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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 64
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ___. Amend Senate Joint Resolution 64 by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the heading with the following: | ||||||
4 | "WHEREAS, All children in Illinois are entitled to the | ||||||
5 | facilities and resources needed for a high-quality
education; | ||||||
6 | and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, Illinois charter public school law does not | ||||||
8 | contain a provision for charter public school
facilities | ||||||
9 | funding; and | ||||||
10 | WHEREAS, Charter public schools in this State have limited | ||||||
11 | access to capital funds for facilities from local
or state | ||||||
12 | sources, making it difficult to secure adequate and affordable | ||||||
13 | facilities; and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, Charter public schools have confronted this |
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1 | problem by either paying rent to operate in a
district-run | ||||||
2 | facility or paying for independent facilities out of their | ||||||
3 | general operating funds; and | ||||||
4 | WHEREAS, This produces inequity between charter public | ||||||
5 | schools and district-run schools in terms of
the proportion of | ||||||
6 | funds available for direct classroom instruction; and | ||||||
7 | WHEREAS, Eleven jurisdictions (Arizona, California, | ||||||
8 | Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New
Mexico, | ||||||
9 | Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, and Washington D.C.) currently | ||||||
10 | offer facilities support for
charter public schools; | ||||||
11 | therefore, be it | ||||||
12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | ||||||
14 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that the Task Force on Charter Public
School | ||||||
15 | Facilities is created to examine charter public school | ||||||
16 | facilities issues, including the following: | ||||||
17 | (1) An analysis of the current capital funds and | ||||||
18 | facilities provisions in the Illinois Charter Schools Law | ||||||
19 | for
the purpose of ensuring equitable access; | ||||||
20 | (2) A comparative analysis of charter public school | ||||||
21 | facilities
funding and access across the United States; and | ||||||
22 | (3) Recommendations for ensuring that charter public
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23 | schools have equitable access to safe and appropriate |
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1 | facilities; and be it further | ||||||
2 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall consist of the | ||||||
3 | following members: | ||||||
4 | (l) one member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
5 | Senate; | ||||||
6 | (2) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
7 | Senate; | ||||||
8 | (3) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
9 | Representatives; | ||||||
10 | (4) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
11 | House of Representatives; | ||||||
12 | (5) the State Superintendent of Education or his or her | ||||||
13 | designee; | ||||||
14 | (6) the chief executive officer of a school district in | ||||||
15 | a city having a population exceeding 500,000 or his
or her | ||||||
16 | designee; | ||||||
17 | (7) one member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
18 | Representatives, upon recommendation of
an organization | ||||||
19 | representing teachers in a school district in a city having | ||||||
20 | a population exceeding
500,000; | ||||||
21 | (8) one member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
22 | Senate, upon recommendation of the largest
statewide | ||||||
23 | organization representing teachers; | ||||||
24 | (9) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
25 | recommendation of a statewide organization
representing |
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1 | charter public schools in this State; | ||||||
2 | (10) a principal of a currently operating, | ||||||
3 | high-performing charter public school in this State, | ||||||
4 | appointed
by the State Superintendent of Education; | ||||||
5 | (11) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
6 | Senate, upon recommendation of the largest
charter public | ||||||
7 | school in this State; | ||||||
8 | (12) one member appointed by the Governor who is a | ||||||
9 | representative of a community organization that
operates | ||||||
10 | charter public schools, upon recommendation of that | ||||||
11 | community organization; | ||||||
12 | (13) one member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
13 | House of Representatives, upon
recommendation of an | ||||||
14 | organization representing the business community in this | ||||||
15 | State; | ||||||
16 | (14) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
17 | recommendation of an education advocacy group
that | ||||||
18 | organizes parents and supports high-quality public-school | ||||||
19 | options, including high-quality public
charter schools; | ||||||
20 | (15) one member appointed by the state superintendent | ||||||
21 | representing one of the ten currently operating
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22 | Commission-approved charter public schools in this State, | ||||||
23 | upon recommendation of the leadership of
the | ||||||
24 | Commission-approved charter public schools; | ||||||
25 | (16) one member appointed by the Governor, upon | ||||||
26 | recommendation of a large, non-profit community
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1 | development financial institution (CDFI) in Illinois that | ||||||
2 | provides or has provided specialized loans, real
estate | ||||||
3 | development, and additional forms of financial assistance | ||||||
4 | to charter public schools in this State; and | ||||||
5 | (17) one member appointed by the state superintendent | ||||||
6 | who represents a charter school outside of the
City of | ||||||
7 | Chicago; and be it further | ||||||
8 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall elect a | ||||||
9 | chairperson from among their membership
and that the State | ||||||
10 | Charter School Commission shall provide administrative | ||||||
11 | support; and be it further | ||||||
12 | RESOLVED, That the members of the Task Force shall be | ||||||
13 | appointed within 30 days after the adoption of
this resolution | ||||||
14 | and shall begin meeting no later than 30 days after the | ||||||
15 | appointments are finalized; in the
event the appointments by | ||||||
16 | the Governor are not made within 30 days after the adoption of | ||||||
17 | this
resolution, the State Superintendent shall make such | ||||||
18 | appointments within 15 days of the appointment
deadline; and be | ||||||
19 | it further | ||||||
20 | RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall issue a report making | ||||||
21 | recommendations on any changes to State
laws with regard to | ||||||
22 | charter public school facilities access on or before January 1, | ||||||
23 | 2019, and that the
Task Force shall be dissolved upon issuance |
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1 | of this report; and be it further | ||||||
2 | RESOLVED, That the report filed with the General Assembly | ||||||
3 | shall be filed with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk | ||||||
4 | of the House of Representatives in electronic form only, in the | ||||||
5 | manner that the Secretary and Clerk shall direct; and be it | ||||||
6 | further | ||||||
7 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
8 | delivered to the Governor, the State Superintendent of | ||||||
9 | Education, the State Charter School Commission, and the Chief | ||||||
10 | Executive Officer of the City of Chicago School District 299."
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