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90_HB2454
105 ILCS 5/27A-9
Amends the Charter Schools Law in the School Code.
Eliminates provisions added by P.A. 90-548 authorizing the
State Board of Education, under specified conditions, to
reverse a local school board's decision to deny, revoke, or
not renew a charter. Also deletes provisions under which the
State Board of Education would act as the authorized
chartering entity for a charter school if the State Board, on
appeal, were to reverse a local school board's decision to
deny, revoke, or not renew a charter. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 27A-9.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 27A-9 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/27A-9)
8 Sec. 27A-9. Term of charter; renewal.
9 (a) A charter may be granted for a period not less than
10 3 and not more than 5 school years. A charter may be renewed
11 in incremental periods not to exceed 5 school years.
12 (b) A charter school renewal proposal submitted to the
13 local school board shall contain:
14 (1) A report on the progress of the charter school
15 in achieving the goals, objectives, pupil performance
16 standards, content standards, and other terms of the
17 initial approved charter proposal; and
18 (2) A financial statement that discloses the costs
19 of administration, instruction, and other spending
20 categories for the charter school that is understandable
21 to the general public and that will allow comparison of
22 those costs to other schools or other comparable
23 organizations, in a format required by the State Board.
24 (c) A charter may be revoked or not renewed if the local
25 school board clearly demonstrates that the charter school did
26 any of the following, or otherwise failed to comply with the
27 requirements of this law:
28 (1) Committed a material violation of any of the
29 conditions, standards, or procedures set forth in the
30 charter.
31 (2) Failed to meet or make reasonable progress
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1 toward achievement of the content standards or pupil
2 performance standards identified in the charter.
3 (3) Failed to meet generally accepted standards of
4 fiscal management.
5 (4) Violated any provision of law from which the
6 charter school was not exempted.
7 (d) (Blank).
8 (e) Notice of a local school board's decision to deny,
9 revoke or not to renew a charter shall be provided to the
10 State Board. The State Board may reverse a local board's
11 decision if the State Board finds that the charter school or
12 charter school proposal (i) is in compliance with this
13 Article, and (ii) is in the best interests of the students it
14 is designed to serve. Final decisions of the State Board
15 shall be subject to judicial review under the Administrative
16 Review Law.
17 (f) Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article, if
18 the State Board on appeal reverses a local board's decision,
19 the State Board shall act as the authorized chartering entity
20 for the charter school. The State Board shall approve and
21 certify the charter and shall perform all functions under
22 this Article otherwise performed by the local school board.
23 The State Board shall report the aggregate number of charter
24 school pupils resident in a school district to that district
25 and shall notify the district of the amount of funding to be
26 paid by the State Board to the charter school enrolling such
27 students. The State Board shall withhold from funds
28 otherwise due the district the funds authorized by this
29 Article to be paid to the charter school and shall pay such
30 amounts to the charter school.
31 (Source: P.A. 89-450, eff. 4-10-96; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)
32 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
33 becoming law.