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| 1 | AN ACT concerning State government. | ||||||
| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly: | ||||||
| 4 | Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the School | ||||||
| 5 | District Mandate Task Force Act. | ||||||
| 6 | Section 5. School District Mandate Task Force. | ||||||
| 7 | (a) The School District Mandate Task Force is created for | ||||||
| 8 | the purpose of conducting a Statewide study to determine the | ||||||
| 9 | information and data sets needed to establish a system that | ||||||
| 10 | provides a timely and reliable estimate of the anticipated | ||||||
| 11 | fiscal, operational, and other impacts that a bill filed in | ||||||
| 12 | the General Assembly imposes or may impose through mandates on | ||||||
| 13 | a local school district. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) Members appointed to the Task Force shall reflect the | ||||||
| 15 | racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State. | ||||||
| 16 | Membership of the Task Force shall be as follows: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) one member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
| 18 | President of the Senate; | ||||||
| 19 | (2) one member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
| 20 | Minority Leader of the Senate; | ||||||
| 21 | (3) one member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
| 22 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
| 23 | (4) one member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
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| 1 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 2 | Representatives; | ||||||
| 3 | (5) the State Superintendent or the State | ||||||
| 4 | Superintendent's designee; | ||||||
| 5 | (6) one member who represents a Statewide professional | ||||||
| 6 | teachers' organization, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 7 | Superintendent of Education; | ||||||
| 8 | (7) one member who represents a different Statewide | ||||||
| 9 | professional teachers' organization, appointed by the | ||||||
| 10 | State Superintendent of Education; | ||||||
| 11 | (8) one member from a Statewide organization | ||||||
| 12 | representing school principals, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 13 | Superintendent of Education; | ||||||
| 14 | (9) one member from a Statewide organization | ||||||
| 15 | representing school administrators, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 16 | Superintendent of Education; | ||||||
| 17 | (10) one member representing a school district | ||||||
| 18 | organized under Article 34 of this Code, appointed by the | ||||||
| 19 | State Superintendent of Education; | ||||||
| 20 | (11) one member of an association representing rural | ||||||
| 21 | and small schools, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
| 22 | of Education; | ||||||
| 23 | (12) one member from a Statewide organization | ||||||
| 24 | representing school districts in the southern suburbs of | ||||||
| 25 | the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
| 26 | of Education; | ||||||
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| 1 | (13) one member from a Statewide organization | ||||||
| 2 | representing large unit school districts, appointed by the | ||||||
| 3 | State Superintendent of Education; | ||||||
| 4 | (14) one member from a Statewide organization | ||||||
| 5 | representing school districts in the collar counties of | ||||||
| 6 | the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
| 7 | of Education; | ||||||
| 8 | (15) one member representing a Statewide organization | ||||||
| 9 | representing school boards, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 10 | Superintendent of Education; and | ||||||
| 11 | (16) one member representing the State Board of | ||||||
| 12 | Education, appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 13 | Education. | ||||||
| 14 | (c) Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 15 | compensation. | ||||||
| 16 | (d) The State Board of Education shall provide | ||||||
| 17 | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 18 | (e) The Task Force shall first meet no later than July 15, | ||||||
| 19 | 2024, at the call of the State Superintendent of Education, | ||||||
| 20 | and each subsequent meeting shall be called by the chairperson | ||||||
| 21 | of the Task Force, who shall be designated by the State | ||||||
| 22 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 23 | Section 10. Report. The Task Force shall submit its final | ||||||
| 24 | report, including model language that may be used as | ||||||
| 25 | legislation, to the General Assembly and the State Board of | ||||||
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| 1 | Education on or before November 15, 2024 and, upon the filing | ||||||
| 2 | of its final report, the Task Force is dissolved. | ||||||
| 3 | Section 15. Repeal. This Act is repealed on July 1, 2025. | ||||||
| 4 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 5 | becoming law. | ||||||