96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2119


 
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Heather Steans
 
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    Amends the School Code.  Creates the  Innovation, Intervention, and Restructuring Task Force for the purpose of developing strategies to allow for the innovation, intervention, and restructuring of schools, including those that need comprehensive or focused intervention. Requires the task force to submit its strategies for allowing intervention and innovation, in the form of recommendations, in a comprehensive report to the Governor, the General Assembly, and the State Superintendent of Education not later than December 31, 2009. Effective immediately.
















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SB2119

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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
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2-3.64b as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64b  new)
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    Sec. 2-3.64b. Innovation, Intervention, and Restructuring 
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Task Force.  The Innovation, Intervention, and Restructuring 
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Task Force is hereby created for the purpose of developing 
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strategies to allow for the innovation, intervention, and 
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restructuring of schools, including those that need 
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comprehensive or focused intervention, as defined by this 
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State's proposal for participation in the No Child Left Behind 
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differentiated accountability pilot project.
The task force 
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shall consist of the following members:
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        (1)  One chairperson, appointed by the Governor.
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        (2) Two additional members, each appointed by the 
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    Governor.
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        (3)  Two members appointed by the State Superintendent 
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    of Education.
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        (4)  One member appointed by the President of the 
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    Senate.
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        (5)  One member appointed by the Speaker of the House of 
 


 






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    Representatives.
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        (6)  One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
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    Senate.
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        (7)  One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the 
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    House of
Representatives.
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    The task force shall submit its strategies for allowing 
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intervention and innovation, in the form of recommendations, in 
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a comprehensive report to the Governor, the General Assembly, 
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and the State Superintendent of Education not later than 
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December 31, 2009. The task force may, with the written 
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approval of the Governor, reconvene for the purposes of 
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continued study and the development of additional 
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recommendations.
 

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