Bill Text: IL HR1041 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Directs the Auditor General to conduct a performance audit concerning State funds provided to or administered for the benefit of Chicago Public Schools that are used, directly or indirectly, to support interscholastic athletics, athletic administration, athletic personnel, officials, coaches, athletic directors, equipment, transportation, athletic trainers, facilities, or other athletic-program expenses.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-10-02 - Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Kam Buckner [HR1041 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2025-HR1041-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 3 | HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit | ||||||
| 5 | concerning State funds provided to or administered for the | ||||||
| 6 | benefit of Chicago Public Schools that are used, directly or | ||||||
| 7 | indirectly, to support interscholastic athletics, athletic | ||||||
| 8 | administration, athletic personnel, officials, coaches, | ||||||
| 9 | athletic directors, equipment, transportation, athletic | ||||||
| 10 | trainers, facilities, or other athletic-program expenses; and | ||||||
| 11 | be it further | ||||||
| 12 | RESOLVED, That the audit shall include, but need not be | ||||||
| 13 | limited to, the following determinations: | ||||||
| 14 | (1) The amount and source of State funds provided to | ||||||
| 15 | Chicago Public Schools during the most recent three fiscal | ||||||
| 16 | years that were available or specifically designated for | ||||||
| 17 | athletic programs, student activities, extracurricular | ||||||
| 18 | programs, personnel, transportation, or other expenditures | ||||||
| 19 | supporting Chicago Public League athletics; | ||||||
| 20 | (2) The manner in which the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
| 21 | Education monitors, accounts for, or otherwise oversees | ||||||
| 22 | the expenditure of State funds that may be used by Chicago | ||||||
| 23 | Public Schools for those purposes; | ||||||
| 24 | (3) Whether State funds subject to restrictions, grant | ||||||
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| 1 | conditions, reporting requirements, or other limitations | ||||||
| 2 | were expended consistently with those requirements; | ||||||
| 3 | (4) Whether any State funds were budgeted, | ||||||
| 4 | transferred, allocated, or used by Chicago Public Schools | ||||||
| 5 | Sports Administration or individual schools for payments | ||||||
| 6 | to athletic officials, coaches, athletic directors or | ||||||
| 7 | athletic liaisons, athletic trainers, transportation | ||||||
| 8 | providers, athletic vendors or contractors, or other | ||||||
| 9 | personnel or entities supporting interscholastic | ||||||
| 10 | athletics; | ||||||
| 11 | (5) Whether delays or failures in payment resulted | ||||||
| 12 | from insufficient appropriation, insufficient allocation, | ||||||
| 13 | internal transfer of funds, failure to obligate funds, | ||||||
| 14 | administrative or payroll processing deficiencies, | ||||||
| 15 | procurement or contracting deficiencies, inadequate | ||||||
| 16 | internal controls, untimely approval or certification of | ||||||
| 17 | work performed, or other financial or administrative | ||||||
| 18 | practices; | ||||||
| 19 | (6) Whether State agencies possess adequate | ||||||
| 20 | information to determine whether State funding provided to | ||||||
| 21 | Chicago Public Schools is reaching intended educational | ||||||
| 22 | and student-support purposes in a timely manner; and | ||||||
| 23 | (7) Any recommendations for statutory, administrative, | ||||||
| 24 | financial-reporting, or internal-control changes | ||||||
| 25 | necessary to improve accountability for State funds | ||||||
| 26 | supporting interscholastic athletics; and be it further | ||||||
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois State Board of Education and, | ||||||
| 2 | to the extent permitted by law, the Chicago Public Schools, | ||||||
| 3 | shall cooperate fully and promptly with the Office of the | ||||||
| 4 | Auditor General in the conduct of this audit; and be it further | ||||||
| 5 | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence with this | ||||||
| 6 | audit as soon as possible and report his findings and | ||||||
| 7 | recommendations upon completion in accordance with the | ||||||
| 8 | provisions of Section 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; | ||||||
| 9 | and be it further | ||||||
| 10 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | delivered to the Chair of the Illinois State Board of | ||||||
| 12 | Education, the President of the Chicago Board of Education, | ||||||
| 13 | and the Auditor General. | ||||||
