Bill Text: IL SB2119 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Creates the Innovation, Intervention, and Restructuring Task Force for the purpose of developing strategies to allow for the innovation, intervention, and restructuring of schools, including those that need comprehensive or focused intervention. Requires the task force to submit its strategies for allowing intervention and innovation, in the form of recommendations, in a comprehensive report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the State Superintendent of Education not later than December 31, 2009. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2009-07-30 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0109 [SB2119 Detail]

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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 adding Section
2-3.64b as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.64b new)
Sec. 2-3.64b. Innovation, Intervention, and Restructuring
Task Force.
(a) In keeping with the goals outlined in the federal
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the State of
Illinois hereby creates the Innovation, Intervention, and
Restructuring Task Force to develop recommendations for the
innovation, intervention, and restructuring of schools,
including those that need comprehensive or focused
intervention, as those terms are defined by this State's
proposal for participation in the No Child Left Behind
differentiated accountability pilot project.
(b) The task force shall consist of the following members:
(1) One chairperson, appointed by the Governor.
(2) Two additional members, each appointed by the
Governor.
(3) Two members appointed by the State Superintendent
of Education.

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(4) One member appointed by the President of the
Senate.
(5) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
(6) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
Senate.
(7) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
House of Representatives.
(c) The task force shall compile data, study, and, pursuant
to subsection (e) of this Section, report on all of the
following matters, among any others deemed relevant by the task
force:
(1) Ways in which this State can identify schools
requiring more intensive intervention.
(2) Strategies for strengthening leadership at
struggling schools and otherwise strengthening school
district capacity to effectively implement reforms and
ensure continuous improvement.
(3) Strategies that have been involved in successful
turnaround efforts and a template for evaluating
turnaround efforts.
(4) The autonomies, resources, and support that need to
be available to achieve and maintain over time a successful
turnaround.
(5) Mechanisms for model innovations to be captured and
shared across this State.

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(6) The amount of funding necessary to accomplish any
and all strategies included in the task force's
recommendation.
(7) The identification of any statutory or regulatory
changes that would be necessary or helpful to promote
successful innovation, intervention, and restructuring.
(d) In developing its recommendations, the task force shall
compile relevant data. Moreover, the task force shall seek
input from appropriate organizations, including the Illinois
Education Association, the Illinois Federation of Teachers,
the Illinois Statewide School Management Alliance, ED-RED, the
Illinois Association of Regional Superintendents of Schools,
the Metropolitan Planning Council, the Illinois PTA, the Civic
Committee of the Commercial Club of Chicago, Voices for
Illinois Children, Action for Children, the Legislative
Education Network of DuPage County (LEND), the South
Cooperative Organization for Public Education (SCOPE), the
Ounce of Prevention Fund, the Illinois Business Roundtable, and
any other source deemed appropriate.
(e) The task force shall submit a comprehensive report to
the Governor, the General Assembly, and the State
Superintendent of Education not later than December 31, 2009.
The task force may, with the written approval of the Governor,
reconvene for the purposes of continued study and the
development of additional recommendations.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon

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becoming law.