Sen. Emil Jones Jr.
Filed: 3/16/2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4974 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4974 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
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2-3.136 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.136)

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    Sec. 2-3.136. K-3 class size reduction grant program. A 
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class size
reduction grant program is created.  The program 
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shall be implemented
and
administered by the
the State Board of 
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Education.  From
appropriations made for purposes of this 
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Section, the State Board shall award grants to schools that 
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meet
the criteria established by this Section for the award of 
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those grants.

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    Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application.  The form 
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and manner of
applications and the criteria for the award of 
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grants shall be prescribed by
the State Board of Education.  The 
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grant criteria as so prescribed, however,
shall provide that 
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only those schools that are on the State
Board of Education 
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Early
Academic Warning List or the academic
watch list
under 
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Section 2-3.25d that maintain grades kindergarten through 3 are 
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grant eligible.

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    Grants awarded to eligible schools under this Section shall 
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be used and
applied by the schools to defray the costs and 
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expenses of operating and
maintaining classes in grades 
 


 






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kindergarten through 3 with an average class size within a 
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specific grade of no more than 20 pupils. If a school's 
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facilities are inadequate to allow for this specified class 
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size, then a school may use the grant funds for teacher aides 
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instead.

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    If a school board determines that a school is using funds 
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awarded under this Section for purposes not authorized by this 
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Section, then the school board, rather than the school, shall 
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determine how the funds are used.

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    The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules, 
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consistent with the
requirements of this Section, that are 
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necessary to implement and administer
the K-3 class size 
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reduction grant program.


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(Source: P.A. 93-814, eff. 7-27-04; 94-566, eff. 1-1-06.)".