Bill Text: IL HB5721 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Enrolled
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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-Enrolled.html
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-Enrolled.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 Sections | ||||||
5 | 34-210, 34-215, and 34-225 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/34-210) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 34-210. The Educational Facility Master Plan. | ||||||
8 | (a) In accordance with the schedule set forth in this | ||||||
9 | Article, the chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||||||
10 | shall prepare a 10-year educational facility master plan every | ||||||
11 | 5 years, with updates 2 1/2 years after the approval of the | ||||||
12 | initial 10-year plan, with the first such educational facility | ||||||
13 | master plan to be approved on or before October 1, 2013. | ||||||
14 | (b) The educational facility master plan shall provide | ||||||
15 | community area level plans and individual school master plans | ||||||
16 | with options for addressing the facility and space needs for | ||||||
17 | each facility operated by the district over a 10-year period. | ||||||
18 | (c) The data, information, and analysis that shall inform | ||||||
19 | the educational facility master plan shall be published on the | ||||||
20 | district's Internet website and shall include the following: | ||||||
21 | (1) a description of the district's guiding | ||||||
22 | educational goals and standards; | ||||||
23 | (2) a brief description of the types of instructional |
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1 | programs and services delivered in each school , including | ||||||
2 | specific plans for special education programs, early | ||||||
3 | childhood education programs, career and technical | ||||||
4 | education programs, and any other programs that are space | ||||||
5 | sensitive to avoid space irregularities ; | ||||||
6 | (3) a description of the process, procedure, and | ||||||
7 | timeline for community participation in the development of | ||||||
8 | the plan; | ||||||
9 | (3.5) A description of a communications and community | ||||||
10 | involvement plan for each community in the City of Chicago | ||||||
11 | that includes the engagement of students, school | ||||||
12 | personnel, parents, and key stakeholders throughout the | ||||||
13 | community and all of the following: | ||||||
14 | (A) community action councils; | ||||||
15 | (B) local school councils or, if not present, | ||||||
16 | alternative parent and community governance for that | ||||||
17 | school; | ||||||
18 | (C) the Chicago Teachers Union; and | ||||||
19 | (D) all current principals. | ||||||
20 | (4) the enrollment capacity of each school and its rate | ||||||
21 | of enrollment and historical and projected enrollment, and | ||||||
22 | current and projected demographic information for the | ||||||
23 | neighborhood surrounding the district based on census data | ||||||
24 | utilization ; | ||||||
25 | (5) a report on the assessment of individual building | ||||||
26 | and site conditions; |
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1 | (6) a data table with historical and projected | ||||||
2 | enrollment data by school by grade; | ||||||
3 | (7) community analysis, including a study of current | ||||||
4 | and projected demographics, land usage, transportation | ||||||
5 | plans, residential housing and commercial development, | ||||||
6 | private schools, plans for water and sewage service | ||||||
7 | expansion or redevelopment, and institutions of higher | ||||||
8 | education; | ||||||
9 | (8) an analysis of the facility needs and requirements | ||||||
10 | and a process to address critical facility capital needs of | ||||||
11 | every
school building, which shall be publicly available on | ||||||
12 | the
district's Internet website for schools and | ||||||
13 | communities to
have access to the information of the | ||||||
14 | district ; and | ||||||
15 | (9) identification of potential sources of funding for | ||||||
16 | the implementation of the Educational Facility Master | ||||||
17 | Plan , including financial options through tax increment | ||||||
18 | financing, property tax levies for schools, and bonds that | ||||||
19 | address critical facility needs; and . | ||||||
20 | (10) any school building disposition, including a plan | ||||||
21 | delineating the process through which citizen involvement | ||||||
22 | is facilitated and establishing the criteria that is | ||||||
23 | utilized in building disposition decisions, one of which | ||||||
24 | shall be consideration of the impact of any proposed new | ||||||
25 | use of a school building on the neighborhood in which the | ||||||
26 | school building is located and how it may impact enrollment |
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1 | of schools in that community area. | ||||||
2 | (d) On or before May 1, 2013, the chief executive officer | ||||||
3 | or his or her designee shall prepare and distribute for comment | ||||||
4 | a preliminary draft of the Educational Facility Master Plan. | ||||||
5 | The draft plan shall be distributed to the City of Chicago, the | ||||||
6 | County of Cook, the Chicago Park District, the Chicago Housing | ||||||
7 | Authority, the Chicago Transit Authority, attendance centers | ||||||
8 | operated by the district, and charter schools operating within | ||||||
9 | the district. Each attendance center shall make the draft plan | ||||||
10 | available to the local school council at the annual | ||||||
11 | organizational meeting or to an alternative advisory body and | ||||||
12 | to the parents, guardians, and staff of the school. The draft | ||||||
13 | plan also shall be distributed to each State Senator and State | ||||||
14 | Representative with a district in the City of Chicago, to the | ||||||
15 | Mayor of the City of Chicago, and to each alderman of the City. | ||||||
16 | (e) The chief executive or his or her designee shall | ||||||
17 | publish a procedure for conducting regional public hearings and | ||||||
18 | submitting public comments on the draft plan and an annual | ||||||
19 | capital improvement hearing that shall discuss the district's | ||||||
20 | annual capital budget and that is not in conjunction with | ||||||
21 | operating budget hearings . | ||||||
22 | (f) After consideration of public input on the draft plan, | ||||||
23 | the chief executive officer or his or her designee shall | ||||||
24 | prepare and publish a report describing the public input | ||||||
25 | gathered and the process used to incorporate public input in | ||||||
26 | the development of the final plan to be recommended to the |
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1 | Board. | ||||||
2 | (g) The chief executive officer shall present the final | ||||||
3 | plan and report to the Board for final consideration and | ||||||
4 | approval. | ||||||
5 | (h) The final approved Educational Facility Master Plan | ||||||
6 | shall be published on the district's website. | ||||||
7 | (i) No later than July 1, 2016, and every 5 years | ||||||
8 | thereafter, the chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||||||
9 | shall prepare and submit for public comment a draft revised | ||||||
10 | Educational Facility Master Plan following the procedures | ||||||
11 | required for development of the original plan. | ||||||
12 | (j) This proposed revised plan shall reflect the progress | ||||||
13 | achieved during the first 2 1/2 years of the Educational | ||||||
14 | Facility Master Plan.
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15 | (k) On or before December 1, 2018, the Board shall adopt a | ||||||
16 | policy to address under-enrolled schools. The policy must | ||||||
17 | contain a list of potential interventions to address schools | ||||||
18 | with declining enrollment, including, but not limited to, | ||||||
19 | action by the district to:
(i) create a request for proposals | ||||||
20 | for joint use of the school with an intergovernmental rental or | ||||||
21 | other outside entity rental,
(ii) except for a charter school, | ||||||
22 | cease any potential plans for school expansion that may | ||||||
23 | negatively impact enrollment at the under-enrolled school,
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24 | (iii) redraft attendance boundaries to maximize enrollment of | ||||||
25 | additional students, or
(iv) work with under-enrolled schools | ||||||
26 | to identify opportunities to increase enrollment and lower the |
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1 | costs of occupancy through joint use agreements. | ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 99-531, eff. 7-8-16.)
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3 | (105 ILCS 5/34-215) | ||||||
4 | (Text of Section from P.A. 97-473) | ||||||
5 | Sec. 34-215. Capital improvement plans. | ||||||
6 | (a) The district shall develop a capital needs review | ||||||
7 | process and one-year and 5-year capital improvement plans. | ||||||
8 | (b) By January 1, 2012, the chief executive officer or his | ||||||
9 | or her designee shall establish a capital needs review process | ||||||
10 | that includes a comprehensive bi-annual assessment of the | ||||||
11 | capital needs at each facility owned, leased, or operated by | ||||||
12 | the district. The review process shall include development of | ||||||
13 | an assessment form to be used by attendance centers to provide | ||||||
14 | a school-based capital, maintenance, utility, and repair needs | ||||||
15 | assessment report and recommendations aligned with the | ||||||
16 | educational program and goals of the attendance center. | ||||||
17 | (c) Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and for each year | ||||||
18 | thereafter, the chief executive officer shall publish a | ||||||
19 | proposed one-year capital improvement plan at least 60 days | ||||||
20 | prior to the end of the prior fiscal year. The proposed | ||||||
21 | one-year capital improvement plan shall be posted on the | ||||||
22 | district's Internet website and shall be subject to public | ||||||
23 | review and comment and at least 3 public hearings. The one-year | ||||||
24 | capital improvement plan shall include the following | ||||||
25 | information for all capital projects for which funds are to be |
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1 | appropriated: | ||||||
2 | (1) description of the scope of the project; | ||||||
3 | (2) justification for the project; | ||||||
4 | (3) status of the project, including, if appropriate, | ||||||
5 | percentage funded, percentage complete, and approved start | ||||||
6 | and end dates; | ||||||
7 | (4) original approved cost and current approved cost | ||||||
8 | for each project; | ||||||
9 | (5) the impact of the project on the district's | ||||||
10 | operating budget; | ||||||
11 | (6) the name of each school and facility affected by a | ||||||
12 | project; | ||||||
13 | (7) all funding sources for the project; | ||||||
14 | (8) any relationship of the project to the needs | ||||||
15 | assessment submitted by the attendance center; and | ||||||
16 | (9) any relationship to the district's 10-year | ||||||
17 | Educational Facilities Master Plan ; . | ||||||
18 | (10) a description of the scope of work to be done, | ||||||
19 | schedule of achieved and projected major milestones, and an | ||||||
20 | explanation for any delay in meeting projected milestones; | ||||||
21 | and | ||||||
22 | (11) a detailed summary of all modernization, new | ||||||
23 | construction,
or other capital improvements, and a process | ||||||
24 | for making
recommendations for modernization of existing | ||||||
25 | school facilities,
new school facility construction, and | ||||||
26 | other school facility capital
improvements planned for the |
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1 | next fiscal year. | ||||||
2 | (d) The chief executive officer shall present a final | ||||||
3 | proposed one-year capital improvement plan to the Board for | ||||||
4 | consideration. | ||||||
5 | (e) The Board shall adopt a final one-year capital | ||||||
6 | improvement plan no more than 45 days after adopting the annual | ||||||
7 | budget. | ||||||
8 | (f) Beginning with fiscal year 2013, the chief executive | ||||||
9 | officer shall publish a proposed 5-year capital improvement | ||||||
10 | plan with the proposed one-year capital improvement plan. The | ||||||
11 | 5-year capital improvement plan shall include
proposed capital | ||||||
12 | improvements for the next 4 years and, to the extent | ||||||
13 | practicable, the same information for each proposed project | ||||||
14 | that is required for the one-year capital improvement plan. | ||||||
15 | (g) The 5-year capital improvement plan shall be assessed | ||||||
16 | annually. An annual report shall be published explaining the | ||||||
17 | differences between projected capital projects in the 5-year | ||||||
18 | capital improvement plan and the capital projects authorized in | ||||||
19 | the proposed one-year capital improvement plan for the | ||||||
20 | following fiscal year. The 5-year plan shall be published on | ||||||
21 | the district's Internet website and distributed to all | ||||||
22 | principals.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12.)
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24 | (Text of Section from P.A. 97-474) | ||||||
25 | Sec. 34-215. Capital improvement plans. |
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1 | (a) The district shall develop a capital needs review | ||||||
2 | process and one-year and 5-year capital improvement plans. | ||||||
3 | (b) By January 1, 2012, the chief executive officer or his | ||||||
4 | or her designee shall establish a capital needs review process | ||||||
5 | that includes a comprehensive bi-annual assessment of the | ||||||
6 | capital needs at each facility owned, leased, or operated by | ||||||
7 | the district. The review process shall include development of | ||||||
8 | an assessment form to be used by attendance centers to provide | ||||||
9 | a school-based capital, maintenance, utility, and repair needs | ||||||
10 | assessment report and recommendations aligned with the | ||||||
11 | educational program and goals of the attendance center. | ||||||
12 | (c) Beginning with fiscal year 2013 and for each year | ||||||
13 | thereafter, the chief executive officer shall publish a | ||||||
14 | proposed one-year capital improvement plan at least 60 days | ||||||
15 | prior to the end of the prior fiscal year. The proposed | ||||||
16 | one-year capital improvement plan shall be posted on the | ||||||
17 | district's Internet website and shall be subject to public | ||||||
18 | review and comment and at least 3 public hearings. The one-year | ||||||
19 | capital improvement plan shall include the following | ||||||
20 | information for all capital projects for which funds are to be | ||||||
21 | appropriated: | ||||||
22 | (1) description of the scope of the project; | ||||||
23 | (2) justification for the project; | ||||||
24 | (3) status of the project, including, if appropriate, | ||||||
25 | percentage funded, percentage complete, and approved start | ||||||
26 | and end dates; |
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1 | (4) original approved cost and current approved cost | ||||||
2 | for each project; | ||||||
3 | (5) the impact of the project on the district's | ||||||
4 | operating budget; | ||||||
5 | (6) the name of each school and facility affected by a | ||||||
6 | project; | ||||||
7 | (7) all funding sources for the project; | ||||||
8 | (8) any relationship of the project to the needs | ||||||
9 | assessment submitted by the attendance center; and | ||||||
10 | (9) any relationship to the district's 10-year | ||||||
11 | Educational Facilities Master Plan ; . | ||||||
12 | (10) a description of the scope of work to be done, | ||||||
13 | schedule of achieved and projected major milestones, and an | ||||||
14 | explanation for any delay in meeting projected milestones; | ||||||
15 | and | ||||||
16 | (11) a detailed summary of all modernization, new | ||||||
17 | construction, or other capital improvements, and a process | ||||||
18 | for making recommendations for modernization of existing | ||||||
19 | school facilities, new school facility construction, and | ||||||
20 | other school facility capital improvements planned for the | ||||||
21 | next fiscal year. | ||||||
22 | (d) The chief executive officer shall present a final | ||||||
23 | proposed one-year capital improvement plan to the Board for | ||||||
24 | consideration. | ||||||
25 | (e) The Board shall adopt a final one-year capital | ||||||
26 | improvement plan no more than 45 days after adopting the annual |
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1 | budget. | ||||||
2 | (f) Beginning with fiscal year 2013, the chief executive | ||||||
3 | officer shall publish a proposed 5-year capital improvement | ||||||
4 | plan with the proposed one-year capital improvement plan. The | ||||||
5 | 5-year capital improvement plan shall include
proposed capital | ||||||
6 | improvements for the next 4 years and, to the extent | ||||||
7 | practicable, the same information for each proposed project | ||||||
8 | that is required for the one-year capital improvement plan. | ||||||
9 | (g) The 5-year capital improvement plan shall be assessed | ||||||
10 | annually. An annual report shall be published explaining the | ||||||
11 | differences between projected capital projects in the 5-year | ||||||
12 | capital improvement plan and the capital projects authorized in | ||||||
13 | the proposed one-year capital improvement plan for the | ||||||
14 | following fiscal year. The 5-year plan shall be published on | ||||||
15 | the district's Internet website and distributed to all | ||||||
16 | principals.
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17 | (Source: P.A. 97-474, eff. 8-22-11.)
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18 | (105 ILCS 5/34-225) | ||||||
19 | Sec. 34-225. School transition plans. | ||||||
20 | (a) If the Board approves a school action, the chief | ||||||
21 | executive officer or his or her designee shall work | ||||||
22 | collaboratively with local school educators and families of | ||||||
23 | students attending a school that is the subject of a school | ||||||
24 | action to ensure successful integration of affected students | ||||||
25 | into new learning environments. |
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1 | (b) The chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||||||
2 | shall prepare and implement a school transition plan to support | ||||||
3 | students attending a school that is the subject of a school | ||||||
4 | action that accomplishes the goals of this Section. The chief | ||||||
5 | executive must identify and commit specific resources for | ||||||
6 | implementation of the school transition plan for a minimum of | ||||||
7 | the full first academic year after the board approves a school | ||||||
8 | action. | ||||||
9 | (c) The school transition plan shall include the following: | ||||||
10 | (1) services to support the academic, social, and | ||||||
11 | emotional needs of students; supports for students with | ||||||
12 | disabilities, homeless students, and English language | ||||||
13 | learners; and support to address security and safety | ||||||
14 | issues; | ||||||
15 | (2) options to enroll in higher performing schools; | ||||||
16 | (3) informational briefings regarding the choice of | ||||||
17 | schools that include all pertinent information to enable | ||||||
18 | the parent or guardian and child to make an informed | ||||||
19 | choice, including the option to visit the schools of choice | ||||||
20 | prior to making a decision; and | ||||||
21 | (4) the provision of appropriate transportation where | ||||||
22 | practicable ; .
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23 | (5) the departments that are responsible for the | ||||||
24 | oversight; | ||||||
25 | (6) specific programs to be offered; and | ||||||
26 | (7) support to implement plans at receiving schools, |
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1 | specifying the funding source. | ||||||
2 | (d) When implementing a school action, the Board must make | ||||||
3 | reasonable and demonstrated efforts to ensure that: | ||||||
4 | (1) affected students receive a comparable level of | ||||||
5 | social support services provided by Chicago Public Schools | ||||||
6 | that were available at the previous school, provided that | ||||||
7 | the need for such social support services continue to | ||||||
8 | exist; and | ||||||
9 | (2) class sizes of any receiving school do not exceed | ||||||
10 | those established under the Chicago Public Schools policy | ||||||
11 | regarding class size, subject to principal discretion. | ||||||
12 | (Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11; | ||||||
13 | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1133, eff. 11-30-12.)
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