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Rep. Michael K. Smith
Filed: 4/20/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2008
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2008 on page 1, line |
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| 5, after "2-3.51", by inserting "and by adding Section |
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| 2-3.142"; and
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| on page 5, immediately below line 26, by inserting the |
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| following: |
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 2-3.142 as follows: |
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.142 new) |
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| Sec. 2-3.142. Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program. |
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| (a) As used in this Section, "school district" includes |
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| those schools designated as laboratory schools. |
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| (b) The State Board of Education is authorized to |
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| administer a Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program. |
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| (c) Subject to appropriation, funds for the Continued |
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| Reading Improvement Grant Program shall be made available, on a |
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| competitive basis, to school districts with students in any of |
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| grades 7 through 12 who are reading significantly below grade |
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| level, as determined by State assessment information and |
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| assessment results. |
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| (d) The State Board of Education may reserve and distribute |
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| an amount not to exceed 2% of the moneys appropriated for the |
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| Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program for the purpose of |
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| developing teacher reading academies and administrator |
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| academies that espouse research-based teaching methods and |
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| instructional strategies proven to increase adolescent |
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| literacy achievement. These funds may also be used to develop |
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| and maintain an Internet website for collecting program data |
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| and providing assessment and instructional resources germane |
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| to the program. |
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| (e) Funds received under a grant may be used for efforts to |
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| implement a school or district literacy plan for increased |
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| student achievement and reading comprehension, including, but |
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| not limited to, the following: |
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| (1) support for students who are reading significantly |
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| below grade level; |
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| (2) screening for student identification and formative |
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| and summative assessments; and |
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| (3) professional development for reading teachers and |
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| administrators. |
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| (f) The State Board of Education may make any rules that |