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Sen. Antonio Muņoz
Filed: 5/15/2014
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1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1152
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2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1152 by replacing |
3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
5 | | 34-1.05 as follows:
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6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-1.05 new) |
7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on May 31, 2016) |
8 | | Sec. 34-1.05. The Chicago Educational Governance Task |
9 | | Force. |
10 | | (a) The General Assembly makes the following findings: |
11 | | (1) City of Chicago School District 299 is one of the |
12 | | only school districts in this State with an appointed, not |
13 | | an elected, school board. |
14 | | (2) City of Chicago School District 299 is home to the |
15 | | largest elected body in the country, local school councils, |
16 | | charged with principal selection and approving the local |
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1 | | school budget. |
2 | | (3) For 15 years, City of Chicago School District 299 |
3 | | has implemented reforms, including the extension of the |
4 | | school day, the expansion of access to full-day |
5 | | kindergarten, probation, student retention, school |
6 | | closings, the expansion of access to choice programs |
7 | | (including science, technology, mathematics, and |
8 | | engineering (STEM) programs, charter schools, and |
9 | | International Baccalaureate programs), and turnarounds, to |
10 | | increase student outcomes, including increased graduation |
11 | | rates, increased college attendance, and improved |
12 | | performance on State assessments. |
13 | | (4) Many of these reforms have led to a robust |
14 | | democratic discussion and decision-making process. |
15 | | (5) All children must have access to a world-class |
16 | | education. |
17 | | (b) The Chicago Educational Governance Task Force is |
18 | | created for the purpose of recommending the best structure and |
19 | | procedure for the governance of City of Chicago School District |
20 | | 299 in order to ensure the best educational outcomes for City |
21 | | of Chicago School District 299 students. |
22 | | (c) The Task Force shall be composed of the following |
23 | | members: |
24 | | (1) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House |
25 | | of Representatives and 3 members appointed by the Minority |
26 | | Leader of the House of Representatives. |
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1 | | (2) Three members appointed by the President of the |
2 | | Senate and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader of |
3 | | the Senate. |
4 | | (3) The Chief Executive Officer of City of Chicago |
5 | | School District 299 or her or his designee. |
6 | | (4) The President of the Chicago Board of Education or |
7 | | her or his designee. |
8 | | (5) The president of a Chicago professional teachers' |
9 | | organization or his or her designee. |
10 | | (6) The president of the association representing |
11 | | principals in the schools of the district or his or her |
12 | | designee. |
13 | | (7) The student representative from the Chicago Board |
14 | | of Education or her or his designee. |
15 | | (d) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall |
16 | | appoint one of his or her appointees under subdivision (1) of |
17 | | subsection (c) of this Section as a co-chairperson of the |
18 | | Chicago Educational Governance Task Force. The President of the |
19 | | Senate shall appoint one of his or her appointees under |
20 | | subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this Section as a |
21 | | co-chairperson of the Chicago Educational Governance Task |
22 | | Force. Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be |
23 | | appointed for the duration of the Chicago Educational |
24 | | Governance Task Force. In the event of a vacancy, the |
25 | | appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by the |
26 | | legislative leader of the same chamber and party as the leader |
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1 | | who made the original appointment. |
2 | | (e) The Chicago Board of Education shall provide |
3 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force. |
4 | | (f) The members of the Task Force shall serve on a pro bono |
5 | | basis. These members shall aid in the gathering of pertinent |
6 | | information on the impact of various school governance |
7 | | structures, including without limitation an elected |
8 | | representative school board and mayoral control, as well as |
9 | | gathering and analyzing data about the district's current |
10 | | governance structure. |
11 | | (g) The Task Force shall commence meeting in June of 2015. |
12 | | The Task Force shall report its recommendation as to which |
13 | | governance structure is best designed to serve the students of |
14 | | the City of Chicago to the General Assembly on or before May |
15 | | 30, 2016. |
16 | | (h) The Task Force is abolished and this Section is |
17 | | repealed on May 31, 2016. ".
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