Bill Text: IL HB0303 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Chicago Board of Education from closing any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body. Prohibits, until February 1, 2027, the Board from changing the standards for admission to any attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body. Provides that the Board shall not take any action, until February 1, 2027, that results in a disproportionate decrease in either the total amount or percentage of funds allocated to an attendance center within the school district that has selective admission requirements that apply to the entire student body compared to other attendance centers of comparable size. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Democrat 30-2)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-22 - Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 23, 2024 [HB0303 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB0303-Engrossed.html
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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, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 34-18.69 and by adding Section 34-18.87 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.69) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 34-18.69. Moratorium on school closings, | ||||||
| 8 | consolidations, and phase-outs. The Board shall not approve | ||||||
| 9 | any school closings, consolidations, or phase-outs until | ||||||
| 10 | February 1, 2027 the Board of Education is seated on January | ||||||
| 11 | 15, 2025. | ||||||
| 12 | (Source: P.A. 102-177, eff. 12-17-21 (See Section 15 of P.A. | ||||||
| 13 | 102-691 for the effective date of P.A. 102-177).)
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| 14 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.87 new) | ||||||
| 15 | Sec. 34-18.87. Selective enrollment schools; changes to | ||||||
| 16 | standards of admission and disproportionate decreases in | ||||||
| 17 | funding. | ||||||
| 18 | (a) Until February 1, 2027, the board shall not change the | ||||||
| 19 | standards for admission to any attendance center within the | ||||||
| 20 | school district that has selective admission requirements that | ||||||
| 21 | apply to the entire student body and that are approved by the | ||||||
| 22 | board. | ||||||
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| 1 | (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Code, the | ||||||
| 2 | board shall not take any action, until February 1, 2027, that | ||||||
| 3 | results in a disproportionate decrease in either the total | ||||||
| 4 | amount or percentage of funds allocated to an attendance | ||||||
| 5 | center within the school district that has selective admission | ||||||
| 6 | requirements that apply to the entire student body and that | ||||||
| 7 | are approved by the board compared to other attendance centers | ||||||
| 8 | of comparable size.
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