Call, write or email Senator Lightford and tell her THANK YOU for sponsoring Class Size Cap Legislation in the State Senate. SB3362 Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that each year, on or before the September fall enrollment count, (1) the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for prekindergarten through grade 3 may not exceed 18 students; (2) the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for grades 4 through 8 may not exceed 22 students; and the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for grades 9 through 12 may not exceed 25 students, which maximums must be maintained after the September fall enrollment count. Sets forth exceptions. Requires the State Board of Education to annually calculate class size measures based upon the September fall enrollment count.
Call, write or email Representative Colvin and tell him THANK YOU for sponsoring Class Size Cap Legislation in the State House of Representatives. HB4455 Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that each year, on or before the September fall enrollment count, (1) the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for prekindergarten through grade 3 may not exceed 18 students; (2) the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for grades 4 through 8 may not exceed 22 students; and the maximum number of students assigned to each teacher who is teaching courses in public school classrooms for grades 9 through 12 may not exceed 25 students, which maximums must be maintained after the September fall enrollment count. Sets forth exceptions. Requires the State Board of Education to annually calculate class size measures based upon the September fall enrollment count.
Call, write or email Representative Soto and tell her THANK YOU for sponsoring legislation that will place a one year moratorium on school closing in Chicago. HB4487 Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that there shall be a moratorium on school closings, consolidations, and phase-outs in the school district in the 2012-2013 school year. Provides that any of these actions that are subsequently appropriate must be carried out no sooner than the end of the 2013-2014 school year, subject to any new set of requirements adopted by the General Assembly. During this moratorium period, requires the district to establish policies that address and remedy the academic performance of schools in which Illinois Standards Achievement Test scores reflect students performing at or below 75%. Requires these policies to establish clear criteria or processes for establishing criteria for making school facility decisions and include clear criteria for setting priorities with respect to school openings, school closings, school consolidations, school turnarounds, school phase-outs, school construction, school repairs, school modernizations, school boundary changes, and other related school facility decisions, including the encouragement of multiple community uses for school space. Effective immediately.
Call, write or email Representative Arroyo and tell him THANK YOU for sponsoring legislation that will require Chicago Public Schools to go before the Illinois General Assembly to provide testimony regarding their budget and plans to build or repair schools and to close or consolidate schools. HB3871 Amends the School Code. Provides that any school district receiving a block grant under the provision concerning block grant funding for districts with over 500,000 inhabitants shall be required to testify every year before the General Assembly regarding their overall annual budget and their budget request to the General Assembly for the following fiscal year. Provides that the testimony shall include plans to build or repair schools and to close or consolidate schools.
Call, write or email Representative Flowers and tell her THANK YOU for sponsoring legislation that will ensure that our students in Chicago receive recess. HB288 Amends the School Code. Provides that the Chicago Board of Education shall require that schools provide daily recess for all students in kindergarten through grade 8. Provides that recess must be at least 10 minutes in length. Provides that if the principal determines that the weather is inclement, the principal shall direct that a recess be held indoors. Requires the principal to ensure that students are given the opportunity to engage in physical exercise during each recess. Provides that the time required for recesses is included in the minimum number of hours necessary to constitute a full day of attendance under the State aid formula provisions.
Call, write or email Representative Golar and tell her THANK YOU for sponsoring legislation that will ensure that our students in Chicago are in classes with highly qualified teachers on day 1. HB4686Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that there shall be no reduction in teachers because of a decrease in student membership or a change in subject requirements within the attendance center organization after the first day (instead of the 20th day following the first day) of the school year, except under certain circumstances.
Call, write or email State Senator Iris Martinez and tell her THANK YOU for sponsoring SB3394: Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that there shall be no reduction in teachers because of a decrease in student membership or a change in subject requirements within the attendance center organization after the first day (instead of the 20th day following the first day) of the school year, except under certain circumstances.
