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Bill Status of HB5450 94th General Assembly
Short Description: SCH CD-ED SERV CENTER-REG SUP
House Sponsors Rep. Elaine Nekritz - Fred Crespo - Karen May and Bob Biggins
Last Action
Date | Chamber | Action | 1/11/2011 | House | Session Sine Die |
Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
Synopsis As Introduced Amends the School Code. Provides that educational service centers may provide training, technical assistance, coordination, and planning in the area of financial planning, consultation, and services. Provides that upon the removal from office, disqualification for office, resignation from office, a vacancy in the office, or expiration of the current term of office of the regional superintendent of schools, whichever is earlier, centers serving that portion of a Class II county school unit outside of a city of 500,000 or more inhabitants shall have and exercise, in and with respect to each educational service region having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants and in and with respect to each school district located in any such educational service region, all of the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities theretofore vested by law in and exercised and performed by the regional superintendent of schools for that area (only to the extent that additional money is appropriated for or provided to the centers). Provides that in educational service regions containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the office of regional superintendent of schools is abolished upon the removal from office, disqualification for office, resignation from office, a vacancy in the office, or expiration of the current term of office of the regional superintendent of schools, whichever is earlier (instead of the office being abolished on July 1, 1994). Allows money in an institute fund to be used by the regional superintendent to defray all costs associated with the administration of teaching certificates. In the Duties of County Board Article, removes language that states that on and after July 1, 1994, certain provisions in that Article shall have no application in any county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants. Effective July 1, 2010.
House Committee Amendment No. 1
Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as introduced with the following changes. Provides that upon the abolition of the office, the removal from office, disqualification for office, resignation from office, or expiration of the current term of office of the regional superintendent of schools (instead of upon the removal from office, disqualification for office, resignation from office, a vacancy in the office, or expiration of the current term of office of the regional superintendent of schools), whichever is earlier, educational service centers serving that portion of a Class II county school unit outside of a city of 500,000 or more inhabitants shall have and exercise, in and with respect to each educational service region having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants and in and with respect to each school district located in any such educational service region, all of the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities theretofore vested by law in and exercised and performed by the regional superintendent of schools for that area; and removes a provision providing that the centers are responsible only to the extent that additional money is appropriated for or provided to the centers. Makes changes concerning references to county and regional superintendents in the School Code and application of the Regional Superintendent Article of the School Code. Makes additional changes concerning services to educational service regions and school districts, the election of a regional superintendent of schools, regional superintendent salaries, the supervision and control of school districts, assistant regional superintendents, and vacancies in education service regions. Repeals a Section establishing a regional office of education advisory board in Class II counties. Effective July 1, 2010.
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