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| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1939 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. William Delgado SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning class size reduction grants.
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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 | | 2-3.136 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.136)
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| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.136. Class size reduction grant programs. |
| 8 | | (a) A K-3 class size
reduction grant program is created. |
| 9 | | The program shall be implemented
and
administered by the the |
| 10 | | State Board of Education. From
appropriations made for purposes |
| 11 | | of this Section, the State Board shall award grants to schools |
| 12 | | that meet
the criteria established by this subsection (a) for |
| 13 | | the award of those grants.
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| 14 | | Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The form |
| 15 | | and manner of
applications and the criteria for the award of |
| 16 | | grants shall be prescribed by
the State Board of Education. The |
| 17 | | grant criteria as so prescribed, however,
shall provide that |
| 18 | | only those schools that are on the State
Board of Education |
| 19 | | Early
Academic Warning List or the academic
watch list
under |
| 20 | | Section 2-3.25d that maintain grades kindergarten through 3 are |
| 21 | | grant eligible.
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| 22 | | Grants awarded to eligible schools under this subsection |
| 23 | | (a) shall be used and
applied by the schools to defray the |
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| 1 | | costs and expenses of operating and
maintaining classes in |
| 2 | | grades kindergarten through 3 with an average class size within |
| 3 | | a specific grade of no more than 20 pupils. If a school's |
| 4 | | facilities are inadequate to allow for this specified class |
| 5 | | size, then a school may use the grant funds for teacher aides |
| 6 | | instead.
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| 7 | | (b) A K-3 pilot class size reduction grant program is |
| 8 | | created. The program shall be implemented and administered by |
| 9 | | the State Board of Education. From appropriations made for |
| 10 | | purposes of this subsection (b), the State Board shall award |
| 11 | | grants to schools that meet the criteria established by this |
| 12 | | Section for the award of those grants. |
| 13 | | Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The form |
| 14 | | and manner of application and the criteria for the award of |
| 15 | | grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of Education. |
| 16 | | Grants awarded to eligible schools under this subsection |
| 17 | | (b) shall be used and applied by the schools to defray the |
| 18 | | costs and expenses of operating and maintaining classes in |
| 19 | | grades kindergarten through 3 of no more than 15 pupils per |
| 20 | | teacher per class. A teacher aide may not be used to meet this |
| 21 | | requirement.
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| 22 | | (c) If a school board determines that a school is using |
| 23 | | funds awarded under this Section for purposes not authorized by |
| 24 | | this Section, then the school board, rather than the school, |
| 25 | | shall determine how the funds are used.
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| 26 | | (d) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules, |