Public Act 099-0647
 
HB5720 EnrolledLRB099 18543 NHT 42922 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 
2-3.167 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.167 new)
    Sec. 2-3.167. Task Force on Computer Science Education.
    (a) The State Board of Education shall establish a Task

Force on Computer Science Education, to be comprised of all of 
the
following members, with an emphasis on bipartisan 
legislative
representation and diverse non-legislative 
stakeholder
representation:
        (1) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
    
    Representatives.
        (2) One member appointed by the President of the
    
    Senate.
        (3) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
    
    House of Representatives.
        (4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the
    
    Senate.
        (5) One member appointed by the head of a statewide 
    association
    representing teachers.
        (6) One member appointed by the head of an association
    
    representing teachers in a city of over 500,000 people.
        (7) One member appointed by the head of an association
    
    representing computer science teachers.
        (8) One member appointed by the head of an association
    
    representing school boards.
        (9) One member appointed by the head of an association
    
    representing the media.
        (10) One member appointed by the head of an association
    
    representing the non-profit sector that promotes computer 
    science
    education as a core mission.
        (11) One member appointed by the head of an association
    
    representing the non-profit sector that promotes computer 
    science education
among the general public.
        (12) One member appointed by the president of an
    
    institution of higher education who teaches college or
    
    graduate-level government courses or facilitates a program
    
    dedicated to cultivating computer science education.
        (13) One member appointed by the head of an association
    
    representing principals or district superintendents.
        (14) The chief executive officer of the school district 
    organized under Article 34 of this Code or his or her 
    designee. 
    (b) The members of the Task Force shall serve without

compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable and

necessary expenses from funds appropriated to the State Board

of Education for that purpose. The members of the Task Force

shall be reimbursed for their travel expenses from

appropriations to the State Board of Education available for

that purpose and subject to the rules of the appropriate travel

control board.
    (c) The members of the Task Force shall be considered

members with voting rights. A quorum of the Task Force shall

consist of a simple majority of the members of the Task Force.

All actions and recommendations of the Task Force must be

approved by a simple majority vote of the members.
    (d) The Task Force shall meet initially at the call of the

State Superintendent of Education, shall elect one member as

chairperson at its initial meeting through a simple majority

vote of the Task Force, and shall thereafter meet at the call

of the chairperson.
    (e) The State Board of Education shall provide

administrative and other support to the Task Force.
    (f) The Task Force is charged with all of the following

tasks:
        (1) To analyze the current state of computer science 
    education in
    this State.
        (2) To analyze current computer science education laws 
    in other
    jurisdictions, both mandated and permissive.
        (3) To identify best practices in computer science 
    education in
    other jurisdictions.
        (4) To make recommendations to the General Assembly
    
    focused on substantially increasing computer science 
    education and the
    capacity of youth to obtain the requisite 
    knowledge,
    skills, and practices to be educated in computer 
    science.
        (5) To make funding recommendations, if the Task 
    Force's
    recommendations to the General Assembly would 
    require a
    fiscal commitment.
    (g) No later than July 1, 2017, the Task Force shall

summarize its findings and recommendations in a report to the

General Assembly, filed as provided in Section 3.1 of the

General Assembly Organization Act. Upon filing its report, the

Task Force is dissolved.
    (h) This Section is repealed on July 1, 2018.
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.