Bill Text: IL HB3437 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Chaptered
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires school boards to give at least 60 days' notice of the closure of a school for at least one school year to all affected students, parents, and legal guardians. Effective immediately.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-18 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0179 [HB3437 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB3437-Chaptered.html
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| Public Act 100-0179 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
27A-10.10 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/27A-10.10) | ||||
Sec. 27A-10.10. Closure of charter school; unspent public | ||||
funds; procedures for the disposition of property and assets. | ||||
(a) Upon the closing of a charter school authorized by one | ||||
or more local school boards, the governing body of the charter | ||||
school or its designee shall refund to the chartering entity or | ||||
entities all unspent public funds. The charter school's other | ||||
property and assets shall be disposed of under the provisions | ||||
of the charter application and contract. If the application and | ||||
contract are silent or ambiguous as to the disposition of any | ||||
of the school's property or assets, any property or assets of | ||||
the charter school purchased with public funds shall be | ||||
returned to the school district or districts from which the | ||||
charter school draws enrollment, at no cost to the receiving | ||||
district or districts, subject to each district's acceptance of | ||||
the property or asset. Any unspent public funds or other | ||||
property or assets received by the charter school directly from | ||||
any State or federal agency shall be refunded to or revert back | ||||
to that State or federal agency, respectively. | ||
(b) Upon the closing of a charter school authorized by the | ||
Commission, the governing body of the charter school or its | ||
designee shall refund all unspent public funds to the State | ||
Board of Education. The charter school's other property and | ||
assets shall be disposed of under the provisions of the charter | ||
application and contract. If the application and contract are | ||
silent or ambiguous as to the disposition of any of the | ||
school's property or assets, any property or assets of the | ||
charter school purchased with public funds shall be returned to | ||
the school district or districts from which the charter school | ||
draws its enrollment, at no cost to the receiving district or | ||
districts, subject to each district's acceptance of the | ||
property or asset. Any unspent public funds or other property | ||
or assets provided by a State agency other than the State Board | ||
of Education or by a federal agency shall be refunded to or | ||
revert back to that State or federal agency, respectively.
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(c) If a determination is made to close a charter school | ||
located within the boundaries of a school district organized | ||
under Article 34 of this Code for at least one school year, the | ||
charter school shall give at least 60 days' notice of the | ||
closure to all affected students and parents or legal | ||
guardians. | ||
(Source: P.A. 98-783, eff. 1-1-15.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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