Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
Filed: 4/1/2009
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2386
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2386 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 27-22.3 and adding Section 27-22.4 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-22.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3)
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7 | Sec. 27-22.3. Volunteer service credit program.
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8 | (a) A school district may establish a volunteer service | ||||||
9 | credit program
that enables secondary school students to earn | ||||||
10 | credit towards graduation
through performance of community | ||||||
11 | service. This community service may include
participation in | ||||||
12 | the organization of a high school or community blood drive or
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13 | other blood donor
recruitment campaign. Any program so | ||||||
14 | established shall
begin with students entering grade 9 in the | ||||||
15 | 1993-1994 school year or
later. The amount of credit given for | ||||||
16 | program participation shall not
exceed that given for |
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1 | completion of one semester of language arts, math,
science or | ||||||
2 | social studies.
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3 | (b) Any community service performed as part of a course for | ||||||
4 | which credit
is given towards graduation or community service | ||||||
5 | performed under Section 27-22.4 of this Code shall not qualify | ||||||
6 | under a volunteer service
credit program. Any service for which | ||||||
7 | a student is paid shall not qualify
under a volunteer service | ||||||
8 | credit program. Any community work assigned as a
disciplinary | ||||||
9 | measure shall not qualify under a volunteer service credit
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10 | program.
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11 | (c) School districts that establish volunteer service | ||||||
12 | credit programs
shall establish any necessary rules, | ||||||
13 | regulations and procedures.
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14 | (Source: P.A. 93-547, eff. 8-19-03.)
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15 | (105 ILCS 5/27-22.4 new)
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16 | Sec. 27-22.4. Community service requirement; pilot | ||||||
17 | program. In J. Sterling Morton High School District 201, as a | ||||||
18 | prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil | ||||||
19 | entering the 9th grade in the 2010-2011 school year or | ||||||
20 | 2011-2012 school year must complete at least 40 hours of | ||||||
21 | community service. This requirement does not apply to children | ||||||
22 | with disabilities, as defined under Article 14 of this Code, or | ||||||
23 | pupils involved in extra-curricular activities, the number of | ||||||
24 | activities to be determined by the school board. The school | ||||||
25 | board shall establish any rules and procedures necessary to |
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1 | implement this requirement. Community service under this | ||||||
2 | Section shall require no staff monitoring. ".
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