Bill Sponsors: IL HB0027 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly

Bill Title: Creates the Vocational Academy Opportunity Act. Creates 2 vocational academies, one located in Cook County and the other in a downstate county, which shall be residential institutions. Provides that each academy shall be a State agency, funded by State appropriations, private contributions, and endowments. Provides that the academies shall be governed by a single Board of Trustees for the collective operation and oversight of the academies. Provides for the membership of the Board. Specifies the duties and powers of the Board. Provides that each academy shall be empowered to lease or purchase real and personal property on commercially reasonable terms for the use by the academy.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 9-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - House Floor Amendment No. 2 Rule 19(c) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0027 Detail]

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Sponsors

NameTypeContactPhoneDistrictSponsorshipState ProfileFinancialEncyclopediaBiography
Representative Andre Thapedi [D]PrimaryInactiveInactiveHD-032Sponsored BillsInactiveFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Jehan Gordon-Booth [D]CosponsorN/A217-782-3186HD-092Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Joe Sosnowski [R]CosponsorEmail217-782-0548HD-069Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative LaShawn Ford [D]CosponsorN/A217-782-5962HD-008Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Theresa Mah [D]CosponsorN/A217-782-2855HD-024Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Camille Lilly [D]CosponsorN/A217-782-6400HD-078Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Linda LaVia [D]CosponsorInactiveInactiveHD-083Sponsored BillsInactiveFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Kambium Buckner [D]CosponsorEmail217-782-2023HD-026Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Curtis Tarver [D]CosponsorN/A217-782-8121HD-025Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart
Representative Maurice West [D]CosponsorN/A217-782-3167HD-067Sponsored BillsState ProfileFollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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