Illinois 98th Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

HB 3232 — SCH CD-CONTRACTS-LOCAL BIDDER

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Summary

Amends the School Code. Exempts contracts awarded to a local contractor who is not the lowest responsible bidder, but who is a qualified bidder who has submitted a bid that does not exceed 2% over the lowest responsible bid received by the school board, from the requirement that a school board award all contracts for the purchase of supplies and materials or work involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 to the lowest responsible bidder. Effective immediately.

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The amendments to Bill HB 3232 include the addition of new sections related to charter schools, specifically emphasizing protections against discrimination and limiting the number of charter schools that can operate in large cities to ensure that underserved students have access to these educational options. The changes also removed a provision about contracting procedures for supplies and services, which may streamline how schools manage their finances. These adjustments aim to promote equity in education while potentially reducing administrative burdens for school districts.

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HB3232 Engrossed LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b AN ACT concerning education.
HB3232 Enrolled LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b AN ACT concerning education.
The School Code is amended by changing Section 10-20.21 as follows:
The School Code is amended by changing Sections 27A-4 and 27A-5 and by adding Sections 27A-10.5 and 27A-10.10 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.21) Sec.
(105 ILCS 5/27A-4) Sec.
10-20.21.
27A-4.
Contracts.
General Provisions.
(a) To award all contracts for purchase of supplies and materials or work involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 or a lower amount as required by board policy to the lowest responsible bidder, considering conformity with specifications, terms of delivery, quality and serviceability, after due advertisement, except the following:
(a) The General Assembly does not intend to alter or amend the provisions of any court-ordered desegregation plan in effect for any school district.
(i) contracts for the services of individuals possessing a high degree of professional skill where the ability or fitness of the individual plays an important part;
A charter school shall be subject to all federal and State laws and constitutional provisions prohibiting discrimination on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, ancestry, marital status, or need for special education services.
(ii) contracts for the printing of finance committee reports and departmental reports;
(b) The total number of charter schools operating under this Article at any one time shall not exceed 120.
(iii) contracts for the printing or engraving of bonds, tax warrants and other evidences of indebtedness;
Not more than 70 charter schools shall operate at any one time in any city having a population exceeding 500,000, with at least 5 charter schools devoted exclusively to students from low-performing or overcrowded schools operating at any one time in that city;
(iv) contracts for the purchase of perishable foods and perishable beverages;
and not more than 45 charter schools shall HB3232 Enrolled - 2 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b operate at any one time in the remainder of the State, with not more than one charter school that has been initiated by a board of education, or by an intergovernmental agreement between or among boards of education, operating at any one time in the school district where the charter school is located.
(v) contracts for materials and work which have been awarded to the lowest responsible bidder after due advertisement, but due to unforeseen revisions, not the fault HB3232 Engrossed - 2 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b of the contractor for materials and work, must be revised causing expenditures not in excess of 10% of the contract price;
In addition to these charter schools, up to but no more than 5 charter schools devoted exclusively to re-enrolled high school dropouts and/or students 16 or 15 years old at risk of dropping out may operate at any one time in any city having a population exceeding 500,000.
(vi) contracts for the maintenance or servicing of, or provision of repair parts for, equipment which are made with the manufacturer or authorized service agent of that equipment where the provision of parts, maintenance, or servicing can best be performed by the manufacturer or authorized service agent;
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in subsection (b) of Section 27A-5 of this Code, each such dropout charter may operate up to 15 campuses within the city.
(vii) purchases and contracts for the use, purchase, delivery, movement, or installation of data processing equipment, software, or services and telecommunications and interconnect equipment, software, and services;
Any of these dropout charters may have a maximum of 1,875 enrollment seats, any one of the campuses of the dropout charter may have a maximum of 165 enrollment seats, and each campus of the dropout charter must be operated, through a contract or payroll, by the same legal entity as that for which the charter is approved and certified.
(viii) contracts for duplicating machines and supplies;
For purposes of implementing this Section, the State Board shall assign a number to each charter submission it receives under Section 27A-6 for its review and certification, based on the chronological order in which the submission is received by it.
(ix) contracts for the purchase of natural gas when the cost is less than that offered by a public utility;
The State Board shall promptly notify local school boards when the maximum numbers of certified charter schools authorized to operate have been reached.
(x) purchases of equipment previously owned by some entity other than the district itself;
(c) No charter shall be granted under this Article that HB3232 Enrolled - 3 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b would convert any existing private, parochial, or non-public school to a charter school.
(xi) contracts for repair, maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or construction, or a single project involving an expenditure not to exceed $50,000 and not involving a change or increase in the size, type, or extent of an existing facility;
(d) Enrollment in a charter school shall be open to any pupil who resides within the geographic boundaries of the area served by the local school board, provided that the board of education in a city having a population exceeding 500,000 may designate attendance boundaries for no more than one-third of the charter schools permitted in the city if the board of education determines that attendance boundaries are needed to relieve overcrowding or to better serve low-income and at-risk students.
(xii) contracts for goods or services procured from another governmental agency;
Students residing within an attendance boundary may be given priority for enrollment, but must not be required to attend the charter school.
(xiii) contracts for goods or services which are economically procurable from only one source, such as for the purchase of magazines, books, periodicals, pamphlets and reports, and for utility services such as water, light, heat, telephone or telegraph;
(e) Nothing in this Article shall prevent 2 or more local school boards from jointly issuing a charter to a single shared charter school, provided that all of the provisions of this Article are met as to those local school boards.
(xiv) where funds are expended in an emergency and such emergency HB3232 Engrossed - 3 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b expenditure is approved by 3/4 of the members of the board;
(f) No local school board shall require any employee of the school district to be employed in a charter school.
(xv) State master contracts authorized under Article 28A of this Code;
(g) No local school board shall require any pupil residing within the geographic boundary of its district to enroll in a charter school.
and (xvi) contracts providing for the transportation of pupils, which contracts must be advertised in the same manner as competitive bids and awarded by first considering the bidder or bidders most able to provide safety and comfort for the pupils, stability of service, and any other factors set forth in the request for proposal regarding quality of service, and then price;
(h) If there are more eligible applicants for enrollment in a charter school than there are spaces available, successful applicants shall be selected by lottery.
and (xvii) contracts awarded to a contractor located in the county where the school district or any portion of the school district is situated who is not the lowest bidder, but who is a responsible bidder who qualifies under this Section and who has submitted a bid that does not exceed 2% over the lowest responsible bid received by the board.
However, priority shall be given to siblings of pupils enrolled in the charter HB3232 Enrolled - 4 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b school and to pupils who were enrolled in the charter school the previous school year, unless expelled for cause, and priority may be given to pupils residing within the charter school's attendance boundary, if a boundary has been designated by the board of education in a city having a population exceeding 500,000.
However, at no time shall a cause of action lie against a school board for awarding a pupil transportation contract per the standards set forth in this subsection (a) unless the cause of action is based on fraudulent conduct.
Beginning with student enrollment for the 2015-2016 school year, any lottery required under this subsection (h) must be administered and videotaped by the charter school.
All competitive bids for contracts involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 or a lower amount as required by board policy must be sealed by the bidder and must be opened by a member or employee of the school board at a public bid opening at which the contents of the bids must be announced.
The authorizer or its designee must be allowed to be present or view the lottery in real time.
Each bidder must receive at least 3 days' notice of the time and place of the bid opening.
The charter school must maintain a videotaped record of the lottery, including a time/date stamp.
For purposes of this Section due advertisement includes, but is not limited to, at least one HB3232 Engrossed - 4 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b public notice at least 10 days before the bid date in a newspaper published in the district, or if no newspaper is published in the district, in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of the district.
The charter school shall transmit copies of the videotape and all records relating to the lottery to the authorizer on or before September 1 of each year.
State master contracts and certified education purchasing contracts, as defined in Article 28A of this Code, are not subject to the requirements of this paragraph.
Subject to the requirements for priority applicant groups set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection (h), any lottery required under this subsection (h) must be administered in a way that provides each student an equal chance at admission.
Under this Section, the acceptance of bids sealed by a bidder and the opening of these bids at a public bid opening may be permitted by an electronic process for communicating, accepting, and opening competitive bids.
If an authorizer makes a determination that a charter school's lottery is in violation of this subsection (h), it may administer the lottery directly.
However, bids for construction purposes are prohibited from being communicated, accepted, or opened electronically.
After a lottery, each student randomly selected for admission to the charter school must be notified.
An electronic bidding process must provide for, but is not limited to, the following safeguards:
Charter schools may not create an admissions process subsequent to a lottery that may operate as a barrier to registration or enrollment.
(1) On the date and time certain of a bid opening, the primary person conducting the competitive, sealed, electronic bid process shall log onto a specified database using a unique username and password previously assigned to the bidder to allow access to the bidder's specific bid project number.
HB3232 Enrolled - 5 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b Charter schools may undertake additional intake activities, including without limitation student essays, school-parent compacts, or open houses, but in no event may a charter school require participation in these activities as a condition of enrollment.
(2) The specified electronic database must be on a network that (i) is in a secure environment behind a firewall;
A charter school must submit an updated waitlist to the authorizer on a quarterly basis.
(ii) has specific encryption tools;
A waitlist must be submitted to the authorizer at the same time as quarterly financial statements, if quarterly financial statements are required by the authorizer.
(iii) maintains specific intrusion detection systems;
Dual enrollment at both a charter school and a public school or non-public school shall not be allowed.
(iv) has redundant systems architecture with data storage back-up, HB3232 Engrossed - 5 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b whether by compact disc or tape;
A pupil who is suspended or expelled from a charter school shall be deemed to be suspended or expelled from the public schools of the school district in which the pupil resides.
and (v) maintains a disaster recovery plan.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this subsection (h):
It is the legislative intent of Public Act 96-841 to maintain the integrity of the sealed bidding process provided for in this Section, to further limit any possibility of bid-rigging, to reduce administrative costs to school districts, and to effect efficiencies in communications with bidders.
(1) any charter school with a mission exclusive to educating high school dropouts may grant priority admission to students who are high school dropouts and/or students 16 or 15 years old at risk of dropping out and any charter school with a mission exclusive to educating students from low-performing or overcrowded schools may restrict admission to students who are from low-performing or overcrowded schools;
(b) To require, as a condition of any contract for goods and services, that persons bidding for and awarded a contract and all affiliates of the person collect and remit Illinois Use Tax on all sales of tangible personal property into the State of Illinois in accordance with the provisions of the Illinois Use Tax Act regardless of whether the person or affiliate is a "retailer maintaining a place of business within this State" as defined in Section 2 of the Use Tax Act.
"priority admission" for charter schools exclusively devoted to re-enrolled dropouts or students at risk of dropping out means a minimum of 90% of students enrolled shall be high school dropouts;
For purposes of this Section, the term "affiliate" means any entity that (1) directly, indirectly, or constructively controls another entity, (2) is directly, indirectly, or constructively controlled by another entity, or (3) is subject to the control of a common entity.
and HB3232 Enrolled - 6 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b (2) any charter school located in a school district that contains all or part of a federal military base may set aside up to 33% of its current charter enrollment to students with parents assigned to the federal military base, with the remaining 67% subject to the general enrollment and lottery requirements of subsection (d) of this Section and this subsection (h);
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For purposes of this subsection (b), an entity controls another entity if it owns, directly or individually, more than 10% of the voting securities of that entity.
if a student with a parent assigned to the federal military base withdraws from the charter school during the course of a school year for reasons other than grade promotion, those students with parents assigned to the federal military base shall have preference in filling the vacancy.
As used in this subsection (b), the term "voting security" means a security that (1) confers upon the holder the right to vote for the election of members of the board of directors or similar governing body of the business or (2) is HB3232 Engrossed - 6 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b convertible into, or entitles the holder to receive upon its exercise, a security that confers such a right to vote.
(i) (Blank).
A general partnership interest is a voting security.
(j) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a school district in a city having a population exceeding 500,000 shall not have a duty to collectively bargain with an exclusive representative of its employees over decisions to grant or deny a charter school proposal under Section 27A-8 of this Code, decisions to renew or revoke a charter under Section 27A-9 of this Code, and the impact of these decisions, provided that nothing in this Section shall have the effect of negating, abrogating, replacing, reducing, diminishing, or limiting in any way employee rights, guarantees, or privileges granted in Sections 2, 3, 7, 8, 10, 14, and 15 of the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act.
To require that bids and contracts include a certification by the bidder or contractor that the bidder or contractor is not barred from bidding for or entering into a contract under this Section and that the bidder or contractor acknowledges that the school board may declare the contract void if the certification completed pursuant to this subsection (b) is false.
(k) In this Section:
(b-5) To require all contracts and agreements that pertain to goods and services and that are intended to generate additional revenue and other remunerations for the school district in excess of $1,000, including without limitation vending machine contracts, sports and other attire, class rings, and photographic services, to be approved by the school board.
HB3232 Enrolled - 7 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b "Low-performing school" means a public school in a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code that enrolls students in any of grades kindergarten through 8 and that is ranked within the lowest 10% of schools in that district in terms of the percentage of students meeting or exceeding standards on the Illinois Standards Achievement Test.
The school board shall file as an attachment to its annual budget a report, in a form as determined by the State Board of Education, indicating for the prior year the name of the vendor, the product or service provided, and the actual net revenue and non-monetary remuneration from each of the contracts or agreements.
"Overcrowded school" means a public school in a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code that (i) enrolls students in any of grades kindergarten through 8, (ii) has a percentage of low-income students of 70% or more, as identified in the most recently available School Report Card published by the State Board of Education, and (iii) is determined by the Chicago Board of Education to be in the most severely overcrowded 5% of schools in the district.
In addition, the report shall indicate for what purpose the revenue was used and how and to whom the non-monetary remuneration was distributed.
On or before November 1 of each year, the Chicago Board of Education shall file a report with the State Board of Education on which schools in the district meet the definition of "overcrowded school".
(c) If the State education purchasing entity creates a master contract as defined in Article 28A of this Code, then HB3232 Engrossed - 7 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b the State education purchasing entity shall notify school districts of the existence of the master contract.
"Students at risk of dropping out" means students 16 or 15 years old in a public school in a district organized under Article 34 of this Code that enrolls students in any grades 9-12 who have been absent at least 90 school attendance days of the previous 180 school attendance days.
(d) In purchasing supplies, materials, equipment, or services that are not subject to subsection (c) of this Section, before a school district solicits bids or awards a contract, the district may review and consider as a bid under subsection (a) of this Section certified education purchasing contracts that are already available through the State education purchasing entity.
(l) For advertisements created after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly, any advertisement, including a radio, television, print, Internet, social media, or billboard advertisement, purchased by a school HB3232 Enrolled - 8 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b district or public school, including a charter school, with public funds must include a disclaimer stating that the advertisement was paid for using public funds.
This disclaimer requirement does not extend to materials created by the charter school, including, but not limited to, a school website, informational pamphlets or leaflets, or clothing with affixed school logos.
96-392, eff.
97-151, eff.
1-1-10;
1-1-12;
96-841, eff.
97-624, eff.
12-23-09;
11-28-11;
96-1000, eff.
97-813, eff.
7-2-10;
7-13-12;
97-951, eff.
98-474, eff.
8-13-12.) Section 99.
8-16-13.) (105 ILCS 5/27A-5) Sec.
Effective date.
27A-5.
This Act takes effect upon becoming law.
Charter school;
legal entity;
requirements.
(a) A charter school shall be a public, nonsectarian, nonreligious, non-home based, and non-profit school.
A charter school shall be organized and operated as a nonprofit corporation or other discrete, legal, nonprofit entity authorized under the laws of the State of Illinois.
(b) A charter school may be established under this Article by creating a new school or by converting an existing public school or attendance center to charter school status.
Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, in all new applications submitted to the State Board or a local school board to establish a charter school in a city having a population exceeding 500,000, operation of the charter school shall be limited to one campus.
The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the HB3232 Enrolled - 9 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b 93rd General Assembly do not apply to charter schools existing or approved on or before the effective date of this amendatory Act.
(b-5) In this subsection (b-5), "virtual-schooling" means the teaching of courses through online methods with online instructors, rather than the instructor and student being at the same physical location.
"Virtual-schooling" includes without limitation instruction provided by full-time, online virtual schools.
From April 1, 2013 through April 1, 2014, there is a moratorium on the establishment of charter schools with virtual-schooling components in school districts other than a school district organized under Article 34 of this Code.
This moratorium does not apply to a charter school with virtual-schooling components existing or approved prior to April 1, 2013 or to the renewal of the charter of a charter school with virtual-schooling components already approved prior to April 1, 2013.
On or before March 1, 2014, the Commission shall submit to the General Assembly a report on the effect of virtual-schooling, including without limitation the effect on student performance, the costs associated with virtual-schooling, and issues with oversight.
The report shall include policy recommendations for virtual-schooling.
(c) A charter school shall be administered and governed by its board of directors or other governing body in the manner HB3232 Enrolled - 10 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b provided in its charter.
The governing body of a charter school shall be subject to the Freedom of Information Act and the Open Meetings Act.
(d) A charter school shall comply with all applicable health and safety requirements applicable to public schools under the laws of the State of Illinois.
(e) Except as otherwise provided in the School Code, a charter school shall not charge tuition;
provided that a charter school may charge reasonable fees for textbooks, instructional materials, and student activities.
(f) A charter school shall be responsible for the management and operation of its fiscal affairs including, but not limited to, the preparation of its budget.
An audit of each charter school's finances shall be conducted annually by an outside, independent contractor retained by the charter school.
To ensure financial accountability for the use of public funds, on or before December 1 of every year of operation, each charter school shall submit to its authorizer and Annually, by December 1, every charter school must submit to the State Board a copy of its audit and a copy of the Form 990 the charter school filed that year with the federal Internal Revenue Service.
In addition, if deemed necessary for proper financial oversight of the charter school, an authorizer may require quarterly financial statements from each charter school.
(g) A charter school shall comply with all provisions of HB3232 Enrolled - 11 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b this Article, the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act, and its charter.
A charter school is exempt from all other State laws and regulations in the School Code governing public schools and local school board policies, except the following:
(1) Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5 of the School Code regarding criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database of applicants for employment;
(2) Sections 24-24 and 34-84A of the School Code regarding discipline of students;
(3) The Local Governmental and Governmental Employees Tort Immunity Act;
(4) Section 108.75 of the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of 1986 regarding indemnification of officers, directors, employees, and agents;
(5) The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act;
(6) The Illinois School Student Records Act;
(7) Section 10-17a of the School Code regarding school report cards;
and (8) The P-20 Longitudinal Education Data System Act.
The change made by Public Act 96-104 to this subsection (g) is declaratory of existing law.
(h) A charter school may negotiate and contract with a school district, the governing body of a State college or university or public community college, or any other public or HB3232 Enrolled - 12 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b for-profit or nonprofit private entity for:
(i) the use of a school building and grounds or any other real property or facilities that the charter school desires to use or convert for use as a charter school site, (ii) the operation and maintenance thereof, and (iii) the provision of any service, activity, or undertaking that the charter school is required to perform in order to carry out the terms of its charter.
However, a charter school that is established on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and that operates in a city having a population exceeding 500,000 may not contract with a for-profit entity to manage or operate the school during the period that commences on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and concludes at the end of the 2004-2005 school year.
Except as provided in subsection (i) of this Section, a school district may charge a charter school reasonable rent for the use of the district's buildings, grounds, and facilities.
Any services for which a charter school contracts with a school district shall be provided by the district at cost.
Any services for which a charter school contracts with a local school board or with the governing body of a State college or university or public community college shall be provided by the public entity at cost.
(i) In no event shall a charter school that is established by converting an existing school or attendance center to charter school status be required to pay rent for space that is HB3232 Enrolled - 13 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b deemed available, as negotiated and provided in the charter agreement, in school district facilities.
However, all other costs for the operation and maintenance of school district facilities that are used by the charter school shall be subject to negotiation between the charter school and the local school board and shall be set forth in the charter.
(j) A charter school may limit student enrollment by age or grade level.
(k) If the charter school is approved by the Commission, then the Commission charter school is its own local education agency.
(Source:
P.A.
97-152, eff.
7-20-11;
97-154, eff.
1-1-12;
97-813, eff.
7-13-12;
98-16, eff.
5-24-13.) (105 ILCS 5/27A-10.5 new) Sec.
27A-10.5.
Educational or charter management organization.
(a) In this Section:
"CMO" means a charter management organization.
"EMO" means an educational management organization.
(b) All authorizers shall ensure that any charter school established on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly has a governing body that is separate and distinct from the governing body of any CMO or EMO.
In reviewing charter applications and charter renewal applications, authorizers shall review the governance model HB3232 Enrolled - 14 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b proposed by the applicant to ensure that there are no conflicts of interest.
(c) No charter school may employ a staff person who is simultaneously employed by an EMO or CMO.
(105 ILCS 5/27A-10.10 new) Sec.
27A-10.10.
Closure of charter school;
unspent public funds;
procedures for the disposition of property and assets.
(a) Upon the closing of a charter school authorized by one or more local school boards, the governing body of the charter school or its designee shall refund to the chartering entity or entities all unspent public funds.
The charter school's other property and assets shall be disposed of under the provisions of the charter application and contract.
If the application and contract are silent or ambiguous as to the disposition of any of the school's property or assets, any property or assets of the charter school purchased with public funds shall be returned to the school district or districts from which the charter school draws enrollment, at no cost to the receiving district or districts, subject to each district's acceptance of the property or asset.
Any unspent public funds or other property or assets received by the charter school directly from any State or federal agency shall be refunded to or revert back to that State or federal agency, respectively.
(b) Upon the closing of a charter school authorized by the Commission, the governing body of the charter school or its HB3232 Enrolled - 15 - LRB098 07648 NHT 37720 b designee shall refund all unspent public funds to the State Board of Education.
The charter school's other property and assets shall be disposed of under the provisions of the charter application and contract.
If the application and contract are silent or ambiguous as to the disposition of any of the school's property or assets, any property or assets of the charter school purchased with public funds shall be returned to the school district or districts from which the charter school draws its enrollment, at no cost to the receiving district or districts, subject to each district's acceptance of the property or asset.
Any unspent public funds or other property or assets provided by a State agency other than the State Board of Education or by a federal agency shall be refunded to or revert back to that State or federal agency, respectively.
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Action History

  1. Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0783

  2. Effective Date January 1, 2015

  3. Governor Approved

  4. Sent to the Governor

  5. Passed Both Houses

  6. House Concurs

  7. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 101-012-001

  8. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar

  9. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 011-000-000

  10. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robert W. Pritchard

  11. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

  12. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Fred Crespo

  13. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly

  14. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Marcus C. Evans, Jr.

  15. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield

  16. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Rules Referred to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  17. Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Frances Ann Hurley

  18. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Christian L. Mitchell

  19. Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond

  20. Remove Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Unes

  21. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Monique D. Davis

  22. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

  23. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee

  24. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

  25. Chief Sponsor Changed to Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

  26. Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2

  27. Arrived in House

  28. Third Reading - Passed; 044-000-000

  29. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 22, 2014

  30. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Collins

  31. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Withdrawn by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  32. Second Reading

  33. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Assignments

  34. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 013-000-000

  35. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments

  36. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  37. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education

  38. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments

  39. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  40. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 19, 2014

  41. Approved for Consideration Assignments

  42. Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins

  43. Pursuant to Senate Rule 3-9(b) / Referred to Assignments

  44. Rule 2-10 Third Reading Deadline Established As May 31, 2013

  45. Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 9, 2013

  46. Do Pass Education; 012-000-000

  47. Postponed - Education

  48. Assigned to Education

  49. Referred to Assignments

  50. First Reading

  51. Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. David Koehler

  52. Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading April 17, 2013

  53. Arrive in Senate

  54. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Norine Hammond

  55. Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Michael Unes

  56. Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 075-040-000

  57. Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate

  58. Second Reading - Short Debate

  59. Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate

  60. Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 013-000-000

  61. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote

  62. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  63. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee

  64. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth

  65. Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

  66. Referred to Rules Committee

  67. First Reading

  68. Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon-Booth

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 12 voted No

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (182)

182 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Concurrence, Amendment 2

Passed 101 Yea · 12 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 72803
Democrat 24102
Republican 5300
Total 1011205
% of votes cast 86%10%0%4%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Acevedo — Yea
Anthony — Not Voting
Arroyo — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Yea
Brown — Yea
Conroy — Yea
McAsey — Yea
Costello — Nay
Golar — Yea
Hurley — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Lang — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
McSweeney — Yea
Senger — Yea
Sente — Yea
Smiddy — Yea
Soto — Yea
Stewart — Yea
Bradley — Yea
Brady — Yea
Mitchell, Bill — Yea
Drury — Yea
Dunkin — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fortner — Yea
Burke, Daniel — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Mitchell, Christian — Yea
Burke, Kelly — Yea
Leitch — Nay
Madigan — Not Voting
Moffitt — Yea
Harris, David — Yea
Harris, Greg — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Pihos — Yea
Sommer — Nay
Hernandez — Yea
Tabares — Yea
Thapedi — Not Voting
Wheeler — Yea
Tryon — Yea
Williams — Yea
Turner — Yea
Unes — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Jones — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Willis — Yea
Yingling — Yea
Zalewski — Yea
Cavaletto — Yea
Cloonen — Nay
Cross — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Demmer — Nay
Franks — Nay
Harms — Yea
Hatcher — Yea
Hays — Yea
Ives — Nay
Jackson — Yea
Kay — Nay
Osmond — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Yea
Riley — Yea
Sandack — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Anna Moeller Democrat Yea
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Camille Y. Lilly Democrat Yea
Elgie R. Sims, Jr. Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Jehan Gordon-Booth Democrat Not Voting
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Nay
Kelly M. Cassidy Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Laura Fine Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Democrat Yea
Martin J. Moylan Democrat Yea
Michelle Mussman Democrat Yea
Natalie A. Manley Democrat Yea
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Not Voting
Rita Mayfield Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Robert F. Martwick Democrat Yea
Robyn Gabel Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
Stephanie A. Kifowit Democrat Yea
Sue Scherer Democrat Yea
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Halbrook Republican Nay
Charles Meier Republican Yea
Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Nay
Joe C. Sosnowski Republican Nay
John M. Cabello Republican Yea
Norine K. Hammond Republican Yea
Wayne A. Rosenthal Republican Yea

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Third Reading

Passed 44 Yea · 0 Nay · 15 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 310012
Democrat 13000
Republican 0003
Total 440015
% of votes cast 75%0%0%25%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Kotowski — Yea
Landek — Yea
Luechtefeld — Not Voting
Althoff — Not Voting
Martinez — Yea
Barickman — Yea
Bertino-Tarrant — Yea
Biss — Yea
Bivins — Not Voting
McCann — Yea
LaHood — Not Voting
Link — Yea
Manar — Yea
Harris — Yea
McCarter — Not Voting
McConnaughay — Not Voting
Mulroe — Yea
Muñoz — Yea
Noland — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Radogno — Not Voting
Sullivan — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Cullerton, T. — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Cullerton — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Steans — Yea
Brady — Not Voting
Trotter — Yea
Bush — Yea
Clayborne — Yea
Connelly — Not Voting
Dillard — Yea
Duffy — Not Voting
Forby — Not Voting
Frerichs — Yea
Haine — Yea
Hutchinson — Yea
Oberweis — Yea
Righter — Not Voting
Sandoval — Yea
Van Pelt — Yea
Bill Cunningham Democrat Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Yea
Michael E. Hastings Democrat Yea
Steve Stadelman Democrat Yea
Chapin Rose Republican Not Voting
Dave Syverson Republican Not Voting
Sue Rezin Republican Not Voting

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Third Reading

Passed 75 Yea · 40 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 542902
Democrat 19501
Republican 2600
Total 754003
% of votes cast 64%34%0%3%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Lang — Yea
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Nay
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Bost — Yea
Brauer — Nay
Brown — Nay
McAsey — Yea
Costello — Nay
Drury — Nay
Fortner — Yea
Hatcher — Nay
Jackson — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Leitch — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Mell — Yea
Moffitt — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
Roth — Yea
Soto — Yea
Bradley — Yea
Tabares — Yea
Thapedi — Yea
Burke, Daniel — Yea
Turner — Yea
Burke, Kelly — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Mitchell, Christian — Yea
Unes — Yea
Harris, David — Yea
Harris, Greg — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Durkin — Yea
Farnham — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Golar — Yea
Kosel — Yea
Madigan — Yea
McSweeney — Nay
Williams — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Jones — Yea
Brady — Nay
Phelps — Yea
Sente — Nay
Smiddy — Nay
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
Sommer — Nay
Tryon — Nay
Willis — Nay
Yingling — Nay
Zalewski — Yea
Wheeler — Nay
Cavaletto — Nay
Cloonen — Nay
Conroy — Nay
Cross — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Demmer — Nay
Dunkin — Yea
Franks — Nay
Harms — Nay
Hays — Nay
Hurley — Yea
Ives — Nay
Kay — Nay
Osmond — Nay
Pihos — Nay
Poe — Yea
Pritchard — Yea
Reboletti — Yea
Reis — Nay
Riley — Not Voting
Sacia — Yea
Sandack — Yea
Schmitz — Nay
Senger — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Not Voting
Anthony DeLuca Democrat Yea
Camille Y. Lilly Democrat Yea
Elgie R. Sims, Jr. Democrat Yea
Emanuel "Chris" Welch Democrat Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
Jehan Gordon-Booth Democrat Yea
Julie A. Morrison Democrat Not Voting
Kelly M. Cassidy Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Laura Fine Democrat Yea
Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. Democrat Yea
Marcus C. Evans, Jr. Democrat Yea
Martin J. Moylan Democrat Nay
Michelle Mussman Democrat Nay
Natalie A. Manley Democrat Nay
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Rita Mayfield Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Robert F. Martwick Democrat Yea
Robyn Gabel Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Yea
Stephanie A. Kifowit Democrat Nay
Sue Scherer Democrat Nay
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Halbrook Republican Nay
Charles Meier Republican Nay
Christopher "C.D." Davidsmeyer Republican Nay
Jil Tracy Republican Nay
Joe C. Sosnowski Republican Nay
John M. Cabello Republican Nay
Norine K. Hammond Republican Yea
Wayne A. Rosenthal Republican Yea

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What does HB 3232 do?
Amends the School Code. Exempts contracts awarded to a local contractor who is not the lowest responsible bidder, but who is a qualified bidder who has submitted a bid that does not exceed 2% over the lowest responsible bid received by the school board, from the requirement that a school board award all contracts for the purchase of supplies and materials or work involving an expenditure in excess of $25,000 to the lowest responsible bidder. Effective immediately.
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HB 3232 is sponsored by Emanuel "Chris" Welch (Democrat).
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