Sen. Martin A. Sandoval
Filed: 2/24/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 854 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 854  by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
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27A-12.5 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/27A-12.5  new)
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    Sec. 27A-12.5. Compact school.
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    (a)  The local school board of a school district located in 
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a city having a population exceeding 500,000 may enter into an 
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agreement with a provider to establish and operate a compact 
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school in the district.  No more than 5 compact schools may 
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operate at any one time in the district.  The compact school 
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shall have all of the powers and duties that a charter school 
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has under this Article, except as otherwise provided under this 
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Section.
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    (b)  A compact school established under this Section is 
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subject to the following requirements:
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        (1)  All teachers of the compact school must belong to 
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    an exclusive bargaining agent that represents teachers in 
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    City of Chicago School District 299.
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        (2)  The school must be in an area of the district that 
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    the local school board has designated as over-crowded.
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        (3)  The school must have local attendance boundaries.
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        (4)  Curriculum and staffing must be determined in an 
 


 






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    agreement between the local school board, the provider, and 
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    the exclusive bargaining agent.
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    (c)  Under the agreement to establish and operate a compact 
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school, the provider must enter into a 5-year contract with the 
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exclusive bargaining agent that sets forth what provisions of 
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the district's collective bargaining agreement will be waived 
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by the teachers of the compact school.  This contract must be 
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entered into before the compact school begins operation.
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    (d) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, no other 
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provision of this Code applies to a compact school established 
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under this Section.


 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2006.".