Illinois House Bill 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-10-04 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that a charter school established on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act may not enter into a contract with a for-profit charter management organization or educational management organization. Sets forth provisions concerning property purchased with public funds. Provides that no chief executive officer of a charter school may receive compensation greater than 80% of the compensation of the superintendent of schools of the school district where the charter school is located. Provides that no charter school principal may receive compensation greater than 10% more than the average compensation for principals in the school district where the charter school is located. Provides that a charter school authorized under the Code must expend a minimum of 84% of the total revenues due from the authorizer on incurred expenses for instruction, instructional materials, operations and maintenance, transportation, and support services that may have been applicable prior to July 1, 2018, as identified by the State Board of Education. Provides that the remaining 16% of the total revenues may, subject to limitations, be expended by the charter school, at its discretion, on administrative or program support costs.

SCH CD-CHARTER SCHOOLS

Rep. Emanuel Welch [D]

Rep. Delia Ramirez [D]

Rep. Lindsey LaPointe [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-10-04	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
2019-03-29	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2019-03-12	House	Suspend Rule 21 - Prevailed
2019-03-12	House	Moved to Suspend Rule 21 Rep. Gregory Harris
2019-02-14	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Delia C. Ramirez
2019-01-29	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Administration, Licensing & Charter School
2019-01-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2019-01-10	House	First Reading
2019-01-10	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	27A-10.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	27A-11.10	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=278&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB0278.htm