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Public Act 0798 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Public Act 096-0798

SB1882 Enrolled LRB096 08938 NHT 19075 b

    AN ACT concerning education.

    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
3-13.5 as follows:

    (105 ILCS 5/3-13.5 new)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on August 2, 2010)
    Sec. 3-13.5. Streamlining Illinois' Educational Delivery
Systems Task Force.
    (a) Recognizing the virtue of the regional offices of
education in that locally elected public servants are working
closely with local school boards and superintendents and in
partnership with the State Board of Education and in an effort
to deliver these educational services more efficiently and
effectively, there is hereby established a Streamlining
Illinois' Educational Delivery Systems Task Force. The Task
Force shall explore and examine all duties of the State Board
of Education and all regional support systems for school
districts, including without limitation the regional offices
of education, intermediate service centers, special education
cooperatives, education for employments systems, and learning
technology centers and the support provided by the State Board
of Education to City of Chicago School District 299 pursuant to
Section 3-0.01 of this Code, in order to determine which duties
and responsibilities should be provided regionally to more
appropriately and efficiently deliver services. The Task Force
shall include as part of its review an examination of how the
regional support systems can centrally coordinate
communication with private school systems. The Task Force shall
ensure that its recommendations include specifics as to the
necessary funding to carry out identified responsibilities.
    (b) The Task Force shall consist of all of the following
voting members:
        (1) One person appointed by the Governor, who shall
    serve as chairperson of the Task Force.
        (2) One member appointed by the President of the
    Senate.
        (3) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
    Senate.
        (4) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
    Representatives.
        (5) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
    House of Representatives.
        (6) One member appointed by an association
    representing regional superintendents of schools for each
    of the 6 regional areas.
        (7) One member appointed by an association
    representing school boards.
        (8) One member appointed by an association
    representing school administrators.
        (9) One member appointed by an association
    representing school business officials.
        (10) One district superintendent from an urban school
    district appointed by the State Superintendent of
    Education.
        (11) One district superintendent from a rural school
    district appointed by the State Superintendent of
    Education.
        (12) One member appointed by an association
    representing special education administrators.
        (13) One member appointed by the Chicago Board of
    Education.
        (14) One member appointed by each of 2 statewide
    associations representing teachers.
        (15) One member appointed by an association
    representing career and technical administrators.
        (16) One member from an intermediate service center
    appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
    Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be
appointed for the duration of the Task Force; in the event of a
vacancy, the appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by
the legislative leader of the same house and party as the
leader who made the original appointment.
    (c) The Task Force may begin to conduct business upon the
appointment of a majority of the voting members.
    (d) The State Board of Education shall be the agency
responsible for providing staff and administrative support to
the Task Force.
    (e) Members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation
for their participation, but may be reimbursed by the State
Board of Education for expenses in connection with their
participation, including travel, if funds are available.
    (f) The Task Force shall submit a final report of its
findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General
Assembly on or before August 1, 2010. The Task Force may submit
other reports as it deems appropriate.
    (g) The Task Force is abolished on August 2, 2010, and this
Section is repealed on August 2, 2010.

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

Effective Date: 10/28/2009

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