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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 3/14/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1964
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1964 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The Childhood Hunger
Relief Act is amended by |
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| changing Section 20 as follows: |
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| (105 ILCS 126/20)
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| Sec. 20. Summer food service program.
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| (a) The State Board of Education shall promulgate a State |
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| plan for
summer food service programs, in accordance with 42 |
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| U.S.C. Sec. 1761 and any
other
applicable federal laws and |
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| regulations,
by June 1, 2007
January 15, 2006 .
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| (b) On or before April 15, 2008, a school district must |
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| promulgate a plan to have a summer food service program for |
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| each school in which at least 50% of the students are eligible |
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| for free or reduced-price school meals. The plan must be |
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| implemented during the summer of 2008. Each summer food service |
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| program must operate for a minimum of 35 consecutive days. If |
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| the school district has one or more elementary schools that |
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| qualify, the summer food service program must be operated |
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| within 5 miles of at least one of the elementary schools and |
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| within 10 miles of the other elementary schools, if any. If a |
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| school is not open during the summer months, the school |
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| district shall identify a not-for-profit entity that is willing |
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| to sponsor a summer food service program serving school-aged |
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| children in the surrounding school area and shall provide |
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| assistance to the entity in documenting the number of children |
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| in the area who are eligible for free or reduced-price school |
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| meals. By February 15 of each year, the State Board of |
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| Education shall provide to each school district a list of local |
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| organizations that have filed letters of intent to participate |
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| in the summer food service program so that the school board is |
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| able to determine how many sites are needed to serve the |
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| children and where to place each site.
By the summer of 2006 |
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| and then each summer thereafter, it is strongly encouraged that |
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| the board of
education of each school
district in this State in |
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| which at least 50% of the students are eligible for
free or
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| reduced-price school meals operate a summer food service |
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| program
or identify a non-profit or private agency to sponsor a |
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| summer food service
program within the school district's |
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| boundaries.
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| (c) Summer food service programs established under this |
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| Section shall
may
be
supported by federal funds and commodities
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| and other available State and local resources.
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| (d) A school district shall be allowed to opt out of the
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| summer food service program requirement of this Section if it |
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| is
determined that, due to circumstances specific to that |
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| school
district, the expense reimbursement would not fully |
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| cover the
costs of implementing and operating a summer food |
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| service program.
The school district shall petition its |
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| regional superintendent
of schools by November 15 to request to |
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| be exempt from the
summer food service program requirement. The |
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| petition shall
include all legitimate costs associated with |
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| implementing and
operating a summer food service program, the |
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| estimated
reimbursement from State and federal sources, and any |
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| unique
circumstances the school district can verify that exist |
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| that
would cause the implementation and operation of such a |
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| program
to be cost prohibitive. |
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| The regional superintendent of schools shall review the
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| petition. He or she shall convene a public hearing to hear
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| testimony from the school district and interested community
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| members. The regional superintendent shall, by December 15,
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| inform the school district of his or her decision, along with
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| the reasons why the exemption was granted or denied, in
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| writing. If the regional superintendent grants an exemption to
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| the school district, then the school district is relieved from
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| the requirement to establish and implement a summer food |
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| service
program. |
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| If the regional superintendent of schools does not grant an
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| exemption to the school district, then the school district
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| shall implement and operate a summer food service program in
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| accordance with this Section the summer following the current |
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| school year. However, the school district or a resident of the
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| school district may appeal the decision of the regional
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| superintendent to the State Superintendent of Education. No
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| later than February 15 of each year, the State Superintendent
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| shall hear appeals on the decisions of regional superintendents
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| of schools. The State Superintendent shall make a final
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| decision at the conclusion of the hearing on the school
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| district's request for an exemption from the summer food |
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| service
program requirement. If the State Superintendent |
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| grants an
exemption to the school district, then the school |
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| district is
relieved from the requirement to implement and |
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| operate a summer food service program. If the State |
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| Superintendent does not grant
an exemption to the school |
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| district, then the school district
shall implement and operate |
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| a summer food service program in
accordance with this Section |
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| the summer following the current school year. |
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| A school district may not attempt to opt out of the summer |
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| food service program requirement of this Section by requesting |
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| a
waiver under Section 2-3.25g of the School Code.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-1086, eff. 2-15-05.) |
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.".
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