Public Act 098-0645
 
HB4440 EnrolledLRB098 18023 NHT 53152 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
1C-2 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/1C-2)


    Sec. 1C-2. Block grants. 

    (a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the State Board
of Education shall award to school districts 
block grants as described in subsection
 (c). The State Board of 
Education may adopt
rules and regulations necessary to 
implement this Section. In accordance with
Section 2-3.32, all 
state block grants are subject to an audit.  Therefore,
block 
grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded 
to the
appropriate fund code.

    (b) (Blank).

    (c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be 
created by combining
the following programs: Preschool 
Education, Parental Training and Prevention
Initiative.  These 
funds shall be distributed to school districts and other

entities on a competitive basis.  Not less than 14% 11% of this 
grant
shall be used to
fund programs for children ages 0-3, 
which percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year 
2016 2015.  However, if, in a given fiscal year, the amount 
appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is 
insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant to fund 
programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of 
the grant for existing providers of preschool education 
programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund programs for 
children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of increased.

(Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09; 96-423, eff. 8-13-09.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
2014.