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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 2-3.51.5 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.51.5)
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7 | Sec. 2-3.51.5. School Safety and Educational Improvement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Block Grant
Program. To improve the level of education and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | safety of students from
kindergarten through grade 12 in school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | districts and State-recognized, non-public schools. The State | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Board of
Education is authorized to fund a School Safety and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Educational Improvement
Block Grant Program. For the purposes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | of this Section, "school district" includes a Type 40 area | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | vocational center or State-designated facility that is jointly | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | owned and operated by member school districts.
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16 | (1) For school districts, the program shall provide funding | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | for school safety, textbooks and
software, teacher training and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | curriculum development, school improvements, remediation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | programs under subsection (a) of Section 2-3.64, school
report | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | cards under Section 10-17a, and criminal history records checks
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21 | under Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5. For State-recognized, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | non-public schools, the program shall provide funding for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | secular textbooks and software, criminal history records |
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1 | checks, and health and safety mandates to the extent that the | ||||||
2 | funds are expended for purely secular purposes. A school | ||||||
3 | district
or laboratory school as defined in Section 18-8 or | ||||||
4 | 18-8.05 is not required
to file an application in order to | ||||||
5 | receive the categorical funding to which it
is entitled under | ||||||
6 | this Section. Funds for the School Safety and Educational
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7 | Improvement Block Grant Program shall be distributed to school | ||||||
8 | districts and
laboratory schools based on the prior year's best | ||||||
9 | 3 months average daily
attendance. Funds for the School Safety | ||||||
10 | and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program shall be | ||||||
11 | distributed to State-recognized, non-public schools based on | ||||||
12 | the average daily attendance figure for the previous school | ||||||
13 | year provided to the State Board of Education. The State Board | ||||||
14 | of Education shall develop an application that requires | ||||||
15 | State-recognized, non-public schools to submit average daily | ||||||
16 | attendance figures. A State-recognized, non-public school must | ||||||
17 | submit the application and average daily attendance figure | ||||||
18 | prior to receiving funds under this Section. The State Board of | ||||||
19 | Education shall promulgate rules and
regulations necessary for | ||||||
20 | the implementation of this program.
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21 | (2) Distribution of moneys to school districts and | ||||||
22 | State-recognized, non-public schools shall be made in 2
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23 | semi-annual installments, one payment on or before October 30, | ||||||
24 | and one
payment prior to April 30, of each fiscal year.
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25 | (3) Grants under the School Safety and Educational | ||||||
26 | Improvement Block Grant
Program shall be awarded provided there |
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1 | is an appropriation for the program,
and funding levels for | ||||||
2 | each district shall be prorated according to the amount
of the | ||||||
3 | appropriation.
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4 | (4) The provisions of this Section are in the public | ||||||
5 | interest, are for the public benefit, and serve secular public | ||||||
6 | purposes. | ||||||
7 | (Source: P.A. 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
9 | 2009.
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