Rep. Michelle Mussman
Filed: 5/2/2025
 
 

 
 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1740 

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1740 by replacing 
3line 1 on page 67 through line 19 on page 70 with the 
4following:
 
5    "(105 ILCS 5/22-62 new)
6    Sec. 22-62. School Code Mandate Reduction Council. 
7    (a) The School Code Mandate Reduction Council is created 
8to evaluate and assess mandates in the School Code for the 
9purposes of modifying, combining, or eliminating mandates that 
10are outdated, duplicative, unnecessarily burdensome, or no 
11longer necessary to providing an efficient system of 
12high-quality public educational institutions and services. The 
13Council may choose to focus on specific areas of mandates or 
14specific articles and sections of the School Code as the 
15Council sees fit for the purposes of mandate reduction.
16    (b) Before January 1, 2027, members of the Council shall 
17include all of the following:
 
 
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1        (1) Two members appointed by the President of the 
2    Senate.
3        (2) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of 
4    the Senate.
5        (3) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the House 
6    of Representatives.
7        (4) Two members appointed by the Minority Leader of 
8    the House of Representatives.
9        (5) Two representatives of a statewide professional 
10    teachers' organization appointed by the State 
11    Superintendent of Education.
12        (6) Two representatives of a different statewide 
13    professional teachers' organization appointed by the State 
14    Superintendent of Education. 
15        (7) One representative of a professional teachers' 
16    organization representing teachers in a school district 
17    with over 500,000 inhabitants appointed by the State 
18    Superintendent of Education. 
19        (8) One representative of a teachers' association 
20    representing health, physical education, recreation, and 
21    dance teachers appointed by the State Superintendent of 
22    Education. 
23        (9) One representative of a statewide organization 
24    representing school principals appointed by the State 
25    Superintendent of Education.
26        (10) One representative of a statewide organization 
 
 
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1    representing school boards appointed by the State 
2    Superintendent of Education.
3        (11) One representative of a statewide organization 
4    representing regional superintendents of schools appointed 
5    by the State Superintendent of Education.
6        (12) One representative of a statewide organization 
7    representing school administrators appointed by the State 
8    Superintendent of Education.
9        (13) One representative of a statewide organization 
10    representing school business officials appointed by the 
11    State Superintendent of Education.
12        (14) One representative of a statewide organization 
13    representing administrators for special education 
14    appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
15        (15) One representative of a statewide organization 
16    representing school districts in the southern suburbs of 
17    the City of Chicago appointed by the State Superintendent 
18    of Education.
19        (16) One representative of a statewide organization 
20    representing school districts in the collar counties of 
21    the City of Chicago appointed by the State Superintendent 
22    of Education.
23        (17) One representative of an organization 
24    representing large unit school districts appointed by the 
25    State Superintendent of Education.
26        (18) One representative of a school district with over 
 
 
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1    500,000 inhabitants appointed by the State Superintendent 
2    of Education.
3        (19) One representative of the State Board of 
4    Education appointed by the State Superintendent of 
5    Education.
6    (c) On and after January 1, 2027, members of the Council 
7shall include all members listed in paragraphs (5) through 
8(19) of subsection (b) of this Section along with the 
9following members:
10        (1) One member appointed by the President of the 
11    Senate.
12        (2) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
13    Senate.
14        (3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House 
15    of Representatives.
16        (4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
17    House of Representatives. 
18    (d) Members of the Council shall serve without 
19compensation. 
20    (e) The State Board of Education shall provide 
21administrative assistance and necessary staff support 
22services.
23    (f) The State Superintendent of Education shall convene 
24the Council for an initial meeting and shall select one member 
25as chairperson at that initial meeting. The Council shall meet 
26no less than 4 times between October 1, 2025 and September 1, 
 
 
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12026.
2    (g) No later than October 1, 2026, the Council shall file a 
3report with the General Assembly. The report shall include all 
4of the following:
5        (1) A list of mandates recommended to be eliminated 
6    from the School Code. The report shall include references 
7    to each appropriate statute that contains the mandates 
8    recommended to be eliminated.
9        (2) A list of mandates to be modified or combined with 
10    other mandates in the School Code and how these mandates 
11    should be modified or combined. The report shall include 
12    references to each appropriate statute that contains the 
13    mandates recommended to be modified or combined with other 
14    mandates.
15    (h) In any year after 2026, the State Superintendent of 
16Education may convene the Council if the State Superintendent 
17of Education deems appropriate. Any organization that had 
18representation on the Council in the most recent year the 
19Council met may request that the State Superintendent of 
20Education once again convene the Council. To convene the 
21Council, the State Superintendent of Education shall send 
22notice to the General Assembly and all organizations listed in 
23subsection (b) of this Section. The notice must reference this 
24Section and state the date that representatives of each 
25participating organization shall be chosen and the date for 
26the initial meeting of the Council for that year. The State 
 
 
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1Superintendent of Education shall convene the Council for an 
2initial meeting and shall select one member as chairperson at 
3that initial meeting. If the State Superintendent of Education 
4convenes the Council in any given year, then the Council must 
5issue a report to the General Assembly consistent with the 
6requirements of subsection (g) of this Section by October 1 
7after the Council's last meeting.".