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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 
 


 






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20% by Fiscal Year 2015.  However, if, in a given fiscal year, 
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the amount appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block 
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Grant is insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant 
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to fund programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the 
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amount of the grant for existing providers of preschool 
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education programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund 
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programs for children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of 
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increased.

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(Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)

 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
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2009.