Bill Text: IL HB2205 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
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Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Provides that the chief executive officer must post the full financial report on a school closure on the school district's website 8 months after he or she publishes notice of the proposed school closure (rather than at the time he or she publishes notice of the proposed school closure). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0133 [HB2205 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2205-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Provides that the chief executive officer must post the full financial report on a school closure on the school district's website 8 months after he or she publishes notice of the proposed school closure (rather than at the time he or she publishes notice of the proposed school closure). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-07-26 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0133 [HB2205 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB2205-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 34-230 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/34-230) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 34-230. School action public meetings and hearings. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) By October 1 of each year, the chief executive officer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | shall prepare and publish guidelines for school actions. The | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | guidelines shall outline the academic and non-academic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | criteria for a school action. These guidelines shall be created | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | with the involvement of local school councils, parents, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | educators, and community organizations. These guidelines, and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | each subsequent revision, shall be subject to a public comment | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | period of at least 21 days before their approval. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | (b) The chief executive officer shall announce all proposed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | school actions to be taken at the close of the current academic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | year consistent with the guidelines by December 1 of each year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | (c) On or before December 1 of each year, the chief | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | executive officer shall publish notice of the proposed school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | actions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | (1) Notice of the proposal for a school action shall | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | include a written statement of the basis for the school |
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1 | action, an explanation of how the school action meets the | ||||||
2 | criteria set forth in the guidelines, and a draft School | ||||||
3 | Transition Plan identifying the items required in Section | ||||||
4 | 34-225 of this Code for all schools affected by the school | ||||||
5 | action. The notice shall state the date, time, and place of | ||||||
6 | the hearing or meeting. For a school closure only, at the | ||||||
7 | time notice is given, the chief executive officer must | ||||||
8 | publish on the district's website a full financial report | ||||||
9 | on the closure that includes an analysis of the closure's | ||||||
10 | costs and benefits to the district. | ||||||
11 | (2) The chief executive officer or his or her designee | ||||||
12 | shall provide notice to the principal, staff, local school | ||||||
13 | council, and parents or guardians of any school that is | ||||||
14 | subject to the proposed school action. | ||||||
15 | (3) The chief executive officer shall provide written | ||||||
16 | notice of any proposed school action to the State Senator, | ||||||
17 | State Representative, and alderman for the school or | ||||||
18 | schools that are subject to the proposed school action. | ||||||
19 | (4) The chief executive officer shall publish notice of | ||||||
20 | proposed school actions on the district's Internet | ||||||
21 | website. | ||||||
22 | (5) The chief executive officer shall provide notice of | ||||||
23 | proposed school actions at least 30 calendar days in | ||||||
24 | advance of a public hearing or meeting. The notice shall | ||||||
25 | state the date, time, and place of the hearing or meeting. | ||||||
26 | No Board decision regarding a proposed school action may |
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1 | take place less than 60 days after the announcement of the | ||||||
2 | proposed school action. | ||||||
3 | (d) The chief executive officer shall publish a brief | ||||||
4 | summary of the proposed school actions and the date, time, and | ||||||
5 | place of the hearings or meetings in a newspaper of general | ||||||
6 | circulation. | ||||||
7 | (e) The chief executive officer shall designate at least 3 | ||||||
8 | opportunities to elicit public comment at a hearing or meeting | ||||||
9 | on a proposed school action and shall do the following: | ||||||
10 | (1) Convene at least one public hearing at the | ||||||
11 | centrally located office of the Board. | ||||||
12 | (2) Convene at least 2 additional public hearings or | ||||||
13 | meetings at a location convenient to the school community | ||||||
14 | subject to the proposed school action. | ||||||
15 | (f) Public hearings shall be conducted by a qualified | ||||||
16 | independent hearing officer chosen from a list of independent | ||||||
17 | hearing officers. The general counsel shall compile and publish | ||||||
18 | a list of independent hearing officers by November 1 of each | ||||||
19 | school year. The independent hearing officer shall have the | ||||||
20 | following qualifications: | ||||||
21 | (1) he or she must be a licensed attorney eligible to | ||||||
22 | practice law in Illinois; | ||||||
23 | (2) he or she must not be an employee of the Board; and | ||||||
24 | (3) he or she must not have represented the Board, its | ||||||
25 | employees or any labor organization representing its | ||||||
26 | employees, any local school council, or any charter or |
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1 | contract school in any capacity within the last year. | ||||||
2 | The independent hearing officer shall issue a written | ||||||
3 | report that summarizes the hearing and determines whether the | ||||||
4 | chief executive officer complied with the requirements of this | ||||||
5 | Section and the guidelines. | ||||||
6 | The chief executive officer shall publish the report on the | ||||||
7 | district's Internet website within 5 calendar days after | ||||||
8 | receiving the report and at least 15 days prior to any Board | ||||||
9 | action being taken. | ||||||
10 | (g) Public meetings shall be conducted by a representative | ||||||
11 | of the chief executive officer. A summary of the public meeting | ||||||
12 | shall be published on the district's Internet website within 5 | ||||||
13 | calendar days after the meeting. | ||||||
14 | (h) If the chief executive officer proposes a school action | ||||||
15 | without following the mandates set forth in this Section, the | ||||||
16 | proposed school action shall not be approved by the Board | ||||||
17 | during the school year in which the school action was proposed.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11; | ||||||
19 | 97-813, eff. 7-13-12; 97-1133, eff. 11-30-12.)
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
21 | becoming law.
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