103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1786
 
Introduced 2/9/2023, by Sen. David Koehler
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
105 ILCS 5/2-3.7a  from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.7a

     Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that any task force, study committee, blue ribbon panel, commission, or organization created or appointed by the State Board of Education or the State Superintendent of Education after the effective date of the amendatory Act, including one created by the State Board of Education or one mandated by the Governor or General Assembly, shall include representatives that reflect the racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State, including representatives of rural, suburban, and urban areas.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
52-3.7a as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.7a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.7a)



7    Sec. 2-3.7a. Advisory committees and their composition. To 
8create,
form, or appoint task forces, study committees, blue 
9ribbon panels,
commissions, or any other type of organization, 
10by whatever name
designated, to study or examine educational 
11policy issues, problems, or
concerns.  
12    Any task force, study committee, blue ribbon panel, 
13commission,
or organization created or appointed by the State 
14Board of Education or the
State Superintendent of Education 
15after this amendatory Act takes effect
shall include parents 
16or guardians of students involved in or directly affected
by 
17the issues, problems, or concerns under study.  The parents or 
18guardians
appointed to comply with this Section shall not be 
19employed by or
administratively connected with any school 
20system or institution of higher
learning in Illinois, employed 
21by any educational collective bargaining
organization within 
22Illinois, employed by any association of school boards
or 
23school administrative officers, employed by the State Board of

 
 
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1Education, or members of any school board or board of school 
2trustees of
any public or private school, college, university, 
3or technical institution
within Illinois. 
4    Any task force, study committee, blue ribbon panel, 
5commission, or organization created or appointed by the State 
6Board of Education or the State Superintendent of Education 
7after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 103rd 
8General Assembly, including one created by the State Board of 
9Education or one mandated by the Governor or General Assembly, 
10shall include representatives that reflect the racial, ethnic, 
11and geographic diversity of this State, including 
12representatives of rural, suburban, and urban areas. 

13(Source: P.A. 87-916.)