Bill Amendment: IL HB3524 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: SCH CD-AIR QUAL TASK FORCE

Status: 2023-06-26 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3524 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3524-House_Amendment_002.html

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Rep. Laura Faver Dias

Filed: 3/21/2023

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3524
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3524 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
2-3.196 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new)
Sec. 2-3.196. Air Quality in Schools Working Group.
(a) The Air Quality in Schools Working Group is created.
The purpose of the Working Group is to study and make
recommendations to the General Assembly on the following: air
quality goals for elementary, middle, and high schools;
processes to assess current ventilation systems in schools;
processes to improve ventilation after assessment; and
potential State and federal funding sources to improve school
air quality in the State.
(b) The Working Group shall consist of all of the

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following members:
(1) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives.
(2) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives.
(3) One member appointed by the President of the
Senate.
(4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(5) One member appointed by the Governor.
(6) One member of the State Board of Education,
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(7) One member appointed by the Director of the
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
(8) One member from a group representing school boards
in this State, appointed by the State Superintendent of
Education.
(9) One member from a labor union that trains
individuals to perform ventilation assessments and work on
ventilation systems in large buildings, appointed by the
State Superintendent of Education.
(10) One member from a labor union representing
teachers in this State, appointed by the State
Superintendent of Education.
(11) Two parents of students currently attending
school, appointed by the State Superintendent of

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Education.
(12) One member who is a district superintendent,
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(13) One member who is a school principal, appointed
by the State Superintendent of Education.
(14) One member who is a school groundskeeper,
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(15) One member who is an environmental engineer,
appointed by the Director of the Illinois Environmental
Protection Agency.
(16) One member appointed by the Director of Public
Health.
(17) One member of the Illinois Chapter of the
American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air
Conditioning Engineers, appointed by the Director of
Public Health.
(18) One member of a disability rights organization,
appointed by the State Superintendent of Education.
(c) Members of the Working Group shall serve without
compensation.
(d) The State Board of Education shall provide
administrative assistance and necessary staff support services
to the Working Group.
(e) The Working Group shall issue a report to the General
Assembly on air quality goals for elementary, middle, and high
schools; processes to assess current ventilation systems in

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schools; processes to improve ventilation after assessment;
and potential State and federal funding sources to improve
school air quality in this State. The report shall be
submitted to the General Assembly no later than May 31,
2024.".