Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 5/7/2009
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2277




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2277 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
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2-3.148 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148  new)
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    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 16, 2013)
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    Sec. 2-3.148. Textbook digital technology; pilot program.
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    (a) The General Assembly makes the following findings:
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        (1) The use of digital technologies in the kindergarten 
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    through grade 12 school environment is rapidly increasing 
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    in this State.
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        (2) There is a need for the State Board of Education to 
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    explore the expanded use of digital technologies in 
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    classrooms and the impact of technological innovation on 
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    both educational achievement and textbook weight. 
 


 






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    (b) The State Board of Education shall implement a pilot 
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program, subject to appropriation, to test digital 
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technologies in 3 geographically diverse school districts on or 
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before July 1, 2011. The pilot program shall examine the 
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following issues:
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        (1)  the development of alternative textbook formats, 
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    including various digital formats; and
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        (2)  any possible adaptation of existing standard print 
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    textbooks that would be beneficial to the health and 
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    educational achievement of pupils in this State.
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    (c) The State Board of Education shall report the results 
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of its
findings on the pilot program and make recommendations 
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to the Governor and the General
Assembly on or before January 
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15, 2013 with regard to the success of digital technologies 
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used in the pilot program. The State Board of Education may

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submit other reports as it deems appropriate.
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    (d) The pilot program is abolished on January 16, 2013. 
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This
Section is repealed on January 16, 2013.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.".