Senate Sponsors: CRONIN-BERMAN. House Sponsors: CURRIE Short description: SCH CD-GOV ETHICS-BOARD MEMBER Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code to make technical changes to a Section concerning the powers and duties of local school councils. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 420/4A-101 from Ch. 127, par. 604A-101 105 ILCS 5/34-2.1 from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.1 105 ILCS 5/34-2.2 from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.2 105 ILCS 5/34-2.3b 105 ILCS 5/34-2.4b from Ch. 122, par. 34-2.4b 105 ILCS 5/34-3.4 105 ILCS 5/34-8 from Ch. 122, par. 34-8 105 ILCS 5/34-8.1 from Ch. 122, par. 34-8.1 105 ILCS 5/34-8.3 from Ch. 122, par. 34-8.3 105 ILCS 5/34-8.3a new 105 ILCS 5/34-11 from Ch. 122, par. 34-11 105 ILCS 5/34-12 from Ch. 122, par. 34-12 105 ILCS 5/34-13 from Ch. 122, par. 34-13 Deletes everything. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code and the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act. Makes changes concerning the requirement that local school council members file statements of economic interests, the eligibility and removal of a local school council member, a local school council member under- going a criminal background investigation, a teacher member vacancy on the local school council, providing local school council members with notice of all requirements and forms for compliance with economic interest statements, selection by a local school council of a new principal, a local school council's powers and duties concerning prin- cipals, the limitation on the applicability of certain provisions of the Chicago School District Article of the School Code, the date a Section concerning the Chicago Schools Academic Acccountability Coun- cil is repealed, the evaluation of each principal in the Chicago school district, the principal's contract, the performance of an attendance center within the Chicago school district and placing a school on probation, financial supervision of an attendance center within the Chicago school district, and a general counsel appointed by the Chicago board of education. Effective immediately. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Requires a person eligible to run for a local school council to submit his or her date of birth and social security number. Provides that a person who has been convicted of a specified offense at any time shall be ineligible for election or appointment to a local school council. Provides that the criminal background investigation of a local school council member shall be completed before the member takes office. Provides that if it is determined that a local school council member has been convicted of a specified offense, the member shall be removed. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 3. Removes the requirement that the board of education declare a temporary vacancy on the local school council and appoint a replacement if a teacher representative is unable to perform his or her employment duties due to disciplinary action. Requires a request for a review of a local school council's retention or non-retention decision to be made within 15 days after the decision. Requires a request for review to be forwarded to the American Arbitration Association within 14 days of receipt. Requires the hearing to begin within 45 days after the initial request for review. Requires the hearing officer to render a decision within 45 days after the hearing begins. In the provision requiring the general superintendent to select and place a principal on an interim basis if the general superintendent fails or refuses to select a candidate on the list, requires the failure or refusal to select a candidate to take place within 30 days after being furnished with the candidate list. In the Section concerning remediation and probation of attendance centers, removes the provision that allows a nonperforming school to be defined by rule of the board of education. CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT NO. 1. Recommends that the Senate concur in H-ams 1, 2, and 3. Recommends that the bill be further amended as follows: Provides that, during the period of the hearing officer's review of the local school council's decision on whether or not to retain the principal, the local school council shall maintain all authority to search for and contract with a person to serve as interim or acting principal, or as the principal of the attendance center under a 4-year performance contract, provided that any performance contract entered into by the local school council shall be voidable or modified in accordance with the decision of the hearing officer. Removes the provision that prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion, national origin, or sexual orientation in connection with the submission of candidates for and the selection of a candidate to serve as principal of an attendance center. Removes the provision that prohibits the additional criteria that a local school council may establish to be included as part of the performance contract of its principal from discriminating on the basis of religion, national origin, or sexual orientation. In the Section concerning remediation and probation of attendance centers, removes 2 of the criteria that a general superintendent is required to identify in an attendance center. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 91-0622 Last action date: 99-08-19 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 3 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status