House Sponsors: LYONS,EILEEN-KOSEL-WINTERS-MITCHELL-WINKEL, BOST, JONES,JOHN, MYERS, KLINGLER, WAIT, CROTTY, ACEVEDO, MCAULIFFE, LYONS,JOSEPH AND LOPEZ. Senate Sponsors: RADOGNO Short description: SCH CD-PROMOTION GRANTS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the School Code. Creates a student promotion policy grant program to be implemented and administered by the State Board of Education. Provides for the award of grants by the State Board of Education, from appropriations made for purposes of the program, to school districts that establish and implement a student promotion policy. Provides that a school district is not eligible to receive a grant unless its student promotion policy includes, for students who do not qualify for or may require remedial assistance in order to qualify for promotion to the next higher grade, a summer bridge program of no less than 90 hours or a program of increased instructional time under which students receiving remedial assistance receive more clock hours of instruction in a school day and school week than are required for non-remedial assistance students. Effective July 1, 1998. FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education) If districts need financial assistance in addition to available funding of $56.5 M in the Block Grant for School Safety and Educational Improvement, specific dollar amount is unknown. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education) No change from SBE fiscal note. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status