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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, All children in Illinois are entitled to the | ||||||
| 3 | facilities and resources needed for a high-quality education; | ||||||
| 4 | and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Many charter schools are in older, sometimes | ||||||
| 6 | dilapidated buildings that require repair, such as | ||||||
| 7 | tuckpointing, new roofs, or boilers; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Most children in existing charter schools do not | ||||||
| 9 | have the necessary access to special education resource space, | ||||||
| 10 | to adequate space for physical education and athletics, and/or | ||||||
| 11 | to dining facilities; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Thirty-one jurisdictions, including Arizona, | ||||||
| 13 | California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New | ||||||
| 14 | Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, and Washington D.C. | ||||||
| 15 | currently offer facilities support for existing charter public | ||||||
| 16 | schools through varying resources and can offer expertise on | ||||||
| 17 | best practices; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 19 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 20 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the Task Force | ||||||
| 21 | on Charter Public School Facilities to examine charter public | ||||||
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| 1 | school facilities issues and provide the following: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) An analysis of the current capital funds and | ||||||
| 3 | facilities provisions in the Illinois Charter Schools Law | ||||||
| 4 | for the purpose of ensuring equitable access; | ||||||
| 5 | (2) A comparative analysis of charter public school | ||||||
| 6 | facilities funding and access across the United States; and | ||||||
| 7 | (3) Recommendations for ensuring that charter public | ||||||
| 8 | schools have equitable access to safe and appropriate | ||||||
| 9 | facilities; and be it further | ||||||
| 10 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
| 11 | following members, who shall serve without compensation: | ||||||
| 12 | (1) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House | ||||||
| 13 | of Representatives; | ||||||
| 14 | (2) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 15 | House of Representatives; | ||||||
| 16 | (3) Two members appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 17 | Senate; | ||||||
| 18 | (4) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 19 | Senate; | ||||||
| 20 | (5) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her | ||||||
| 21 | designee; | ||||||
| 22 | (6) The chief executive officer of a school district in | ||||||
| 23 | a city having a population exceeding 500,000 or his or her | ||||||
| 24 | designee appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 25 | Education; | ||||||
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| 1 | (7) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| 2 | Representatives, upon recommendation of an organization | ||||||
| 3 | representing teachers in a school district in a city having | ||||||
| 4 | a population exceeding 500,000; | ||||||
| 5 | (8) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 6 | Senate, upon recommendation of an organization | ||||||
| 7 | representing teachers in a school district in a city having | ||||||
| 8 | a population exceeding 500,000; | ||||||
| 9 | (9) One member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
| 10 | recommendation of a statewide organization representing | ||||||
| 11 | charter public schools in this State; | ||||||
| 12 | (10) A principal of a currently operating, | ||||||
| 13 | high-performing charter public school in this State, | ||||||
| 14 | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education; | ||||||
| 15 | (11) One member appointed by the Governor who is a | ||||||
| 16 | representative of a community organization that operates | ||||||
| 17 | charter public schools, upon recommendation of that | ||||||
| 18 | community organization; | ||||||
| 19 | (12) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 20 | House of Representatives, upon recommendation of an | ||||||
| 21 | organization representing the business community in this | ||||||
| 22 | State; | ||||||
| 23 | (13) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 24 | Senate, upon recommendation of an organization | ||||||
| 25 | representing the business community in this State; | ||||||
| 26 | (14) One member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
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| 1 | recommendation of an education advocacy group that | ||||||
| 2 | organizes parents and supports high-quality public-school | ||||||
| 3 | options, including high-quality public charter schools; | ||||||
| 4 | (15) One member appointed by the state superintendent | ||||||
| 5 | representing one of the ten currently operating | ||||||
| 6 | Commission-approved charter public schools in this State, | ||||||
| 7 | upon recommendation of the leadership of the | ||||||
| 8 | Commission-approved charter public schools; | ||||||
| 9 | (16) One member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
| 10 | recommendation of a large, non-profit community | ||||||
| 11 | development financial institution (CDFI) in Illinois that | ||||||
| 12 | provides or has provided specialized loans, real estate | ||||||
| 13 | development, and additional forms of financial assistance | ||||||
| 14 | to charter public schools in this State; and | ||||||
| 15 | (17) One member appointed by the state superintendent | ||||||
| 16 | who represents a charter school outside of the City of | ||||||
| 17 | Chicago; and be it further | ||||||
| 18 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall elect a | ||||||
| 19 | chairperson from among their membership, and the Illinois State | ||||||
| 20 | Board of Education shall provide administrative support; and be | ||||||
| 21 | it further | ||||||
| 22 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall be | ||||||
| 23 | appointed within 30 days after the adoption of this resolution | ||||||
| 24 | and shall begin meeting no later than 30 days after the | ||||||
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| 1 | appointments are finalized; in the event the appointments by | ||||||
| 2 | the Governor are not made within 30 days after the adoption of | ||||||
| 3 | this resolution, the State Superintendent shall make such | ||||||
| 4 | appointments within 15 days of the appointment deadline; and be | ||||||
| 5 | it further | ||||||
| 6 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall issue a report making | ||||||
| 7 | recommendations on any changes to State laws with regard to | ||||||
| 8 | charter public school facilities access on or before January 1, | ||||||
| 9 | 2021, and that the Task Force shall be dissolved upon issuance | ||||||
| 10 | of this report; and be it further
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| 11 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 12 | delivered to the Governor, the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 13 | Education, the Illinois State Board of Education, and the Chief | ||||||
| 14 | Executive Officer of the City of Chicago School District 299.
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