Bill Text: IL HB1957 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the Chicago State University Law and the Illinois State University Law. On January 1, 2012, transfers the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship Education from Illinois State University to Chicago State University; makes related changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1957 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-HB1957-Amended.html

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Sen. Iris Y. Martinez

Filed: 11/27/2012

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1957
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1957 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
34-210 and by adding Section 34-232 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/34-210)
Sec. 34-210. The Educational Facility Master Plan.
(a) In accordance with the schedule set forth in this
Article, the chief executive officer or his or her designee
shall prepare a 10-year educational facility master plan every
5 years, with updates 2 1/2 years after the approval of the
initial 10-year plan, with the first such educational facility
master plan to be approved on or before January 1, 2014 July 1,
2013.
(b) The educational facility master plan shall provide
community area level plans and individual school master plans

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with options for addressing the facility and space needs for
each facility operated by the district over a 10-year period.
(c) The data, information, and analysis that shall inform
the educational facility master plan shall be published on the
district's Internet website and shall include the following:
(1) a description of the district's guiding
educational goals and standards;
(2) a brief description of the types of instructional
programs and services delivered in each school;
(3) a description of the process, procedure, and
timeline for community participation in the development of
the plan;
(4) the enrollment capacity of each school and its rate
of utilization;
(5) a report on the assessment of individual building
and site conditions;
(6) a data table with historical and projected
enrollment data by school by grade;
(7) community analysis, including a study of current
and projected demographics, land usage, transportation
plans, residential housing and commercial development,
private schools, plans for water and sewage service
expansion or redevelopment, and institutions of higher
education;
(8) an analysis of the facility needs and requirements
of the district; and

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(9) identification of potential sources of funding for
the implementation of the Educational Facility Master
Plan.
(d) On or before July 1, 2013 January 1, 2013, the chief
executive officer or his or her designee shall prepare and
distribute for comment a preliminary draft of the Educational
Facility Master Plan. The draft plan shall be distributed to
the City of Chicago, the County of Cook, the Chicago Park
District, the Chicago Housing Authority, the Chicago Transit
Authority, attendance centers operated by the district, and
charter schools operating within the district. Each attendance
center shall make the draft plan available to the local school
council or alternative advisory body and to the parents,
guardians, and staff of the school. The draft plan also shall
be distributed to each State Senator and State Representative
with a district in the City of Chicago, to the Mayor of the
City of Chicago, and to each alderman of the City.
(e) The chief executive or his or her designee shall
publish a procedure for conducting public hearings and
submitting public comments on the draft plan.
(f) After consideration of public input on the draft plan,
the chief executive officer or his or her designee shall
prepare and publish a report describing the process used to
incorporate public input in the development of the final plan
to be recommended to the Board.
(g) The chief executive officer shall present the final

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plan and report to the Board for final consideration and
approval.
(h) The final approved Educational Facility Master Plan
shall be published on the district's website.
(i) No later than January 1, 2016, and every 5 years
thereafter, the chief executive officer or his or her designee
shall prepare and submit for public comment a draft revised
Educational Facility Master Plan following the procedures
required for development of the original plan.
(j) This proposed revised plan shall reflect the progress
achieved during the first 2 1/2 years of the Educational
Facility Master Plan.
(Source: P.A. 97-473, eff. 1-1-12; 97-474, eff. 8-22-11.)
(105 ILCS 5/34-232 new)
Sec. 34-232. Proposed school action announcement and
notice; 2012-2013 school year. The following apply for school
actions proposed during the 2012-2013 school year:
(1) On or before March 31, 2013, the chief executive
officer shall announce all proposed school actions to be
taken at the close of the current academic year consistent
with the guidelines published under Section 34-230 of this
Code.
(2) On or before March 31, 2013, the chief executive
officer shall publish notice of the proposed school
actions.

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(3) The chief executive officer shall provide notice of
proposed school actions at least 15 calendar days in
advance of a public hearing or meeting.
All other provisions of Section 34-230 of this Code that do
not conflict with this Section must be followed when proposing
school actions.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".