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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 1C-2 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/1C-2)
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| Sec. 1C-2. Block grants.
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| (a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, |
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| the State Board
of Education shall award to school districts |
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| block grants as described in
subsections (b) and (c). The State |
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| Board of Education may adopt
rules and regulations necessary to |
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| implement this Section. In accordance with
Section 2-3.32, all |
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| state block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore,
block |
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| grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded |
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| to the
appropriate fund code.
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| (b) A Professional Development Block Grant shall be created |
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| by combining the
existing School Improvement Block Grant and |
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| the REI Initiative.
These funds shall be distributed to school |
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| districts based on the number of
full-time certified |
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| instructional staff employed in the district.
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| (c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be |
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| created by combining
the following programs: Preschool |
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| Education, Parental Training and Prevention
Initiative. These |
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| funds shall be distributed to school districts and other
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| entities on a competitive basis. Not less than 11% Eleven |
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| percent of this grant
shall be used to
fund programs for |
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| children ages 0-3 , which percentage shall increase to at least |
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| 20% by Fiscal Year 2014. However, if, in a given fiscal year, |
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| the amount appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block |
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| Grant is insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant |
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| to fund programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the |
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| amount of the grant for existing providers of preschool |
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| education programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund |
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| programs for children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of |
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| increased . Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that |
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| may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head |
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| under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to |
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| make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions |
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| of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, |
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| however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to |
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| implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to |
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| the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House |
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| and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the |
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| General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those |
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| suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action |
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| in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this |
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| amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be |
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| interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other |
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| Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise |
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| explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of |
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| the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning |
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| contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative |
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| Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the |
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| meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois |
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| Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such |
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| definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the |
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| jurisdiction of the Governor.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-396, eff. 7-29-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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| 2008.
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