Bill Text: IL HB0627 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that a charter school established on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act may not enter into a contract with a for-profit educational or charter management organization. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB0627 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB0627-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB0627 Introduced , by Rep. Robert Martwick SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27A-10.5
Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that a charter school established on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act may not enter into a contract with a for-profit educational or charter management organization. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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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 changing Section
27A-10.5 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/27A-10.5)
Sec. 27A-10.5. Educational or charter management
organization.
(a) In this Section:
"CMO" means a charter management organization.
"EMO" means an educational management organization.
(b) All authorizers shall ensure that any charter school
established on or after the effective date of this amendatory
Act of the 98th General Assembly has a governing body that is
separate and distinct from the governing body of any CMO or
EMO. In reviewing charter applications and charter renewal
applications, authorizers shall review the governance model
proposed by the applicant to ensure that there are no conflicts
of interest.
(c) No charter school may employ a staff person who is
simultaneously employed by an EMO or CMO.
(d) A charter school established on or after the effective
date of this amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly may

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not enter into a contract with a for-profit EMO or CMO.
(Source: P.A. 98-783, eff. 1-1-15.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.