Illinois House Bill 5609

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-04-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Charter Schools Article of the School Code. In provisions concerning contract contents, provides that for a charter granted or renewed on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act by a local school board, administrative fees withheld from a charter school under the charter for the purpose of conducting administrative duties shall be capped at 3% or less of the total annual public dollars allocated to the charter school. Provides that the 3% total administrative fee collected from a charter school shall include a 2% or less administrative fee collected by a local school board for the purpose of conducting administrative duties related to the administration of charter school contracts, oversight, and authorizing services, and a 1% fee to be either (i) given to a statewide charter school membership association for the purpose of administering State-mandated board governance training, and compliance and technical assistance to charter schools for the purpose of meeting academic, financial, and operational reporting requirements, or (ii) sub-granted by a statewide charter school membership association to charter schools for the purpose of meeting academic, financial, and operational requirements as agreed upon with the authorizer in the charter school's contract. In provisions concerning the term of a charter, provides that an authorizer shall grant renewal for a term of no fewer than 5 years if the charter's average annual summative designation over the term of the charter is in the top 3 summative designations on the State report card prepared by the State Board of Education.

SCH CD-CHARTER SCH-FEE/RENEWAL

Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar [D]

Rep. Robert Rita [D]

Rep. Cyril Nichols [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-04-19	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2024-04-19	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert "Bob" Rita
2024-04-17	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
2024-04-17	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
2024-04-04	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
2024-04-03	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools; 008-000-000
2024-04-03	House	Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
2024-04-03	House	Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
2024-04-02	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
2024-04-01	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Cyril Nichols
2024-03-05	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter Schools
2024-02-09	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2024-02-09	House	First Reading
2024-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kam Buckner

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	27A-6	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	27A-9	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5609&GAID=17&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/HB/10300HB5609.htm