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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB2840
Introduced 2/15/2008, by Sen. Donne E. Trotter SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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105 ILCS 5/2-3.66 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.66 |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
truants' alternative and optional education programs.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2840 |
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LRB095 19283 NHT 45567 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 changing Section |
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| 2-3.66 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.66)
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| Sec. 2-3.66. Truants' alternative and optional education |
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| programs. To
establish pilot projects to offer modified |
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| instructional programs or other
services designed to prevent |
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| students from dropping out of school,
including programs |
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| pursuant to Section 2-3.41, and
and to serve as a part time
or |
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| full time option in lieu of regular school attendance and to |
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| award
grants to local school districts, educational service |
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| regions or community
college districts from appropriated funds |
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| to assist districts in
establishing such projects. The |
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| education agency may operate its own
program or enter into a |
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| contract with another not-for-profit entity to
implement the |
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| program. The pilot projects shall allow dropouts, up to and
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| including age 21, potential dropouts, including truants, |
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| uninvolved,
unmotivated and disaffected students, as defined |
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| by State Board of
Education rules and regulations, to enroll, |
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| as an alternative to regular
school attendance, in an optional |
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| education program which may be
established by school board |
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| policy and is in conformance with rules adopted
by the State |
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| Board of Education. Truants' Alternative and Optional
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| Education programs funded pursuant to this Section shall be
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| planned by a student, the student's parents or legal guardians, |
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| unless the
student is 18 years or older, and school officials |
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| and shall culminate in
an individualized optional education |
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| plan. Such plan shall focus
on academic or vocational skills, |
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| or both, and may include, but not be
limited to, evening |
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| school, summer school, community college courses, adult
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| education, preparation courses for the high school level test |
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| of General
Educational Development, vocational training, work |
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| experience, programs to
enhance self concept and parenting |
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| courses. School districts which are
awarded grants pursuant to |
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| this Section shall be authorized to provide day
care services |
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| to children of students who are eligible and desire to enroll
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| in programs established and funded under this Section, but only |
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| if and to
the extent that such day care is necessary to enable |
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| those eligible
students to attend and participate in the |
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| programs and courses which are
conducted pursuant to this |
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| Section. The Board shall report
on the status of the pilot |
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| projects pursuant to Section 1A-4.
School districts and |
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| regional offices of education may claim general State
aid under |
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| Section 18-8.05 for students enrolled in truants' alternative |
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| and
optional education programs, provided that such students |
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| are receiving services
that are supplemental to a program |
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| leading to a high school diploma and are
otherwise eligible to |