Full Text of SB0547 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning local government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly: | 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 34-210, 34-225, and 34-230 and by adding Section 34-232 as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-210) | 8 | | Sec. 34-210. The Educational Facility Master Plan. | 9 | | (a) In accordance with the schedule set forth in this | 10 | | Article, the chief executive officer or his or her designee | 11 | | shall prepare a 10-year educational facility master plan every | 12 | | 5 years, with updates 2 1/2 years after the approval of the | 13 | | initial 10-year plan, with the first such educational facility | 14 | | master plan to be approved on or before October 1, 2013 July 1, | 15 | | 2013 . | 16 | | (b) The educational facility master plan shall provide | 17 | | community area level plans and individual school master plans | 18 | | with options for addressing the facility and space needs for | 19 | | each facility operated by the district over a 10-year period. | 20 | | (c) The data, information, and analysis that shall inform | 21 | | the educational facility master plan shall be published on the | 22 | | district's Internet website and shall include the following: | 23 | | (1) a description of the district's guiding |
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| 1 | | educational goals and standards; | 2 | | (2) a brief description of the types of instructional | 3 | | programs and services delivered in each school; | 4 | | (3) a description of the process, procedure, and | 5 | | timeline for community participation in the development of | 6 | | the plan; | 7 | | (4) the enrollment capacity of each school and its rate | 8 | | of utilization; | 9 | | (5) a report on the assessment of individual building | 10 | | and site conditions; | 11 | | (6) a data table with historical and projected | 12 | | enrollment data by school by grade; | 13 | | (7) community analysis, including a study of current | 14 | | and projected demographics, land usage, transportation | 15 | | plans, residential housing and commercial development, | 16 | | private schools, plans for water and sewage service | 17 | | expansion or redevelopment, and institutions of higher | 18 | | education; | 19 | | (8) an analysis of the facility needs and requirements | 20 | | of the district; and | 21 | | (9) identification of potential sources of funding for | 22 | | the implementation of the Educational Facility Master | 23 | | Plan. | 24 | | (d) On or before May 1, 2013 January 1, 2013 , the chief | 25 | | executive officer or his or her designee shall prepare and | 26 | | distribute for comment a preliminary draft of the Educational |
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| 1 | | Facility Master Plan. The draft plan shall be distributed to | 2 | | the City of Chicago, the County of Cook, the Chicago Park | 3 | | District, the Chicago Housing Authority, the Chicago Transit | 4 | | Authority, attendance centers operated by the district, and | 5 | | charter schools operating within the district. Each attendance | 6 | | center shall make the draft plan available to the local school | 7 | | council or alternative advisory body and to the parents, | 8 | | guardians, and staff of the school. The draft plan also shall | 9 | | be distributed to each State Senator and State Representative | 10 | | with a district in the City of Chicago, to the Mayor of the | 11 | | City of Chicago, and to each alderman of the City. | 12 | | (e) The chief executive or his or her designee shall | 13 | | publish a procedure for conducting public hearings and | 14 | | submitting public comments on the draft plan. | 15 | | (f) After consideration of public input on the draft plan, | 16 | | the chief executive officer or his or her designee shall | 17 | | prepare and publish a report describing the process used to | 18 | | incorporate public input in the development of the final plan | 19 | | to be recommended to the Board. | 20 | | (g) The chief executive officer shall present the final | 21 | | plan and report to the Board for final consideration and | 22 | | approval. | 23 | | (h) The final approved Educational Facility Master Plan | 24 | | shall be published on the district's website. | 25 | | (i) No later than January 1, 2016, and every 5 years | 26 | | thereafter, the chief executive officer or his or her designee |
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| 1 | | shall prepare and submit for public comment a draft revised | 2 | | Educational Facility Master Plan following the procedures | 3 | | required for development of the original plan. | 4 | | (j) This proposed revised plan shall reflect the progress | 5 | | achieved during the first 2 1/2 years of the Educational | 6 | | Facility Master Plan.
| 7 | | (Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11.) | 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-225) | 9 | | Sec. 34-225. School transition plans. | 10 | | (a) If the Board approves a school action, the chief | 11 | | executive officer or his or her designee shall work | 12 | | collaboratively with local school educators and families of | 13 | | students attending a school that is the subject of a school | 14 | | action to ensure successful integration of affected students | 15 | | into new learning environments. | 16 | | (b) The chief executive officer or his or her designee | 17 | | shall prepare and implement a school transition plan to support | 18 | | students attending a school that is the subject of a school | 19 | | action that accomplishes the goals of this Section. The chief | 20 | | executive must identify and commit specific resources for | 21 | | implementation of the school transition plan for a minimum of | 22 | | the full first academic year after the board approves a school | 23 | | action. | 24 | | (c) The school transition plan shall include the following: | 25 | | (1) services to support the academic, social, and |
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| 1 | | emotional needs of students; supports for students with | 2 | | disabilities, homeless students, and English language | 3 | | learners; and support to address security and safety | 4 | | issues; | 5 | | (2) options to enroll in higher performing schools; | 6 | | (3) informational briefings regarding the choice of | 7 | | schools that include all pertinent information to enable | 8 | | the parent or guardian and child to make an informed | 9 | | choice, including the option to visit the schools of choice | 10 | | prior to making a decision; and | 11 | | (4) the provision of appropriate transportation where | 12 | | practicable.
| 13 | | (d) When implementing a school action, the Board must make | 14 | | reasonable and demonstrated efforts to ensure that: | 15 | | (1) Affected students receive a comparable level of | 16 | | social support services provided by Chicago Public Schools | 17 | | that were available at the previous school, provided that | 18 | | the need for such social support services continue to | 19 | | exist; and | 20 | | (2) Class sizes of any receiving school do not exceed | 21 | | those established under the Chicago Public Schools policy | 22 | | regarding class size, subject to principal discretion. | 23 | | (Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11; | 24 | | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12.) | 25 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-230) |
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| 1 | | Sec. 34-230. School action public meetings and hearings. | 2 | | (a) By October November 1 of each year, the chief executive | 3 | | officer shall prepare and publish guidelines for school | 4 | | actions. The guidelines shall outline the academic and | 5 | | non-academic criteria for a school action. These guidelines | 6 | | shall be created with the involvement of local school councils, | 7 | | parents, educators, and community organizations. These | 8 | | guidelines, and each subsequent revision, shall be subject to a | 9 | | public comment period of at least 21 days before their | 10 | | approval. | 11 | | (b) The chief executive officer shall announce all proposed | 12 | | school actions to be taken at the close of the current academic | 13 | | year consistent with the guidelines by December 1 of each year. | 14 | | (c) On or before December 1 of each year, the chief | 15 | | executive officer shall publish notice of the proposed school | 16 | | actions. | 17 | | (1) Notice of the proposal for a school action shall | 18 | | include a written statement of the basis for the school | 19 | | action, an explanation of how the school action meets the | 20 | | criteria set forth in the guidelines, and a draft School | 21 | | Transition Plan identifying the items required in Section | 22 | | 34-225 of this Code for all schools affected by the school | 23 | | action. The notice shall state the date, time, and place of | 24 | | the hearing or meeting. | 25 | | (2) The chief executive officer or his or her designee | 26 | | shall provide notice to the principal, staff, local school |
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| 1 | | council, and parents or guardians of any school that is | 2 | | subject to the proposed school action. | 3 | | (3) The chief executive officer shall provide written | 4 | | notice of any proposed school action to the State Senator, | 5 | | State Representative, and alderman for the school or | 6 | | schools that are subject to the proposed school action. | 7 | | (4) The chief executive officer shall publish notice of | 8 | | proposed school actions on the district's Internet | 9 | | website. | 10 | | (5) The chief executive officer shall provide notice of | 11 | | proposed school actions at least 30 calendar days in | 12 | | advance of a public hearing or meeting. The notice shall | 13 | | state the date, time, and place of the hearing or meeting. | 14 | | No Board decision regarding a proposed school action may | 15 | | take place less than 60 days after the announcement of the | 16 | | proposed school action. | 17 | | (d) The chief executive officer shall publish a brief | 18 | | summary of the proposed school actions and the date, time, and | 19 | | place of the hearings or meetings in a newspaper of general | 20 | | circulation. | 21 | | (e) The chief executive officer shall designate at least 3 | 22 | | opportunities to elicit public comment at a hearing or meeting | 23 | | on a proposed school action and shall do the following: | 24 | | (1) Convene at least one public hearing at the | 25 | | centrally located office of the Board. | 26 | | (2) Convene at least 2 additional public hearings or |
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| 1 | | meetings at a location convenient to the school community | 2 | | subject to the proposed school action. | 3 | | (f) Public hearings shall be conducted by a qualified | 4 | | independent hearing officer chosen from a list of independent | 5 | | hearing officers. The general counsel shall compile and publish | 6 | | a list of independent hearing officers by November 1 of each | 7 | | school year. The independent hearing officer shall have the | 8 | | following qualifications: | 9 | | (1) he or she must be a licensed attorney eligible to | 10 | | practice law in Illinois; | 11 | | (2) he or she must not be an employee of the Board; and | 12 | | (3) he or she must not have represented the Board, its | 13 | | employees or any labor organization representing its | 14 | | employees, any local school council, or any charter or | 15 | | contract school in any capacity within the last year. | 16 | | (4) The independent hearing officer shall issue a written | 17 | | report that summarizes the hearing and determines whether the | 18 | | chief executive officer complied with the requirements of this | 19 | | Section and the guidelines. | 20 | | (5) The chief executive officer shall publish the report on | 21 | | the district's Internet website within 5 calendar days after | 22 | | receiving the report and at least 15 days prior to any Board | 23 | | action being taken. | 24 | | (g) Public meetings shall be conducted by a representative | 25 | | of the chief executive officer. A summary of the public meeting | 26 | | shall be published on the district's Internet website within 5 |
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| 1 | | calendar days after the meeting. | 2 | | (h) If the chief executive officer proposes a school action | 3 | | without following the mandates set forth in this Section, the | 4 | | proposed school action shall not be approved by the Board | 5 | | during the school year in which the school action was proposed.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11; | 7 | | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; revised 10-17-12.) | 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-232 new) | 9 | | Sec. 34-232. Proposed school action announcement and | 10 | | notice; 2012-2013 school year. The following apply for school | 11 | | actions proposed during the 2012-2013 school year: | 12 | | (1) On or before March 31, 2013, the chief executive | 13 | | officer shall announce all proposed school actions to be | 14 | | taken at the close of the current academic year consistent | 15 | | with the guidelines published under Section 34-230 of this | 16 | | Code. | 17 | | (2) On or before March 31, 2013, the chief executive | 18 | | officer shall publish notice of the proposed school | 19 | | actions. | 20 | | (3) The chief executive officer shall provide notice of | 21 | | proposed school actions at least 15 calendar days in | 22 | | advance of a public hearing or meeting. | 23 | | All other provisions of Section 34-230 of this Code that do | 24 | | not conflict with this Section must be followed when proposing | 25 | | school actions.
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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