Bill Title: Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Requires the Chairpersons of the House of Representatives' Committee on Elementary & Secondary Education and the Senate's Committee on Education to each appoint 5 members to a Special Joint Chicago Education Facilities Subcommittee. Requires the Joint Subcommittee, with the help of independent experts, to analyze past school district experience with respect to the closing or opening of schools, school repairs, school additions, school phase-outs, school consolidations, and school boundary changes; to consult widely with stakeholders about these facility issues; and to examine relevant best practices from other school systems for dealing with these issues systematically and equitably. Provides for a draft policy and a final proposed policy. Provides that there shall be a moratorium on school closings, consolidations, and phaseouts in the school district in the 2009-2010 school year, and provides that any of these actions that are subsequently appropriate shall be carried out no sooner than the end of the 2010-2011 school year. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 28-6)

Status: (Passed) 2009-11-03 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0803 [HB0363 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
Senate	Motion in Senate	2009-10-30	48	0	11	0	59	Passed	Link	View
House	Motion in House	2009-10-14	115	0	0	0	115	Passed	Link	View
House	Concurrence in House	2009-05-28	117	0	1	0	118	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2009-05-19	48	0	6	0	54	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2009-04-03	118	0	0	0	118	Passed	Link	View