Full Text of SB1505 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 1A-4 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/1A-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 1A-4)
| 7 | | Sec. 1A-4. Powers and duties of the Board.
| 8 | | A. (Blank).
| 9 | | B. The Board shall determine the qualifications of and | 10 | | appoint , with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
chief | 11 | | education officer, to be known as the State Superintendent of
| 12 | | Education, who may be proposed by the Governor and who shall | 13 | | serve at the pleasure of the Board and pursuant to a
| 14 | | performance-based contract linked to statewide student | 15 | | performance and academic
improvement within Illinois schools. | 16 | | Upon expiration or buyout of the contract of the State | 17 | | Superintendent of Education in office on the effective date of | 18 | | this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, a State | 19 | | Superintendent of Education shall be appointed by a State Board | 20 | | of Education that includes the 7 new Board members who were | 21 | | appointed to fill seats of members whose terms were terminated | 22 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 23 | | General Assembly. Thereafter, a State Superintendent of |
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| 1 | | Education must, at a minimum, be appointed at the beginning of | 2 | | each term of a Governor after that Governor has made | 3 | | appointments to the Board. A performance-based
contract issued | 4 | | for the employment of a State Superintendent of
Education | 5 | | entered into on or after the effective date of this amendatory | 6 | | Act of the 93rd General Assembly must expire no later than | 7 | | February 1, 2007, and subsequent contracts must expire no later | 8 | | than February 1 each 4 years thereafter. No contract
shall be
| 9 | | extended or renewed beyond February 1, 2007 and February 1 each | 10 | | 4 years thereafter, but a State Superintendent of Education | 11 | | shall serve until his or her successor is appointed. Each | 12 | | contract entered into on or before January 8, 2007 with a State | 13 | | Superintendent of Education must provide that the State Board | 14 | | of Education may terminate the contract for cause, and the | 15 | | State Board of Education shall not thereafter be liable for | 16 | | further payments under the contract. With regard to this | 17 | | amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, it is the intent | 18 | | of the General Assembly that, beginning with the Governor who | 19 | | takes office on the second Monday of January, 2007, a State | 20 | | Superintendent of Education be appointed at the beginning of | 21 | | each term of a Governor after that Governor has made | 22 | | appointments to the Board. The State
Superintendent of | 23 | | Education shall not serve as a member of the State
Board of | 24 | | Education. The Board shall set the compensation of the State
| 25 | | Superintendent of Education who shall serve as the Board's | 26 | | chief
executive officer. The Board shall also establish the |
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| 1 | | duties, powers and
responsibilities of the State | 2 | | Superintendent, which shall be included in the
State | 3 | | Superintendent's performance-based contract along with the | 4 | | goals and
indicators of student performance and academic | 5 | | improvement used to measure the
performance and effectiveness | 6 | | of the State Superintendent.
The State Board of Education may | 7 | | delegate
to the State Superintendent of Education the authority | 8 | | to act on the Board's
behalf, provided such delegation is made | 9 | | pursuant to adopted board policy
or the powers delegated are | 10 | | ministerial in nature. The State Board may
not delegate | 11 | | authority under this Section to the State Superintendent to
(1) | 12 | | nonrecognize school districts, (2) withhold State payments as a | 13 | | penalty,
or (3) make final decisions under the contested case | 14 | | provisions of the Illinois
Administrative Procedure Act unless | 15 | | otherwise provided by law.
| 16 | | C. The powers and duties of the State Board of Education | 17 | | shall encompass all
duties delegated to the Office of | 18 | | Superintendent of Public Instruction on
January 12, 1975, | 19 | | except as the law providing for such powers and duties is
| 20 | | thereafter amended, and such other powers and duties as the | 21 | | General Assembly
shall designate. The Board shall be | 22 | | responsible for the educational policies
and guidelines for | 23 | | public schools, pre-school through grade
12 and Vocational | 24 | | Education in the State of Illinois. The Board shall
analyze the | 25 | | present and future aims, needs, and requirements of
education | 26 | | in the State of Illinois and recommend to the General Assembly
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| 1 | | the powers which should be exercised by the Board. The Board | 2 | | shall
recommend the passage and the legislation necessary to | 3 | | determine the
appropriate relationship between the Board and | 4 | | local boards of education
and the various State agencies and | 5 | | shall recommend desirable
modifications in the laws which | 6 | | affect schools.
| 7 | | D. Two members of the Board shall be appointed by the | 8 | | chairperson
to serve on a standing joint Education Committee, 2 | 9 | | others shall be
appointed from the Board of Higher Education, 2
| 10 | | others shall be appointed by the chairperson of the
Illinois | 11 | | Community College Board, and 2 others shall be appointed by the
| 12 | | chairperson of the Human Resource Investment Council. The
| 13 | | Committee shall be
responsible for making recommendations | 14 | | concerning the submission of any
workforce development plan or | 15 | | workforce training program required by federal
law or under any | 16 | | block grant authority. The Committee will be
responsible for | 17 | | developing policy on matters of mutual concern to
elementary, | 18 | | secondary and higher education such as Occupational and
Career | 19 | | Education, Teacher Preparation and Certification, Educational
| 20 | | Finance, Articulation between Elementary, Secondary and Higher | 21 | | Education
and Research and Planning. The joint Education | 22 | | Committee shall meet at
least quarterly and submit an annual | 23 | | report of its findings,
conclusions, and recommendations to the | 24 | | State Board of Education, the Board of
Higher Education, the | 25 | | Illinois Community College Board,
the Human Resource | 26 | | Investment Council, the Governor, and the
General
Assembly. All |
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| 1 | | meetings of this Committee shall be official meetings for
| 2 | | reimbursement under this Act. On the effective date of this | 3 | | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Joint | 4 | | Education Committee is abolished.
| 5 | | E. Five members of the Board shall constitute a quorum. A
| 6 | | majority
vote of the members appointed, confirmed and serving | 7 | | on the Board is
required to approve any action, except that the | 8 | | 7 new Board members who were appointed to fill seats of members | 9 | | whose terms were terminated on the effective date of this | 10 | | amendatory act of the 93rd General Assembly may vote to approve | 11 | | actions when appointed and serving.
| 12 | | Using the most recently available data, the Board shall | 13 | | prepare and submit to the General Assembly and the
Governor on | 14 | | or before January 14, 1976 and annually thereafter a report
or | 15 | | reports of its findings and recommendations. Such annual report | 16 | | shall
contain a separate section which provides a critique and | 17 | | analysis of the
status of education in Illinois and which | 18 | | identifies its specific problems
and recommends express | 19 | | solutions therefor.
Such annual report also shall contain the | 20 | | following information for the
preceding year ending on June 30: | 21 | | each act or omission of a school district
of which the State | 22 | | Board of Education has knowledge as a consequence of
scheduled, | 23 | | approved visits and which constituted a
failure by the district | 24 | | to comply with applicable State or federal laws or
regulations | 25 | | relating to public education, the name of such district, the | 26 | | date
or dates on which the State Board of Education notified |
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| 1 | | the school district of
such act or omission, and what action, | 2 | | if any, the school district took with
respect thereto after | 3 | | being notified thereof by the State Board of Education.
The | 4 | | report shall also include the statewide high school dropout | 5 | | rate by
grade level, sex and race and the annual student | 6 | | dropout rate of and the
number of students who graduate from, | 7 | | transfer from or otherwise leave
bilingual programs. The | 8 | | Auditor General shall annually perform a
compliance audit of | 9 | | the State Board of Education's performance of the
reporting | 10 | | duty imposed by this amendatory Act of 1986. A regular system | 11 | | of
communication with other directly related State agencies | 12 | | shall be
implemented.
| 13 | | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly shall | 14 | | be satisfied
by filing copies of the report with the Speaker, | 15 | | the Minority Leader and
the Clerk of the House of | 16 | | Representatives and the President, the Minority
Leader and the | 17 | | Secretary of the Senate and the Legislative Council, as | 18 | | required
by Section 3.1 of the General
Assembly Organization | 19 | | Act, and
filing such additional
copies with the State | 20 | | Government Report Distribution Center for the General
Assembly | 21 | | as is required under paragraph (t) of Section 7 of the State | 22 | | Library
Act.
| 23 | | F. Upon appointment of the 7 new Board members who were | 24 | | appointed to fill seats of members whose terms were terminated | 25 | | on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd | 26 | | General Assembly, the Board shall review all of its current |
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| 1 | | rules in an effort to streamline procedures, improve | 2 | | efficiency, and eliminate unnecessary forms and paperwork.
| 3 | | (Source: P.A. 95-626, eff. 6-1-08; 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)
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