Rep. Carol Ammons

Creates the Racial Impact Note Act. Provides that every bill which has or could have a disparate impact on racial and ethnic minorities, upon the request of any member, shall have prepared for it, before second reading in the house of introduction, a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated impact on those racial and ethnic minorities likely to be impacted by the bill. Specifies the contents and provides for the preparation of each racial impact note. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Prohibits racial discrimination and harassment by State officers and employees. Provides that each State officer and employee shall annually complete a racial bias, discrimination, and harassment training program approved by the appropriate jurisdictional authority. Expands the jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics Commission to include allegations of racial discrimination and harassment by persons registered under the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that the personnel policies of units of local government shall prohibit racial discrimination and harassment. Defines "racial discrimination and harassment". Provides for rulemaking, including emergency rulemaking. Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides the Secretary of State's Inspector General with jurisdiction to investigate complaints of racial discrimination and harassment by persons registered under the Lobbyist Registration Act. Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits racial discrimination and harassment by persons registered under the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that each registered lobbyist shall annually complete a racial bias, discrimination, and harassment training program approved by the Secretary of State. Defines "racial discrimination and harassment". Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires the Department of Human Rights to establish a racial discrimination and harassment hotline for the anonymous reporting of racial discrimination and harassment in both public and private places of employment, and to provide for reporting by both telephone and Internet. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: New Act 5 ILCS 100/5-45 5 ILCS 430/5-5 5 ILCS 430/5-10.10 new 5 ILCS 430/5-70 new 5 ILCS 430/50-5 5 ILCS 430/70-5 15 ILCS 305/14 25 ILCS 170/4.8 new 25 ILCS 170/5 25 ILCS 170/10 775 ILCS 5/2-108 new Adds reference to: 20 ILCS 4085/1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Commission to Study Disproportionate Justice Impact Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Election Code. Provides for the election of the Chicago Board of Education at the general primary election in 2020 only as a nonpartisan election on a separate ballot. Provides that a member of the Chicago Board of Education shall be elected at each consolidated election thereafter. Makes related changes. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that a person shall be a U.S. citizen and registered voter and shall have been a resident of the city and the electoral district for at least one year immediately preceding his or her election. Sets forth provisions concerning nominating petitions and ballots. Sets forth provisions providing that the City of Chicago shall be subdivided into 20 electoral districts by the General Assembly for seats on the Chicago Board of Education. Sets forth provisions providing that in the year following each decennial census, the General Assembly shall redistrict the electoral districts to reflect the results of each decennial census. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following changes. Provides for the election of the Chicago Board of Education for the 2023 and 2027 consolidated primary elections only (rather than beginning with the 2020 general primary election only as a nonpartisan election on a separate ballot and each consolidated election thereafter). Provides that no later than June 30, 2029, the General Assembly must review and revise the election of members of the Chicago Board of Education and if the General Assembly has not reauthorized the election of members of the Chicago Board of Education by June 30, 2029, then, on May 13, 2031, the terms of all members elected in 2027 shall end, and a new Chicago Board of Education consisting of 7 members shall be appointed by the Mayor. Makes conforming changes. Provides that, beginning on May 9, 2023 (rather than March 24, 2020) and until May 13, 2031, successors of the Inspector General for the Chicago school district shall be appointed by the school board instead of the Mayor. Effective immediately.

Creates the Implementation of Legislation Reporting Act. Provides that any State agency required to provide benefits or services under the provisions of a covered Public Act shall prepare an Implementation Report relating to that covered Public Act, and file the Report with the General Assembly. Requires the Implementation Report to also be published on the General Assembly's Internet website. Defines terms. Effective immediately.

Urges Congress to recognize outstanding student debt as a crisis.

Amends the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 115 ILCS 5/5 Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/14-7.02c new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board must accept amended student enrollment data from special education private therapeutic day schools that have specialized contractual agreements with a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants in the 2016-2017 and 2017-2018 school years. Provides that the amended student enrollment data must be based on actual monthly enrollment days where a student placed by the school district was formally enrolled and began to receive services through the last date he or she was formally exited from the therapeutic day school. Provides that all enrolled days must be confined to the official beginning and end dates of the therapeutic day school's official calendar on file with the State Board of Education. Provides that a school district having a population of 500,000 or less inhabitants must be billed at the per diem rate approved by the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board based on days enrolled. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/14-7.02c new Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/1-2 from Ch. 122, par. 1-2 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction. Fiscal Note, House Floor Amendment No. 3 (IL State Board of Education) SB 458 (H-AM 3)includes new requirements for the State Board of Education (Board) and school districts that will have a fiscal impact. This fiscal impact estimate only addresses known or estimated costs for the Board and PreK-12 public school districts and not costs to other State agencies or other entities impacted by the amendments. The Board is tasked with providing staff support to 3 new advisory conm1ittees and one expanded advisory committee (KIDS Advisory Committee, Whole Child Task Force, and Inclusive History Commission; Professional Review Panel), adopting new learning standards (computer science and social science), overseeing the creation and/or expansion of programs (Freedom Schools), and will provide technical assistance to districts in implementing new mandates implemented, While existing staff will be able to take on some of the new work, new staff will likely be hired, The Board estimates that each additional staff member needed will cost $115,000 annually. To implement the requirements of these amendments, ISBE estimates needed an additional 3 staff for a total cost of $345,000. The legislation creates the Freedom Schools Grant Program which is subject to appropriation. ISBE estimates this program would cost $85,000 for every 120 students enrolled (this estimate is based on the EBF Cost factor of 1 teacher for every 120 students for Extended Day Supports). The legislation includes new requirements for school districts including expanded accelerated placement opportunities for students and new graduation and coursework requirements (computer literacy, computer science, foreign language and laboratory science). Additionally, once the Board completes adoption of new learning standards school districts will be required to implement these new standards. It is not known what these new requirements will cost school districts.

Amends the School Code. With regard to the State Seal of Biliteracy program, provides that if the State Board of Education establishes criteria that includes the use of the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing section of the SAT college admissions test as an acceptable English language proficiency assessment to demonstrate English language proficiency, the minimum qualifying score for eligibility to receive the State Seal of Biliteracy must be 480. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with the following change. Provides that the minimum qualifying score for eligibility to receive the State Seal of Biliteracy must be established by the State Board of Education by rule (rather than must be 480). Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/2-3.159 Adds reference to: New Act 105 ILCS 5/2-3.64a-10 new 105 ILCS 5/27A-5 325 ILCS 20/11 from Ch. 23, par. 4161 105 ILCS 5/22-90 new 305 ILCS 5/5-39 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.183 new 105 ILCS 5/27-22 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22 110 ILCS 205/9.40 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.185 new 105 ILCS 5/10-17a from Ch. 122, par. 10-17a 105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.74 new 105 ILCS 5/27-22 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22 105 ILCS 5/27-23.15 new 105 ILCS 5/14A-10 105 ILCS 5/14A-32 105 ILCS 5/22-45 30 ILCS 105/5.935 new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.186 new 105 ILCS 5/18-8.15 105 ILCS 5/21B-50 110 ILCS 947/50 110 ILCS 947/65.100 105 ILCS 5/2-3.25 from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.25 105 ILCS 5/2-3.187 new 105 ILCS 5/27-20.4 from Ch. 122, par. 27-20.4 20 ILCS 3975/4.5 105 ILCS 5/21B-70 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to annually assess all public school students entering kindergarten. Creates the Whole Child Task Force to establish an equitable, inclusive, safe, and supportive environment in all schools for every student in this State. Amends the Early Intervention Services System Act. Makes changes concerning eligibility requirements for early intervention services. Creates the Data Governance and Organization to Support Equity and Racial Justice Act. Requires the Office of the Governor and the Department of Innovation and Technology to jointly establish an organization and governance that is responsible for certain data collection processes. Requires the State Board of Education and specified departments to submit a report detailing the statistical data on the racial and ethnic demographics of program participants for each major program administered by the State Board of Education or the respective department to the General Assembly. Amends the Medical Assistance Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code to make changes concerning the diagnostic code for behavioral health services for children ages 5 and under. Amends the School Code and the Board of Higher Education Act concerning high school coursework. Amends the School Code concerning computer science courses. Amends the Gifted and Talented Children Article of the School Code. Provides that a school district's accelerated placement policy shall allow for the automatic enrollment, in the following school term, of a high school student into the next most rigorous level of advanced coursework offered by the high school if the student meets or exceeds State standards in English language arts, mathematics, or science on a State assessment. Further amends the School Code. Requires the Illinois P-20 Council to make recommendations for short-term and long-term learning recovery actions for public school students in this State in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a Freedom School network. Subject to appropriation, requires the State Board of Education to establish and implement a grant program to provide grants to public schools, public community colleges, and not-for-profit, community-based organizations to facilitate improved educational outcomes for Black students in grades pre-kindergarten through 12. Makes changes concerning the evidence-based funding formula. Creates the Developmental Education Reform Act. Sets forth provisions concerning the placement of a student in introductory college-level English language or mathematics coursework. Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code to make changes relating to the Alternative Educator Licensure Program for Teachers and the Illinois Teaching Excellence Program. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act with respect to the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program and the AIM HIGH Grant Pilot Program. Amends the School Code to make changes concerning the State Board of Education's social science learning standards, an Inclusive American History Commission, and the Black History unit of instruction. Requires the State Board of Education to issue a request to school districts to submit proposals to obtain funding to support professional development for educators and others working with young people in schools. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Fiscal Note, Senate Floor Amendment No. 3 (IL State Board of Education) HB 2170 (S-AM 3) includes new requirements for the State Board of Education (Board) and school districts that will have a fiscal impact. This fiscal impact estimate only addresses known or estimated costs for the Board and PreK-12 public school districts and not costs to other State agencies or other entities impacted by the amendments. The Board is tasked with providing staff support to 3 new advisory committees and one expanded advisory committee (KIDS Advisory Committee, Whole Child Task Force, and Inclusive History Commission; Professional Review Panel), adopting new learning standards (computer science and social science), overseeing the creation and/or expansion of programs (Freedom Schools), and will provide technical assistance to districts in implementing new mandates implemented. While existing staff will be able to take on some of the new work, new staff will likely be hired. The Board estimates that each additional staff member needed will cost $115,000 annually. To implement the requirements of these amendments, ISBE estimates needed an additional 3 staff for a total cost of $345,000. The legislation creates the Freedom Schools Grant Program which is subject to appropriation. ISBE estimates this program would cost $85,000 for every 120 students enrolled (this estimate is based on the EBF Cost factor of 1 teacher for every 120 students for Extended Day Supports). The legislation includes new requirements for school districts including expanded accelerated placement opportunities for students and new graduation and coursework requirements (computer literacy, computer science, foreign language and laboratory science). Additionally, once the Board completes adoption of new learning standards school districts will be required to implement these new standards. It is not known what these new requirements will cost school districts.

Creates the Workplace Transparency Act. Provides that an employer shall not enter into a contract or agreement with an employee or applicant if that contract or agreement contains a nondisclosure or nondisparagement clause or forced arbitration clause that covers workplace harassment or discrimination, including sexual harassment or retaliation for reporting, resisting, opposing, or assisting in the investigation of workplace harassment or discrimination. Makes corresponding changes in the Uniform Arbitration Act, the Illinois Human Rights Act, and the Illinois Freedom to Work Act. Changes the definition of "sexual harassment" in the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act and the Lobbyist Registration Act. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Provides that no court shall enter an order or judgment that has the purpose or effect of concealing a public hazard or any information concerning a public hazard, nor shall the court enter an order or judgment that has the purpose or effect of concealing any information that may be useful to members of the public in protecting themselves from injury that may result from the public hazard. Further amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires the Department of Human Rights to adopt a model sexual harassment prevention training program and provides that all employers shall use the model or establish a training program that equals or exceeds the minimum standards provided by the model. Makes other changes concerning: definitions; procedures following an employer's failure to post required notices; and employer disclosure requirements. Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Makes the Act applicable in instances of sexual harassment. Provides that a civil action may be brought to enforce the Act without first filing an administrative complaint. Makes other changes concerning definitions and documentation. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 5 ILCS 430/5-65 25 ILCS 170/4.7 735 ILCS 5/2-302 new 775 ILCS 5/5A-101 820 ILCS 90/20 new 820 ILCS 180/35 Adds reference to: 5 ILCS 140/7 from Ch. 116, par. 207 775 ILCS 5/1-103 from Ch. 68, par. 1-103 775 ILCS 5/2-102 from Ch. 68, par. 2-102 775 ILCS 5/8-109.1 new 5 ILCS 140/7.5 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Creates the Workplace Transparency Act. Provides provisions for: prohibitions; voidable agreements; unconscionable terms; settlement or separation agreements; enforcement; application; limitations; and severability. Makes conforming changes in the Uniform Arbitration Act. Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that it is a civil rights violation for an employer to engage in: harassment; harassment of nonemployees in the workplace; and sexual harassment of nonemployees in the workplace. Provides that beginning July 1, 2020, each employer shall disclose specified information to the Department of Human Rights. Provides that the Department shall produce a model sexual harassment prevention training program aimed at the prevention of sexual harassment in the workplace. Provides provisions for: civil penalties; failure to report; and failure to train. Makes conforming changes in the Freedom of Information Act and the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Creates the Stopping Predators from Evading Allegations of Abuse of Kids Act. Provides provisions for: prohibition on sexual abuse of children in youth sports; required reporting of child and sexual abuse in youth sports; posting of rights by youth recreational athletic entity; and enforcement. Creates the Sexual Harassment Victim Representation Act. Provides that in any proceeding in which a victim who is a member of a union has accused a perpetrator who is a member of the same union, the victim and the perpetrator may not be represented in the proceeding by the same union representative. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: New Act 5 ILCS 140/7.5 710 ILCS 5/1 from Ch. 10, par. 101 775 ILCS 5/1-103 from Ch. 68, par. 1-103 775 ILCS 5/2-101 from Ch. 68, par. 2-101 775 ILCS 5/2-102 from Ch. 68, par. 2-102 775 ILCS 5/2-108 new 775 ILCS 5/6-102 775 ILCS 5/7-114 new 775 ILCS 5/8-109.1 new 820 ILCS 180/10 820 ILCS 180/15 820 ILCS 180/20 820 ILCS 180/25 820 ILCS 180/30 820 ILCS 180/45 Adds reference to: 735 ILCS 5/1-101 from Ch. 110, par. 1-101 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Code of Civil Procedure. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.

Creates the Illinois Student Loan Investment Act. Provides for the establishment, operation, and administration of the Student Investment Account by the State Treasurer. Provides that the State Treasurer shall establish fees to cover the costs of administration, recordkeeping, marketing, and investment management related to the Student Investment Account. Provides that the State Treasurer may charge and collect insurance premiums and deduct wages under the Act. Requires the State Treasurer to develop, publish, and implement one or more investment policies covering the investment of moneys under the Act. Provides for the creation and use of specified Funds to be held outside of the State Treasury with the State Treasurer as custodian. Provides for the adoption of rules. Amends the Deposit of State Moneys Act. Allows the State Treasurer to invest or reinvest State money in, among other items or purposes, investments made in accordance with the Student Loan Investment Act. Amends the Student Loan Servicing Rights Act. Provides that the term "student loan servicer" shall not include, among other entities, the State Treasurer and its agents when the agents are acting on the State Treasurer's behalf. Defines terms. Effective immediately. Fiscal Note (Office of the Treasurer) The Treasurer's Office projects that $150,000 will be needed for additional staff and related operational expenses to oversee and implement the Student Loan Investment program, the cost of which is expected to be paid for from the Treasurer's Administrative Fund, which receives revenue from investment earnings. The program should become self-sustaining when investment earnings and administrative fees are earned to cover operational and administration costs. Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the provisions of the introduced bill with changes. Creates the Student Investment Account Act (currently, the Student Loan Investment Act). Adds a provision concerning the use of earnings from the Student Investment Account. Modifies provisions concerning the establishment, operation, and administration of the Student Investment Account by the State Treasurer, and adds requirements concerning income share agreements and income share agreement providers. Allows the State Treasurer to enter into income share agreements with participants (currently, borrowers) and to facilitate such arrangements between participants and eligible income share agreement providers (currently, lenders). Provides that the State Treasurer or his or her designee (currently, only State Treasurer) may charge and collect insurance premiums under the Act. Provides for the creation and use of specified Funds as non-appropriated separate and apart trust funds in the State Treasury (currently, Funds to be held outside of the State Treasury with the State Treasurer as custodian). Amends the Student Loan Servicing Rights Act. Provides that the term "student loan servicer" shall not include, among other entities, the State Treasurer (currently, the State Treasurer and its agents when the agents are acting on the State Treasurer's behalf). Modifies and defines terms. Makes other changes. Effective immediately. Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Provides that "student loan servicer" or "servicer" includes persons or entities acting on behalf of the State Treasurer.

Repeals the Blighted Areas Redevelopment Act of 1947. Effective immediately.

Amends the Department of Central Management Services Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Establishes the African Descent-Citizens Reparations Commission within the Department of Central Management Services. Provides for the appointment of members to the Commission. Provides requirements concerning the operations of the Commission. Provides for the duties of the Commission. Requires the Commission to submit an annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly, and to make that report otherwise available to the public. Effective immediately.