Sen. Chris Lauzen

Filed: 3/2/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3556

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3556 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 22-60 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/22-60 new)
7     Sec. 22-60. Unfunded mandates prohibited.
8     (a) No public school district or private school is
9 obligated to comply with any statutory or regulatory mandate or
10 requirement unless a separate appropriation has been enacted
11 into law providing funding for the school year during which
12 such mandate is required.
13     (b) If the amount appropriated to fund a statutory or
14 regulatory mandate or requirement is insufficient to fully fund
15 the mandated activity, then the school district or private
16 school may choose to discontinue or modify the mandated

 

 

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1 activity to ensure that the costs of compliance do not exceed
2 the funding received. Official action by the school board of a
3 school district or governing entity of a private school must
4 take place before the school district or private school may
5 discontinue or modify a mandated activity due to insufficient
6 funding from the State. If a school district or private school
7 discontinues or modifies a mandated activity due to
8 insufficient funding from the State, then the school district
9 or private school shall annually maintain and update a list of
10 discontinued or modified mandated activities. The list shall be
11 provided to the State Board of Education upon request.
12     (c) This Section does not apply to special education,
13 transportation, lunch programs, coursework required for high
14 school graduation, the health/life safety code, driver
15 education, curricula associated with Illinois learning
16 standards and State assessments (including longitudinal data
17 systems), teacher certification requirements, programs
18 impacted by federal requirements, laws related to teacher
19 tenure, evaluation, dismissal, or reduction in force, locally
20 negotiated contracts, bilingual education, criminal history
21 records checks, the Open Meetings Act, requirements for school
22 districts certified to be in financial difficulty under Section
23 1A-8 of this Code, requirements for school districts under a
24 financial oversight panel or a school finance authority, and
25 any laws related to employment under Chapter 820 of the
26 Illinois Compiled Statutes.
 

 

 

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1     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
2 becoming law.".