Bill Text: IL HB2984 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Amended
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Creates the Tuition Voucher Program Task Force to study the feasibility of a statewide tuition voucher program. Requires the State Board of Education to provide administrative and other support to the task force. Requires the task force to file a report with the Governor and the General Assembly. Sets forth topics that the report must include. Provides that upon filing its report, the task force is dissolved.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2984 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2984-Amended.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Creates the Tuition Voucher Program Task Force to study the feasibility of a statewide tuition voucher program. Requires the State Board of Education to provide administrative and other support to the task force. Requires the task force to file a report with the Governor and the General Assembly. Sets forth topics that the report must include. Provides that upon filing its report, the task force is dissolved.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB2984 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-HB2984-Amended.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2984
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2984 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
5 | 22-70 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/22-70 new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 22-70. Tuition Voucher Program Task Force. | ||||||
8 | (a) The Tuition Voucher Program Task Force is created to | ||||||
9 | study the feasibility of a statewide tuition voucher program. | ||||||
10 | The task force shall consist of all of the following members: | ||||||
11 | (1) Two members of the public appointed by the | ||||||
12 | Governor. | ||||||
13 | (2) Two members of the General Assembly appointed by | ||||||
14 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
15 | (3) Two members of the General Assembly appointed by | ||||||
16 | the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives. |
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1 | (4) Two members of the General Assembly appointed by | ||||||
2 | the President of the Senate. | ||||||
3 | (5) Two members of the General Assembly appointed by | ||||||
4 | the Minority Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
5 | (6) One representative of a statewide professional | ||||||
6 | teachers organization appointed by the head of that | ||||||
7 | organization. | ||||||
8 | (7) One representative of a different statewide | ||||||
9 | professional teachers organization appointed by the head | ||||||
10 | of that organization. | ||||||
11 | (8) Two representatives of a statewide school | ||||||
12 | management alliance organization. | ||||||
13 | (9) One representative of the State Board of Education. | ||||||
14 | The members of the task force shall serve without | ||||||
15 | compensation, but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and | ||||||
16 | necessary expenses from appropriations to the State Board of | ||||||
17 | Education for that purpose. Reimbursement for travel expenses | ||||||
18 | shall be subject to the rules of the appropriate travel control | ||||||
19 | board. | ||||||
20 | The members of the task force shall meet initially at the | ||||||
21 | call of the Governor, shall select one member as chairperson at | ||||||
22 | its initial meeting, and shall thereafter meet at the call of | ||||||
23 | the chairperson. | ||||||
24 | The State Board of Education shall provide administrative | ||||||
25 | and other support to the task force. | ||||||
26 | (b) The Tuition Voucher Program Task Force shall file a |
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1 | report on the feasibility of a statewide tuition voucher | ||||||
2 | program with the Governor and the General Assembly as provided | ||||||
3 | in Section 3.1 of the General Assembly Organization Act. The | ||||||
4 | following topics must be included without limitation in the | ||||||
5 | report: | ||||||
6 | (1) Eligible students, either in grades kindergarten | ||||||
7 | through 7 or in grades kindergarten through 12. | ||||||
8 | (2) Education expenses and what are the reasonable | ||||||
9 | costs incurred by a student in attending a nonpublic | ||||||
10 | school, such as for books, tuition, fees, and extra | ||||||
11 | curricular activities. | ||||||
12 | (3) What qualifies as a nonpublic school to be eligible | ||||||
13 | for a tuition voucher program and whether the school must | ||||||
14 | consent to participate in the tuition voucher program. | ||||||
15 | (4) Application processes and application date | ||||||
16 | limitations as prescribed in Senate Bill 2494 of the 96th | ||||||
17 | General Assembly. | ||||||
18 | (5) The amount of a voucher as prescribed in Senate | ||||||
19 | Bill 2494 of the 96th General Assembly. | ||||||
20 | (6) Assessments of students using vouchers as | ||||||
21 | prescribed in Senate Bill 2494 of the 96th General | ||||||
22 | Assembly. | ||||||
23 | (7) Possible fiscal impacts of a tuition voucher | ||||||
24 | program. | ||||||
25 | Upon filing its report with the Governor and the General | ||||||
26 | Assembly, the Tuition Voucher Program Task Force is |
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1 | dissolved. ".
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