Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides for the election (rather than appointment) of the board of trustees of the City Colleges of Chicago beginning with the 2025 consolidated election. Provides that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 trustee districts by the General Assembly for seats on the board of trustees, in addition to one at-large trustee. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB1577 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Contact	Phone	District	Sponsorship	State Profile	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Robert Martwick [D]	Primary	N/A	217-782-1035	SD-010	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Celina Villanueva [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5304	SD-012	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Ram Villivalam [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5500	SD-008	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mattie Hunter [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5966	SD-003	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cristina Pacione-Zayas [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	N/A	SD-020	Sponsored Bills	N/A	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator William Cunningham [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5145	SD-018	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Robert Peters [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-5338	SD-013	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Kimberly Lightford [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8505	SD-004	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Simmons [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-8492	SD-007	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	N/A	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Halpin [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-4307	SD-036	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Javier Cervantes [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-9415	SD-001	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cristina Castro [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-7746	SD-022	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Mike Porfirio [D]	Cosponsor	N/A	217-782-0054	SD-011	Sponsored Bills	State Profile	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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