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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:

 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
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2-3.142 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.142  new)
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    Sec. 2-3.142. Task Force on Virtual Education.  There is 
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created the Task Force on Virtual Education to consider and 
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recommend best practices in virtual education.  The Task Force 
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shall consist of the following members:
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        (1)  Two members of the higher education community, one 
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    appointed by the Speaker of the House and one appointed by 
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    the Minority Leader of the Senate.
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        (2)  Two members of professional teachers' unions, one 
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    appointed by the President of the Senate and one appointed 
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    by the Minority Leader of the House.
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        (3)  Two representatives of the State Board of 
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    Education, appointed by the State Superintendent of 
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    Education.
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        (4)  One member appointed by the Illinois Association of 
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    School Administrators.
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        (5) One member appointed by the Illinois Association of 
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    School Boards.

 


 






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        (6)  One representative of the business community 
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    appointed by a statewide organization representing 
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    businesses.
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        (7)  One member of the Chicago Board of Education (or 
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    his or her designee) appointed by the President of the 
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    Chicago Board of Education.
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        (8)  One representative of a statewide virtual school 
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    appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
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        (9)  The following members to be appointed by the 
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    Governor:
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            (A)  One member with training or expertise in 
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        information and communications technologies.
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            (B)  One member who is a current teacher or 
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        administrator employed by a virtual school in a city 
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        having a population exceeding 500,000.
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            (C)  One member with training or expertise in early 
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        childhood development.
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            (D)  One member who is a parent of a child currently 
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        enrolled in a virtual school in a city having a 
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        population exceeding 500,000.
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            (E)  One member who is a teacher or a parent of a 
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        child currently enrolled in a statewide virtual school 
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        program.
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    The Task Force shall be facilitated by the State Board of 
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Education.
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    The Task Force shall report its findings and 
 


 






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recommendations to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the 
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State Board of Education on or before 2 years after the 
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effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General 
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Assembly. Upon filing its report, the Task Force is dissolved.