Bill Text: IL HB4522 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Allows 2 or more (instead of 4 or more) contiguous school districts with all or a portion of their territory located within the geographic boundaries of the same municipality to jointly operate, through an institution of higher education located in the municipality, a science and mathematics partnership school for serving some or all of grades kindergarten through 8. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0786 [HB4522 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4522-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Allows 2 or more (instead of 4 or more) contiguous school districts with all or a portion of their territory located within the geographic boundaries of the same municipality to jointly operate, through an institution of higher education located in the municipality, a science and mathematics partnership school for serving some or all of grades kindergarten through 8. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-07-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0786 [HB4522 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4522-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 10-22.22e as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.22e) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 10-22.22e. Science and mathematics partnership | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | school. | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | contrary and subject to the provisions of this Section, 2 4 or | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | more contiguous school districts with all or a portion of their | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | territory located within the geographic boundaries of the same | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | municipality may, when in their judgment the interest of the | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | districts and of the students therein will be best served, | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | jointly operate, through an institution of higher education | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | located in the municipality, a science and mathematics | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | partnership school for serving some or all of grades | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | kindergarten through 8. The partnership school may (i) restrict | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | attendance to pupils who reside within the geographic | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | boundaries of the areas served by the school districts and (ii) | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | select students for enrollment based on admission criteria that | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | focuses on academic proficiency in science and mathematics | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | established by the partnership school and approved by the |
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1 | districts' school boards; however, in no case may the | ||||||
2 | partnership school discriminate on the basis of disability, | ||||||
3 | race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, | ||||||
4 | ancestry, marital status, or need for special education | ||||||
5 | services in the establishment of its attendance boundaries or | ||||||
6 | in the selection of students for enrollment. The number of | ||||||
7 | students enrolled from each school district shall be | ||||||
8 | approximately equal in number. If there are more students | ||||||
9 | eligible for enrollment in the partnership school from a school | ||||||
10 | district than there are spaces available, eligible students | ||||||
11 | must be selected by lottery. | ||||||
12 | (b) The school board of each school district shall, by | ||||||
13 | proper resolution, enter into the joint operation of the | ||||||
14 | partnership school. The school boards of the participating | ||||||
15 | districts shall execute a partnership school contract with the | ||||||
16 | institution of higher education for the joint operation, | ||||||
17 | subject to the provisions of this Section. The agreement for | ||||||
18 | joint operation of the partnership school shall include, but | ||||||
19 | not be limited to, provisions for administration, staff, | ||||||
20 | programs, financing, facilities, and transportation. | ||||||
21 | (c) Each participating school district shall pay its per | ||||||
22 | capita cost of educating the students residing in the district | ||||||
23 | and attending the partnership school for the maintenance and | ||||||
24 | operation of the partnership school. The manner of determining | ||||||
25 | per capita cost must be set forth in the agreement. Each | ||||||
26 | district shall pay the amount owed under the terms of the |
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1 | agreement from the fund that the district would have used if | ||||||
2 | the district had incurred the costs directly and may levy taxes | ||||||
3 | and issue bonds as otherwise authorized for these purposes in | ||||||
4 | order to make payments. | ||||||
5 | (d) The teachers and other non-administrative, certified | ||||||
6 | employees who work in the partnership school must be selected | ||||||
7 | according to criteria established by the partnership school and | ||||||
8 | agreed to by the school districts' school boards. The number of | ||||||
9 | such employees selected from each school district must be | ||||||
10 | approximately equal in number. Their selection must be for a | ||||||
11 | 2-year or 4-year period, upon the completion of which they must | ||||||
12 | be assigned to a comparable position in the school from which | ||||||
13 | they were selected. While working in the partnership school, | ||||||
14 | these employees shall remain employees of and be paid by the | ||||||
15 | school district from which they were selected, and their wages | ||||||
16 | and benefits must be the same as if they were teaching or | ||||||
17 | otherwise working in that district, provided that additional | ||||||
18 | wages and benefits may be provided to these teachers and other | ||||||
19 | staff if the participating school districts and the exclusive | ||||||
20 | bargaining representatives of their teachers and other staff | ||||||
21 | agree. The contractual continued service status of a teacher | ||||||
22 | and the retirement benefits of those employees who accept work | ||||||
23 | with the partnership school must not be affected. A school term | ||||||
24 | worked in the partnership school must be considered a school | ||||||
25 | term worked in the school district from which the employees | ||||||
26 | were selected for contractual continued service attainment |
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1 | purposes. The time spent in employment with a participating | ||||||
2 | district by any teacher who has not yet entered upon | ||||||
3 | contractual continued service and accepts selection to work in | ||||||
4 | the partnership school is not lost when computing the time | ||||||
5 | necessary for the teacher to enter upon contractual continued | ||||||
6 | service.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 97-97, eff. 1-1-12.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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