Illinois House Bill 5945 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Failed on December 3 2014 - 100% progression
Action: 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Provides that the parents of at least 51% of students in a low-performing school may initiate reform measures at the school through the submission of a parent petition to the school board. Provides for submission of a notice of petition. Provides that the petition shall request that the school board fully intervene in the school and implement one of the following reform measures: (1) reopen the school as a charter school; (2) change the school leadership; (3) close the school and reassign students currently attending the school to another school at the appropriate grade level within the same school district; or (4) adopt a new school governance structure. Upon receiving a copy of a petition signed by the parents of at least 51% of the students in a low-performing school, requires the school board to implement the reform measures requested in the petition.

SCH CD-REFORM-PARENT PETITION

Rep. John Anthony [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-12-03	House	Session Sine Die
2014-02-14	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2014-02-14	House	First Reading
2014-02-14	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. John D. Anthony

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-20.56	New Code	See Bill Text
105	5	34-18.49	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5945&GAID=12&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=85&GA=98
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/98/HB/09800HB5945.htm