94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2429


 
Introduced 1/18/2006, by Sen. Don Harmon
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













105 ILCS 5/2-3.71
  from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.71







    Amends the School Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
grants for preschool education programs.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 
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2-3.71 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.71)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.71)



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    Sec. 2-3.71. Grants for preschool educational  programs.

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    (a) Preschool program.


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        (1) The
The State Board of Education shall implement 
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    and administer
a grant program under the provisions of this 
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    subsection  which shall
consist of grants to public school 
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    districts and other eligible entities, as defined by the 
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    State Board of Education, to conduct voluntary
preschool

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    educational programs for children ages 3 to 5 which include 
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    a parent
education component. A public school district 
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    which receives grants under
this subsection may 
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    subcontract with other entities that are eligible to 
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    conduct a preschool educational
program. These grants must 
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    be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from 
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    any other source.

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        (2) (Blank).


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        (3) Any teacher of preschool children in the program 
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    authorized by this
subsection shall hold an early childhood 
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    teaching certificate.


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        (4) The State Board of Education shall provide the 
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    primary source of
funding through appropriations for this 
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    program.
Such funds shall be distributed for the benefit
of 
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    children who because of their home and community 
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    environment are subject
to such language, cultural, 
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    economic and like disadvantages that they have
been 
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    determined as a result of screening procedures to be at 
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    risk of
academic failure.  Such screening procedures shall 
 


 






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    be based on criteria
established by the State Board of 
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    Education.


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        (5) The State Board of Education shall develop and 
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    provide
 evaluation tools, including tests, that school 
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    districts and other eligible entities may use to

evaluate 
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    children for school readiness prior to age 5.  The State 
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    Board of
Education shall require school districts and other 
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    eligible entities
to obtain consent from the parents
or 
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    guardians of children before any evaluations are 
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    conducted.  The State
Board of Education shall encourage 
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    local school districts and other eligible entities to 
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    evaluate the
population of preschool children in their 
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    communities and provide preschool
programs, pursuant to 
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    this subsection, where appropriate.


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        (6) The State Board of Education shall report to the 
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    General Assembly by
July 1, 1989 and every
3 years 
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    thereafter, on the results and progress of
students who 
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    were enrolled in preschool educational programs, including 
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    an
assessment of which programs have been most successful 
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    in promoting
academic excellence and alleviating academic 
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    failure.  The State Board of
Education shall assess the 
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    academic progress of all students who have been
enrolled in 
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    preschool educational programs.

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    (b) (Blank).

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(Source: P.A. 94-506, eff. 8-8-05.)