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 1        AN ACT concerning schools.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5. The School Code is amended by  adding  Section
 5    2-3.61a as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.61a new)
 7        Sec.  2-3.61a.  21st  Century  Community  Learning Center
 8    Grant Program.
 9        (a)  The State Board of Education shall be the designated
10    agency responsible for the administration of  programs  under
11    Part  I  of  Subchapter  X  of  Chapter  70  of  the  federal
12    Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
13        (b)  The  State  Board  of  Education shall establish and
14    implement a 21st  Century  Community  Learning  Center  Grant
15    Program,  in  accordance  with federal guidelines, to provide
16    grants to support academically focused after-school  programs
17    for students who attend high-poverty, low-performing schools.
18    These  grants shall be used to help those students who attend
19    high-poverty, low-performing schools  meet  State  and  local
20    performance  standards in core academic subjects and to offer
21    families of participating students opportunities for improved
22    literacy and related educational development.
23        The State  Board  of  Education  shall  award  grants  to
24    applicants  that  are of sufficient size and scope to support
25    high-quality,  effective  after-school  programs,  to  ensure
26    reasonable success of achieving the goals identified  in  the
27    grant  application,  and  to  offer those activities that are
28    necessary to achieve these goals.
29        (c)  Using State funds, subject to appropriation, and any
30    federal funds received for this purpose, the State  Board  of
31    Education  may  establish  any  other grant programs that are
 
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 1    necessary  to  establish  high-quality,  academically  based,
 2    after-school programs that include family-centered  education
 3    activities.
 4        (d)  The  State  Board  of  Education may adopt any rules
 5    necessary to implement this Section.

 6        Section 99. Effective date. This Act  takes  effect  upon
 7    becoming law.