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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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