HB 6044 Summary

• Extends the timeline for implementing balanced accountability measures in schools, shifting key deadlines from 2021-2022 to 2022-2023 school year for statewide implementation across all districts.

• Modifies school district dissolution procedures to streamline the process for districts with fewer than 5,000 residents or 750 students, allowing regional boards of school trustees to execute dissolutions upon petition.

• Updates references throughout the School Code to redirect state aid claims and reports to the State Superintendent of Education rather than regional superintendents, and expands reporting requirements to include regional offices of education, laboratory schools, and charter schools.

• Changes certification requirements for school breakfast and lunch program reimbursements from monthly to quarterly submissions to the State Comptroller.

• Corrects statutory cross-references related to teacher contractual continued service status and employment transfer provisions during school district reorganizations and facility deactivations.