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| | 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB3544 Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 105 ILCS 5/27-22.3 | from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3 |
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Amends the School Code. Requires (instead of permits) a school district to establish a volunteer service credit program. Provides that the program shall enable secondary school students to earn credit through completion of 75 hours of community service as a requirement for graduation (instead of to earn credit towards graduation through performance of community service). Makes related changes. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules (instead of school districts). Effective immediately.
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| | HB3544 | | LRB099 08613 NHT 28776 b |
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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 | | 27-22.3 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/27-22.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3)
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| 7 | | Sec. 27-22.3. Volunteer service credit program.
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| 8 | | (a) A school district shall may establish a volunteer |
| 9 | | service credit program
that enables secondary school students |
| 10 | | to earn credit towards graduation
through completion |
| 11 | | performance of 75 hours of community service as a requirement |
| 12 | | for graduation. This community service may include
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| 13 | | participation in the organization of a high school or community |
| 14 | | blood drive or
other blood donor
recruitment campaign. Any |
| 15 | | program so established shall
begin with students entering grade |
| 16 | | 9 in the 2015-2016 1993-1994 school year or
later. The amount |
| 17 | | of credit given for program participation shall not
exceed that |
| 18 | | given for completion of one semester of language arts, math,
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| 19 | | science or social studies.
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| 20 | | (b) Any community service performed as part of a course for |
| 21 | | which credit
is given towards graduation shall not qualify |
| 22 | | under a volunteer service
credit program. Any service for which |
| 23 | | a student is paid shall not qualify
under a volunteer service |