Rep. Thaddeus Jones
Filed: 4/7/2011
 
 

 

 

 
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1
AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1415




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1415, AS AMENDED, by 
3replacing everything after the enacting clause with the 
4following:

 
 
5    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Sections 
62-3.25f and 10-19.1 as follows:
 



7    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.25f)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25f)



8    Sec. 2-3.25f. State interventions. 

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

10assistance to assist with the development and implementation of 
11School and District Improvement Plans.

12    Schools or school districts that fail to make reasonable 
13efforts to
implement an
approved Improvement Plan may suffer 
14loss of State funds by school
district, attendance center, or 
15program as the State Board of Education
deems appropriate.

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

7academic watch status, the
State Board of Education shall take 
8one of the following actions for the
district or
school:


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

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

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


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

2    nonrecognized, or (B) authorize the State Superintendent

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

14    (c) All federal requirements apply to schools and school 
15districts
utilizing
federal funds under Title I, Part A of the 
16federal Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965.

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

 



18    (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)



19    Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan. 
20    (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board, 
21operate one or
more schools within the district on a full year 
22school plan approved by
the State Board of Education.
Any board 
23which operates under
this subsection (a) Section shall devise a 
24plan so that a student's required attendance
in school shall be 
25for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance,
including 
 
 
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1not more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month period, but

2shall not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no teacher shall be 
3required
to teach more than 185 days. A calendar of 180 days 
4may be established
with the approval of the State Board of 
5Education.

6    (b)  Any school board that operates one or more schools 
7within the school district on a pilot full-year school plan 
8under subsection (a-5) of Section 2-3.25f of this Code shall 
9devise a plan so that a student's required attendance in school 
10shall be for a minimum term of 215 days of actual attendance, 
11including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12-month 
12period.  A calendar of 215 days may be established with the 
13approval of the State Board of Education. 
14(Source: P.A. 81-1508.)".