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90_HB2077

      105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new
          Amends the School Code.  Provides that the State Board of
      Education is to establish and assist in the coordination of a
      Systemic Math, Science, and Technology Improvement Program to
      be implemented in an urban area  school  district  or  school
      districts  in  the  metro-east area of southwestern Illinois.
      Provides that the demonstration project is  to  parallel  the
      National  Science  Foundation Systemic Initiative as operated
      in the Chicago public school system.  Provides that the State
      Board of Education is to endeavor to create a linkage between
      the demonstration project and the Chicago program under which
      teachers identified by the latter program may provide support
      and assistance to the  demonstration  project  to  facilitate
      development of the project as a program that will qualify for
      National  Science Foundation or other federal funding as part
      of  an  Illinois  Systemic  Initiative  Program.    Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  School  Code  by  adding Section
 2    2-3.120.
 3        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section  5.  The School Code is amended by adding Section
 6    2-3.120 as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new)
 8        Sec. 2-3.120.  Systemic initiative demonstration program.
 9    The State Board of Education shall establish  and  assist  in
10    the  coordination of a Systemic Math, Science, and Technology
11    Improvement Program to be implemented and administered  as  a
12    demonstration  project  in  an  urban area school district or
13    districts in the metro-east area of southwestern Illinois.
14        The program as  developed  shall  parallel  the  National
15    Science  Foundation  Systemic  Initiative  as operated in the
16    Chicago public school system (hereinafter referred to as  the
17    NSF Chicago Systemic Initiative) and shall endeavor to create
18    an  articulation  between  those  programs  that will provide
19    support and assistance in the development of a program at the
20    urban area school district in the metro-east area  that  will
21    qualify  the program for funding through the National Science
22    Foundation or other federal funding sources  as  part  of  an
23    Illinois Systemic Initiative program.
24        The State Board of Education shall endeavor to coordinate
25    a linkage between the NSF Chicago Systemic Initiative and the
26    urban  area school district or districts participating in the
27    demonstration project under which teachers identified by  the
28    NSF   Chicago   Systemic   Initiative   provide  support  and
29    assistance, through site visits, joint off-site  conferences,
30    and  computer E-mail connections, in facilitating development
31    of the program in the metro-east demonstration district.
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 1        The State Board of Education may accept and expend gifts,
 2    endowments, and any federal funds that may lawfully  be  used
 3    for  purposes  of  defraying  the  expenses  incident  to the
 4    establishment  and  initial   operation   expenses   of   the
 5    demonstration project.
 6        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 7    becoming a law.

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