98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB2428

 

Introduced , by Rep. Deborah Conroy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.157 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish the Task Force on Civic Education. Sets forth provisions concerning the members of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall (1) analyze the current state of civic education in this State; (2) analyze current civic education laws in other jurisdictions, both mandated and permissive; (3) identify best practices in civic education in other jurisdictions; (4) make recommendations to the General Assembly focused on substantially increasing civic literacy and the capacity of youth to obtain the requisite knowledge, skills, and practices to be civically informed members of the public; and (5) make funding recommendations if the Task Force's recommendations to the General Assembly would require a fiscal commitment. Provides that no later than May 31, 2014, the Task Force shall summarize its findings and recommendations in a report to the General Assembly. Repeals these provisions on May 31, 2015. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

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
52-3.157 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.157 new)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on May 31, 2015)
8    Sec. 2-3.157. Task Force on Civic Education.
9    (a) The State Board of Education shall establish the Task
10Force on Civic Education, to be comprised of all of the
11following members, with an emphasis on bipartisan legislative
12representation and diverse non-legislative stakeholder
13representation:
14        (1) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
15    Representatives.
16        (2) One member appointed by the President of the
17    Senate.
18        (3) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
19    House of Representatives.
20        (4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
21    Senate.
22        (5) One member appointed by the head of an association
23    representing a teachers union.

 

 

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1        (6) One member appointed by the head of an association
2    representing the Chicago Teachers Union.
3        (7) One member appointed by the head of an association
4    representing social studies teachers.
5        (8) One member appointed by the head of an association
6    representing school boards.
7        (9) One member appointed by the head of an association
8    representing the media.
9        (10) One member appointed by the head of an association
10    representing the non-profit sector that promotes civic
11    education as a core mission.
12        (11) One member appointed by the head of an association
13    representing the non-profit sector that promotes civic
14    engagement among the general public.
15        (12) One member appointed by the president of an
16    institution of higher education who teaches college or
17    graduate-level government courses or facilitates a program
18    dedicated to cultivating civic leaders.
19    (b) The members of the Task Force shall serve without
20compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and
21necessary expenses from funds appropriated to the State Board
22of Education for that purpose. The members of the Task Force
23shall be reimbursed for their travel expenses from
24appropriations to the State Board of Education available for
25that purpose and subject to the rules of the appropriate travel
26control board.

 

 

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1    (c) The members of the Task Force shall be considered
2members with voting rights. A quorum of the Task Force shall
3consist of a simple majority of the members of the Task Force.
4All actions and recommendations of the Task Force must be
5approved by a simple majority vote of the members.
6    (d) The Task Force shall meet initially at the call of the
7State Superintendent of Education, shall elect one member as
8chairperson at its initial meeting through a simple majority
9vote of the Task Force, and shall thereafter meet at the call
10of the chairperson.
11    (e) The State Board of Education shall provide
12administrative and other support to the Task Force.
13    (f) The Task Force is charged with all of the following
14tasks:
15        (1) To analyze the current state of civic education in
16    this State.
17        (2) To analyze current civic education laws in other
18    jurisdictions, both mandated and permissive.
19        (3) To identify best practices in civic education in
20    other jurisdictions.
21        (4) To make recommendations to the General Assembly
22    focused on substantially increasing civic literacy and the
23    capacity of youth to obtain the requisite knowledge,
24    skills, and practices to be civically informed members of
25    the public.
26        (5) To make funding recommendations if the Task Force's

 

 

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1    recommendations to the General Assembly would require a
2    fiscal commitment.
3    (g) No later than May 31, 2014, the Task Force shall
4summarize its findings and recommendations in a report to the
5General Assembly, filed as provided in Section 3.1 of the
6General Assembly Organization Act. Upon filing its report, the
7Task Force is dissolved.
8    (h) This Section is repealed on May 31, 2015.
 
9    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10becoming law.