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<title>Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4487   </title>
<shortdesc>SCH CD-CHI-CLOSURE MORATORIUM</shortdesc>
<sponsor>
<sponsorhead1>House Sponsors</sponsorhead1><sponsors>Rep. Cynthia Soto-Robert W. Pritchard-Derrick Smith-Maria Antonia Berrios-Mary E. Flowers, Dena M. Carli, Elizabeth Hernandez, Mike Fortner, Jerry L. Mitchell, Luis Arroyo, Esther Golar, Karen A. Yarbrough, Arthur Turner, Robyn Gabel and Monique D. Davis</sponsors>
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<lastaction>
<statusdate>1/8/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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<synopsis>
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<reference>105 ILCS 5/34-18.43a new</reference><aliasreference></aliasreference><SynopsisText>     Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that there shall be a moratorium on school closings, consolidations, and phase-outs in the school district in the 2012-2013 school year. Provides that any of these actions that are subsequently appropriate must be carried out no sooner than the end of the 2013-2014 school year, subject to any new set of requirements adopted by the General Assembly. During this moratorium period, requires the district to establish polices that address and remedy the academic performance of schools in which Illinois Standards Achievement Test scores reflect students performing at or below 75%. Requires these policies to establish clear criteria or processes for establishing criteria for making school facility decisions and include clear criteria for setting priorities with respect to school openings, school closings, school consolidations, school turnarounds, school phase-outs, school construction, school repairs, school modernizations, school boundary changes, and other related school facility decisions, including the encouragement of multiple community uses for school space. Effective immediately.</SynopsisText></synopsis>
<actions>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Cynthia Soto</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Derrick Smith</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Maria Antonia Berrios</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Mary E. Flowers</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Dena M. Carli</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Mike Fortner</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jerry L. Mitchell</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Luis Arroyo</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>First Reading</action>
<statusdate>1/31/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Referred to Rules Committee</action>
<statusdate>2/21/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar</action>
<statusdate>2/21/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen A. Yarbrough</action>
<statusdate>2/21/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner</action>
<statusdate>2/28/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel</action>
<statusdate>3/28/2012</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis</action>
<statusdate>1/8/2013</statusdate><chamber>House</chamber><action>Session Sine Die</action>
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