HB1163ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

Filed: 4/20/2021

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1163

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1163 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 10-20.75 and by changing Section 11E-20 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new)

Sec. 10-20.75. Calumet City reorganization of school districts.

(a) The City Council of the City of Calumet City, in cooperation with the school boards of Dolton School District 149, Calumet City School District 155, Lincoln Elementary School District 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157, shall develop a plan to reorganize Dolton School District 149, Calumet City School District 155, Lincoln Elementary School District 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 into a combined unit district by July 1, 2021. As part of the plan, the city council shall adopt an ordinance to set the boundaries of the combined unit district. The city council shall submit the plan to the State Board of Education as soon as possible after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 102nd General Assembly.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the Mayor of the City of Calumet City, with the advice and consent of the city council, shall appoint a 7-member school board for the combined unit district.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, all collective bargaining agreements of Dolton School District 149, Calumet City School District 155, Lincoln Elementary School District 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 that are in effect on June 30, 2022 shall be terminated on July 1, 2022.

(d) The city council shall study the educational growth of the combined unit district after the first year of the reorganization and determine the tax savings of the reorganization. The city council shall report its findings to the General Assembly on or before January 1, 2023.

(e) The city council shall adopt an ordinance to submit the question of whether Dolton School District 149, Calumet City School District 155, Lincoln Elementary School District 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 should have been reorganized into a combined unit district to the electors of the city at the 2025 election, in accordance with the Election Code. If a majority of the electors voting on the question disapprove of the reorganization, then the city council, in cooperation with the school board of the combined unit district, shall develop a plan to dissolve the combined unit district and restore Dolton School District 149, Calumet City School District 155, Lincoln Elementary School District 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 and submit that plan to the State Board of Education.

(105 ILCS 5/11E-20)

Sec. 11E-20. Combined school district formation.

(a)(1) The territory of 2 or more entire contiguous elementary districts may be organized into a combined elementary district under the provisions of this Article.

(2) Any 2 or more entire elementary districts that collectively are within or substantially coterminous with the boundaries of a high school district, regardless of whether the districts are compact and contiguous with each other, may be organized into a combined school district in accordance with this Article.

(3) Any 2 or more entire elementary districts that are not contiguous may be organized into a combined school district in accordance with this Article if the following requirements are met and documented within 2 calendar years prior to the petition filing date:

(A) the distance between each district administrative office is documented as no more than 30 miles; and

(B) every district contiguous to a district wishing to organize into a combined school district under the provisions of this paragraph (3) determines that it is not interested in participating in a petition for a combined school district filed in accordance with this Article, through a vote of its school board, and documents that non-interest in a letter to the regional superintendent of schools containing approved minutes that record the school board vote.

(b)(1) The territory of 2 or more entire contiguous high school districts may be organized into a combined high school district under the provisions of this Article.

(2) Any 2 or more entire high school districts that are not contiguous may be organized into a combined school district in accordance with this Article if the following requirements are met and documented within 2 calendar years prior to the petition filing date:

(A) the distance between each district administrative office is documented as no more than 30 miles; and

(B) every district contiguous to a district wishing to organize into a combined school district under the provisions of this paragraph (2) determines that it is not interested in participating in a petition for a combined school district filed in accordance with this Article, through a vote of its school board, and documents that non-interest in a letter to the regional superintendent of schools containing approved minutes that record the school board vote.

(c)(1) The territory of 2 or more entire contiguous unit districts may be organized into a combined unit district under the provisions of this Article.

(2) Any 2 or more entire unit districts that are not contiguous may be organized into a combined school district in accordance with this Article if the following requirements are met and documented within 2 calendar years prior to the petition filing date:

(A) the distance between each district administrative office is documented as no more than 30 miles; and

(B) every district contiguous to the district wishing to organize into a combined school district under the provisions of this paragraph (2) determines that it is not interested in participating in a petition for a combined school district filed in accordance with this Article, through a vote of its school board, and documents that non-interest in a letter to the regional superintendent of schools containing approved minutes that record the school board vote.

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, Dolton School District 149, Calumet City School District 155, Lincoln Elementary School District 156, and Hoover-Schrum Memorial School District 157 shall be organized into a combined unit district as provided in Section 10-20.75.

(Source: P.A. 98-125, eff. 8-2-13.)

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