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90_HB3624
New Act
105 ILCS 5/Act rep.
Repeals the School Code effective July 1, 2001. Provides
for the immediate creation of a 15 member School Code Review
Committee to review and evaluate all provisions of the School
Code and requires it to report to the Governor and General
Assembly, on or before the second Wednesday of January of
2000 and 2001, with its recommendations for legislation that
will more effectively attain the State's objective of
establishing an efficient system of high quality public
educational institutions and services at the elementary and
secondary levels. Provides for the chairperson of the
Committee to be appointed by the Governor with the advice and
consent of the Senate, for 4 members to be appointed (one
each) by the legislatives leaders, and for 10 members to be
appointed by specified business and educational entities.
Adds provisions relative to member terms and Committee and
member expenses, and provides for the State Board of
Education to provide such staff assistance as the Committee
may reasonably request. Provides that the Committee is
dissolved upon the filing of its final report in January,
2001. Effective immediately, except the repeal of the School
Code takes effect July 1, 2001.
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 ARTICLE 1
5 (105 ILCS 5/Act rep.)
6 Section 1-1. The School Code is repealed.
7 ARTICLE 5
8 Section 5-1. Short title. This Article may be cited as
9 the School Review Committee Law.
10 Section 5-5. Creation of Committee; terms; vacancies;
11 expenses. There is hereby created the School Code Review
12 Committee to consist of 15 members appointed as follows: one
13 member appointed by the Governor, with the advice and consent
14 of the Senate, who shall serve as Chairperson of the
15 Committee; 4 legislative members, one to be appointed by the
16 President of the Senate, one by the Minority Leader of the
17 Senate, one by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
18 and one by the Minority Leader of the House of
19 Representatives; one member appointed by each of the
20 following entities: the Illinois Association of School
21 Boards, the Illinois Principals Association, the Illinois
22 Association of School Administrators, and the Illinois
23 Association of School Business Officials; 4 representatives
24 of the business community, one to be appointed by the
25 Illinois Manufacturers Association, one by the Illinois
26 Chamber of Commerce, one by the Illinois Retail Merchants
27 Association, and one by the National Federation of
28 Independent Businesses; one teacher-educator member appointed
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1 by the joint action of the Illinois Federation of Teachers
2 and the Illinois Education Association; and one parent member
3 appointed by the Illinois Parent Teacher Association.
4 Members shall serve from the date of their appointment
5 until the School Code Review Committee is dissolved as
6 provided in Section 5-15. A vacancy on the Committee shall
7 be filled by appointment in the same manner as the
8 appointment of the member that created the vacancy was made.
9 Members shall serve without compensation but shall be
10 reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses
11 incurred in the performance of their duties. Those expenses
12 and the expenses necessarily incurred by the Committee in the
13 exercise of its responsibilities shall be reimbursed or
14 provided by the State Board of Education from appropriations
15 made to the State Board of Education for that purpose.
16 Section 5-10. Organization of Committee; meetings. Once
17 a majority of the members of the School Code Review Committee
18 (including the member appointed by the Governor to serve as
19 Chairperson of the Committee, whether that appointment has
20 been confirmed by the Senate or has been made as a temporary
21 appointment as in the case of vacancies) have been appointed,
22 the Committee, at the call of the Chairperson, shall proceed
23 to organize itself, fix the date of its regular meetings, and
24 enter upon the discharge of its duties. The regular meetings
25 of the Committee shall be held at least quarterly, and such
26 special meetings as may be necessary shall be held at the
27 call of the Chairperson or a majority of the members of the
28 Committee.
29 Section 5-15. Responsibilities; reports; dissolution.
30 The purpose and function of the School Code Review Committee
31 shall be to review and evaluate all provisions of the School
32 Code to determine whether those provisions are consistent
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1 with the State's objective of establishing an efficient
2 system of high quality public educational institutions and
3 services at the elementary and secondary school levels and to
4 recommend any replacement legislation that the Committee
5 believes will be more effective in attaining that objective.
6 The State Board of Education shall provide to the
7 Committee such staff and assistance as the Committee
8 reasonably requests in order to exercise and perform its
9 responsibilities under this Section.
10 The Committee shall file its initial report and
11 recommendations with the Governor and the General Assembly on
12 or before the second Wednesday of January of 2000. The
13 Committee shall consider any comments or response made by the
14 Governor or General Assembly to the initial report of the
15 Committee and shall file a final report and recommendations
16 for any necessary legislation with the Governor and the
17 General Assembly on or before the second Wednesday of January
18 of 2001. Upon the filing of that final report, the Committee
19 shall be deemed dissolved by operation of law.
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21 becoming law, except that Article 1 of this Act takes effect
22 July 1, 2001.