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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 Community Service Education
Act is amended |
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| by changing Sections 10, 25, 92, and 500 as follows: |
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| (105 ILCS 60/10)
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| Sec. 10. Community Service Education Program. There is |
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| created the Community
Service Education Program, administered |
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| jointly by the State Board of Education and the Office of the |
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| Lieutenant Governor , in cooperation with school districts. |
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| Participation in this program is voluntary. The following items |
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| may serve as best practices to be considered by school |
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| districts opting to implement the program under Section 25 of |
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| this Act:
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| (1) The program contains provisions and standards |
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| conducive to the establishment of
community, business, and |
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| education partnerships that give use to lasting
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| relationships between school districts and partners that |
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| are mutually beneficial.
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| (2) The program provides greater community access to |
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| school facilities and programs to
promote increased |
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| achievement by children.
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| (3) The program makes school facilities available for |
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| citizen use.
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| (4) The program organizes local residents to assess |
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| local conditions, set priorities,
identify program needs, |
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| and participate in program planning and development.
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| (5) The program identifies and utilizes resources |
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| within the community or those that
impact on the community.
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| (6) The program assists in the initiation of new and |
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| improved programs in an effort to
improve opportunities for |
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| all residents of the community.
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| (7) The program provides effective youth training |
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| programs and employment counseling
in schools, as well as |
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| paid work experience linking the schools with the
private
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| sector.
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| (8) The program provides student involvement in |
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| community service learning activities,
organizations, and |
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| intergenerational programs.
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| (9) The program provides volunteer programs to bring |
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| parents, business
personnel,
community agency |
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| representatives, retirees, and other students into the
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| classroom
as participants in the teaching of students.
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| (10) The program provides supplemental or additional |
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| programs for junior high school
and high school age youth |
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| that may consist of enrichment, individual, and
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| supplemental activities, as well as recreational, |
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| cultural, and vocational
programs.
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| (11) The program provides programs to meet the |
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| individual needs of all people who
reside in the school |
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| district being served.
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| Nothing set forth in items (7) through (11) shall be |
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| constituted as either
requiring or
permitting the Community |
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| Service Education Program to have any program or programs
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| serving
the same purpose or purposes as those elsewhere |
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| specifically provided for in
the School
Code.
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| The Community Service Education Program shall avoid |
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| duplication of existing programs operated by other
entities
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| whole or in part within a school district. The Community |
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| Service Education Program
shall
provide for the involvement of |
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| the residents of a school district in
ascertaining the
identity |
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| of local problems and in ascertaining the community resources |
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| available
for dealing
with these problems.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.) |
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| (105 ILCS 60/25)
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| Sec. 25. Establishment of community service education |
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| program by school district. A
school district may establish |
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| and operate a community service education program that |
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| qualifies for a grant under Section 92 of this Act by complying |
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| with
the
provisions of this Act and any rules adopted by the |
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| State Board of Education under Section 500 of this Act.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.) |
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| (105 ILCS 60/92)
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| Sec. 92. Grants. Subject to the availability of funds for |
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| the specific purpose of making grants for community service |
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| education, the State Board of Education and the Office of the |
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| Lieutenant Governor are jointly is authorized to make grants to |
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| school districts operating community service education |
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| programs that meet the standards set forth in this Act and any |
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| rules adopted under Section 500 of this Act by the State Board |
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| of Education .
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| (Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.) |
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| (105 ILCS 60/500)
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| Sec. 500. Rules. The State Board of Education may adopt any |
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| rules that are necessary to implement and administer this Act |
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| as it exists before the effective date of this amendatory Act |
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| of the 95th General Assembly . Notwithstanding any other |
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| rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor or |
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| Lieutenant Governor nor any agency or agency head under the |
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| jurisdiction of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor has any |
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| authority to make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce |
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| the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General |
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| Assembly. If, however, the Governor or Lieutenant Governor |
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| believes that rules are necessary to implement or enforce the |
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| provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, |
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| the Governor or Lieutenant Governor may suggest rules to the |
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| General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and |
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| the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General |
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| Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those |
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| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action |
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| in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be |
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| interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other |
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| Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise |
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| explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning |
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| contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative |
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| Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the |
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| meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois |
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| Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such |
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| definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the |
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| jurisdiction of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
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| (Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.)
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