Sen. Susan Garrett
Filed: 4/13/2010
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4209
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4209 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 27-1.5 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-1.5 new) | ||||||
| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2012) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 27-1.5. Instructional Mandates Task Force; | ||||||
| 9 | moratorium. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The General Assembly recognizes the increasing number | ||||||
| 11 | of instructional mandates that it passes each year. The State | ||||||
| 12 | Board shall create the Instructional Mandates Task Force. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following voting | ||||||
| 14 | members: | ||||||
| 15 | (1) One member appointed by the Governor, who shall | ||||||
| 16 | serve as chairperson of the Task Force. | ||||||
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| 1 | (2) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 2 | Senate. | ||||||
| 3 | (3) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 4 | Senate. | ||||||
| 5 | (4) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| 6 | Representatives. | ||||||
| 7 | (5) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 8 | House of Representatives. | ||||||
| 9 | (6) One member appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 10 | Education. | ||||||
| 11 | (7) One district superintendent from a rural district | ||||||
| 12 | appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of an | ||||||
| 13 | organization representing school administrators. | ||||||
| 14 | (8) One district superintendent from a suburban school | ||||||
| 15 | district appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation | ||||||
| 16 | of an organization representing school administrators. | ||||||
| 17 | (9) One district superintendent from a urban school | ||||||
| 18 | district appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation | ||||||
| 19 | of an organization representing school administrators. | ||||||
| 20 | (10) One school principal appointed by the Governor | ||||||
| 21 | upon the recommendation of an association representing | ||||||
| 22 | school principals. | ||||||
| 23 | (11) One member appointed by the Governor upon the | ||||||
| 24 | recommendation of an association representing special | ||||||
| 25 | education administrators. | ||||||
| 26 | (12) One member appointed by the Governor upon the | ||||||
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| 1 | recommendation of an association representing school | ||||||
| 2 | boards. | ||||||
| 3 | (13) One member appointed by the Governor upon the | ||||||
| 4 | recommendation of the Chicago Board of Education. | ||||||
| 5 | (14) One member appointed by the Governor upon the | ||||||
| 6 | recommendation of an organization representing teachers. | ||||||
| 7 | (15) One member appointed by the Governor upon the | ||||||
| 8 | recommendation of a different organization representing | ||||||
| 9 | teachers. | ||||||
| 10 | (16) One member appointed by the Governor upon the | ||||||
| 11 | recommendation of an organization representing parents and | ||||||
| 12 | teachers. | ||||||
| 13 | Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be | ||||||
| 14 | appointed for the duration of the Task Force. In the event of a | ||||||
| 15 | vacancy, the appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by | ||||||
| 16 | the legislative leader of the same chamber and party as the | ||||||
| 17 | leader who made the original appointment. | ||||||
| 18 | (c) The Task Force shall explore and examine all | ||||||
| 19 | instructional mandates governing the public schools of this | ||||||
| 20 | State that currently exist and shall make recommendations | ||||||
| 21 | concerning, but not limited to, the propriety of all existing | ||||||
| 22 | mandates, the imposition of future mandates, and waivers of | ||||||
| 23 | instructional mandates. The Task Force shall ensure that its | ||||||
| 24 | recommendations include specifics as to the necessary funding | ||||||
| 25 | to carry out identified responsibilities. | ||||||
| 26 | (d) The Task Force may begin to conduct business upon the | ||||||
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| 1 | appointment of a majority of the voting members. | ||||||
| 2 | (e) The State Board of Education shall be responsible for | ||||||
| 3 | providing staff and administrative support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 4 | (f) Members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation | ||||||
| 5 | for their participation, but may be reimbursed by the State | ||||||
| 6 | Board of Education for expenses in connection with their | ||||||
| 7 | participation, including travel, if funds are available. | ||||||
| 8 | (g) The Task Force shall submit a final report of its | ||||||
| 9 | findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General | ||||||
| 10 | Assembly on or before July 1, 2011. The Task Force may submit | ||||||
| 11 | other reports as it deems appropriate. | ||||||
| 12 | (h) The Task Force is abolished on July 2, 2011, and this | ||||||
| 13 | Section is repealed on July 1, 2012. | ||||||
| 14 | (i) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
| 15 | of the 96th General Assembly and until one year after the Task | ||||||
| 16 | Force submits a final report to the Governor and General | ||||||
| 17 | Assembly, there shall be a moratorium on the passage of | ||||||
| 18 | instructional mandates for public schools. For the purposes of | ||||||
| 19 | this Section, "instructional mandate" means any State law that | ||||||
| 20 | requires a school district to devote any amount of time to the | ||||||
| 21 | instruction of or engagement by students in any subject or | ||||||
| 22 | course.
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| 23 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 24 | becoming law.".
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