Full Text of SJR0064 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, All children in Illinois are entitled to the | 3 | | facilities and resources needed for a high-quality
education; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, The Illinois charter public school law does not | 6 | | contain a provision for charter public school
facilities | 7 | | funding; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Charter public schools in this State have limited | 9 | | access to capital funds for facilities from local
or state | 10 | | sources, making it difficult to secure adequate and affordable | 11 | | facilities; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Charter public schools have confronted this | 13 | | problem by either paying rent to operate in a
district-run | 14 | | facility or paying for independent facilities out of their | 15 | | general operating funds; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, This produces inequity between charter public | 17 | | schools and district-run schools in terms of
the proportion of | 18 | | funds available for direct classroom instruction; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Eleven jurisdictions (Arizona, California, | 20 | | Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New
Mexico, |
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| 1 | | Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, and Washington D.C.) currently | 2 | | offer facilities support for
charter public schools; | 3 | | therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 6 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Task Force on Charter Public
School | 7 | | Facilities is created to examine charter public school | 8 | | facilities issues, including the following: | 9 | | (1) an analysis of the current capital funds and | 10 | | facilities provisions in the Illinois Charter Schools Law | 11 | | for
the purpose of ensuring equitable access; | 12 | | (2) a comparative analysis of charter public school | 13 | | facilities
funding and access across the United States; and
| 14 | | (3) recommendations for ensuring that charter public
| 15 | | schools have equitable access to safe and appropriate | 16 | | facilities; and be it further | 17 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | 18 | | following members: | 19 | | (1) one member appointed by the President of the | 20 | | Senate; | 21 | | (2) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 22 | | Senate; | 23 | | (3) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | 24 | | Representatives; |
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| 1 | | (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 2 | | House of Representatives; | 3 | | (5) the State Superintendent of Education or his or her | 4 | | designee; | 5 | | (6) the chairperson of the State Charter School | 6 | | Commission or his or her designee; | 7 | | (7) the chief executive officer of a school district in | 8 | | a city having a population exceeding 500,000 or his
or her | 9 | | designee; | 10 | | (8) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 11 | | recommendation of an organization representing
teachers in | 12 | | a school district in a city having a population exceeding | 13 | | 500,000; | 14 | | (9) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 15 | | recommendation of the largest statewide
organization | 16 | | representing teachers; | 17 | | (10) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 18 | | recommendation of a statewide organization
representing | 19 | | charter public schools in this State; | 20 | | (11) a principal of a currently operating, | 21 | | high-performing charter public school in this State, | 22 | | appointed
by the State Superintendent of Education; | 23 | | (12) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 24 | | recommendation of a statewide education policy
| 25 | | organization that supports education policy priorities | 26 | | designed to provide a world-class education to all
Illinois |
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| 1 | | students; | 2 | | (13) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 3 | | recommendation of the largest charter public school
in this | 4 | | State; | 5 | | (14) one member appointed by the Governor who is a | 6 | | representative of a community organization that
operates | 7 | | charter public schools, upon recommendation of that | 8 | | community organization; | 9 | | (15) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 10 | | recommendation of an organization representing
the | 11 | | business community in this State; | 12 | | (16) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 13 | | recommendation of an education advocacy group
that | 14 | | organizes parents and supports high-quality public school | 15 | | options, including high-quality public
charter schools; | 16 | | (17) two members appointed by the Governor | 17 | | representing two of the ten currently operating
| 18 | | Commission-approved charter public schools in this State, | 19 | | upon recommendation of the leadership of
the | 20 | | Commission-approved charter public schools; | 21 | | (18) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 22 | | recommendation of a large, non-profit community
| 23 | | development financial institution (CDFI) in Illinois that | 24 | | provides or has provided specialized loans, real
estate | 25 | | development, and additional forms of financial assistance | 26 | | to charter public schools in this State; |
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| 1 | | (19) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | 2 | | recommendation of a union representing teachers
in charter | 3 | | public schools; and | 4 | | (20) one member appointed by the Governor who is a | 5 | | nationally recognized expert on charter public
schools and | 6 | | charter facilities issues; and be it further | 7 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall elect a | 8 | | chairperson from among their membership
and that the State | 9 | | Charter School Commission shall provide administrative | 10 | | support; and be it further | 11 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall be | 12 | | appointed within 30 days after the adoption of
this resolution | 13 | | and shall begin meeting no later than 30 days after the | 14 | | appointments are finalized; in the
event the appointments by | 15 | | the Governor are not made within 30 days after the adoption of | 16 | | this resolution, the State Superintendent shall make such | 17 | | appointments within 15 days of the appointment
deadline; | 18 | | members shall serve without compensation; and be it further | 19 | | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall issue a report making | 20 | | recommendations on any changes to State
laws with regard to | 21 | | charter public school facilities access on or before January 1, | 22 | | 2019 and that the
Task Force shall be dissolved upon issuance | 23 | | of this report; and be it further |
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That the report filed with the General Assembly | 2 | | shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk | 3 | | of the House of Representatives in electronic form only, in the | 4 | | manner that the Secretary and Clerk shall direct; and be it | 5 | | further | 6 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 7 | | delivered to the Governor, the State
Superintendent of | 8 | | Education, the State Charter School Commission, and the Chief | 9 | | Executive Officer of
the City of Chicago School District 299.
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