providing that the State Board of Education shall assign a number to each charter submission it receives for its review and certification, based on the chronological order in which the submission is received by it.

SCH CD-CHARTER SCH LIMIT

Rep. Barbara Wheeler [R]

Rep. Thomas Morrison [R]

Rep. Allen Skillicorn [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-01-08	House	Session Sine Die
2018-03-08	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Allen Skillicorn
2017-04-28	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2017-04-25	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
2017-04-25	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2017-03-30	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2017-03-29	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Charter School Policy Committee; 007-000-000
2017-03-29	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Thomas Morrison
2017-02-22	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Charter School Policy Committee
2017-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2017-02-09	House	First Reading
2017-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Barbara Wheeler

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	27A-4	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	27A-6	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3257&GAID=14&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=91&GA=100
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB3257.htm
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/100/HB/10000HB3257eng.htm