Bill Text: IL HB2549 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Engrossed


Bill Title: Amends the State Finance Act and the School Code. Creates the Roundtable on Educational Opportunity and Development. Contains provisions concerning the members of the Roundtable, meetings of the Roundtable, administrative support to the Roundtable, and annual reports to the General Assembly. Provides that the Roundtable shall study ways to expand educational opportunities and develop sources of private funding for students in primary and secondary education in the areas of (i) developing a business ethics curriculum, (ii) promoting and funding the arts, (iii) establishing and funding global travel programs, and (iv) funding trips to museums. Requires the Roundtable to study ways to secure private donations and public funding in order to help expand opportunities for students and implement Roundtable recommendations. Provides that funding for programs recommended by the Roundtable must prioritize low-income students. Requires the State Board of Education, in consultation with the Roundtable, to provide administrative support to all school districts and their students wishing to utilize these opportunities. Creates the Educational Opportunity and Development Fund as a special fund in the State treasury to accept private donations and public funding. Provides that all money in the Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State Board of Education for the purposes of implementing the priorities and recommendations of the Roundtable. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-04-12 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB2549 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB2549-Engrossed.html



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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
5Section 5.891 as follows:
6 (30 ILCS 105/5.891 new)
7 Sec. 5.891. The Educational Opportunity and Development
8Fund.
9 Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section
102-3.176 as follows:
11 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new)
12 Sec. 2-3.176. Roundtable on Educational Opportunity and
13Development.
14 (a) There is created the Roundtable on Educational
15Opportunity and Development, consisting of all of the following
16members:
17 (1) A representative from a private organization
18 working to develop economic opportunities for individuals
19 living in the City of Chicago appointed by the State
20 Superintendent of Education.
21 (2) A representative from a private organization

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1 working to develop economic opportunities for this State
2 appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
3 (3) Three representatives who are from private
4 businesses with over 50 employees and who have
5 administrative roles in those businesses appointed by the
6 State Superintendent of Education.
7 (4) An individual from an organization that represents
8 superintendents throughout this State appointed by the
9 State Superintendent of Education.
10 (5) A State representative appointed by the Speaker of
11 the House of Representatives.
12 (6) A State representative appointed by the Minority
13 Leader of the House of Representatives.
14 (7) A State senator appointed by the President of the
15 Senate.
16 (8) A State senator appointed by the Minority Leader of
17 the Senate.
18 (9) The chairperson of the board of education of a
19 school district organized under Article 34 of this Code or
20 his or her designee.
21 (10) A representative who operates as an
22 administrative staffer for a board of education of a school
23 district organized under Article 34 of this Code appointed
24 by the State Superintendent of Education.
25 (11) An individual from an organization that
26 represents teachers in a school district organized under

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1 Article 34 of this Code appointed by the State
2 Superintendent of Education.
3 (12) An individual from an organization that
4 represents teachers throughout this State appointed by the
5 State Superintendent of Education.
6 Initial appointees shall serve staggered terms of one year,
72 years, and 3 years as determined by lot. Five of the initial
8appointees shall serve one-year terms, 5 of the initial
9appointees shall serve 2-year terms, and the remaining
10appointees shall serve 3-year terms. After the initial
11appointments, each successor shall serve for a 3-year term.
12Appointed members shall serve until their successors are
13appointed and have qualified. Members shall annually select a
14chairperson from among their number by majority vote. Members
15shall receive no compensation in the performance of their
16duties.
17 The Roundtable shall meet initially at the call of the
18State Superintendent of Education, shall elect a chairperson at
19its initial meeting, and shall thereafter meet at the call of
20the chairperson.
21 (b) The Roundtable shall study ways to expand educational
22opportunities and develop sources of private funding for
23students in primary and secondary education in the following
24areas:
25 (1) developing a business ethics curriculum;
26 (2) promoting and funding the arts;

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1 (2.5) developing a before-school, in-school, or
2 after-school drama therapy program that is designed for
3 vulnerable youth with histories of exposure to familial and
4 community violence, school bullying, intolerance or hate
5 crimes, maltreatment or neglect, disrupted caregiving, or
6 any other life adversities and that focuses on the core
7 components of complex trauma intervention, including, but
8 not limited to, a student's safety, self-regulation,
9 healthy attachments, discovery and development of his or
10 her identity, self-worth, esteem, and competency;
11 (2.7) developing a school model for students in
12 kindergarten through grade 6 that integrates an
13 identity-affirming pedagogy with a rigorous, intentional
14 curriculum that utilizes a no-nonsense nurturing framework
15 and prioritizes an arts education;
16 (3) establishing and funding global travel programs;
17 and
18 (4) funding trips to museums.
19 The Roundtable shall study ways to secure private donations
20and public funding in order to help expand opportunities for
21students and implement Roundtable recommendations. Funding for
22programs recommended by the Roundtable must prioritize
23low-income students, as defined by the federal census. The
24State Board of Education, in consultation with the Roundtable,
25shall provide administrative support to all school districts
26and their students wishing to utilize these opportunities.

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1 (c) The State Board of Education and City of Chicago School
2District 299 may provide administrative support to the
3Roundtable.
4 (d) The Educational Opportunity and Development Fund is
5created as a special fund in the State treasury. The Fund shall
6accept private donations and public funding. All money in the
7Fund shall be used, subject to appropriation, by the State
8Board of Education for the purposes of implementing the
9priorities and recommendations of the Roundtable.
10 (e) The Roundtable shall report its recommendations to the
11General Assembly on or before July 1, 2020 and every July 1
12thereafter.
13 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.
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