Rep. Thaddeus Jones
Filed: 3/1/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1415




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1415 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Sections 
52-3.25f and 10-19.1 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)



7    Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions. 

8    (a) The State Board of Education shall provide technical

9assistance to assist with the development and implementation of 
10School and District Improvement Plans.

11    Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable 
12efforts to
implement an
approved Improvement Plan may suffer 
13loss of State funds by school
district, attendance center, or 
14program as the State Board of Education
deems appropriate.

15    (a-5)  In this subsection (a-5), "school" means any of the 
16following named public schools or their successor name:
 
 
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1        (1)  Dirksen Middle School in Dolton School District 
2    149.
3        (2)  Diekman Elementary School in Dolton School 
4    District 149.
5        (3)  Caroline Sibley Elementary School in Dolton School 
6    District 149.
7        (4)  Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School in Dolton 
8    School District 149.
9        (5)  Carol Moseley Braun School in Dolton School 
10    District 149.
11        (6)  New Beginnings Learning Academy in Dolton School 
12    District 149.
13        (7)  McKinley Junior High School in South Holland School 
14    District 150.
15        (8)  Greenwood Elementary School in South Holland 
16    School District 150.
17        (9)  McKinley Elementary School in South Holland School 
18    District 150.
19        (10)  Eisenhower School in South Holland School 
20    District 151.
21        (11)  Madison School in South Holland School District 
22    151.
23        (12)  Taft School in South Holland School District 151.
24        (13)  Wolcott School in Thornton School District 154.
25        (14)  Memorial Junior High School in Lansing School 
26    District 158.
 
 
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1        (15)  Oak Glen Elementary School in Lansing School 
2    District 158.
3        (16)  Lester Crawl Primary Center in Lansing School 
4    District 158.
5        (17)  Brookwood Junior High School in Brookwood School 
6    District 167.
7        (18)  Brookwood Middle School in Brookwood School 
8    District 167.
9        (19)  Hickory Bend Elementary School in Brookwood 
10    School District 167.
11        (20)  Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center in Ford 
12    Heights School District 169.
13        (21)  Nathan Hale Elementary School in Sunnybrook 
14    School District 171.
15        (22) Thornridge High School in Thornton Township High 
16    School District 205. 
17        (23) Thornwood High School in Thornton Township High 
18    School District 205. 
19        (24) Thornton Fractional South High School in Thornton 
20    Fractional Township High School District 215. 
21        (25)  Ira F. Aldridge Elementary School in City of 
22    Chicago School District 299.
23        (26) William E.B.  DuBois Elementary School in City of 
24    Chicago School District 299.
25        (27) Walter L.  Newberry Elementary Math & Science 
26    Academy in City of Chicago School District 299.
 
 
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1    If, after 2 years following its placement on academic watch 
2status, a school remains on academic watch status, then the 
3State Board of Education shall direct the school board to 
4operate that school on a pilot full-year school plan approved 
5by the State Board of Education upon expiration of its 
6teachers' current collective bargaining agreement until the 
7expiration of the next collective bargaining agreement. 
8    (b) In addition, if after 3 years following its placement 
9on
academic
watch status a school district or school remains on

10academic watch status, the
State Board of Education shall take 
11one of the following actions for the
district or
school:


12        (1) The State Board of Education may authorize the 
13    State
Superintendent
of Education to direct the regional 
14    superintendent of schools to remove
school board members 
15    pursuant to Section 3-14.28 of this Code. Prior
to such 
16    direction the State Board of Education shall permit members 
17    of the
local board of education to present written and oral 
18    comments to the State
Board of Education. The State Board 
19    of Education may direct the State
Superintendent of 
20    Education to appoint an Independent Authority that shall

21    exercise such powers and duties as may be necessary to 
22    operate a school or
school district for purposes of 
23    improving pupil performance and school
improvement.  The 
24    State Superintendent of Education shall designate one

25    member of the Independent Authority to serve as chairman. 
26    The Independent
Authority shall serve for a period of time 
 
 
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1    specified by the State Board of
Education upon the 
2    recommendation of the State Superintendent of
Education.


3        (2) The State Board of Education may (A)
change the 
4    recognition status of the school district or school to

5    nonrecognized, or (B) authorize the State Superintendent

6    of Education to direct the reassignment of pupils
or direct 
7    the reassignment or replacement of school district 
8    personnel who
are relevant to the
failure
to
meet adequate 
9    yearly progress criteria.  If
a school district is 
10    nonrecognized in its entirety, it shall automatically
be 
11    dissolved on July 1 following that nonrecognition and its 
12    territory
realigned with another school district or 
13    districts by the regional board
of school trustees in 
14    accordance with the procedures set forth in Section
7-11 of 
15    the School Code.  The effective date of the nonrecognition 
16    of a school
shall be July 1 following the nonrecognition.

17    (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school 
18districts
utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the 
19federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.

20(Source: P.A. 93-470, eff. 8-8-03; 94-875, eff. 7-1-06.)

 



21    (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)



22    Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan. 
23    (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board, 
24operate one or
more schools within the district on a full year 
25school plan approved by
the State Board of Education.
Any board 
 
 
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1which operates under
this subsection (a) Section shall devise a 
2plan so that a student's required attendance
in school shall be 
3for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance,
including 
4not more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month period, but

5shall not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no teacher shall be 
6required
to teach more than 185 days. A calendar of 180 days 
7may be established
with the approval of the State Board of 
8Education.

9    (b)  Any school board that operates one or more schools 
10within the school district on a pilot full-year school plan 
11under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-3.25f of this Code shall 
12devise a plan so that a student's required attendance in school 
13shall be for a minimum term of 215 days of actual attendance, 
14including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month 
15period.  A calendar of 215 days may be established with the 
16approval of the State Board of Education. 
17(Source: P.A. 81-1508.)".