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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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