Bill Text: IL HB4622 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the School District Mandate Task Force Act. Provides that the School District Mandate Task Force is created for the purpose of conducting a Statewide study to determine the information and data sets needed to establish a system that provides a timely and reliable estimate of the anticipated fiscal, operational, and other impacts that a bill filed in the General Assembly imposes or may impose through mandates on a local school district. Sets forth provisions concerning membership, compensation, administrative support, and meetings. Provides that the Task Force shall submit its final report, including model language that may be used as legislation, to the General Assembly and the State Board of Education on or before November 15, 2024 and, upon the filing of its final report, the Task Force is dissolved. Repeals the Act on July 1, 2025. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Failed) 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [HB4622 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4622-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4622 Introduced , by Rep. Daniel Didech SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Local School District Mandate Note Act. Provides that, every bill that imposes or could impose a mandate on local school districts, upon the request of any member, shall have prepared for it, before second reading in the house of introduction, a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated fiscal and operational impact of those mandates on local school districts. Provides that the sponsor of each bill for which a request has been made shall present a copy of the bill with the request for a local school district mandate note to the State Board of Education. Provides that the State Board of Education shall prepare and submit the note to the sponsor of the bill within 5 calendar days, except as specified. Sets forth provisions concerning the requisites and contents of the note; comments or opinions included in the note; and the appearance of State officials and employees in support or opposition of measure.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
School District Mandate Note Act.
Section 5. Local school district mandate note. Every bill
that imposes or could impose a mandate on local school
districts, upon the request of any member, shall have prepared
for it, before second reading in the house of introduction, a
brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a
reliable estimate of the anticipated fiscal and operational
impact of those mandates on local school districts.
Section 10. Preparation. The sponsor of each bill for
which a request under Section 5 has been made shall present a
copy of the bill with the request for a local school district
mandate note to the State Board of Education. The State Board
of Education shall prepare and submit the note to the sponsor
of the bill within 5 calendar days, except that whenever,
because of the complexity of the measure, additional time is
required for the preparation of the note, the State Board of
Education may inform the sponsor of the bill, and the sponsor
may approve an extension of the time within which the note is

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to be submitted, not to extend, however, beyond June 15,
following the date of the request. If, in the opinion of the
State Board of Education, there is insufficient information to
prepare a reliable estimate of the anticipated impact, a
statement to that effect can be filed and shall meet the
requirements of this Act.
Section 15. Requisites and contents. The note shall be
factual, brief, and concise and it shall include the immediate
effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the
long term effect of the measure on local school districts. If,
after careful investigation, it is determined that an effect
is not ascertainable, the note shall contain a statement to
that effect, setting forth the reasons why no ascertainable
effect can be given.
Section 20. Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical
defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the note
with regard to the merits of the measure for which the note is
prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be
noted.
Section 25. Appearance of State officials and employees in
support or opposition of measure. The fact that a local school
district mandate note is prepared for any bill shall not
preclude or restrict the appearance before any committee of

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