Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) | Photo Courtesy of Jason Barickman
Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) | Photo Courtesy of Jason Barickman
State Sen. Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington) says he has his reasons for opposing recently passed Senate Bill 815 that makes changes to the Illinois School Student Records Act.
“This legislation was heard in committee. I think there were concerns that were discussed and those concerns were not addressed by the committee and unfortunately, I’m going to vote no on this,” Barickman said on the Senate floor.
The legislation that ultimately passed 39-17 seeks to add the minority spokesperson of the Higher Education Committee of the House of Representatives and the minority spokesperson of the Higher Education Committee of the Senate to the membership of the Commission on Equitable Public University Funding, along with establishing that “recommendations made by the Commission may be informed by the data-driven findings and recommendations established by the Chicago State University Equity Working Group and other groups.”
After being sponsored in the Senate by Sens. Kimberly Lightfoot (D-Maywood), Jacqueline Collins (D-Chicago) and Adriane Smith (D-Buffalo) and in the House by Reps. Carol Ammons (D-Urbana) and Nicholas K. Smith (D-Chicago), the legislation is slated to go into effect immediately.
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