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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
514C-13 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/14C-13)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-13)



7    Sec. 14C-13. Advisory Council. There is created an Advisory 
8Council
on Bilingual Education, consisting of 17 members 
9appointed by the State
Superintendent of Education and 
10selected, as nearly as possible, on the
basis of experience in 
11or knowledge of the various programs of bilingual
education.  
12The Council shall advise the State Superintendent on policy and

13rules pertaining to bilingual education.  The Council shall 
14establish such
sub-committees as it deems appropriate to review 
15bilingual education issues
including but not limited to 
16certification, finance and special education.

17    Initial appointees shall serve terms determined by lot as 
18follows:  6 for
one year, 6 for 2 years and 5 for 3 years.  
19Successors shall serve 3-year
terms.  Members annually shall 
20select a chairman from among their number.
Members shall 
21receive no compensation but may be reimbursed for necessary

22expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
23    By no later than December 1, 2011, the Council shall submit 
 
 
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1a report to the State Superintendent of Education, the 
2Governor, and the General Assembly addressing, at a minimum, 
3the following questions:
4        (1) whether and how the 20 child per attendance center 
5    minimum in Section 14C-3 of this Code should be modified;
6        (2) whether and how educator certification 
7    requirements in this Article 14C and applicable State Board 
8    of Education rules should be modified;
9        (3) whether and how bilingual education requirements 
10    in this Article 14C and applicable State Board of Education 
11    rules should be modified to address differences between 
12    elementary and secondary schools; and
13        (4) whether and how to allow school districts to 
14    administer alternative bilingual education programs 
15    instead of transitional bilingual education programs. 

16(Source: P.A. 87-995.)