103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB3619

 

Introduced 2/9/2024, by Sen. Ram Villivalam

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act

    Creates the School District Impact Note Act. Requires the State Board of Education to prepare a School District Impact Note for every bill or amendment to a bill that direct appropriation, regulates, imposes a mandate upon, or otherwise affects the provision of public education. Specifies the contents of the note and the circumstances under which the note is to be prepared. Clarifies that the preparation of the note does not preclude any State officials or employees from participating in legislative hearings concerning the bill. Provides that the subject matter of bills submitted to the State Board of Education shall be kept in strict confidence, and no information relating to the bill or its anticipated impact on education in the State shall be divulged, before the bill's introduction in the General Assembly, by any State official or employee of the State Board, except to the bill's sponsor or his or her designee. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the School
5District Impact Note Act.
 
6    Section 5. Purpose. The purpose of this Act is to ensure
7that the General Assembly reviews a note with information
8about the potential effects on school districts,
9administrators, and other school personnel before considering
10each bill that imposes a mandate on public education.
 
11    Section 10. Applicability. Every bill, except those bills
12making a direct appropriation, that regulates, imposes a
13mandate upon, or otherwise affects the provision of public
14education, including, but not limited to, impacts on school
15district administrators, personnel, services, or operations,
16shall have prepared for it by the State Board of Education,
17within 15 calendar days of its filing in the General Assembly,
18a School District Impact Note.
 
19    Section 15. Preparation of the School District Impact
20Note.
21    (a) Upon the introduction of a bill that regulates,

 

 

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1imposes a mandate, or otherwise effects the provision of
2public education, including amendatory changes to the School
3Code, the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the
4Secretary of the Senate shall deliver a copy of the bill, with
5the request for a School District Impact Note, to the State
6Board of Education. The State Board of Education shall prepare
7the School District Impact Note and submit it to the sponsor of
8the bill, as well as either the Chair of the Rules Committee in
9the House of Representatives or the Chair of the Committee on
10Assignments in the Senate, as applicable, within 15 calendar
11days of receiving the request. If the State Board of Education
12requires additional time for the preparation of the School
13District Impact Note due to the complexity of the measure, the
14State Board may inform the sponsor of the bill of the need for
15an extension of time to prepare the note and the sponsor may
16approve the extension, not to extend beyond 15 calendar days
17following the date of the State Board's request for the
18extension. The bill shall not be assigned to a substantive
19committee until the School District Impact Note has been
20received.
21    (b) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
22describing the procedures to be used to carry out the
23requirements of this Section. The rules adopted by the State
24Board of Education shall establish, at a minimum:
25        (1) methods for obtaining and summarizing feedback
26    from school districts that vary in enrollment, educational

 

 

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1    service region, funding tier, and student demographics;
2    and
3        (2) a standard list of the types of impact and
4    information that will be considered in preparing each
5    School District Impact Note.
6    (c) The rules adopted under subsection (b) may establish
7methods for soliciting and summarizing feedback from
8organizations representing school boards, school district
9administrators, and school district personnel.
 
10    Section 20. Contents and procedure. The School District
11Impact Note shall be factual, brief, and concise and reflect a
12compilation and analysis of information concerning the
13potential effects of a bill or an amendment to a bill on school
14districts. The effects considered shall include economic
15impact, impact on time spent by administrators and other
16school personnel on compliance with the bill, the overall
17long-range effects of the bill, and a summary of the feedback
18obtained from school districts and organizations involved in
19the provision of public education.
 
20    Section 25. Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical
21defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the School
22District Impact Note with regarding the merits of the measure
23for which the School District Impact Note is prepared, but
24technical or mechanical defects may be noted.
 

 

 

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1    Section 30. Waiver. The requirement to obtain a School
2District Impact Note under Sections 10 or 40 may be waived by
3the majority of those present and voting in the chamber of
4which the sponsor is a member.
 
5    Section 35. Appearance of State officials and employees.
6The fact that a School District Impact Note is prepared for any
7bill does not preclude or restrict the appearance before any
8committee of the General Assembly of any State officials or
9employees who desires to be heard in support of or in
10opposition to the bill.
 
11    Section 40. Amendment of bills requiring a School District
12Impact Note. If a committee of the General Assembly reports a
13bill with an amendment that will substantially affect the
14information contained in a School District Impact Note
15required by Section 10 or this Section, and whenever any bill
16is amended on the floor of either chamber in a manner that
17substantially affects the information contained in a School
18District Impact Note required by Section 10 or this Section,
19the State Board of Education shall prepare and submit a new or
20revised School District Impact Note to the sponsor of the
21bill, as well as either the Chair of the Rules Committee in the
22House of Representatives or the Chair of the Committee on
23Assignments in the Senate, as applicable, in relation to the

 

 

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1amendment or the amended bill within 7 calendar days after
2receiving the request. The bill shall be held on second
3reading until the School District Impact Note is received by
4the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of
5the Senate.
 
6    Section 45. Confidentiality. The subject matter of bills
7submitted to the State Board of Education for preparation of
8School District Impact Notes shall be kept in strict
9confidence by the State Board of Education, and no information
10relating to the bill or its impact on education in this State
11be divulged by any official or employee of the State Board of
12Education prior to its introduction in the General Assembly,
13except to the bill's sponsor or his or her designee.
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.