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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB1977
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a 4-year pilot program in Aurora West Unit School District 129 and Aurora East Unit School District 131 to achieve a ratio of high school students to certified school counselors of 250 to 1. Allows the State Board to extend this pilot program to a school district in central or southern Illinois. Requires the State Board to work with the Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling and local counseling directors to compile statistics on the pilot program. Provides that the State Board shall report the statistics it has compiled and the State Board's findings and recommendations concerning the pilot program to the General Assembly 2 years after the pilot program has been established and 4 years after the pilot program has been established.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1977 |
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LRB095 06505 NHT 26606 b |
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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 adding Section |
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| 2-3.142 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.142 new) |
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| Sec. 2-3.142. School counselor ratio; pilot program. |
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| (a) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education |
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| shall establish a 4-year pilot program in Aurora West Unit |
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| School District 129 and Aurora East Unit School District 131 to |
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| achieve a ratio of high school students to certified school |
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| counselors of 250 to 1. The State Board may extend this pilot |
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| program to a school district in central or southern Illinois. |
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| The amount appropriated in a fiscal year for the pilot program |
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| for Aurora West Unit School District 129 and Aurora East Unit |
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| School District 131 must not exceed $500,000. |
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| (b) The State Board of Education shall work with the |
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| Illinois Association for College Admission Counseling and |
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| local counseling directors to compile statistics on the pilot |
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| program established under this Section, such as graduation |
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| rates, college attendance rates, and dropout rates. The State |
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| Board shall report the statistics it has compiled and the State |
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| Board's findings and recommendations concerning the pilot |