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SB3018 - EDUCATION-TECH
Don Harmon, Mike Simmons
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3037 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT-TECH
Don Harmon
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Public Building Commission Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3060 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Don Harmon
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3067 - STATE GOVERNMENT-TECH
Don Harmon
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Department of Professional Regulation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3047 - REGULATION-TECH
Don Harmon
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends the Continuum of Care Services for the Developmentally Disabled Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
STATUS
Introduced
SR0769 - MEMORIAL-SEN. JAMES PHILIP
John F. Curran, Don Harmon
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Mourns the death of former Illinois Senate President James "Pate" Philip.
STATUS
Passed
SR0838 - RED CROSS MONTH/DAY
Don Harmon
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Declares March 2024 as Red Cross Month and March 14, 2024 as Red Cross Giving Day in the State of Illinois. Urges everyone to join in the commitment to give to others. Encourages all citizens of Illinois to support the noble efforts of the Red Cross.
STATUS
Passed
SB3757 - CHICAGO SCHOOL BOARD
Don Harmon
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates the Chicago Board of Education District Act. Divides the City of Chicago into 10 districts and 20 subdistricts for the purposes of identifying persons who will serve on the Chicago Board of Education. Amends the School Code. Provides that, by December 14, 2024, the Mayor of the City of Chicago shall appoint a President of the Chicago Board of Education who shall serve a 2-year term. Provides that, until January 15, 2027, each district shall be represented by one member elected at the 2024 general election to a 2-year term and one member appointed by the Mayor to a 2-year term. Requires each of the elected members to reside within the district that the member represents. Requires each of the appointed members to reside both within the district that the member represents and outside of the subdistrict within which the elected member of the district resides. Provides that, beginning January 15, 2027, each subdistrict shall be represented by one member who is elected at the 2026 general election. Specifies that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to fill the expired term of an appointed member, then the elected member shall serve a 2-year term. Specifies that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to fill the expired term of an elected member, then the member shall serve a 4-year term. Requires each of the members elected in 2026 to reside within the subdistrict that the member represents. Provides that, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to serve a 2-year term, then the member elected at the 2028 general election shall serve a 4-year term, and, if a member is elected at the 2026 general election to serve a 4-year term, then the member elected in that subdistrict at the 2030 general election shall serve a 2-year term. Provides that, beginning with the members elected at the 2032 general election, the members of each district shall serve two 4-year terms and one 2-year term for each 10-year period thereafter as determined by lot. Makes other changes concerning: conflicts of interests of board members, eligibility of individuals to serve as board members, nominating petitions for board members, the creation of the Chicago Board of Education Black Student Achievement Committee and other advisory bodies, and the creation and redistricting of subdistricts. Effective immediately.
STATUS
Introduced
SB3606 - SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-SEPARATE SCH
Meg Loughran Cappel, Don Harmon, Christopher Belt
Last updated 5 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the term "special educational facilities and services" includes private special schools (instead of special schools) and separate public special education day schools. Provides that if a child has been placed in a separate public special education day school, a school district making tuition payments in excess of $4,500 shall be responsible for an amount in excess of $4,500 equal to 2 times the district's per capita tuition charge and shall be eligible for reimbursement from the State for the amount of such payments actually made in excess of 2 times the district's per capita tuition charge for students not receiving special education services. Requires a certification and finding to be made for reimbursement of a school district of the amount paid for tuition of a child attending a public special education facility.
STATUS
Passed
SB0001 - CHILDHOOD EDUCATION-TECH
Kimberly A. Lightford, Don Harmon, Julie A. Morrison
Last updated 5 months ago
87 Co-Sponsors
Creates the Department of Early Childhood Act. Creates the Department of Early Childhood to begin operation on July 1, 2024 and transfers to it certain rights, powers, duties, and functions currently exercised by various agencies of State Government. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2026 the Department of Early Childhood shall be the lead State agency for administering and providing early childhood education and care programs and services to children and families including: home-visiting services; early intervention services; preschool services; child care services; licensing for day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes; and other early childhood education and care programs and administrative functions historically managed by the State Board of Education, the Department of Human Services, and the Department of Children and Family Services. Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that the Department of Early Childhood (rather than the Department of Children and Family Services) administers day care centers, day care homes, and group day care homes. Makes conforming changes to various Acts including the Department of Human Services Act, the Illinois Early Learning Council Act, the Illinois Procurement Code, the School Code, the Illinois Public Aid Code, the Early Intervention Services System Act and the Children and Family Services Act. Effective immediately, except the provisions amending the Child Care Act of 1969 take effect July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
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