Bill Text: IL HB5721 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Adds to the definition of "school action". Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2019, the facility performance standards published by the district must include the performance standards of safety measures in the district. Requires the data, information, and analysis published on the district's Internet website regarding the 10-year educational facility master plan to include a brief description of specific plans for special education programs, early childhood education programs, career and technical education programs, and any other programs that are space sensitive to avoid space irregularities, a description of a communications and community involvement plan for each community in the City of Chicago, historical and projected enrollment of each school, and other items. Requires the chief executive officer to publish a procedure for conducting an annual capital improvement hearing that shall discuss the district's annual capital budget. Adds to the requirements of the capital improvement plan published annually by the chief executive officer. Provides that beginning on June 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the district shall conduct a regional capital budget hearing that describes planned projects for the year and reviews the 5-year capital budget and the educational facility master plan. Adds to the requirements of a school transition plan. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-0)

Status: (Passed) 2018-08-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 100-0965 [HB5721 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5721-Introduced.html


100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5721

Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

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Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Adds to the definition of "school action". Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2019, the facility performance standards published by the district must include the performance standards of safety measures in the district. Requires the data, information, and analysis published on the district's Internet website regarding the 10-year educational facility master plan to include a brief description of specific plans for special education programs, early childhood education programs, career and technical education programs, and any other programs that are space sensitive to avoid space irregularities, a description of a communications and community involvement plan for each community in the City of Chicago, historical and projected enrollment of each school, and other items. Requires the chief executive officer to publish a procedure for conducting an annual capital improvement hearing that shall discuss the district's annual capital budget. Adds to the requirements of the capital improvement plan published annually by the chief executive officer. Provides that beginning on June 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the district shall conduct a regional capital budget hearing that describes planned projects for the year and reviews the 5-year capital budget and the educational facility master plan. Adds to the requirements of a school transition plan. Makes other changes.
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A BILL FOR

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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 School Code is amended by changing Sections
534-200, 34-205, 34-210, 34-215, 34-220, 34-225, and 34-230 and
6by adding Section 34-227 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/34-200)
8 Sec. 34-200. Definitions. For the purposes of Sections
934-200 through 34-235 of this Article:
10 "Capital improvement plan" means a plan that identifies
11capital projects to be started or finished within the
12designated period, excluding projects funded by locally raised
13capital not exceeding $10,000.
14 "Community area" means a geographic area of the City of
15Chicago defined by the chief executive officer as part of the
16development of the educational facilities master plan.
17 "Space utilization" means the percentage achieved by
18dividing the school's actual enrollment by its design capacity.
19 "School closing" or "school closure" means the closing of a
20school, the effect of which is the assignment and transfer of
21all students enrolled at that school to one or more designated
22receiving schools.
23 "School consolidation" means the consolidation of 2 or more

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1schools by closing one or more schools and reassigning the
2students to another school.
3 "Phase-out" means the gradual cessation of enrollment in
4certain grades each school year until a school closes or is
5consolidated with another school.
6 "School action" means any school closing; school
7consolidation; co-location; boundary change that requires
8reassignment of students, unless the reassignment is to a new
9school with an attendance area boundary and is made to relieve
10overcrowding; new school turnaround, including charter
11schools; or phase-out.
12(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11;
1397-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/34-205)
15 Sec. 34-205. Educational facility standards.
16 (a) By January 1, 2012, the district shall publish space
17utilization standards on the district's website. The standards
18shall include the following:
19 (1) the method by which design capacity is calculated,
20 including consideration of the requirements of elementary
21 and secondary programs, shared campuses, after school
22 programming, the facility needs, grade and age ranges of
23 the attending students, and use of school buildings by
24 governmental agencies and community organizations;
25 (2) the method to determine efficient use of a school

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1 building based upon educational program design capacity;
2 (3) the rate of utilization; and
3 (4) the standards for overcrowding and
4 underutilization.
5 (b) The chief executive officer or his or her designee
6shall publish a space utilization report for each school
7building operated by the district on the district's website by
8December 31 of each year.
9 (c) The facility performance standards provisions are as
10follows:
11 (1) On or before January 1, 2012, the chief executive
12 officer shall propose minimum and optimal facility
13 performance standards for thermal comfort, daylight,
14 acoustics, indoor air quality, furniture ergonomics for
15 students and staff, technology, life safety, ADA
16 accessibility, plumbing and washroom access, environmental
17 hazards, and walkability.
18 (2) The chief executive officer shall conduct at least
19 one public hearing and submit the proposed educational
20 facilities standards to each local school council and to
21 the Chicago Public Building Commission for review and
22 comment prior to adoption.
23 (3) After the chief executive officer has incorporated
24 the input and recommendations of the public and the Chicago
25 Public Building Commission, the chief executive officer
26 shall issue final facility performance standards.

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1 (4) The chief executive officer is authorized to amend
2 the facility performance standards following the
3 procedures in this Section.
4 (5) The final educational facility space utilization
5 and performance standards shall be published on the
6 district's Internet website.
7 (6) Beginning on July 1, 2019, the facility performance
8 standards must include the performance standards of safety
9 measures in the district.
10(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11;
1197-813, eff. 7-13-12.)
12 (105 ILCS 5/34-210)
13 Sec. 34-210. The Educational Facility Master Plan.
14 (a) In accordance with the schedule set forth in this
15Article, the chief executive officer or his or her designee
16shall prepare a 10-year educational facility master plan every
175 years, with updates 2 1/2 years after the approval of the
18initial 10-year plan, with the first such educational facility
19master plan to be approved on or before October 1, 2013.
20 (b) The educational facility master plan shall provide
21community area level plans and individual school master plans
22with options for addressing the facility and space needs for
23each facility operated by the district over a 10-year period.
24 (c) The data, information, and analysis that shall inform
25the educational facility master plan shall be published on the

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1district's Internet website and shall include the following:
2 (1) a description of the district's guiding
3 educational goals and standards;
4 (2) a brief description of the types of instructional
5 programs and services delivered in each school, including
6 specific plans for special education programs, early
7 childhood education programs, career and technical
8 education programs, and any other programs that are space
9 sensitive to avoid space irregularities;
10 (3) a description of the process, procedure, and
11 timeline for community participation in the development of
12 the plan;
13 (3.5) A description of a communications and community
14 involvement plan for each community in the City of Chicago
15 that includes the engagement of students, school
16 personnel, parents, and key stakeholders throughout the
17 community and all of the following:
18 (A) community action councils;
19 (B) local school councils or, if not present,
20 alternative parent and community governance for that
21 school;
22 (C) the Chicago Teachers Union; and
23 (D) the Chicago Principals and Administrators
24 Association;
25 (4) the enrollment capacity of each school and its rate
26 of enrollment and historical and projected enrollment, and

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1 current and projected demographic information for the
2 neighborhood surrounding the district based on census data
3 utilization;
4 (5) a report on the assessment of individual building
5 and site conditions;
6 (6) a data table with historical and projected
7 enrollment data by school by grade;
8 (7) community analysis, including a study of current
9 and projected demographics, land usage, transportation
10 plans, residential housing and commercial development,
11 private schools, plans for water and sewage service
12 expansion or redevelopment, and institutions of higher
13 education;
14 (8) an analysis of the facility needs and requirements
15 of the district and a timeline to address critical facility
16 and programmatic capital needs of every school building
17 with a weighted prioritization, which shall be publicly
18 available on the district's Internet website for schools
19 and communities to have access to the information and
20 transparent data on the timeline that the district will
21 address those critical issues; and
22 (9) identification of potential sources of funding for
23 the implementation of the Educational Facility Master
24 Plan, including financial options through tax increment
25 financing, property tax levies for schools, and bonds that
26 address critical facility needs; and .

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1 (10) any school building disposition, including a plan
2 delineating the process through which citizen involvement
3 is facilitated and establishing the criteria that is
4 utilized in building disposition decisions, one of which
5 shall be consideration of the impact of any proposed new
6 use of a school building on the neighborhood in which the
7 school building is located and how it may impact enrollment
8 of schools in that community area.
9 (d) On or before May 1, 2013, the chief executive officer
10or his or her designee shall prepare and distribute for comment
11a preliminary draft of the Educational Facility Master Plan.
12The draft plan shall be distributed to the City of Chicago, the
13County of Cook, the Chicago Park District, the Chicago Housing
14Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority, attendance centers
15operated by the district, and charter schools operating within
16the district. Each attendance center shall make the draft plan
17available to the local school council at the annual
18organizational meeting or to an alternative advisory body and
19to the parents, guardians, and staff of the school. The draft
20plan also shall be distributed to each State Senator and State
21Representative with a district in the City of Chicago, to the
22Mayor of the City of Chicago, and to each alderman of the City.
23 (e) The chief executive or his or her designee shall
24publish a procedure for conducting regional public hearings and
25submitting public comments on the draft plan and an annual
26capital improvement hearing that shall discuss the district's

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1annual capital budget and that is not in conjunction with
2operating budget hearings.
3 (f) After consideration of public input on the draft plan,
4the chief executive officer or his or her designee shall
5prepare and publish a report describing the public input
6gathered and the process used to incorporate public input in
7the development of the final plan to be recommended to the
8Board.
9 (g) The chief executive officer shall present the final
10plan and report to the Board for final consideration and
11approval.
12 (h) The final approved Educational Facility Master Plan
13shall be published on the district's website.
14 (i) No later than July 1, 2016, and every 5 years
15thereafter, the chief executive officer or his or her designee
16shall prepare and submit for public comment a draft revised
17Educational Facility Master Plan following the procedures
18required for development of the original plan.
19 (j) This proposed revised plan shall reflect the progress
20achieved during the first 2 1/2 years of the Educational
21Facility Master Plan.
22 (k) Based upon the data from the plan, the district must do
23the following for all under-enrolled schools: (i) create a
24request for proposals for joint use of the school with an
25intergovernmental rental or other outside entity rental, (ii)
26cease any potential plans for school expansion that may

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1negatively impact enrollment at the under-enrolled school,
2(iii) redo attendance boundaries to maximize enrollment of
3additional students, and (iv) work with under-enrolled schools
4to identify opportunities to increase enrollment and lower the
5costs of occupancy through joint use agreements.
6(Source: P.A. 99-531, eff. 7-8-16.)
7 (105 ILCS 5/34-215)
8 (Text of Section from P.A. 97-473)
9 Sec. 34-215. Capital improvement plans.
10 (a) The district shall develop a capital needs review
11process and one-year and 5-year capital improvement plans.
12 (b) By January 1, 2012, the chief executive officer or his
13or her designee shall establish a capital needs review process
14that includes a comprehensive bi-annual assessment of the
15capital needs at each facility owned, leased, or operated by
16the district. The review process shall include development of
17an assessment form to be used by attendance centers to provide
18a school-based capital, maintenance, utility, and repair needs
19assessment report and recommendations aligned with the
20educational program and goals of the attendance center.
21 (c) Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and for each year
22thereafter, the chief executive officer shall publish a
23proposed one-year capital improvement plan at least 60 days
24prior to the end of the prior fiscal year. The proposed
25one-year capital improvement plan shall be posted on the

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1district's Internet website and shall be subject to public
2review and comment and at least 3 public hearings. The one-year
3capital improvement plan shall include the following
4information for all capital projects for which funds are to be
5appropriated:
6 (1) description of the scope of the project;
7 (2) justification for the project;
8 (3) status of the project, including, if appropriate,
9 percentage funded, percentage complete, and approved start
10 and end dates;
11 (4) original approved cost and current approved cost
12 for each project;
13 (5) the impact of the project on the district's
14 operating budget;
15 (6) the name of each school and facility affected by a
16 project;
17 (7) all funding sources for the project;
18 (8) any relationship of the project to the needs
19 assessment submitted by the attendance center; and
20 (9) any relationship to the district's 10-year
21 Educational Facilities Master Plan; .
22 (10) a description of the scope of work to be done,
23 schedule of achieved and projected major milestones, and an
24 explanation for any delay in meeting projected milestones;
25 (11) a justification for modernization, new
26 construction, or other capital improvements, supported by

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1 the educational specification, student enrollment
2 projections, school facility condition assessment, and
3 assessment of the need for use as an educational facility;
4 and
5 (12) school-specific project recommendations on the
6 timing and funding for modernization of existing school
7 facilities, new school facility construction, and other
8 school facility capital improvements planned for the next
9 fiscal year and the succeeding 5 fiscal years.
10 (d) The chief executive officer shall present a final
11proposed one-year capital improvement plan to the Board for
12consideration.
13 (e) The Board shall adopt a final one-year capital
14improvement plan no more than 45 days after adopting the annual
15budget.
16 (f) Beginning with fiscal year 2013, the chief executive
17officer shall publish a proposed 5-year capital improvement
18plan with the proposed one-year capital improvement plan. The
195-year capital improvement plan shall include proposed capital
20improvements for the next 4 years and, to the extent
21practicable, the same information for each proposed project
22that is required for the one-year capital improvement plan.
23 (g) The 5-year capital improvement plan shall be assessed
24annually. An annual report shall be published explaining the
25differences between projected capital projects in the 5-year
26capital improvement plan and the capital projects authorized in

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1the proposed one-year capital improvement plan for the
2following fiscal year. The 5-year plan shall be published on
3the district's Internet website and distributed to all
4principals.
5 (h) Beginning on June 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the
6district shall conduct a regional capital budget hearing with
730-day notice to the public that describes planned projects for
8the year and reviews the 5-year capital budget and the
9educational facility master plan.
10(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12.)
11 (Text of Section from P.A. 97-474)
12 Sec. 34-215. Capital improvement plans.
13 (a) The district shall develop a capital needs review
14process and one-year and 5-year capital improvement plans.
15 (b) By January 1, 2012, the chief executive officer or his
16or her designee shall establish a capital needs review process
17that includes a comprehensive bi-annual assessment of the
18capital needs at each facility owned, leased, or operated by
19the district. The review process shall include development of
20an assessment form to be used by attendance centers to provide
21a school-based capital, maintenance, utility, and repair needs
22assessment report and recommendations aligned with the
23educational program and goals of the attendance center.
24 (c) Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and for each year
25thereafter, the chief executive officer shall publish a

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1proposed one-year capital improvement plan at least 60 days
2prior to the end of the prior fiscal year. The proposed
3one-year capital improvement plan shall be posted on the
4district's Internet website and shall be subject to public
5review and comment and at least 3 public hearings. The one-year
6capital improvement plan shall include the following
7information for all capital projects for which funds are to be
8appropriated:
9 (1) description of the scope of the project;
10 (2) justification for the project;
11 (3) status of the project, including, if appropriate,
12 percentage funded, percentage complete, and approved start
13 and end dates;
14 (4) original approved cost and current approved cost
15 for each project;
16 (5) the impact of the project on the district's
17 operating budget;
18 (6) the name of each school and facility affected by a
19 project;
20 (7) all funding sources for the project;
21 (8) any relationship of the project to the needs
22 assessment submitted by the attendance center; and
23 (9) any relationship to the district's 10-year
24 Educational Facilities Master Plan; .
25 (10) a description of the scope of work to be done,
26 schedule of achieved and projected major milestones, and an

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1 explanation for any delay in meeting projected milestones;
2 (11) a justification for modernization, new
3 construction, or other capital improvements, supported by
4 the educational specification, student enrollment
5 projections, school facility condition assessment, and
6 assessment of the need for use as an educational facility;
7 and
8 (12) school-specific project recommendations on the
9 timing and funding for modernization of existing school
10 facilities, new school facility construction, and other
11 school facility capital improvements planned for the next
12 fiscal year and the succeeding 5 fiscal years.
13 (d) The chief executive officer shall present a final
14proposed one-year capital improvement plan to the Board for
15consideration.
16 (e) The Board shall adopt a final one-year capital
17improvement plan no more than 45 days after adopting the annual
18budget.
19 (f) Beginning with fiscal year 2013, the chief executive
20officer shall publish a proposed 5-year capital improvement
21plan with the proposed one-year capital improvement plan. The
225-year capital improvement plan shall include proposed capital
23improvements for the next 4 years and, to the extent
24practicable, the same information for each proposed project
25that is required for the one-year capital improvement plan.
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1annually. An annual report shall be published explaining the
2differences between projected capital projects in the 5-year
3capital improvement plan and the capital projects authorized in
4the proposed one-year capital improvement plan for the
5following fiscal year. The 5-year plan shall be published on
6the district's Internet website and distributed to all
7principals.
8 (h) Beginning on June 1, 2019, and annually thereafter, the
9district shall conduct a regional capital budget hearing with
1030-day notice to the public that describes planned projects for
11the year and reviews the 5-year capital budget and the
12educational facility master plan.
13(Source: P.A. 97-474, eff. 8-22-11.)
14 (105 ILCS 5/34-220)
15 Sec. 34-220. Financial transparency.
16 (a) For fiscal year 2012, the chief executive officer shall
17provide the Board with an annual capital expenditure report
18within 90 days after the end of the fiscal year. The report
19shall be published on the district's Internet website.
20 (b) For fiscal year 2013 and thereafter, the chief
21executive officer shall provide the Board with an annual
22capital expenditure report within 90 days after the end of the
23fiscal year. The report shall be published on the district's
24Internet website. The annual capital expenditure report shall
25include the following:

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1 (1) expenditures on all facilities in which students
2 enrolled in the district receive instruction for all
3 capital projects on which funds were expended in that
4 fiscal year, even if the project was not initiated or
5 completed in the fiscal year;
6 (2) identification of capital projects that aligned
7 with the school-based facility needs assessment and
8 recommendations of school principals or were the result of
9 other public input and presented at the annual hearing
10 under subsection (h) of Section 34-215 of this Code;
11 (3) the levels of appropriation actually provided to
12 the district for capital projects in the fiscal year by the
13 city, the State, and the federal government, with a
14 comparison of the level of such funding against funding
15 levels for the prior 5 years; and
16 (4) a summary comparison of annual capital expenses and
17 the corresponding one-year capital improvement plan.
18 (c) A list of all property owned by or leased to the Board
19shall be published on the district's Internet website by
20January 1, 2012, and shall be updated annually. For each
21property listed, the most recent facility standards review and
22any capital improvement projects that are pending or planned or
23have been completed in the 2-year period prior to publication
24shall be outlined.
25 (d) All lease agreements in which the Board is a lessor or
26lessee shall be published on the district's Internet website

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1for the duration of the lease. Temporary facility use, right of
2entry, and other temporary license agreements not exceeding one
3year in duration are not subject to this requirement.
4 (e) The district shall publish on the district's Internet
5website a summary of the lease agreements in which the Board is
6a lessor or lessee, including the following:
7 (1) a description of the leasehold;
8 (2) the full legal name of the parties to the
9 agreement;
10 (3) the term of the agreement;
11 (4) the rent amount; and
12 (5) the party responsible for maintenance, capital
13 improvements, utilities, and other expenses.
14(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11.)
15 (105 ILCS 5/34-225)
16 Sec. 34-225. School transition plans.
17 (a) If the Board approves a school action, the chief
18executive officer or his or her designee shall work
19collaboratively with local school educators and families of
20students attending a school that is the subject of a school
21action to ensure successful integration of affected students
22into new learning environments.
23 (b) The chief executive officer or his or her designee
24shall prepare and implement a school transition plan to support
25students attending a school that is the subject of a school

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1action that accomplishes the goals of this Section. The chief
2executive must identify and commit specific resources for
3implementation of the school transition plan for a minimum of
4the full first academic year after the board approves a school
5action.
6 (c) The school transition plan shall include the following:
7 (1) services to support the academic, social, and
8 emotional needs of students; supports for students with
9 disabilities, homeless students, and English language
10 learners; and support to address security and safety
11 issues;
12 (2) options to enroll in higher performing schools;
13 (3) informational briefings regarding the choice of
14 schools that include all pertinent information to enable
15 the parent or guardian and child to make an informed
16 choice, including the option to visit the schools of choice
17 prior to making a decision; and
18 (4) the provision of appropriate transportation where
19 practicable; .
20 (5) the departments that are responsible for the
21 oversight;
22 (6) specific programs to be offered;
23 (7) 5 years of financial support to implement plans at
24 receiving schools, specifying the funding source; and
25 (8) the tracking of each student affected by the school
26 action and a published report that details where students

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1 listed in paragraph (1) of this subsection (c) are
2 enrolled.
3 (c-5) A local school council affected by a school action
4shall conduct an annual evaluation on the school transition
5plan at the council's annual organizational meeting to identify
6additional support needed from the district to ensure there has
7not been any negative impact to the school or student body as a
8result of the school action.
9 (d) When implementing a school action, the Board must make
10reasonable and demonstrated efforts to ensure that:
11 (1) affected students receive a comparable level of
12 social support services provided by Chicago Public Schools
13 that were available at the previous school, provided that
14 the need for such social support services continue to
15 exist; and
16 (2) class sizes of any receiving school do not exceed
17 those established under the Chicago Public Schools policy
18 regarding class size, subject to principal discretion.
19(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11;
2097-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1133, eff. 11-30-12.)
21 (105 ILCS 5/34-227 new)
22 Sec. 34-227. Failure to comply with amendatory Act. If the
23district fails to comply with this amendatory Act of the 100th
24General Assembly, the General Assembly shall withhold all
25capital funding for the district.

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1 (105 ILCS 5/34-230)
2 Sec. 34-230. School action public meetings and hearings.
3 (a) By October 1 of each year, the chief executive officer
4shall prepare and publish guidelines for school actions. The
5guidelines shall outline the academic and non-academic
6criteria for a school action. These guidelines shall be created
7with the involvement of local school councils, parents,
8educators, and community organizations. These guidelines, and
9each subsequent revision, shall be subject to a public comment
10period of at least 21 days before their approval.
11 (b) The chief executive officer shall announce all proposed
12school actions to be taken at the close of the current academic
13year consistent with the guidelines by December 1 of each year.
14 (c) On or before December 1 of each year, the chief
15executive officer shall publish notice of the proposed school
16actions.
17 (1) Notice of the proposal for a school action shall
18 include a written statement of the basis for the school
19 action, an explanation of how the school action meets the
20 criteria set forth in the guidelines, and a draft School
21 Transition Plan identifying the items required in Section
22 34-225 of this Code for all schools affected by the school
23 action. The notice shall state the date, time, and place of
24 the hearing or meeting.
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1 shall provide notice to the principal, staff, local school
2 council, and parents or guardians of any school that is
3 subject to the proposed school action.
4 (3) The chief executive officer shall provide written
5 notice of any proposed school action to the State Senator,
6 State Representative, and alderman for the school or
7 schools that are subject to the proposed school action.
8 (4) The chief executive officer shall publish notice of
9 proposed school actions on the district's Internet
10 website.
11 (5) The chief executive officer shall provide notice of
12 proposed school actions at least 30 calendar days in
13 advance of a public hearing or meeting. The notice shall
14 state the date, time, and place of the hearing or meeting.
15 No Board decision regarding a proposed school action may
16 take place less than 60 days after the announcement of the
17 proposed school action.
18 (d) The chief executive officer shall publish a brief
19summary of the proposed school actions and the date, time, and
20place of the hearings or meetings in a newspaper of general
21circulation.
22 (e) The chief executive officer shall designate at least 3
23opportunities to elicit public comment at a hearing or meeting
24on a proposed school action and shall do the following:
25 (1) Convene at least one public hearing at the
26 centrally located office of the Board.

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1 (2) Convene at least 2 additional public hearings or
2 meetings at a location convenient to the school community
3 subject to the proposed school action.
4 (f) Public hearings shall be conducted by a qualified
5independent hearing officer chosen from a list of independent
6hearing officers. The general counsel shall compile and publish
7a list of independent hearing officers by November 1 of each
8school year. The independent hearing officer shall have the
9following qualifications:
10 (1) he or she must be a licensed attorney eligible to
11 practice law in Illinois;
12 (2) he or she must not be an employee of the Board; and
13 (3) he or she must not have represented the Board, its
14 employees or any labor organization representing its
15 employees, any local school council, or any charter or
16 contract school in any capacity within the last year.
17 The independent hearing officer shall issue a written
18report that summarizes the hearing and determines whether the
19chief executive officer complied with the requirements of this
20Section and the guidelines.
21 The chief executive officer shall publish the report on the
22district's Internet website within 5 calendar days after
23receiving the report and at least 15 days prior to any Board
24action being taken.
25 (g) Public meetings shall be conducted by a representative
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1shall be published on the district's Internet website within 5
2calendar days after the meeting.
3 (h) If the chief executive officer proposes a school action
4without following the mandates set forth in this Section, the
5proposed school action shall not be approved by the Board
6during the school year in which the school action was proposed.
7(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11;
897-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1133, eff. 11-30-12.)

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1 INDEX
2 Statutes amended in order of appearance