Date	Chamber	Action
1/7/2025	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

105 ILCS 5/27A-6

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that charter schools that accept funding directly from the State or through a school district directed by the State to administer the funds after the effective date of the amendatory Act and charter school subcontractors regularly performing work at charter school facilities that receive State funding, shall, as a condition of such funding, comply with the amendatory Act and have in place, at all times, a labor peace agreement with any bona fide employee organization or labor organization in which employees participate and that exists for the purpose, in whole or in part, of dealing with charter schools or their subcontractors concerning grievances, labor disputes, wages, rates of pay, hours of employment, or conditions of work and that requests a labor peace agreement. Sets forth requirements and prohibitions concerning the labor peace agreement. Sets forth procedures concerning the execution of a labor peace agreement, including procedures for an impasse in negotiations, the appointment of a hearing officer from the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board, and the submission of the dispute to final and binding impartial arbitration. Provides that upon receipt of a written request for a labor peace agreement, charter schools shall at all times allow representatives of employee organizations or labor organizations to enter charter school campuses and offices, at any time employees in a designated classification are present at those locations, to meet privately with employees in non-work spaces and at non-working times. Provides that the provisions of the amendatory Act are satisfied if a charter school (i) executes a national or local labor agreement pertaining to the performance of charter school employees and the subcontractor regularly performing work at the charter school facilities or (ii) is negotiating in good faith with the employee organization or labor organization over the terms of a successor labor agreement for a period not exceeding 90 days after expiration of the labor agreement. Effective June 1, 2023.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/2/2023	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Celina Villanueva
2/2/2023	Senate	First Reading
2/2/2023	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/7/2023	Senate	Assigned to Executive
3/10/2023	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 24, 2023
3/14/2023	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa
3/23/2023	Senate	Rule 2-10 Committee Deadline Established As March 31, 2023
3/31/2023	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
2/5/2024	Senate	Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Michael W. Halpin
1/7/2025	Senate	Session Sine Die

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