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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 372
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 372, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
5 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 27-22.3 and 27-23.5 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/27-22.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3)
8 Sec. 27-22.3. Volunteer service credit program.
9 (a) A school district may establish a volunteer service
10 credit program that enables secondary school students to earn
11 credit towards graduation through performance of community
12 service. This community service may include participation in
13 the organization of a high school or community blood drive or
14 other blood donor recruitment campaign. Any program so
15 established shall begin with students entering grade 9 in the
16 1993-1994 school year or later. The amount of credit given
17 for program participation shall not exceed that given for
18 completion of one semester of language arts, math, science or
19 social studies.
20 (b) Any community service performed as part of a course
21 for which credit is given towards graduation shall not
22 qualify under a volunteer service credit program. Any
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1 service for which a student is paid shall not qualify under a
2 volunteer service credit program. Any community work
3 assigned as a disciplinary measure shall not qualify under a
4 volunteer service credit program.
5 (c) School districts that establish volunteer service
6 credit programs shall establish any necessary rules,
7 regulations and procedures.
8 (Source: P.A. 87-1082.)
9 (105 ILCS 5/27-23.5)
10 Sec. 27-23.5. Organ/tissue donor and transplantation
11 programs. Each school district that maintains grades 9 and
12 10 may include in its curriculum and teach to the students of
13 either such grade one unit of instruction on organ/tissue
14 donor and transplantation programs. No student shall be
15 required to take or participate in instruction on
16 organ/tissue donor and transplantation programs if a parent
17 or guardian files written objection thereto on constitutional
18 grounds, and refusal to take or participate in such
19 instruction on those grounds shall not be reason for
20 suspension or expulsion of a student or result in any
21 academic penalty.
22 The regional superintendent of schools in which a school
23 district that maintains grades 9 and 10 is located shall
24 obtain and distribute make available to each the school that
25 maintains grades 9 and 10 in board of the district
26 information and data, including instructional materials
27 provided at no cost by America's Blood Centers, the American
28 Red Cross, and Gift of Hope, that may be used by the school
29 district in developing a unit of instruction under this
30 Section. However, each school board shall determine the
31 minimum amount of instructional time that shall qualify as a
32 unit of instruction satisfying the requirements of this
33 Section.
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1 (Source: P.A. 90-635, eff. 7-24-98.)
2 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3 becoming law.".