Bill Text: IL SB1203 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-11 - Referred to Assignments [SB1203 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1203-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1203 Introduced 2/11/2015, by Sen. Heather A. Steans SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.25e-5
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.
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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
2-3.25e-5 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.25e-5)
Sec. 2-3.25e-5. Two years on academic watch status;
full-year school plan.
(a) In this Section, "school" means any of the the
following named public schools or their successor name:
(1) Dirksen Middle School in Dolton School District
149.
(2) Diekman Elementary School in Dolton School
District 149.
(3) Caroline Sibley Elementary School in Dolton School
District 149.
(4) Berger-Vandenberg Elementary School in Dolton
School District 149.
(5) Carol Moseley Braun School in Dolton School
District 149.
(6) New Beginnings Learning Academy in Dolton School
District 149.
(7) McKinley Junior High School in South Holland School

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District 150.
(8) Greenwood Elementary School in South Holland
School District 150.
(9) McKinley Elementary School in South Holland School
District 150.
(10) Eisenhower School in South Holland School
District 151.
(11) Madison School in South Holland School District
151.
(12) Taft School in South Holland School District 151.
(13) Wolcott School in Thornton School District 154.
(14) Memorial Junior High School in Lansing School
District 158.
(15) Oak Glen Elementary School in Lansing School
District 158.
(16) Lester Crawl Primary Center in Lansing School
District 158.
(17) Brookwood Junior High School in Brookwood School
District 167.
(18) Brookwood Middle School in Brookwood School
District 167.
(19) Hickory Bend Elementary School in Brookwood
School District 167.
(20) Medgar Evers Primary Academic Center in Ford
Heights School District 169.
(21) Nathan Hale Elementary School in Sunnybrook

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School District 171.
(22) Ira F. Aldridge Elementary School in City of
Chicago School District 299.
(23) William E.B. DuBois Elementary School in City of
Chicago School District 299.
(b) If, after 2 years following its placement on academic
watch status, a school remains on academic watch status, then,
subject to federal appropriation money being available, the
State Board of Education shall allow the school board to opt
into the process of operating that school on a pilot, full-year
school plan, approved by the State Board of Education, upon
expiration of its teachers' current collective bargaining
agreement until the expiration of the next collective
bargaining agreement. A school board must notify the State
Board of Education of its intent to opt into the process of
operating a school on a pilot, full-year school plan.
(Source: P.A. 98-1155, eff. 1-9-15.)