102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB1162
 
Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
  
105 ILCS 5/1C-2

    Amends the School Code.  Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an
early childhood education block grant.



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A BILL FOR
 


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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 
51C-2 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 5/1C-2)


7    Sec. 1C-2. Block grants. 

8    (a) For fiscal year 1999, and
and each fiscal year 
9thereafter, the State Board
of Education shall award to school 
10districts block grants as described in subsection
 (c). The 
11State Board of Education may adopt
rules and regulations 
12necessary to implement this Section. In accordance with

13Section 2-3.32, all state block grants are subject to an 
14audit.  Therefore,
block grant receipts and block grant 
15expenditures shall be recorded to the
appropriate fund code.
16    (b) (Blank).

17    (c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be 
18created by combining
the following programs: Preschool 
19Education, Parental Training and Prevention
Initiative.  These 
20funds shall be distributed to school districts and other

21entities on a competitive basis, except that the State Board 
22of Education shall award to a school district having a 
23population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants 37% of the funds in 
 
 
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1each fiscal year.  Not less than 14% of the Early Childhood 
2Education Block Grant allocation of funds
shall be used to

3fund programs for children ages 0-3.  Beginning in Fiscal Year 
42016, at least 25% of any additional Early Childhood Education 
5Block Grant funding over and above the previous fiscal year's 
6allocation shall be used to fund programs for children ages 
70-3. Once the percentage of Early Childhood Education Block 
8Grant funding allocated to programs for children ages 0-3 
9reaches 20% of the overall Early Childhood Education Block 
10Grant allocation for a full fiscal year, thereafter in 
11subsequent fiscal years the percentage of Early Childhood 
12Education Block Grant funding allocated to programs for 
13children ages 0-3 each fiscal year shall remain at least 20% of 
14the overall Early Childhood Education Block Grant allocation. 
15However, if, in a given fiscal year, the amount appropriated 
16for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is insufficient 
17to increase the percentage of the grant to fund programs for 
18children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of the grant for 
19existing providers of preschool education programs, then the 
20percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 
21may be held steady instead of increased.

22(Source: P.A. 99-589, eff. 7-21-16; 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)