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1 | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, All children in Illinois are entitled to the | ||||||
3 | facilities and resources needed for a high-quality
education; | ||||||
4 | and
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5 | WHEREAS, The Illinois charter public school law does not | ||||||
6 | contain a provision for charter public school
facilities | ||||||
7 | funding; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Charter public schools in this State have limited | ||||||
9 | access to capital funds for facilities from local
or state | ||||||
10 | sources, making it difficult to secure adequate and affordable | ||||||
11 | facilities; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Charter public schools have confronted this | ||||||
13 | problem by either paying rent to operate in a
district-run | ||||||
14 | facility or paying for independent facilities out of their | ||||||
15 | general operating funds; and
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16 | WHEREAS, This produces inequity between charter public | ||||||
17 | schools and district-run schools in terms of
the proportion of | ||||||
18 | funds available for direct classroom instruction; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Eleven jurisdictions (Arizona, California, | ||||||
20 | Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New
Mexico, |
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1 | Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, and Washington D.C.) currently | ||||||
2 | offer facilities support for
charter public schools; | ||||||
3 | therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
6 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Task Force on Charter Public
School | ||||||
7 | Facilities is created to examine charter public school | ||||||
8 | facilities issues, including the following: | ||||||
9 | (1) an analysis of the current capital funds and | ||||||
10 | facilities provisions in the Illinois Charter Schools Law | ||||||
11 | for
the purpose of ensuring equitable access; | ||||||
12 | (2) a comparative analysis of charter public school | ||||||
13 | facilities
funding and access across the United States; and
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14 | (3) recommendations for ensuring that charter public
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15 | schools have equitable access to safe and appropriate | ||||||
16 | facilities; and be it further | ||||||
17 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
18 | following members: | ||||||
19 | (1) one member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
20 | Senate; | ||||||
21 | (2) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
22 | Senate; | ||||||
23 | (3) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
24 | Representatives; |
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1 | (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
2 | House of Representatives; | ||||||
3 | (5) the State Superintendent of Education or his or her | ||||||
4 | designee; | ||||||
5 | (6) the chairperson of the State Charter School | ||||||
6 | Commission or his or her designee; | ||||||
7 | (7) the chief executive officer of a school district in | ||||||
8 | a city having a population exceeding 500,000 or his
or her | ||||||
9 | designee; | ||||||
10 | (8) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
11 | recommendation of an organization representing
teachers in | ||||||
12 | a school district in a city having a population exceeding | ||||||
13 | 500,000; | ||||||
14 | (9) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
15 | recommendation of the largest statewide
organization | ||||||
16 | representing teachers; | ||||||
17 | (10) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
18 | recommendation of a statewide organization
representing | ||||||
19 | charter public schools in this State; | ||||||
20 | (11) a principal of a currently operating, | ||||||
21 | high-performing charter public school in this State, | ||||||
22 | appointed
by the State Superintendent of Education; | ||||||
23 | (12) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
24 | recommendation of a statewide education policy
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25 | organization that supports education policy priorities | ||||||
26 | designed to provide a world-class education to all
Illinois |
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1 | students; | ||||||
2 | (13) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
3 | recommendation of the largest charter public school
in this | ||||||
4 | State; | ||||||
5 | (14) one member appointed by the Governor who is a | ||||||
6 | representative of a community organization that
operates | ||||||
7 | charter public schools, upon recommendation of that | ||||||
8 | community organization; | ||||||
9 | (15) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
10 | recommendation of an organization representing
the | ||||||
11 | business community in this State; | ||||||
12 | (16) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
13 | recommendation of an education advocacy group
that | ||||||
14 | organizes parents and supports high-quality public school | ||||||
15 | options, including high-quality public
charter schools; | ||||||
16 | (17) two members appointed by the Governor | ||||||
17 | representing two of the ten currently operating
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18 | Commission-approved charter public schools in this State, | ||||||
19 | upon recommendation of the leadership of
the | ||||||
20 | Commission-approved charter public schools; | ||||||
21 | (18) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
22 | recommendation of a large, non-profit community
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23 | development financial institution (CDFI) in Illinois that | ||||||
24 | provides or has provided specialized loans, real
estate | ||||||
25 | development, and additional forms of financial assistance | ||||||
26 | to charter public schools in this State; |
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1 | (19) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
2 | recommendation of a union representing teachers
in charter | ||||||
3 | public schools; and | ||||||
4 | (20) one member appointed by the Governor who is a | ||||||
5 | nationally recognized expert on charter public
schools and | ||||||
6 | charter facilities issues; and be it further | ||||||
7 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall elect a | ||||||
8 | chairperson from among their membership
and that the State | ||||||
9 | Charter School Commission shall provide administrative | ||||||
10 | support; and be it further | ||||||
11 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall be | ||||||
12 | appointed within 30 days after the adoption of
this resolution | ||||||
13 | and shall begin meeting no later than 30 days after the | ||||||
14 | appointments are finalized; in the
event the appointments by | ||||||
15 | the Governor are not made within 30 days after the adoption of | ||||||
16 | this resolution, the State Superintendent shall make such | ||||||
17 | appointments within 15 days of the appointment
deadline; | ||||||
18 | members shall serve without compensation; and be it further | ||||||
19 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall issue a report making | ||||||
20 | recommendations on any changes to State
laws with regard to | ||||||
21 | charter public school facilities access on or before January 1, | ||||||
22 | 2019 and that the
Task Force shall be dissolved upon issuance | ||||||
23 | of this report; and be it further |
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1 | RESOLVED, That the report filed with the General Assembly | ||||||
2 | shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk | ||||||
3 | of the House of Representatives in electronic form only, in the | ||||||
4 | manner that the Secretary and Clerk shall direct; and be it | ||||||
5 | further | ||||||
6 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | delivered to the Governor, the State
Superintendent of | ||||||
8 | Education, the State Charter School Commission, and the Chief | ||||||
9 | Executive Officer of
the City of Chicago School District 299.
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