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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the School Code. Prohibits the State Board of Education and school boards from establishing, maintaining, or in any way supporting any virtual schools or virtual classes for elementary or secondary students in this State.
Provides that a charter school may not establish, maintain, or in any way support any virtual schools or virtual classes for elementary or secondary students in this State, unless there are extenuating circumstances, such as for students with autism.
House Committee Amendment No. 2 Prohibits the State Board of Education and school boards from establishing any virtual schools for elementary or secondary students in this State on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act (instead of prohibiting the State Board of Education and school boards from establishing, maintaining, or in any way supporting any virtual schools or virtual classes for elementary or secondary students in this State).
House Committee Amendment No. 3 Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the bill as amended by House Amendments Nos. 1 and 2, with the following changes. Prohibits charter schools from establishing any virtual schools for elementary or secondary students in this State on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act (instead of prohibiting charter schools from establishing, maintaining, or in any way supporting any virtual schools or virtual classes for elementary or secondary students in this State). Creates the Virtual Education Advisory Committee to monitor curriculum and assess test results with respect to virtual schools during the 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 school years. Sets forth the membership of the Committee, to be appointed by the Governor. Provides that the Committee shall report its findings to the Governor and the State Board of Education on or before December 31, 2010.
Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Creates the Task Force on Virtual Education to consider and recommend best practices in virtual education. Sets forth the membership of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall be facilitated by the State Board of Education. Requires the Task Force to report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the State Board of Education on or before 2 years after the effective date of the amendatory Act. Provides that upon filing its report, the Task Force is dissolved.
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