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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4273 Introduced 1/16/2024, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall establish and implement a school time-change grant program to provide grants to school districts to assist with additional costs incurred to change when the school day starts at a school containing any of grades 6 through 12 to on or after 8 a.m. Provides that to be eligible to receive a grant under this program, a school district must change when the school day starts before the 2026-2027 school year. Provides that State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary to implement these provisions. |
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| | HB4273 | | LRB103 35250 RJT 65253 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 2-3.204 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.204 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.204. School time-change grant program. |
| 8 | | (a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education |
| 9 | | shall establish and implement a school time-change grant |
| 10 | | program to provide grants to school districts to assist with |
| 11 | | additional costs incurred to change when the school day starts |
| 12 | | at a school containing any of grades 6 through 12 to on or |
| 13 | | after 8 a.m. |
| 14 | | (b) To be eligible to receive a grant under this program, a |
| 15 | | school district must change when the school day starts as |
| 16 | | provided under subsection (a) before the 2026-2027 school |
| 17 | | year. |
| 18 | | (c) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules |
| 19 | | necessary to implement this Section. |