Full Text of HJR0006 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Studies have shown that school districts operate | 3 | | more efficiently with a set ideal enrollment of students, | 4 | | whether it is deconsolidating large districts or consolidating | 5 | | small districts; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The State of Illinois currently has 869 public | 7 | | school districts, the third most school districts in the nation | 8 | | next to California and Texas; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, City of Chicago School District 299 has an | 10 | | enrollment of 404,589 students and 611 schools in one district; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, There are 82 school districts in the State of | 13 | | Illinois with an enrollment of less than 200 students; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, During this time of fiscal crisis, school district | 15 | | reorganization has the potential to save valuable State dollars | 16 | | and use that money more effectively; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 19 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that there is created the School | 20 | | District Realignment and Consolidation Task Force within the |
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| 1 | | State Board of Education; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That the task force is charged with examining the | 3 | | number of school districts in this State, the optimal amount of | 4 | | enrollment for a school district, where consolidation and | 5 | | realignment would be beneficial, reducing the money spent on | 6 | | duplication of efforts, improving the education of students by | 7 | | having less obstacles between qualified teachers and their | 8 | | students, and lowering the property tax burden; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That the task force shall be comprised of the | 11 | | following members, all of whom shall serve without | 12 | | compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and | 13 | | necessary expenses from funds appropriated for that purpose:
| 14 | | (1) members appointed by the State Board of Education;
| 15 | | (2) a representative appointed by the Speaker of the | 16 | | House of Representatives;
| 17 | | (3) a representative appointed by the Minority Leader | 18 | | of the House of Representatives;
| 19 | | (4) a representative appointed by the President of the | 20 | | Senate;
| 21 | | (5) a representative appointed by the Minority Leader | 22 | | of the Senate;
| 23 | | (6) a representative of a statewide professional | 24 | | teachers' organization appointed by the head of that |
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| 1 | | organization;
| 2 | | (7) a representative of a different statewide | 3 | | professional teachers' organization appointed by the head | 4 | | of that organization;
| 5 | | (8) a representative of a statewide organization that | 6 | | represents school boards appointed by the head of that | 7 | | organization;
| 8 | | (9) a representative of a statewide organization | 9 | | representing principals appointed by the head of that | 10 | | organization;
| 11 | | (10) a representative of City of Chicago School | 12 | | District 299 appointed by the general superintendent of | 13 | | schools; | 14 | | (11) a representative of an association representing | 15 | | school business officials appointed by the head of that | 16 | | association;
| 17 | | (12) a representative of an association representing | 18 | | school administrators appointed by the head of that | 19 | | association;
| 20 | | (13) a representative from an organization | 21 | | representing large unit school districts appointed by the | 22 | | head of that organization;
| 23 | | (14) a representative from the Chicago Board of | 24 | | Education appointed by the Chicago Board of Education; and
| 25 | | (15) a representative from an organization | 26 | | representing administrators of special education appointed |
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| 1 | | by the head of that organization; and be it further
| 2 | | RESOLVED, That the members of the task force shall be | 3 | | reimbursed for their travel expenses from appropriations to the | 4 | | State Board of Education available for that purpose and subject | 5 | | to the rules of the appropriate travel control board; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education shall provide | 8 | | administrative and other support to the task force; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That the task force shall hold public hearings | 11 | | and shall report its findings and recommendations to the | 12 | | General Assembly on or before July 1, 2012; and that upon | 13 | | filing its report the task force is dissolved.
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