Bill Title: Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Removes provisions allowing the State Charter School Commission to reverse a school board's decision to deny, revoke, or not renew a charter; makes related changes. In a provision concerning a charter school proposed to be jointly authorized by 2 or more school districts and the school boards unanimously denying the charter school proposal with a statement that the school boards are not opposed to the charter school, but that they yield to the Commission in light of the complexities of joint administration, allows the charter applicant to submit the proposal to the Commission and requires the Commission to follow the same process and be subject to the same timelines for review as a school board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 32-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-05-31 - Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB0397 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Engrossed	2015-04-14	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2015-01-28	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

Amendment	Date	Disposition	Format	Source	View
Senate Amendment 001	2016-05-24	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 004	2015-04-20	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 003	2015-03-17	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 002	2015-03-11	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View
House Amendment 001	2015-02-27	Proposed	HTML/Text	Link	View

Supplemental Documents

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