Full Text of SJR0033 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Budgeting for Results Commission has stated | 3 | | goals of increasing postsecondary graduation among Illinoisans | 4 | | to 60% by 2025 and minimizing achievement gaps between | 5 | | different types of students; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, In its legislative declaration, the Charter | 7 | | Schools Law states that the purpose for charter schools in this | 8 | | State is to improve pupil learning; increase learning | 9 | | opportunities for all children, with special emphasis on | 10 | | expanding options for at-risk pupils; encourage innovation, | 11 | | parental engagement, community involvement, and expanded | 12 | | public school options; create new professional opportunities | 13 | | for teachers; and hold charter schools accountable; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Charter schools serve 13% of Chicago's student | 15 | | population and a growing number of students in downstate and | 16 | | suburban communities; 91% of the students enrolled in charter | 17 | | schools across this State come from low-income families and 95% | 18 | | are minorities, making charter schools a key component to help | 19 | | close the achievement gaps that persist; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, The 2 fundamental pillars of charter schools are | 21 | | autonomy and accountability, each of which must be enforced | 22 | | through high-quality authorizing; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 2 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 3 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that a Task Force on Charter School Funding | 4 | | be created to examine charter school funding issues, including | 5 | | the following: | 6 | | (1) to compile a comparative analysis of charter school | 7 | | funding practices across the United States; | 8 | | (2) to examine the current funding provisions in the | 9 | | Charter Schools Law for the purpose of ensuring funding | 10 | | equity, specifically the provision allowing school | 11 | | districts to provide charter schools funding in the range | 12 | | of 75% to 125% of the district's per capita tuition charge; | 13 | | and | 14 | | (3) to review the effects of State-authorized charter | 15 | | schools on the students served by the charter, the students | 16 | | in the home school district, and the home school district's | 17 | | budget; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | 19 | | following members, who shall serve without compensation:
| 20 | | (1) one member appointed by the President of the | 21 | | Senate;
| 22 | | (2) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 23 | | Senate;
| 24 | | (3) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of |
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| 2 | | (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 3 | | House of Representatives;
| 4 | | (5) the State Superintendent of Education or his or her | 5 | | designee;
| 6 | | (6) the chairperson of the State Charter School | 7 | | Commission or his or her designee;
| 8 | | (7) the chief executive officer of a school district in | 9 | | a city having a population exceeding 500,000 or his or her | 10 | | designee;
| 11 | | (8) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 12 | | recommendation of an organization representing teachers in | 13 | | a school district in a city having a population exceeding | 14 | | 500,000; | 15 | | (9) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 16 | | recommendation of the largest statewide organization | 17 | | representing teachers;
| 18 | | (10) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 19 | | recommendation of the second-largest statewide | 20 | | organization representing teachers;
| 21 | | (11) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 22 | | recommendation of a statewide organization representing | 23 | | charter schools in this State;
| 24 | | (12) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 25 | | recommendation of an organization representing downstate | 26 | | and suburban school boards;
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| 1 | | (13) a principal of a currently operating, | 2 | | high-performing, charter school in this State, appointed | 3 | | by the State Superintendent of Education;
| 4 | | (14) one member appointed by the Governor who is a | 5 | | parent of a charter school student, upon recommendation of | 6 | | a charter school;
| 7 | | (15) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 8 | | recommendation of the largest charter school in this State;
| 9 | | (16) one member appointed by the Governor who is a | 10 | | representative of a community organization that operates | 11 | | charter schools, upon recommendation of that community | 12 | | organization;
| 13 | | (17) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 14 | | recommendation of an organization representing the | 15 | | business community in this State;
| 16 | | (18) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 17 | | recommendation of an education advocacy group that | 18 | | organizes parents and supports high-quality, public school | 19 | | options, including high-quality, public charter schools; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | (19) one member appointed by the Governor representing | 22 | | each Commission-approved charter school in this State, | 23 | | upon recommendation of the leadership of the | 24 | | Commission-approved charter schools; and be it further
| 25 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall elect a |
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| 1 | | chairperson from among their membership and that the State | 2 | | Charter School Commission shall provide administrative | 3 | | support; and be it further | 4 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall be | 5 | | appointed within 30 days after the adoption of this resolution | 6 | | and shall begin meeting no later than 30 days after the | 7 | | appointments are finalized; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall issue a report making | 9 | | recommendations on any changes to State laws with regard to | 10 | | charter school funding on or before January 15, 2014 and that | 11 | | the task force shall be dissolved upon issuance of this report; | 12 | | and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 14 | | delivered to the Governor, the State Superintendent of | 15 | | Education, the State Charter School Commission, and the Chief | 16 | | Executive Officer of City of Chicago School District 299.
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