Bill Text: IL HB2577 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced

---

Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning shared service reporting and fiscal efficiency.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2014-12-03 - Session Sine Die [HB2577 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-HB2577-Introduced.html

---

98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2013 and 2014 HB2577 Introduced , by Rep. Robert W. Pritchard SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/17-1.1
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning shared service reporting and fiscal efficiency.
LRB098 08916 NHT 39048 b
A BILL FOR
HB2577 LRB098 08916 NHT 39048 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
17-1.1 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/17-1.1)
Sec. 17-1.1. Shared service reporting and fiscal
efficiency.
(a) Annually, each school district shall complete a report
developed by the the State Board of Education, to accompany the
annual financial report and to be published on the State Board
of Education's Internet website, that summarizes district
attempts to improve fiscal efficiency through shared services
or outsourcing in the prior fiscal year. The report must be
primarily in checklist form and approximately one page in
length. It shall include, but shall not be limited to, the
incidence of the following shared service options: insurance;
employee benefits; transportation; personnel recruitment;
shared personnel; technology services; energy purchasing;
supply and equipment purchasing; food services; legal
services; investment pools; special education cooperatives,
vocational cooperatives, and other shared educational
programs; curriculum planning; professional development;

HB2577 - 2 - LRB098 08916 NHT 39048 b
custodial services; maintenance services; grounds maintenance
services; food services; grant writing; and science,
technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) program
offerings. The report shall also include a list of potential
shared services or outsourcing the district may consider or
investigate for the next fiscal year and any anticipated
barriers to implementation. This report must be approved by the
school board and published on the Internet website of the
school district, if any.
(b) Based on data supplied by school districts through the
annual financial report, regional superintendents of schools
shall publish annually a regional report summarizing district
attempts to improve fiscal efficiency through shared services
or outsourcing within the educational service region. This
report shall include a list of all joint purchasing
initiatives, joint agreements between districts, attempts to
reduce or eliminate duplication of services and duplicative
expenditures, and identification of any overlapping regional
service delivery systems.
(c) For school districts required to develop and submit to
the State Board of Education a deficit reduction plan under
Section 17-1 of this Code, the regional superintendent of
schools and the school district shall jointly prepare a shared
services and outsourcing plan that considers actions that may
improve the district's fiscal efficiency and how future savings
associated with shared services or outsourcing are to be

HB2577 - 3 - LRB098 08916 NHT 39048 b
utilized.
(Source: P.A. 97-357, eff. 1-1-12.)