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Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.
Filed: 3/5/2025
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2575
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2575 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 2-3.7a as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.7a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.7a) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.7a. Advisory committees and their composition. To |
| 8 | | create, form, or appoint task forces, study committees, blue |
| 9 | | ribbon panels, commissions, or any other type of organization, |
| 10 | | by whatever name designated, to study or examine educational |
| 11 | | policy issues, problems, or concerns. Any task force, study |
| 12 | | committee, blue ribbon panel, commission, or organization |
| 13 | | created or appointed by the State Board of Education or the |
| 14 | | State Superintendent of Education after this amendatory Act |
| 15 | | takes effect shall include parents or guardians of students |
| 16 | | involved in or directly affected by the issues, problems, or |
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| 1 | | concerns under study. The parents or guardians appointed to |
| 2 | | comply with this Section shall not be employed by or |
| 3 | | administratively connected with any school system or |
| 4 | | institution of higher learning in Illinois, employed by any |
| 5 | | educational collective bargaining organization within |
| 6 | | Illinois, employed by any association of school boards or |
| 7 | | school administrative officers, employed by the State Board of |
| 8 | | Education, or members of any school board or board of school |
| 9 | | trustees of any public or private school, college, university, |
| 10 | | or technical institution within Illinois. |
| 11 | | The State Board of Education's advisory group meetings, |
| 12 | | including, but not limited to, councils, committees, |
| 13 | | commissions, and task forces, shall be made accessible to all |
| 14 | | group members and include remote attendance options. Remote |
| 15 | | attendance options shall allow for the full participation of |
| 16 | | group members. Prior to scheduling an advisory group meeting, |
| 17 | | the State Board shall solicit input from group members |
| 18 | | regarding the members' schedules and schedule meetings at |
| 19 | | times that allow for the attendance of a majority of group |
| 20 | | members. Advisory groups that include members who work in |
| 21 | | schools shall schedule meetings that do not conflict with |
| 22 | | school hours. |
| 23 | | (Source: P.A. 87-916.)". |