95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5325


 
Introduced , by Rep. Michael K. Smith
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













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    Amends the School Code. Authorizes the State Board of Education to administer a Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program.  Provides that, subject to appropriation, funds for the Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program shall be made available, on a competitive basis, to school districts with students in any of grades 7 through 12 who are reading significantly below grade level.  Provides that the State Board may reserve and distribute an amount not to exceed 2% of the moneys appropriated for the Program for the purpose of developing teacher reading academies and administrator academies that espouse research-based teaching methods and instructional strategies proven to increase adolescent literacy achievement.  Provides that these funds may also be used to develop and maintain an Internet website for collecting program data and providing assessment and instructional resources germane to the Program.  Provides that funds received under a grant may be used for efforts to implement a school or district literacy plan for increased student achievement and reading comprehension. Effective immediately.
















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HB5325

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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 adding Section 
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2-3.148 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148 new)

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    Sec. 2-3.148. 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 
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are necessary to implement the Continued Reading Improvement 
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Grant Program.

 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.