SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES Senate SponsorsSen. John G. Mulroe House Sponsors(Rep. Robert Martwick-Michael P. McAuliffe) 11/28/2018SenateTotal Veto Stands 115 ILCS 5/18from Ch. 48, par. 1718Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Open Meetings Act to collective bargaining negotiations and grievance arbitrations.Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to:115 ILCS 5/18Adds reference to:105 ILCS 5/10-22.31from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.31Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. With regard to joint agreements entered into by school boards to provide special educational facilities and services, provides that a member district wishing to withdraw from a joint agreement must present to its school board and the other member districts evidence that withdrawing from the joint agreement is in the best needs of a child. Provides that if a member district withdraws from a joint agreement and the district was, prior to the withdrawal, sending students with disabilities to special educational facilities and services in another district under the joint agreement, the student may continue to use the facilities and services of the other district, regardless of the district in which the student resides, and the district in which the student resides shall pay the cost of those services. Effective immediately.House Floor Amendment No. 3 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. With regard to joint agreements entered into by school boards to provide special educational facilities and services, provides that a member district wishing to withdraw from a joint agreement must present to its school board and the other member districts evidence that it has a comprehensive plan for educating a wide range of students with disabilities, including a full continuum of supports and services, and that it has an appropriate plan for educating all currently enrolled students with disabilities upon withdrawal from the joint agreement. Provides that, in school districts located in whole or part in a county with a population exceeding 5,000,000 inhabitants and with joint agreements involved in a withdrawal effective on July 1, 2018, a student attending a school under a joint agreement program in the school year immediately prior to the effective date of the school district withdrawing from the agreement shall be permitted to remain placed in the joint agreement program if the student is a resident of the withdrawing school district, the joint agreement maintains the program, the student's individualized education program team makes a determination that the program is the most appropriate program to meet the student's needs, and the student remains age appropriate for the program. Provides that if a student from the withdrawing district attends the joint agreement's program, the withdrawing district shall be responsible for the per capita cost of the student's attendance as calculated under the Children with Disabilities Article of the Code, plus a per student share of fees that would have been paid to the joint agreement for membership and administrative costs associated with educating the student in the joint agreement's program, and transportation of the student to the joint agreement's program. Makes the provisions concerning such a student inoperative on and after July 1, 2026. Effective immediately. 1/24/2018SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. John J. Cullerton 1/24/2018SenateFirst Reading 1/24/2018SenateReferred to Assignments 2/6/2018SenateAssigned to Executive 3/1/2018SenateDo Pass Executive; 009-000-000 3/1/2018SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading March 13, 2018 4/12/2018SenateSecond Reading 4/12/2018SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 17, 2018 4/12/2018SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. John G. Mulroe 4/12/2018SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 4/12/2018SenateChief Sponsor Changed to Sen. John G. Mulroe 4/17/2018SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education 4/17/2018SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Postponed - Education 4/24/2018SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000 4/26/2018SenateRecalled to Second Reading 4/26/2018SenateSenate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Mulroe 4/26/2018SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading 4/26/2018SenateThird Reading - Passed; 039-008-002 4/26/2018HouseArrived in House 4/26/2018HouseChief House Sponsor Rep. Robert Martwick 4/26/2018HouseFirst Reading 4/26/2018HouseReferred to Rules Committee 5/7/2018HouseAssigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight 5/9/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Martwick 5/9/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee 5/14/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight 5/15/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Martwick 5/15/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee 5/16/2018HouseDo Pass / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 007-001-001 5/16/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 5/16/2018HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 2 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 40 5/17/2018HousePlaced on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 5/21/2018HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Robert Martwick 5/21/2018HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Referred to Rules Committee 5/23/2018HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight 5/23/2018HouseSecond Reading - Short Debate 5/23/2018HouseHeld on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate 5/24/2018HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education: Licensing, Administration & Oversight; 009-000-000 5/25/2018HouseFinal Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2018 5/28/2018HouseHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Adopted 5/28/2018HousePlaced on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 5/28/2018HouseAdded Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael P. McAuliffe 5/29/2018HouseThird Reading - Short Debate - Passed 097-017-000 5/29/2018SenateSecretary's Desk - Concurrence House Amendment(s) 3 5/29/2018SenatePlaced on Calendar Order of Concurrence House Amendment(s) 3 - May 30, 2018 5/29/2018SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Filed with Secretary Sen. John G. Mulroe 5/29/2018SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Referred to Assignments 5/30/2018SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion to Concur Assignments Referred to Executive 5/30/2018SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Motion To Concur Recommended Do Adopt Executive; 011-000-000 5/31/2018SenateHouse Floor Amendment No. 3 Senate Concurs 053-000-001 5/31/2018SenateSenate Concurs 5/31/2018SenatePassed Both Houses 6/29/2018SenateSent to the Governor 8/26/2018SenateGovernor Vetoed 11/13/2018SenatePlaced Calendar Total Veto November 14, 2018 11/28/2018SenateTotal Veto Stands