Please ask your State Representative to SUPPORT HB 2100, which would abolish the State Charter School Commission. This bill is on 2nd Reading in the House. Click the button below to find contact information for your State Representative to let your voice be heard today.
The State Charter School Commission was established as an appointed body with statewide chartering jurisdiction and authority. This is not supported by the League of Women Voters of Illinois position, which states:
"The authority for approving and renewing charters should reside exclusively in the local school board."
Local school boards are responsible for protecting taxpayers' interests. This unelected commission can override local decisions and approve charter schools that a local school board has rejected. The local school boards decisions regarding charter schools should not be subjected to reversal.
