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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB1412
Introduced 2/11/2009, by Sen. Don Harmon - Kimberly A. Lightford - William Delgado SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code. With respect to the Early Childhood Education Block Grant, provides that not less than 11% (instead of exactly 11%) of the grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3. Provides that this percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year 2015, except that if, in a given fiscal year, the amount appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of the grant for existing providers of preschool education programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of increased. Effective July 1, 2009.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1412 |
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LRB096 08363 NHT 18473 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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| 1C-2 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/1C-2)
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| Sec. 1C-2. Block grants.
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| (a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, |
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| the State Board
of Education shall award to school districts |
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| block grants as described in subsection
(c). The State Board of |
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| Education may adopt
rules and regulations necessary to |
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| implement this Section. In accordance with
Section 2-3.32, all |
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| state block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore,
block |
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| grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded |
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| to the
appropriate fund code.
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| (b) (Blank).
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| (c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be |
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| created by combining
the following programs: Preschool |
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| Education, Parental Training and Prevention
Initiative. These |
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| funds shall be distributed to school districts and other
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| entities on a competitive basis. Not less than 11% Eleven |
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| percent of this grant
shall be used to
fund programs for |
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| children ages 0-3, which percentage shall increase to at least |