Public Act 096-1374
 
HB4209 EnrolledLRB096 08833 NHT 18967 b



    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 
27-1.5 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/27-1.5 new)
    (Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2012)
    Sec. 27-1.5. Instructional Mandates Task Force; 
moratorium.
    (a) The General Assembly recognizes the increasing number 
of instructional mandates that it passes each year. The State 
Board shall create the Instructional Mandates Task Force.
    (b) The Task Force shall consist of the following voting 
members:
        (1) One member appointed by the Governor, who shall 
    serve as chairperson of the Task Force.
        (2) One member appointed by the President of the 
    Senate.
        (3) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
    Senate.
        (4) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
    Representatives.
        (5) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
    House of Representatives.
        (6) One member appointed by the State Superintendent of 
    Education.
        (7) One district superintendent from a rural district 
    appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of an 
    organization representing school administrators.
        (8) One district superintendent from a suburban school 
    district appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation 
    of an organization representing school administrators.
        (9) One district superintendent from a urban school 
    district appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation 
    of an organization representing school administrators.
        (10) One school principal appointed by the Governor 
    upon the recommendation of an association representing 
    school principals.
        (11) One member appointed by the Governor upon the 
    recommendation of an association representing special 
    education administrators.
        (12) One member appointed by the Governor upon the 
    recommendation of an association representing school 
    boards.
        (13) One member appointed by the Governor upon the 
    recommendation of the Chicago Board of Education. 
        (14) One member appointed by the Governor upon the 
    recommendation of an organization representing teachers. 
        (15) One member appointed by the Governor upon the 
    recommendation of a different organization representing 
    teachers.
        (16) One member appointed by the Governor upon the 
    recommendation of an organization representing parents and 
    teachers. 
    Members appointed by the legislative leaders shall be 
appointed for the duration of the Task Force. In the event of a 
vacancy, the appointment to fill the vacancy shall be made by 
the legislative leader of the same chamber and party as the 
leader who made the original appointment. 
    (c) The Task Force shall explore and examine all 
instructional mandates governing the public schools of this 
State that currently exist and shall make recommendations 
concerning, but not limited to, the propriety of all existing 
mandates, the imposition of future mandates, and waivers of 
instructional mandates. The Task Force shall ensure that its 
recommendations include specifics as to the necessary funding 
to carry out identified responsibilities.
    (d) The Task Force may begin to conduct business upon the 
appointment of a majority of the voting members.
    (e) The State Board of Education shall be responsible for 
providing staff and administrative support to the Task  Force.
    (f) Members of the Task Force shall receive no compensation 
for their participation, but may be reimbursed by the State 
Board of Education for expenses in connection with their 
participation, including travel, if funds are available.
    (g) The Task Force shall submit a final report of its 
findings and recommendations to the Governor and the General 
Assembly on or before July 1, 2011. The Task Force may submit 
other reports as it deems appropriate.
    (h) The Task Force is abolished on July 2, 2011, and this 
Section is repealed on July 1, 2012.
    (i) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act 
of the 96th General Assembly and until one year after the Task 
Force submits a final report to the Governor and General 
Assembly, there shall be a moratorium on the passage of 
instructional mandates for public schools.  For the purposes of 
this Section, "instructional mandate" means any State law that 
requires a school district to devote any amount of time to the 
instruction of or engagement by students in any subject or 
course.
  
 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.