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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Section 2-3.25g of the School Code allows school 
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districts to petition the State Board of Education for the 
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waiver or modification of School Code mandates and State Board 
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of Education rules; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Section 2-3.25g of the School Code requires the 
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State Board of Education to file a report outlining the waivers 
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requested by school districts and appeals by school districts 
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of requests disapproved by the  State Board of Eduction with the 
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Senate and the House of Representatives and allows the General 
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Assembly to disapprove the State Board of Education's report, 
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in whole or in part, by adopting a resolution by a record vote 
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of the majority of members elected in each house; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The process whereby the General Assembly 
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considers and disapproves school mandate waivers and appeals 
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needs to be more deliberative, informed, and cooperative; 
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therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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there is created the  Task Force on the Waiver of School Code 
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Mandates consisting of (i) the chairperson and minority 
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spokesperson of the House of Representatives' Elementary and 
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Secondary Education Committee, who shall be co-chairpersons of 
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the Task Force, (ii) the Deputy Governor for Education, and 
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(iii) representatives of the Illinois Federation of Teachers, 
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the Illinois Education Association, and the Illinois Statewide 
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School Management Alliance, who shall be designated by the 
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co-chairpersons of the Task Force, all of whom shall serve 
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without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their 
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reasonable and necessary expenses from funds appropriated for 
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that purpose; and be it further

 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet at the call of the 
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co-chairpersons, shall receive the assistance of legislative 
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staff, shall study ways to make the process whereby the General 
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Assembly considers and disapproves school mandate waivers and 
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appeals more deliberative, informed, and cooperative, and 
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shall report its findings and recommendations to the House by 
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filing copies of its report with the Clerk of the House on or 
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before January 1, 2005; and that upon filing its report the 
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Task Force is dissolved.