Sen. Deanna Demuzio
Filed: 5/13/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 809
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 809 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 | 10-22.31 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.31) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.31)
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7 | Sec. 10-22.31. Special education.
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8 | (a) To enter into joint agreements with other school boards | ||||||
9 | to provide
the needed special educational facilities and to | ||||||
10 | employ a director and
other professional workers as defined in | ||||||
11 | Section 14-1.10 and to establish
facilities as defined in | ||||||
12 | Section 14-1.08 for the types of children described
in Sections | ||||||
13 | 14-1.02 and 14-1.03a through 14-1.07 . The director (who may be | ||||||
14 | employed under
a multi-year contract as provided in subsection | ||||||
15 | (c) of this Section)
and other professional workers may be | ||||||
16 | employed by one district, which
shall be reimbursed on a |
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1 | mutually agreed basis by other districts
that are parties to | ||||||
2 | the joint agreement. Such agreements may provide that
one | ||||||
3 | district may supply professional workers for a joint program | ||||||
4 | conducted
in another district. Such agreement shall provide | ||||||
5 | that any full-time professional worker school
psychologist who | ||||||
6 | is employed by a joint agreement program and spends over
50% of | ||||||
7 | his or her time in one school district shall not be required to | ||||||
8 | work
a different teaching schedule than the other professional | ||||||
9 | worker school psychologists in that
district. Such agreement | ||||||
10 | shall include, but not be limited to, provisions
for | ||||||
11 | administration, staff, programs, financing, housing, | ||||||
12 | transportation, an
advisory body, and the method or methods to | ||||||
13 | be employed for disposing of property upon the withdrawal of a | ||||||
14 | school district or dissolution of the joint agreement and shall | ||||||
15 | specify procedures for the withdrawal of
districts from
the | ||||||
16 | joint agreement as long as these procedures are consistent with | ||||||
17 | subsection (g) of this Section . Except as otherwise provided in | ||||||
18 | Section 10-22.31.1, the
withdrawal of districts from the joint | ||||||
19 | agreement shall be by petition to the
regional board of school | ||||||
20 | trustees. Such
agreement may be amended at any time , provided | ||||||
21 | that no later than 6 months after the effective date of this | ||||||
22 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, all existing | ||||||
23 | agreements shall be amended to be consistent with this | ||||||
24 | amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly. as provided in the | ||||||
25 | joint agreement or,
if the joint agreement does not so provide, | ||||||
26 | then such agreement may be
amended at any time upon the |
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1 | adoption of concurring resolutions by the
school boards of all | ||||||
2 | member districts. A fully executed copy of any such
agreement | ||||||
3 | or amendment entered into on or after January 1, 1989 shall be
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4 | filed with the State Board of Education. Such petitions for | ||||||
5 | withdrawal
shall be made to the regional board of school | ||||||
6 | trustees of all counties
having jurisdiction over one or more | ||||||
7 | of the districts in the joint
agreement. Upon receipt of a | ||||||
8 | petition for withdrawal, the regional boards
of school trustees | ||||||
9 | having jurisdiction over the cooperating districts shall
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10 | publish notice of and conduct a joint hearing on the issue as | ||||||
11 | provided
in Section 7-6. No such petition may be considered, | ||||||
12 | however, unless in
compliance with Section 7-8. If approved by | ||||||
13 | a 2/3 vote of all trustees
of those regional boards, at a joint | ||||||
14 | meeting, the withdrawal takes effect
as provided in Section 7-9 | ||||||
15 | of this Act.
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16 | (b) To either (1) designate an administrative district to | ||||||
17 | act as fiscal
and legal agent for the districts that are | ||||||
18 | parties to the joint
agreement, or (2) designate a governing | ||||||
19 | board composed of one member of
the school board of each | ||||||
20 | cooperating district and designated by such
boards to act in | ||||||
21 | accordance with the joint agreement. No such governing
board | ||||||
22 | may levy taxes and no such governing board may incur any
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23 | indebtedness except within an annual budget for the joint | ||||||
24 | agreement
approved by the governing board and by the boards of | ||||||
25 | at least a majority
of the cooperating school districts or a | ||||||
26 | number of districts greater
than a majority if required by
the |
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1 | joint agreement. The governing board may appoint an executive | ||||||
2 | board of at
least 7 members to administer the joint agreement | ||||||
3 | in accordance with
its terms. However, if 7 or more school | ||||||
4 | districts are parties to a joint agreement that does not have | ||||||
5 | an
administrative district: (i) at least a majority of the | ||||||
6 | members appointed by
the governing board to the executive
board | ||||||
7 | shall
be members of the school boards of the cooperating | ||||||
8 | districts; or
(ii) if the
governing
board wishes to appoint | ||||||
9 | members who are not school board members, they shall be
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10 | superintendents from the
cooperating districts.
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11 | (c) To employ a full-time director of special education of | ||||||
12 | the a joint agreement program under a one-year or multi-year
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13 | contract. No such contract can be offered or accepted for less | ||||||
14 | than one year. or
more than 3 years, except for a person | ||||||
15 | serving as a director of a
special education joint agreement | ||||||
16 | for the first time in Illinois. In such
a case, the initial | ||||||
17 | contract shall be for a 2 year period. Such contract
may be | ||||||
18 | discontinued at any time by mutual agreement of the contracting
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19 | parties, or may be extended for an additional one-year or | ||||||
20 | multi-year period 3 years at the end of any year.
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21 | The contract year is July 1 through the following June | ||||||
22 | 30th, unless the
contract specifically provides otherwise. | ||||||
23 | Notice of intent not to renew a
contract when given by a | ||||||
24 | controlling board or administrative district must
be in writing | ||||||
25 | stating the specific reason therefor. Notice of intent not
to | ||||||
26 | renew the contract must be given by the controlling board or |
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1 | the
administrative district at least 90 days before the | ||||||
2 | contract expires.
Failure to do so will automatically extend | ||||||
3 | the contract for one
additional year.
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4 | By accepting the terms of the multi-year contract, the | ||||||
5 | director of a
special education joint agreement waives all | ||||||
6 | rights granted under Sections
24-11 through 24-16 for the | ||||||
7 | duration of his or her employment as a director
of a special | ||||||
8 | education joint agreement.
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9 | (d) To designate a district that is a party to the joint | ||||||
10 | agreement as the
issuer of bonds or notes for the purposes and | ||||||
11 | in the manner provided in
this Section. It is not necessary for | ||||||
12 | such district to also be the
administrative district for the | ||||||
13 | joint agreement, nor is it necessary for
the same district to | ||||||
14 | be designated as the issuer of all series of bonds or
notes | ||||||
15 | issued hereunder. Any district so designated may, from time to | ||||||
16 | time,
borrow money and, in evidence of its obligation to repay | ||||||
17 | the borrowing,
issue its negotiable bonds or notes for the | ||||||
18 | purpose of acquiring,
constructing, altering, repairing, | ||||||
19 | enlarging and equipping any building or
portion thereof, | ||||||
20 | together with any land or interest therein, necessary to
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21 | provide special educational facilities and services as defined | ||||||
22 | in Section
14-1.08. Title in and to any such facilities shall | ||||||
23 | be held in accordance
with the joint agreement.
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24 | Any such bonds or notes shall be authorized by a resolution | ||||||
25 | of the board
of education of the issuing district. The | ||||||
26 | resolution may contain such
covenants as may be deemed |
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1 | necessary or advisable by the district to
assure the payment of | ||||||
2 | the bonds or notes. The resolution shall be
effective | ||||||
3 | immediately upon its adoption.
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4 | Prior to the issuance of such bonds or notes, each school | ||||||
5 | district that
is a party to the joint agreement shall agree, | ||||||
6 | whether by amendment to the
joint agreement or by resolution of | ||||||
7 | the board of education, to be jointly
and severally liable for | ||||||
8 | the payment of the bonds and notes. The bonds or
notes shall be | ||||||
9 | payable solely and only from the payments made pursuant to
such | ||||||
10 | agreement.
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11 | Neither the bonds or notes nor the obligation to pay the | ||||||
12 | bonds or notes under
any joint agreement shall constitute an | ||||||
13 | indebtedness of any district,
including the issuing district, | ||||||
14 | within the meaning of any constitutional or
statutory | ||||||
15 | limitation.
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16 | As long as any bonds or notes are outstanding and unpaid, | ||||||
17 | the agreement
by a district to pay the bonds and notes shall be | ||||||
18 | irrevocable
notwithstanding the district's withdrawal from | ||||||
19 | membership in the joint
special education program.
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20 | (e) If a district whose employees are on strike was, prior | ||||||
21 | to the strike,
sending students with disabilities to special | ||||||
22 | educational
facilities and services
in another district or | ||||||
23 | cooperative, the district affected by the strike
shall continue | ||||||
24 | to send such students during the strike and shall be
eligible | ||||||
25 | to receive appropriate State reimbursement.
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26 | (f) With respect to those joint agreements that have a |
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1 | governing board
composed of one member of the school board of | ||||||
2 | each cooperating district and
designated by those boards to act | ||||||
3 | in accordance with the joint agreement, the
governing board | ||||||
4 | shall have, in addition to its other powers under this Section,
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5 | the authority to issue bonds or notes for the purposes and in | ||||||
6 | the manner
provided in this subsection. The governing board of | ||||||
7 | the joint agreement
may from time to time borrow money and, in | ||||||
8 | evidence of its
obligation to repay the borrowing,
issue its | ||||||
9 | negotiable bonds or notes for the purpose of acquiring,
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10 | constructing, altering, repairing, enlarging and equipping any | ||||||
11 | building or
portion thereof, together with any land or interest | ||||||
12 | therein, necessary to
provide special educational facilities | ||||||
13 | and services as defined in Section
14-1.08 and including also | ||||||
14 | facilities for activities of administration and
educational | ||||||
15 | support personnel employees. Title in and to any such | ||||||
16 | facilities
shall be held in accordance with the joint | ||||||
17 | agreement.
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18 | Any such bonds or notes shall be authorized by a resolution | ||||||
19 | of the
governing board. The resolution may contain such
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20 | covenants as may be deemed necessary or advisable by the | ||||||
21 | governing board
to assure the payment of the bonds or notes and | ||||||
22 | interest accruing thereon.
The resolution shall be effective | ||||||
23 | immediately upon its adoption.
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24 | Each school district that
is a party to the joint agreement | ||||||
25 | shall be automatically liable, by virtue of
its membership in | ||||||
26 | the joint agreement, for its proportionate share of the
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1 | principal amount of the bonds and notes plus interest accruing | ||||||
2 | thereon, as
provided in the resolution. Subject to the joint | ||||||
3 | and several liability
hereinafter provided for, the resolution | ||||||
4 | may provide for different payment
schedules for different | ||||||
5 | districts except that the aggregate amount of scheduled
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6 | payments for each district shall be equal to its proportionate | ||||||
7 | share of the
debt service in the bonds or notes based upon the | ||||||
8 | fraction that its
equalized assessed valuation bears to the | ||||||
9 | total equalized assessed valuation of
all the district members | ||||||
10 | of the joint agreement as adjusted in the manner
hereinafter | ||||||
11 | provided. In computing that fraction the most recent available
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12 | equalized assessed valuation at the time of the issuance of the | ||||||
13 | bonds and notes
shall be used, and the equalized assessed | ||||||
14 | valuation of any district maintaining
grades K to 12 shall be | ||||||
15 | doubled in both the numerator and denominator of the
fraction | ||||||
16 | used for all of the districts that are members of the joint
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17 | agreement. In case of default in payment by any
member, each | ||||||
18 | school district that is a party to the joint agreement shall
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19 | automatically be jointly and severally liable for the amount of | ||||||
20 | any
deficiency. The bonds or
notes and interest thereon shall | ||||||
21 | be payable solely and only from the
funds made available | ||||||
22 | pursuant to the procedures set forth in this
subsection. No | ||||||
23 | project authorized under this subsection may require an
annual | ||||||
24 | contribution for bond payments from any member district in | ||||||
25 | excess of
0.15% of the value of taxable property as equalized | ||||||
26 | or assessed by the
Department of Revenue in the case of |
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1 | districts maintaining grades K-8 or 9-12
and 0.30% of the value | ||||||
2 | of taxable property as equalized or assessed by the
Department | ||||||
3 | of
Revenue in the case of districts maintaining grades K-12. | ||||||
4 | This limitation on
taxing authority is expressly applicable to | ||||||
5 | taxing authority provided under
Section 17-9 and other | ||||||
6 | applicable Sections of this Act. Nothing contained in
this | ||||||
7 | subsection shall be construed as an exception to the property | ||||||
8 | tax
limitations contained in Section 17-2, 17-2.2a, 17-5, or
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9 | any other applicable Section of this Act.
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10 | Neither the bonds or notes nor the obligation to pay the | ||||||
11 | bonds or notes
under any joint agreement shall constitute an | ||||||
12 | indebtedness of any district
within the meaning of any | ||||||
13 | constitutional or statutory limitation.
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14 | As long as any bonds or notes are outstanding and unpaid, | ||||||
15 | the obligation
of a district to pay its proportionate share of | ||||||
16 | the principal of and
interest on the bonds and notes as | ||||||
17 | required in this Section shall be a
general obligation of the | ||||||
18 | district payable from any and all sources of revenue
designated | ||||||
19 | for that purpose by the board of education of the district and | ||||||
20 | shall
be irrevocable notwithstanding the district's withdrawal | ||||||
21 | from membership in the
joint special education program.
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22 | (g) A member district wishing to withdraw from a joint | ||||||
23 | agreement must obtain from its school board a written | ||||||
24 | resolution approving the withdrawal. The withdrawing district | ||||||
25 | must then present a written petition for withdrawal from the | ||||||
26 | joint agreement to the other member districts within such |
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1 | timelines designated by the joint agreement. Upon approval by | ||||||
2 | school board written resolution of all of the remaining member | ||||||
3 | districts, the petitioning member district shall be withdrawn | ||||||
4 | from the joint agreement effective the following July 1 and | ||||||
5 | shall notify the State Board of Education of the approved | ||||||
6 | withdrawal in writing. If the petitioning district has not | ||||||
7 | received the approval of all of the remaining member districts, | ||||||
8 | then the withdrawing district may present a petition for | ||||||
9 | withdrawal to the State Board of Education and shall be given | ||||||
10 | the opportunity to present documents and testimony to the State | ||||||
11 | Board of Education in support of its petition. | ||||||
12 | A dissolution of a joint agreement comprised of 3 or more | ||||||
13 | school boards may be accomplished by filing a joint petition | ||||||
14 | with the State Board of Education by not less than two-thirds | ||||||
15 | of the member school districts after adoption of a written | ||||||
16 | resolution to that effect by the school board of each of the | ||||||
17 | districts seeking the dissolution. The State Board of Education | ||||||
18 | shall conduct a hearing on the petition. | ||||||
19 | A withdrawal or dissolution shall take effect on July 1 | ||||||
20 | following the final decision of the State Board of Education or | ||||||
21 | a court of competent jurisdiction upon review. | ||||||
22 | The State Board of Education shall take such action in | ||||||
23 | approving or disapproving a district withdrawal or joint | ||||||
24 | agreement dissolution as the State Board deems in the best | ||||||
25 | interests of the petitioning school district and of the State | ||||||
26 | as a whole in the provision of special education services for |
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1 | students with disabilities; provided that the State Board of | ||||||
2 | Education may approve the petition for withdrawal only if it | ||||||
3 | has already approved or concurrently does approve the | ||||||
4 | district's comprehensive plan required by Section 14-4.01 of | ||||||
5 | this Code. The State Board of Education may adopt rules | ||||||
6 | governing the processes for withdrawal and dissolution | ||||||
7 | required by this Section. | ||||||
8 | A hearing pursuant to this Section does not constitute a | ||||||
9 | contested case, as that term is defined in the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Administrative Procedures Act, and, consequently, State Board | ||||||
11 | of Education rules for contested cases do not apply. The | ||||||
12 | decision of the State Board of Education shall be deemed to be | ||||||
13 | an administrative decision, as defined in Section 3-101 of the | ||||||
14 | Code of Civil Procedure, and any party appearing at the hearing | ||||||
15 | who is adversely affected by the administrative decision may | ||||||
16 | file a complaint for judicial review in accordance with the | ||||||
17 | Administrative Review Law. The commencement of an action for | ||||||
18 | judicial review shall operate as a stay of enforcement, and no | ||||||
19 | further proceedings shall be had until final disposition of the | ||||||
20 | review by a court of competent jurisdiction. With respect to | ||||||
21 | any right is has pursuant to this Section, the State Board of | ||||||
22 | Education may delegate such right to the State Superintendent | ||||||
23 | of Education. | ||||||
24 | (h) The changes to this Section made by this amendatory Act | ||||||
25 | of the 96th General Assembly apply to withdrawals from or | ||||||
26 | dissolutions of special education joint agreements initiated |
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1 | after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th | ||||||
2 | General Assembly. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-613, eff. 8-9-96; | ||||||
4 | 89-626, eff. 8-9-96;
90-103, eff. 7-11-97; 90-515, eff. | ||||||
5 | 8-22-97; 90-637, eff. 7-24-98; 90-655, eff.
7-30-98.)
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.31.1 rep.)
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7 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing Section | ||||||
8 | 10-22.31.1.
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9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
10 | 2009.".
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