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90_HB1642
105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of
Education to appoint a Paperwork Reduction Task Force to
review the regulatory paperwork burden placed on local school
districts and develop a plan for the reduction and
streamlining of paperwork mandates. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Section
2 2-3.120.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 1. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 2-3.120 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new)
8 Sec. 2-3.120. Paperwork Reduction Plan. Within 30 days
9 after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997, the
10 State Superintendent shall appoint a Paperwork Reduction Task
11 Force consisting of no more than 7 members representing
12 school administrators, teachers, representatives of business,
13 and the public. No member of the Task Force shall be a
14 member, officer, or employee of the State Board of Education.
15 The Paperwork Reduction Task Force shall be empowered to
16 review all forms, formats, and methods used by the State
17 Board of Education to gather information or data from school
18 districts, including the paperwork required by the school
19 accountability process. Within one year of its appointment,
20 the Task Force shall present to the State Board of Education
21 a written plan designed to reduce and streamline the amount
22 of paperwork and the scope of information requested of local
23 school districts. The Task Force may also review and make
24 recommendations regarding the implementation of a computer
25 based system of transmitting information and data to the
26 State Board of Education.
27 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
28 becoming law.