Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB2100

Amends the State Finance Act and the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that on July 1, 2020, the State Charter School Commission is abolished and the terms of all members end. Provides that all of the powers, duties, assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, and pending business of the Commission are transferred to the State Board of Education on that date. Provides for transfer of authorization to a local school board or boards. Makes related changes. Removes the appeal process, and provides that final decisions of a local school board are subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law.

Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes a provision requiring a charter school whose authorization has been transferred to the State Board of Education to, as soon as practicable after July 1, 2020, seek transfer of authorization to a local school board or boards for the remainder of the charter school's current term. Provides that at the end of its charter term, a charter school may (rather than must) reapply to the board or boards for authorization. Removes provisions allowing a charter applicant to submit a charter school proposal to the State Board if a local school board fails to hold a public meeting to obtain information or vote on the proposal, fails to grant or deny the proposal, or votes to deny the proposal (including because of the complexities of joint administration with another school district). Provides that no local school board may arbitrarily or capriciously revoke or not renew a charter. Provides that, except for extenuating circumstances, if a local school board revokes or does not renew a charter, it must ensure that all students currently enrolled in the charter school are placed in schools that are higher performing than that charter school. Provides that in determining whether extenuating circumstances exist, a local school board must detail, by clear and convincing evidence, that factors unrelated to the charter school's accountability designation outweigh the charter school's academic performance.

Provides that, beginning on July 1, 2020, the State Board of Education may charge a charter school that it authorizes a fee not to exceed 3% of the revenue provided to the school to be used exclusively for covering the cost of authorizing activities; specifies what the authorizing activities may include. Provides that no school board may revoke or not renew a charter unless it determines that doing so is in the best interests of the students currently enrolled in the charter school (rather than arbitrarily or capriciously revoke or not renew a charter). Provides that if a local school board revokes or does not renew a charter, it must ensure that all students currently enrolled in the charter school are offered placement (rather than placed) in schools that are higher performing than that charter school, as defined in the State's federal Every Student Succeeds Act accountability plan, and that they have reasonable options for transportation to those schools. Provides that the State Board may reverse a local school board's decision to not renew a charter if the State Board finds that the charter school (i) is in compliance with the Charter Schools Article of the School Code and (ii) is in the best interests of the students it is designed to serve. Provides that final decisions of the State Board shall be subject to judicial review under the Administrative Review Law. Provides that if the State Board reverses the local school board's decision to not renew a charter, the State Board shall act as the authorized chartering entity.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/13/2021	House	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
2/5/2019	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
2/6/2019	House	First Reading
2/6/2019	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2/19/2019	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School
2/22/2019	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Ann M. Williams
2/25/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
2/25/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2/27/2019	House	Do Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 005-003-000
2/27/2019	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40
2/28/2019	House	Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
3/5/2019	House	Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer
3/5/2019	House	State Mandates Fiscal Note Requested by Rep. Tom Demmer
3/6/2019	House	State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
3/11/2019	House	Fiscal Note Filed
3/18/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
3/18/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee
3/19/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School
3/27/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
3/27/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee
3/29/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 005-003-000
4/2/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School
4/4/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 005-003-000
4/4/2019	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/4/2019	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/9/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
4/9/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Referred to Rules Committee
4/9/2019	House	Second Reading - Short Debate
4/9/2019	House	Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate
4/9/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Katie Stuart
4/9/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. LaToya Greenwood
4/10/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School
4/11/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School; 005-003-000
4/11/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 2 Withdrawn by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
4/11/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted
4/11/2019	House	House Floor Amendment No. 4 Adopted
4/11/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
4/11/2019	House	Removed from Short Debate Status
4/11/2019	House	Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Standard Debate
4/11/2019	House	Third Reading - Standard Debate - Passed 072-033-000
4/11/2019	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
4/11/2019	House	Chief Co-Sponsor Changed to Rep. Will Guzzardi
4/12/2019	Senate	Arrive in Senate
4/12/2019	Senate	Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading
4/12/2019	Senate	Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. Linda Holmes
4/12/2019	Senate	First Reading
4/12/2019	Senate	Referred to Assignments
1/13/2021	House	Session Sine Die

	State Mandates Fiscal Note (Dept. of Commerce & Economic Opportunity)
	This bill does not create a State mandate

	Fiscal Note (State Board of Education)
	HB 2100 will result in a state fiscal impact of $460,000 based on a net reduction of $840,000 in state expenditures and a reduction in $1.3 million in state revenue beginning in FY 2021.