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92_SB2320 LRB9214432ACtm 1 AN ACT concerning charter schools. 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 5 Section 27A-4 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/27A-4) 7 Sec. 27A-4. General Provisions. 8 (a) The General Assembly does not intend to alter or 9 amend the provisions of any court-ordered desegregation plan 10 in effect for any school district. A charter school shall be 11 subject to all federal and State laws and constitutional 12 provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of 13 disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin, 14 religion, ancestry, marital status, or need for special 15 education services. 16 (b) The total number of charter schools operating under 17 this Article at any one time shall not exceed 6045. Not 18 more than 3015charter schools shall operate at any one time 19 in any city having a population exceeding 500,000; not more 20 than 15 charter schools shall operate at any one time in the 21 counties of DuPage, Kane, Lake, McHenry, Will, and that 22 portion of Cook County that is located outside a city having 23 a population exceeding 500,000, with not more than one 24 charter school that has been initiated by a board of 25 education, or by an intergovernmental agreement between or 26 among boards of education, operating at any one time in the 27 school district where the charter school is located; and not 28 more than 15 charter schools shall operate at any one time in 29 the remainder of the State, with not more than one charter 30 school that has been initiated by a board of education, or by 31 an intergovernmental agreement between or among boards of -2- LRB9214432ACtm 1 education, operating at any one time in the school district 2 where the charter school is located. 3 For purposes of implementing this Section, the State 4 Board shall assign a number to each charter submission it 5 receives under Section 27A-6 for its review and 6 certification, based on the chronological order in which the 7 submission is received by it. The State Board shall promptly 8 notify local school boards when the maximum numbers of 9 certified charter schools authorized to operate have been 10 reached. 11 (c) No charter shall be granted under this Article that 12 would convert any existing private, parochial, or non-public 13 school to a charter school. 14 (d) Enrollment in a charter school shall be open to any 15 pupil who resides within the geographic boundaries of the 16 area served by the local school board. 17 (e) Nothing in this Article shall prevent 2 or more 18 local school boards from jointly issuing a charter to a 19 single shared charter school, provided that all of the 20 provisions of this Article are met as to those local school 21 boards. 22 (f) No local school board shall require any employee of 23 the school district to be employed in a charter school. 24 (g) No local school board shall require any pupil 25 residing within the geographic boundary of its district to 26 enroll in a charter school. 27 (h) If there are more eligible applicants for enrollment 28 in a charter school than there are spaces available, 29 successful applicants shall be selected by lottery. However, 30 priority shall be given to siblings of pupils enrolled in the 31 charter school and to pupils who were enrolled in the charter 32 school the previous school year, unless expelled for cause. 33 Dual enrollment at both a charter school and a public school 34 or non-public school shall not be allowed. A pupil who is -3- LRB9214432ACtm 1 suspended or expelled from a charter school shall be deemed 2 to be suspended or expelled from the public schools of the 3 school district in which the pupil resides. 4 (i) (Blank). 5 (Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-405, eff. 8-3-99; 6 91-407, eff. 8-3-99; 92-16, eff. 6-28-01.) 7 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 8 July 1, 2002.