97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1324

 

Introduced 2/8/2011, by Sen. Jeffrey M. Schoenberg

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/11E-140 new

    Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to conduct a study on the feasibility and cost saving benefits of consolidating specific school districts in the same geographic area. Provides that the study shall include specific recommendations on which districts should be consolidated. Requires the State Board to compile the results of the study and list the districts recommended for consolidation in a report to be submitted to the General Assembly and the Governor on or before January 1, 2013 and conduct public hearings in each district the report recommends be consolidated within 90 days after the submission of the report to the General Assembly. Requires the General Assembly to vote on accepting or rejecting the report's recommended district consolidations within 90 calendar days after each house of the General Assembly next convenes after the last public hearing has been conducted by adoption of a resolution by a record vote of the majority of members elected in each house. Provides that if the General Assembly fails to vote on accepting or rejecting the report's recommended district consolidations within such 90-day period, then the report's recommended district consolidations shall be deemed required consolidations by law. Provides that any resolution adopted by the General Assembly accepting any of the report's recommended district consolidations shall be binding on the affected district.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

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 adding Section
511E-140 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/11E-140 new)
7    Sec. 11E-140. District consolidation report; legislative
8acceptance. The State Board of Education shall conduct a study
9on the feasibility and cost saving benefits of consolidating
10specific school districts in the same geographic area. The
11study shall include specific recommendations on which
12districts should be consolidated. The State Board of Education
13shall compile the results of the study and list the districts
14recommended for consolidation in a report to be submitted to
15the General Assembly and the Governor on or before January 1,
162013. The State Board of Education shall conduct public
17hearings in each district the report recommends be consolidated
18within 90 days after the submission of the report to the
19General Assembly.
20    The General Assembly shall vote on accepting or rejecting
21the report's recommended district consolidations within 90
22calendar days after each house of the General Assembly next
23convenes after the last public hearing has been conducted by

 

 

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1adoption of a resolution by a record vote of the majority of
2members elected in each house. If the General Assembly fails to
3vote on accepting or rejecting the report's recommended
4district consolidations within such 90-day period, then the
5report's recommended district consolidations shall be deemed
6required consolidations by law. Any resolution adopted by the
7General Assembly accepting any of the report's recommended
8district consolidations shall be binding on the affected
9district.