Bill Text: IL HJR0053 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Creates the Four-day School Week Task Force to study the feasibility of a 4-day school week in school districts in this State.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2009-08-15 - Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HJR0053 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HJR0053-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 4 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Four-day | ||||||
| 5 | School Week Task Force to study the feasibility of a 4-day | ||||||
| 6 | school week in school districts in this State; and be it | ||||||
| 7 | further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
| 9 | following members, all of whom shall serve without compensation | ||||||
| 10 | but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary | ||||||
| 11 | expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) a person appointed by an organization representing | ||||||
| 13 | school principals;
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| 14 | (2) a person appointed by an organization representing | ||||||
| 15 | school administrators;
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| 16 | (3) a person appointed by an organization representing | ||||||
| 17 | school business officials;
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| 18 | (4) a person appointed by an organization representing | ||||||
| 19 | school board members;
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| 20 | (5) a person appointed by an organization representing | ||||||
| 21 | school teachers;
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| 22 | (6) a person appointed by another organization | ||||||
| 23 | representing school teachers;
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| 24 | (7) a person appointed by an organization representing | ||||||
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| 1 | school transportation providers;
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| 2 | (8) a person appointed by an organization representing | ||||||
| 3 | regional offices of education;
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| 4 | (9) a person appointed by an organization representing | ||||||
| 5 | a school district in a city having a population exceeding | ||||||
| 6 | 500,000; | ||||||
| 7 | (10) a person appointed by an organization | ||||||
| 8 | representing the teachers of a school district in a city | ||||||
| 9 | having a population exceeding 500,000;
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| 10 | (11) a person appointed by an organization responsible | ||||||
| 11 | for high school athletic competition;
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| 12 | (12) a person appointed by an organization responsible | ||||||
| 13 | for elementary school athletic competition;
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| 14 | (13) the State Superintendent of Education or his or | ||||||
| 15 | her designee;
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| 16 | (14) a person appointed by the Speaker of the House;
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| 17 | (15) a person appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 18 | House;
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| 19 | (16) a person appointed by the President of the Senate; | ||||||
| 20 | and
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| 21 | (17) a person appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 22 | Senate; and be it further
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| 23 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet initially at the | ||||||
| 24 | call of the Speaker of the House and the President of the | ||||||
| 25 | Senate, shall select one member as chairperson at its initial | ||||||
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| 1 | meeting, shall thereafter meet at the call of the chairperson, | ||||||
| 2 | shall hold public hearings, shall receive staff assistance from | ||||||
| 3 | the State Board of Education, and shall report its findings and | ||||||
| 4 | recommendations concerning a 4-day school week to the House and | ||||||
| 5 | Senate by filing copies of its report with the Clerk of the | ||||||
| 6 | House and the Secretary of the Senate on or before January 1, | ||||||
| 7 | 2010; and that upon filing its report the Task Force is | ||||||
| 8 | dissolved.
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