Rep. Monique D. Davis

Filed: 4/19/2007

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 232

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 232, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 2-3.142 as follows:
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.142 new)
8     Sec. 2-3.142. Task Force on Virtual Education. There is
9 created the Task Force on Virtual Education to consider and
10 recommend best practices in virtual education. The Task Force
11 shall consist of the following members:
12         (1) Two members of the higher education community, one
13     appointed by the Speaker of the House and one appointed by
14     the Minority Leader of the Senate.
15         (2) Two members of professional teachers' unions, one
16     appointed by the President of the Senate and one appointed

 

 

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1     by the Minority Leader of the House.
2         (3) Two representatives of the State Board of
3     Education, appointed by the State Superintendent of
4     Education.
5         (4) One member appointed by the Illinois Association of
6     School Administrators.
7         (5) One member appointed by the Illinois Association of
8     School Boards.
9         (6) One representative of the business community
10     appointed by a statewide organization representing
11     businesses.
12         (7) One member of the Chicago Board of Education (or
13     his or her designee) appointed by the President of the
14     Chicago Board of Education.
15         (8) One representative of a statewide virtual school
16     appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
17         (9) The following members to be appointed by the
18     Governor:
19             (A) One member with training or expertise in
20         information and communications technologies.
21             (B) One member who is a current teacher or
22         administrator employed by a virtual school in a city
23         having a population exceeding 500,000.
24             (C) One member with training or expertise in early
25         childhood development.
26             (D) One member who is a parent of a child currently

 

 

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1         enrolled in a virtual school in a city having a
2         population exceeding 500,000.
3             (E) One member who is a teacher or a parent of a
4         child currently enrolled in a statewide virtual school
5         program.
6     The Task Force shall be facilitated by the State Board of
7 Education.
8     The Task Force shall report its findings and
9 recommendations to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the
10 State Board of Education on or before 2 years after the
11 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General
12 Assembly. Upon filing its report, the Task Force is
13 dissolved.".