Bill Sponsors: IL HB3053 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Creates the School District Efficiency Commission. Provides for the membership and support of the Commission. Requires the Commission to make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly on the number of school districts in this State, the optimal amount of enrollment for a school district, and where reorganization and realignment of school districts would be beneficial in this State; specifies the topics on which the recommendations must focus. Provides that, on or before May 1, 2020, the Commission must vote on its recommendations and submit a report to the Governor and the General Assembly. Provides that if the Commission adopts the report recommendations by an affirmative vote of at least 11 of its members, then the Commission's recommendations for reorganization of school districts into unit school districts must be placed on the ballots of the designated school districts in the next general election in the same manner as petitions approved by a regional superintendent of schools, except without financial incentives. Provides that the Commission is dissolved the day after the report is filed with the Governor and the General Assembly. Repeals the provision on February 1, 2021. Makes a conforming change in the Conversion and Formation of School Districts Article. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-8)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-07-03 - Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments [HB3053 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [HTML]

Sponsors

NameTypeSponsorshipDistrictFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative Rita Mayfield [D]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-060FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Amy Grant [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-047FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator John Connor [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-043FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Joe Sosnowski [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-069FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Ryan Spain [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-073FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Sonya Harper [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-006FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Blaine Wilhour [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-110FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-008FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Margo McDermed [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsHD-037FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Thomas Cullerton [D]PrimarySponsored BillsSD-023FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Dan McConchie [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-026FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator William Cunningham [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-018FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Steven Landek [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-012FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jacqueline Collins [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-016FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jim Oberweis [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-025FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
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Senator Laura Murphy [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-028FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
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Senator Suzanne Glowiak Hilton [D]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-023FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Senator Jason Plummer [R]CosponsorSponsored BillsSD-055FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
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