Rep. Cynthia Soto
Filed: 3/1/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2012 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2012 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
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34-18.33 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.33  new)
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    Sec. 34-18.33. Closure of school. Prior to the board voting 
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to close any school in the district, the board shall announce 
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its intention to do so at least 6 months prior to the vote.  
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Before the vote, the board shall conduct 3 public hearings, 
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each in a separate location, at times and places determined by 
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the board.  The time of place of each hearing must be chosen to 
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ensure maximum participation within the school's local 
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attendance area.
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    If a preponderance of the testimony at the hearings is in 
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opposition to the closure, the board and any parties opposing 
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the closure must submit to federal mediation.  A mediator from 
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the National Mediation Board shall be appointed to work with 
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the board and the opposing  parties to determine whether the 
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school should be closed.
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    If there is no resolution within 60 days after submitting 
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to mediation, the board may not close the school until the 
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question of closing the school has been submitted to the 
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electors of the school's local attendance area at a regular 
 


 






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election and approved by a majority of the electors voting on 
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the question.  The board must certify the question to the proper 
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election authority, which must submit the question at an 
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election in accordance with the Election Code.  The election 
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authority must submit the question in substantially the 
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following form:
 
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    Shall the Chicago Board of Education be authorized to close 
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(insert name of school)?

 
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The election authority must record the votes as "Yes" or "No".
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    If a majority of the electors voting on the question vote 
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in the affirmative, the board may close the school.  If a 
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majority of the electors voting on the question vote in the 
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negative, the board may not attempt to close the school during 
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the current school year or  the following school year.


 
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    Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding 
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Section 8.30 as follows:
 
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    (30 ILCS 805/8.30 new)
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    Sec. 8.30. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 
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of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the 
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implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of 
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the 94th General Assembly.".