Full Text of HR0201 94th General Assembly
HR0201 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The Governor's Office of Management and Budget is | 3 |
| requiring negotiations with existing regional superintendents | 4 |
| of schools to abolish some of the statutorily created Regional | 5 |
| Offices of Education without General Assembly input; and
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| WHEREAS, The Governor's Office of Management and Budget and | 7 |
| the State Board of Education are pursuing a new regional map | 8 |
| showing the reduction of Regional Offices of Education without | 9 |
| General Assembly input; and
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| WHEREAS, The elected office of the Regional Superintendent | 11 |
| of Schools is statutorily created in Articles 3 and 3A of the | 12 |
| School Code; any changes to the number, duties, and | 13 |
| responsibilities of the regional superintendents can only be | 14 |
| realized with General Assembly action; and
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| WHEREAS, The Regional Superintendent is the direct | 16 |
| successor of the Commissioner of School Lands; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1829, the Sixth General Assembly made it the | 18 |
| duty of the body known as the County Board to appoint a | 19 |
| competent and responsible person to act as commissioner and | 20 |
| agent for the county in the sale of public lands; in 1841, the | 21 |
| General Assembly changed the title to County Commissioner, an | 22 |
| ex-officio county superintendent of schools; in 1865, the | 23 |
| General Assembly called for the election of the county | 24 |
| superintendent of schools; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS, Until 1973, there were 102 County Superintendents | 26 |
| in Illinois, one for each county; by the consolidation of | 27 |
| smaller counties into regions, that number was reduced by the | 28 |
| General Assembly to 78; in 1977, further consolidation of | 29 |
| smaller counties reduced the number of regions to 57;
in 1994, | 30 |
| the General Assembly eliminated the office of the Regional |
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| Superintendent in Cook County as of June 30, 1994; subsequent | 2 |
| General Assembly action allowed for its reinstatement on August | 3 |
| 7, 1995; In 1995, the General Assembly reduced the 57 | 4 |
| Educational Service Regions to 45; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, Section 3-1 of the School Code states: | 6 |
| "Quadrennially there shall be elected in every county...a | 7 |
| regional superintendent of schools, who shall enter upon the | 8 |
| discharge of his duties on the first Monday of August next | 9 |
| after his election"; and | 10 |
| WHEREAS, Section 3A-1 of the School Code states: "Each | 11 |
| county of the State shall, except as otherwise provided in this | 12 |
| Article, be designated as an educational service region"; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, Section 3A-2 of the School Code states: "The chief | 14 |
| administrative officer of an educational service region shall | 15 |
| be designated and referred to as 'Regional Superintendent of | 16 |
| Schools' or 'regional superintendent.' Such person shall, in | 17 |
| his region, have the powers and duties and perform the | 18 |
| functions required of or exercisable by a county superintendent | 19 |
| of schools, except as otherwise provided by law."; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, Section 3-0.01 of the School Code states: "the | 21 |
| chief administrative officer of an educational service region | 22 |
| shall be designated and referred to as the 'regional | 23 |
| superintendent of schools' or the 'regional superintendent' | 24 |
| and...the office held by the chief administrative officer shall | 25 |
| be designated and referred to as the 'regional office of | 26 |
| education'"; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, Section 3-2.5 of the School Code states:
"the | 28 |
| regional superintendents of schools shall receive for their | 29 |
| services an annual salary according to the population, as | 30 |
| determined by the last preceding federal census, of the region | 31 |
| they serve, as set out in the following schedule.... The salary |
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| that the regional superintendent of schools receives for his or | 2 |
| her services shall be adjusted annually to reflect the | 3 |
| percentage increase, if any, in the most recent Consumer Price | 4 |
| Index..., except that no annual increment may exceed 2.9%.... | 5 |
| When regional superintendents are authorized by the School Code | 6 |
| to appoint assistant regional superintendents, the assistant | 7 |
| regional superintendent shall receive an annual salary based on | 8 |
| his or her qualifications and computed as a percentage of the | 9 |
| salary of the regional superintendent to whom he or she is | 10 |
| assistant, as set out in the following schedule.... The | 11 |
| salaries provided in this Section for regional superintendents | 12 |
| and assistant regional superintendents are payable monthly | 13 |
| from the Common School Fund."; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Section 3-14.2 of the School Code states: "The | 15 |
| county superintendent of schools shall exercise supervision | 16 |
| and control over all school districts within the county."; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, Section 3A-4 of the School Code states: "After | 18 |
| October 15, 1993, each region must contain at least 43,000 | 19 |
| inhabitants.... If locally determined consolidation decisions | 20 |
| result in more than 45 regions of population greater than | 21 |
| 43,000 each, the State Board of Education shall direct further | 22 |
| consolidation, beginning with the region of lowest population, | 23 |
| until the number of 45 regions is achieved."; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, The Governor's Office of Management and Budget is | 25 |
| not authorized to change the number and responsibilities of the | 26 |
| regional superintendents; and | 27 |
| WHEREAS, Before any changes are considered to the School | 28 |
| Code in relation to regional superintendents, the General | 29 |
| Assembly should focus on what is in the best interest of | 30 |
| students, teachers, and parents; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 2 |
| the House Appropriations - Elementary & Secondary Education | 3 |
| Committee shall hold subject matter hearings with regard to the | 4 |
| regional delivery of educational services and that the | 5 |
| Committee's chairperson shall post notice of each hearing as | 6 |
| provided under House Rule 21; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That the Committee shall receive testimony on the | 8 |
| current structure of regional delivery of educational services | 9 |
| and that issues that should be examined include teacher | 10 |
| professional development activities, teacher certification | 11 |
| services, life-safety inspections, and other statutory | 12 |
| regional office of education responsibilities and duties; and | 13 |
| be it further | 14 |
| RESOLVED, That the Committee shall report its findings and | 15 |
| recommendations on regional superintendent service delivery to | 16 |
| the House of Representatives by filing a copy of its report | 17 |
| with the Clerk of the House no later than January 1, 2006.
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