103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5839

 

Introduced 5/9/2024, by Rep. Maurice A. West, II

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/13B-20.40 new

    Amends the Alternative Learning Opportunities Law of the School Code. Provides that Regional Office of Education No. 4 shall establish a 3-year pilot program focused on serving students in grades kindergarten through 3. Provides that students in grades kindergarten through 3 who meet enrollment criteria established by a school district and who are at risk of academic failure are eligible to participate in the pilot program. Requires the pilot program to adhere to all other rules established for alternative learning opportunities programs. Requires Regional Office of Education No. 4 to provide a report to the General Assembly outlining the pilot program's methodology and student outcomes and setting forth a comprehensive impact report and a framework for future program models. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
513B-20.40 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/13B-20.40 new)
7    Sec. 13B-20.40. Pilot program.
8    (a) The General Assembly recognizes that helping students
9to build social, emotional, and academic success from an early
10age is essential to long-term success in schools and, as a
11result of the COVID-19 pandemic and other factors, more
12students are exhibiting behavioral concerns that make it
13difficult to thrive in traditional educational settings.
14Furthermore, alternative learning opportunities programs are
15designed to provide varied support to improve the educational
16achievement of students at risk of academic failure, and
17Summit Academy, the alternative learning opportunities program
18operated by Regional Office of Education No. 4, has a stated
19mission anchored in positive outcomes, with the goal of
20restoring and returning every student to that student's home
21school.
22    (b) Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year, Regional
23Office of Education No. 4 shall establish a 3-year pilot

 

 

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1alternative learning opportunities program focused on serving
2students in grades kindergarten through 3.
3    (c) Students in grades kindergarten through 3 who meet
4enrollment criteria established by a school district and who
5are at risk of academic failure are eligible to participate in
6the pilot program.
7    (d) The pilot program shall adhere to all other rules
8established for alternative learning opportunities programs.
9    (e) No later than March 31, 2027, Regional Office of
10Education No. 4 shall provide a report to the General Assembly
11outlining the pilot program's methodology and student outcomes
12and setting forth a comprehensive impact report and a
13framework for future program models.
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15becoming law.