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LRB095 11075 NHT 31401 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 Public Community College Act is amended by |
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| adding Section 2-24 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 805/2-24 new) |
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| Sec. 2-24. We Want to Learn English Initiative. |
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| (a) Subject to appropriation and Section 7 of the Board of |
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| Higher Education Act, the State Board may establish and |
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| administer a We Want to Learn English Initiative to provide |
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| resources for immigrants and refugees in this State to learn |
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| English in order to move towards becoming full members of |
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| American society. |
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| (b) Each fiscal year, the State Board may include, as a |
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| separate line item, in its budget proposal $25,000,000 in |
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| funding for the We Want to Learn English Initiative, to be |
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| disbursed by the State Board. The State Board may decide to |
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| disburse no less than half of the funds appropriated for this |
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| Initiative each fiscal year to community-based, not-for-profit |
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| organizations, immigrant social service organizations, |
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| faith-based organizations, and on-site job training programs |
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| so that immigrants and refugees can learn English where they |
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| live, work, pray, and socialize and where their children go to |