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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 34-1.05 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/34-1.05 new) | ||||||
| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on May 31, 2016) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 34-1.05. The Chicago Educational Governance Task | ||||||
| 9 | Force. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The General Assembly makes the following findings: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) City of Chicago School District 299 is one of the | ||||||
| 12 | only school districts in this State with an appointed, not | ||||||
| 13 | an elected, school board. | ||||||
| 14 | (2) City of Chicago School District 299 is home to the | ||||||
| 15 | largest elected body in the country, local school councils, | ||||||
| 16 | charged with principal selection and approving the local | ||||||
| 17 | school budget. | ||||||
| 18 | (3) For 15 years, City of Chicago School District 299 | ||||||
| 19 | has implemented reforms, including the extension of the | ||||||
| 20 | school day, the expansion of access to full-day | ||||||
| 21 | kindergarten, probation, student retention, school | ||||||
| 22 | closings, the expansion of access to choice programs | ||||||
| 23 | (including science, technology, mathematics, and | ||||||
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| 1 | engineering (STEM) programs, charter schools, and | ||||||
| 2 | International Baccalaureate programs), and turnarounds, to | ||||||
| 3 | increase student outcomes, including increased graduation | ||||||
| 4 | rates, increased college attendance, and improved | ||||||
| 5 | performance on State assessments. | ||||||
| 6 | (4) Many of these reforms have led to a robust | ||||||
| 7 | democratic discussion and decision-making process. | ||||||
| 8 | (5) All children must have access to a world-class | ||||||
| 9 | education. | ||||||
| 10 | (b) The Chicago Educational Governance Task Force is | ||||||
| 11 | created for the purpose of recommending the best structure and | ||||||
| 12 | procedure for the governance of City of Chicago School District | ||||||
| 13 | 299 in order to ensure the best educational outcomes for City | ||||||
| 14 | of Chicago School District 299 students. | ||||||
| 15 | (c) The Task Force shall be composed of the following | ||||||
| 16 | members: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House | ||||||
| 18 | of Representatives and 3 members appointed by the Minority | ||||||
| 19 | Leader of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
| 20 | (2) Three members appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 21 | Senate and 3 members appointed by the Minority Leader of | ||||||
| 22 | the Senate. | ||||||
| 23 | (3) The Chief Executive Officer of City of Chicago | ||||||
| 24 | School District 299 or her or his designee. | ||||||
| 25 | (4) The President of the Chicago Board of Education or | ||||||
| 26 | her or his designee. | ||||||
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| 1 | (5) The president of a Chicago professional teachers' | ||||||
| 2 | organization or his or her designee. | ||||||
| 3 | (6) The president of the association representing | ||||||
| 4 | principals in the schools of the district or his or her | ||||||
| 5 | designee. | ||||||
| 6 | (7) The student representative from the Chicago Board | ||||||
| 7 | of Education or her or his designee. | ||||||
| 8 | (d) The Speaker of the House of Representatives shall | ||||||
| 9 | appoint one of his or her appointees under subdivision (1) of | ||||||
| 10 | subsection (c) of this Section as a co-chairperson of the | ||||||
| 11 | Chicago Educational Governance Task Force. The President of the | ||||||
| 12 | Senate shall appoint one of his or her appointees under | ||||||
| 13 | subdivision (2) of subsection (c) of this Section as a | ||||||
| 14 | co-chairperson of the Chicago Educational Governance Task | ||||||
| 15 | Force. Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be | ||||||
| 16 | appointed for the duration of the Chicago Educational | ||||||
| 17 | Governance Task Force. In the event of a vacancy, the | ||||||
| 18 | appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by the | ||||||
| 19 | legislative leader of the same chamber and party as the leader | ||||||
| 20 | who made the original appointment. | ||||||
| 21 | (e) The Chicago Board of Education shall provide | ||||||
| 22 | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 23 | (f) The members of the Task Force shall serve on a pro bono | ||||||
| 24 | basis. These members shall aid in the gathering of pertinent | ||||||
| 25 | information on the impact of various school governance | ||||||
| 26 | structures, including without limitation an elected | ||||||
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| 1 | representative school board and mayoral control, as well as | ||||||
| 2 | gathering and analyzing data about the district's current | ||||||
| 3 | governance structure. | ||||||
| 4 | (g) The Task Force shall commence meeting in June of 2015. | ||||||
| 5 | The Task Force shall report its recommendation as to which | ||||||
| 6 | governance structure is best designed to serve the students of | ||||||
| 7 | the City of Chicago to the General Assembly on or before May | ||||||
| 8 | 30, 2016. | ||||||
| 9 | (h) The Task Force is abolished and this Section is | ||||||
| 10 | repealed on May 31, 2016.
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