Bill Text: IL SB2119 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled
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]
Download: Illinois-2009-SB2119-Enrolled.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
5 | 2-3.64b as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64b new) | ||||||
7 | Sec. 2-3.64b. Innovation, Intervention, and Restructuring | ||||||
8 | Task Force. | ||||||
9 | (a) In keeping with the goals outlined in the federal | ||||||
10 | American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the State of | ||||||
11 | Illinois hereby creates the Innovation, Intervention, and | ||||||
12 | Restructuring Task Force to develop recommendations for the | ||||||
13 | innovation, intervention, and restructuring of schools, | ||||||
14 | including those that need comprehensive or focused | ||||||
15 | intervention, as those terms are defined by this State's | ||||||
16 | proposal for participation in the No Child Left Behind | ||||||
17 | differentiated accountability pilot project. | ||||||
18 | (b) The task force shall consist of the following members: | ||||||
19 | (1) One chairperson, appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
20 | (2) Two additional members, each appointed by the | ||||||
21 | Governor. | ||||||
22 | (3) Two members appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
23 | of Education. |
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1 | (4) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
2 | Senate. | ||||||
3 | (5) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
4 | Representatives. | ||||||
5 | (6) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
6 | Senate. | ||||||
7 | (7) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
8 | House of
Representatives. | ||||||
9 | (c) The task force shall compile data, study, and, pursuant | ||||||
10 | to subsection (e) of this Section, report on all of the | ||||||
11 | following matters, among any others deemed relevant by the task | ||||||
12 | force: | ||||||
13 | (1) Ways in which this State can identify schools | ||||||
14 | requiring more intensive intervention. | ||||||
15 | (2) Strategies for strengthening leadership at | ||||||
16 | struggling schools and otherwise strengthening school | ||||||
17 | district capacity to effectively implement reforms and | ||||||
18 | ensure continuous improvement. | ||||||
19 | (3) Strategies that have been involved in successful | ||||||
20 | turnaround efforts and a template for evaluating | ||||||
21 | turnaround efforts. | ||||||
22 | (4) The autonomies, resources, and support that need to | ||||||
23 | be available to achieve and maintain over time a successful | ||||||
24 | turnaround. | ||||||
25 | (5) Mechanisms for model innovations to be captured and | ||||||
26 | shared across this State. |
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1 | (6) The amount of funding necessary to accomplish any | ||||||
2 | and all strategies included in the task force's | ||||||
3 | recommendation. | ||||||
4 | (7) The identification of any statutory or regulatory | ||||||
5 | changes that would be necessary or helpful to promote | ||||||
6 | successful innovation, intervention, and restructuring. | ||||||
7 | (d) In developing its recommendations, the task force shall | ||||||
8 | compile relevant data. Moreover, the task force shall seek | ||||||
9 | input from statewide school community organizations, including | ||||||
10 | organizations representing teachers, administrators, and | ||||||
11 | parents, as well as civic, business, and child advocacy | ||||||
12 | organizations and any other source deemed appropriate. | ||||||
13 | The State Board of Education shall provide administrative | ||||||
14 | support to the task force. | ||||||
15 | (e) The task force shall submit a comprehensive report to | ||||||
16 | the Governor, the General Assembly, and the State | ||||||
17 | Superintendent of Education not later than December 31, 2009. | ||||||
18 | The task force may, with the written approval of the Governor, | ||||||
19 | reconvene for the purposes of continued study and the | ||||||
20 | development of additional recommendations.
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21 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
22 | becoming law.
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