Illinois 95th Regular Session Status: Passed Senate 1 D cosponsors

SJR 90 — SCH CD MANDATE WAIVER REPORT

Last action — Adopted Both Houses

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    To Executive
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Summary

Encourages the General Assembly to promptly review and evaluate the Report on Waiver of School Code Mandates filed by the State Board of Education to determine if the Report should be disapproved in whole or in part.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

79 added · 13 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amended version of SJR 90 now disapproves certain waiver requests from school districts for physical education mandates, specifically for Zion-Benton THSD 126 and Knoxville CUSD 202. Additionally, it approves other waiver requests for only one year but disapproves them for the remaining four years, rather than leaving the decision to the General Assembly. This change is significant because it gives clearer guidance on which waivers are outright rejected and limits the duration of those that are approved, ensuring that schools must regularly reassess their compliance with mandates.

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*LRB09520586NHT48603r* SJ0090 LRB095 20586 NHT 48603 r SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION WHEREAS, The State Board of Education has filed its Report on Waiver of School Code Mandates, dated March 1, 2008, with the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of State of Illinois as required by Section 2-3.25g of the School Code;
*LRB09520586NHT48603r* 09500SJ0090 Engrossed LRB095 20586 NHT 48603 r SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO.
therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that the General Assembly is encouraged to promptly review and evaluate the Report and determine whether to disapprove, in whole or in part, the Report or any waiver request or appealed request outlined in the Report.
90 (As Amended by Senate Amendment No.
2) WHEREAS, The State Board of Education has filed its Report on Waiver of School Code Mandates, dated March 1, 2008, with the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the Secretary of State of Illinois as required by Section 2-3.25g of the School Code;
therefore, be it RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING HEREIN, that each of the school district waiver requests identified below by school district name and by the identifying number and subject area of the waiver request, as summarized in the report filed by the State Board of Education, is disapproved:
(1) Zion-Benton THSD 126 - Lake, WM100-4630, physical education;
and (2) Knoxville CUSD 202 - Knox, WM100-4639, physical education;
and be it further RESOLVED, That each of the school district waiver requests identified below by school district name and by the identifying number and subject area of the waiver request, as summarized in the report filed by the State Board of Education, is approved for only one year and disapproved for the remaining 4 years:
09500SJ0090 Engrossed -2- LRB095 20586 NHT 48603 r (1) Naperville CUSD 203 - DuPage, WM100-4575, driver education - behind-the-wheel instruction;
(2) Crystal Lake CHSD 155 - McHenry, WM100-4589, driver education - behind-the-wheel instruction;
(3) St.
Charles CUSD 303 - Kane, WM100-4591, driver education - behind-the-wheel instruction;
(4) West Chicago CHSD 94 - DuPage, WM100-4600-2, driver education - behind-the-wheel instruction;
(5) Lyons THSD 204 - Cook, WM100-4601, driver education - behind-the-wheel instruction;
(6) Oak Park - River Forest HSD 200 - Cook, WM100-4608-2, driver education - behind-the-wheel instruction;
(7) Lake Park CHSD 108 - DuPage, WM100-4611, driver education - behind-the-wheel instruction;
(8) Glenbard THSD 87 - DuPage, WM100-4625, driver education - behind-the-wheel instruction;
(9) Aurora West USD 129 - Kane, WM100-4634, driver education - behind-the-wheel instruction;
and (10) Niles TCHSD 219 - Cook, WM100-4648-2, driver education - behind-the-wheel instruction;
and be it further RESOLVED, That the waiver request made by Rockford SD 205 - Winnebago with respect to general State aid and average daily attendance calculations, identified in the report filed by the 09500SJ0090 Engrossed -3- LRB095 20586 NHT 48603 r State Board of Education as request WM100-4640-1, is approved for only one year and disapproved for the remaining 4 years;
and be it further RESOLVED, That the waiver request made by Midlothian SD 143 - Cook with respect to substitute teachers, identified in the report filed by the State Board of Education as request WM100-4598, is approved for only one year and disapproved for the remaining 4 years;
and be it further RESOLVED, That each of the school district waiver requests identified below by school district name and by the identifying number of the waiver request with respect to driver education - fee limits, as summarized in the report filed by the State Board of Education, is approved for only up to $250 and is disapproved for the remaining amount:
(1) Chadwick - Milledgeville CUSD 399 - Carroll, Whiteside, WM100-4495;
(2) Elmhurst SD 205 - DuPage, WM100-4536;
(3) Orland Park CHSD 230 - Cook, WM100-4590;
(4) West Chicago CHSD 94 - DuPage, WM100-4600-1;
(5) Jacksonville SD 117 - Morgan, WM100-4621-2;
and (6) Rockford SD 205 - Winnebago, WM100-4640-3;
and be it further RESOLVED, That the waiver request made by Niles TCHSD 219 - 09500SJ0090 Engrossed -4- LRB095 20586 NHT 48603 r Cook with respect to driver education - fee limits, identified in the report filed by the State Board of Education as request WM100-4648-1, is approved for only up to $350 and is disapproved for the remaining amount.
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Action History

  1. Adopted Both Houses

  2. Resolution Adopted 069-032-000

  3. Placed on Calendar Order of Resolutions

  4. Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000

  5. Referred to Rules Committee

  6. Chief House Sponsor Rep. Michael K. Smith

  7. Arrived in House

  8. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled Pursuant to Rule 5-4(a)

  9. Resolution Adopted as Amended 048-001-000

  10. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Lightford

  11. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Be Approved for Consideration Rules

  12. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Held in Education

  13. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules

  14. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  15. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Education

  16. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules

  17. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

  18. Placed on Calendar Order of Secretary's Desk Resolutions April 16, 2008

  19. Approved for Consideration Rules

  20. Referred to Rules

  21. Filed with Secretary

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0 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 182 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (0)

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Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (182)

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Votes

Third Reading

Passed 69 Yea · 32 Nay · 17 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6130014
Democrat 7002
Republican 1201
Total 6932017
% of votes cast 58%27%0%14%
How each member voted (118)
Member Party Vote
Graham — Yea
Hassert — Yea
Jakobsson — Yea
Jefferies — Yea
Jefferson — Yea
Krause — Nay
Lang — Yea
Madigan — Yea
Reitz — Yea
Lyons — Yea
Mathias — Yea
McAuliffe — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Molaro — Yea
Munson — Yea
Nekritz — Yea
McGuire — Yea
Phelps — Yea
Bradley, John — Yea
Poe — Yea
Scully — Yea
Soto — Yea
Mitchell, Jerry — Yea
Turner — Yea
Verschoore — Yea
Wait — Yea
Yarbrough — Yea
Younge — Yea
Hannig — Yea
Harris — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Howard — Yea
Davis, Monique — Yea
Colvin — Yea
Coulson — Yea
Currie — Yea
D'Amico — Yea
Dugan — Yea
Flider — Yea
Flowers — Yea
Fritchey — Yea
Froehlich — Yea
Golar — Yea
Granberg — Yea
Hamos — Yea
McCarthy — Nay
Brady — Nay
Mitchell, Bill — Nay
Meyer — Nay
Moffitt — Nay
Mulligan — Not Voting
Myers — Nay
Osterman — Not Voting
Pihos — Nay
Schock — Not Voting
Bradley, Richard — Not Voting
Sommer — Nay
Watson — Not Voting
Tryon — Nay
Sullivan — Not Voting
Washington — Not Voting
Burke — Not Voting
Winters — Nay
Coladipietro — Nay
Cole — Nay
Cross — Nay
Cultra — Nay
Dunkin — Not Voting
Dunn — Not Voting
Durkin — Not Voting
Eddy — Nay
Fortner — Nay
Franks — Not Voting
Gordon — Not Voting
Kosel — Nay
Holbrook — Yea
Osmond — Nay
Patterson — Yea
Pritchard — Nay
Ramey — Nay
Reboletti — Nay
Reis — Nay
Riley — Yea
Ryg — Yea
Sacia — Nay
Saviano — Yea
Schmitz — Yea
Leitch — Nay
Lindner — Nay
Acevedo — Yea
Arroyo — Yea
Bassi — Nay
Beaubien — Nay
Beiser — Yea
Bellock — Yea
Berrios — Yea
Mautino — Yea
Biggins — Nay
Black — Not Voting
Boland — Yea
May — Yea
Bost — Nay
Brauer — Yea
Brosnahan — Yea
Chapa LaVia — Yea
Fred Crespo Democrat Yea
Jay Hoffman Democrat Yea
La Shawn K. Ford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Not Voting
Nicholas K. Smith Democrat Yea
Patrick J. Joyce Democrat Yea
Robert "Bob" Rita Democrat Yea
Sara Feigenholtz Democrat Not Voting
William "Will" Davis Democrat Yea
Brad Stephens Republican Nay
Chapin Rose Republican Nay
Chris Miller Republican Yea
Jil Tracy Republican Not Voting

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Motion To Adopt

Passed 48 Yea · 1 Nay · 10 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 40108
Democrat 8001
Republican 0001
Total 481010
% of votes cast 81%2%0%17%
How each member voted (59)
Member Party Vote
Haine — Yea
Halvorson — Yea
Link — Yea
Luechtefeld — Yea
Meeks — Yea
Millner — Not Voting
Noland — Yea
Pankau — Yea
Peterson — Yea
Radogno — Not Voting
Schoenberg — Yea
Sullivan — Yea
Silverstein — Yea
Munoz — Yea
Steans — Yea
Trotter — Yea
Viverito — Not Voting
Cullerton — Yea
Watson — Yea
Jacobs — Yea
Jones, J. — Yea
Wilhelmi — Yea
Demuzio — Yea
Brady — Not Voting
Clayborne — Yea
Cronin — Yea
Crotty — Yea
Dahl — Not Voting
DeLeo — Yea
Dillard — Yea
Forby — Not Voting
Frerichs — Yea
Garrett — Yea
Hendon — Yea
Hultgren — Yea
Kotowski — Yea
Raoul — Yea
Righter — Yea
Risinger — Nay
Rutherford — Yea
Sandoval — Not Voting
Lauzen — Not Voting
Maloney — Yea
Althoff — Yea
Martinez — Yea
Bivins — Yea
Bomke — Yea
Bond — Yea
Burzynski — Yea
David Koehler Democrat Yea
Don Harmon Democrat Yea
Emil Jones, III Democrat Yea
Eva-Dina Delgado Democrat Yea
Kimberly A. Lightford Democrat Yea
Lakesia Collins Democrat Yea
Laura M. Murphy Democrat Yea
Linda Holmes Democrat Yea
Mattie Hunter Democrat Not Voting
Dave Syverson Republican Not Voting

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Frequently asked questions

What does SJR 90 do?
Encourages the General Assembly to promptly review and evaluate the Report on Waiver of School Code Mandates filed by the State Board of Education to determine if the Report should be disapproved in whole or in part.
Who sponsors SJR 90?
SJR 90 is sponsored by Kimberly A. Lightford (Democrat).
What is the current status of SJR 90?
This bill died with 95th Regular Session. It reached “Passed Senate” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track SJR 90?
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