Rep. Joe Sosnowski
Filed: 3/8/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2984 




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2984 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
522-70 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/22-70 new)
7    Sec. 22-70. Tuition Voucher Program Task Force. 
8    (a)  The Tuition Voucher Program Task Force is created to 
9study the feasibility of a statewide tuition voucher program.  
10The task force shall consist of all of the following members:
11        (1)  Two members of the public appointed by the 
12    Governor.
13        (2)  Two members of the General Assembly appointed by 
14    the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
15        (3)  Two members of the General Assembly appointed by 
16    the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
 
 
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1        (4)  Two members of the General Assembly appointed by 
2    the President of the Senate.
3        (5)  Two members of the General Assembly appointed by 
4    the Minority Leader of the Senate.
5        (6)   One representative of a statewide professional 
6    teachers organization appointed by the head of that 
7    organization.
8        (7)   One representative of a different statewide 
9    professional teachers organization appointed by the head 
10    of that organization.
11        (8)   Two representatives of a statewide school 
12    management alliance organization.
13        (9)   One representative of the State Board of Education.
14    The members of the task force shall serve without 
15compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and 
16necessary expenses from appropriations to the State Board of 
17Education for that purpose.  Reimbursement for travel expenses 
18shall be subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control 
19board.
20    The members of the task force shall meet initially at the 
21call of the Governor, shall select one member as chairperson at 
22its initial meeting, and shall thereafter meet at the call of 
23the chairperson.
24    The State Board of Education shall provide administrative 
25and other support to the task force.
26    (b)  The Tuition Voucher Program Task Force shall file a 
 
 
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1report on the feasibility of a statewide tuition voucher 
2program with the Governor and the General Assembly as provided 
3in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act.  The 
4following topics must be included without limitation in the 
5report:
6        (1)  Eligible students, either in grades kindergarten 
7    through 7 or in grades kindergarten through 12.
8        (2)  Education expenses and what are the reasonable 
9    costs incurred by a student in attending a nonpublic 
10    school, such as for books, tuition, fees, and extra 
11    curricular activities.
12        (3)  What qualifies as a nonpublic school to be eligible 
13    for a tuition voucher program and whether the school must 
14    consent to participate in the tuition voucher program.
15        (4)  Application processes and application date 
16    limitations as prescribed in Senate Bill 2494 of the 96th 
17    General Assembly.
18        (5)  The amount of a voucher as prescribed in Senate 
19    Bill 2494 of the 96th General Assembly.
20        (6)  Assessments of students using vouchers as 
21    prescribed in Senate Bill 2494 of the 96th General 
22    Assembly.
23        (7)  Possible fiscal impacts of a tuition voucher 
24    program.
25    Upon filing its report with the Governor and the General 
26Assembly, the Tuition Voucher Program Task Force is 
 
 
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1dissolved.".