Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 3/11/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2674 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2674 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 Sections 
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1B-7.5 and 1B-7.10 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/1B-7.5  new)
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    Sec. 1B-7.5. Hiring of a district superintendent or chief 
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executive officer.
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    (a)  Upon expiration of the contract of the school 
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district's superintendent who is serving at the time the 
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Financial Oversight Panel is established, a school district 
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under the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel, after 
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consultation with the Financial Oversight Panel, shall have the 
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authority to appoint a district superintendent with a type 75 
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certificate or a chief executive officer who has the skills of 
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school operations and school finance and who shall have the 
 


 






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ultimate responsibility for implementing the policies, 
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procedures, directives, and decisions of the school board and 
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the Financial Oversight Panel.
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    (b)  The chief executive officer shall have the authority to 
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determine the agenda and order of business at school board 
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meetings, as needed in order to carry forward and implement the 
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objectives and priorities of the school board and Financial 
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Oversight Panel in the administration and management of the 
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school district.
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    (c)  The chief executive officer shall have all of the 
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powers and duties of a school district superintendent under 
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this Code and such other duties as may be assigned by the 
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school board and Financial Oversight Panel, in accordance with 
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this Code. The district shall not thereafter employ a 
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superintendent during the period that a chief executive officer 
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is serving the district.
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    (d)  The Financial Oversight Panel shall have the final 
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approval of the superintendent or chief executive officer 
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position under this Section as well as the person, based upon 
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his or her skills to fulfill the position. 
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/1B-7.10  new)
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    Sec. 1B-7.10. Hiring of a chief fiscal officer.
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    (a)  In lieu of a Financial Oversight Panel Financial 
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Administrator under Section 1B-7 of this Code, a school 
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district under the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel, 
 


 






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after consultation with the Financial Oversight Panel, may 
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appoint a chief fiscal officer who, under the direction of the 
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school board and Financial Oversight Panel, shall have the 
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powers and duties of the district's chief school business 
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official and any other duties regarding budgeting, accounting, 
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and other financial matters that are assigned by the school 
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board or Financial Oversight Panel in accordance with this 
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Code. The district may not employ a chief school business 
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official during the period that the chief fiscal officer is 
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serving in the district. The chief fiscal officer may but is 
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not required to hold a certificate with a chief school business 
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official endorsement issued under Article 21 of this Code.
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    (b)  The Financial Oversight Panel shall have the final 
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approval of the chief fiscal officer position under this 
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Section as well as the person, based upon his or her skills to 
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fulfill the position. 
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".