Full Text of HB1165 102nd General Assembly
HB1165ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. La Shawn K. Ford Filed: 6/16/2021
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1165
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1165 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 5 | | 34-18.68 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.68 new) | 7 | | Sec. 34-18.68. The Chicago Educational Governance Task | 8 | | Force. | 9 | | (a) The General Assembly makes the following findings: | 10 | | (1) City of Chicago School District 299 is one of the | 11 | | only school districts in this State with an appointed, not | 12 | | an elected, school board. | 13 | | (2) City of Chicago School District 299 is home to the | 14 | | largest elected body in the country, local school | 15 | | councils, charged with principal selection and approving | 16 | | the local school budget. |
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| 1 | | (3) For 15 years, City of Chicago School District 299 | 2 | | has implemented reforms, including the extension of the | 3 | | school day, the expansion of access to full-day | 4 | | kindergarten, probation, student retention, school | 5 | | closings, the expansion of access to choice programs | 6 | | (including science, technology, mathematics, and | 7 | | engineering (STEM) programs, charter schools, and | 8 | | International Baccalaureate programs), and turnarounds, to | 9 | | increase student outcomes, including increased graduation | 10 | | rates, increased college attendance, and improved | 11 | | performance on State assessments. | 12 | | (4) Many of these reforms have led to a robust | 13 | | democratic discussion and decision-making process. | 14 | | (5) All children must have access to a world-class | 15 | | education. | 16 | | (b) The Chicago Educational Governance Task Force is | 17 | | created for the purpose of recommending the best structure and | 18 | | procedure for the governance of City of Chicago School | 19 | | District 299 in order to ensure the best educational outcomes | 20 | | for City of Chicago School District 299 students. | 21 | | (c) The Task Force shall be composed of the following | 22 | | members: | 23 | | (1) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the | 24 | | House of Representatives and 3 members appointed by the | 25 | | Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. | 26 | | (2) Three members appointed by the President of the |
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| 1 | | Senate and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader of | 2 | | the Senate. | 3 | | (3) The Chief Executive Officer of City of Chicago | 4 | | School District 299 or her or his designee. | 5 | | (4) The President of the Chicago Board of Education or | 6 | | her or his designee. | 7 | | (5) The president of a Chicago professional teachers' | 8 | | organization or his or her designee. | 9 | | (6) The president of the association representing | 10 | | principals in the schools of the district or his or her | 11 | | designee. | 12 | | (7) The student representative from the Chicago Board | 13 | | of Education or her or his designee. | 14 | | (d) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall | 15 | | appoint one of his or her appointees under subdivision (1) of | 16 | | subsection (c) of this Section as a co-chairperson of the | 17 | | Chicago Educational Governance Task Force. The President of | 18 | | the Senate shall appoint one of his or her appointees under | 19 | | subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this Section as a | 20 | | co-chairperson of the Chicago Educational Governance Task | 21 | | Force. Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be | 22 | | appointed for the duration of the Chicago Educational | 23 | | Governance Task Force. In the event of a vacancy, the | 24 | | appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by the | 25 | | legislative leader of the same chamber and party as the leader | 26 | | who made the original appointment. |
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| 1 | | (e) The Chicago Board of Education shall provide | 2 | | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | 3 | | (f) The members of the Task Force shall serve on a pro bono | 4 | | basis. These members shall aid in the gathering of pertinent | 5 | | information on the impact of various school governance | 6 | | structures, including without limitation an elected | 7 | | representative school board and mayoral control, as well as | 8 | | gathering and analyzing data about the district's current | 9 | | governance structure. | 10 | | (g) The Task Force shall report its recommendation as to | 11 | | which governance structure is best designed to serve the | 12 | | students of the City of Chicago to the General Assembly on or | 13 | | before May 1, 2022. | 14 | | (h) The Task Force is abolished and this Section is | 15 | | repealed on June 1, 2022.
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.".
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