Sen. John J. Cullerton
Filed: 4/28/2010
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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 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/27-22.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 27-22.3. Volunteer service credit program. | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| 13 | or
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. | ||||||
| 3 | (b) Any community service performed as part of a course for | ||||||
| 4 | which credit
is given towards graduation shall not qualify | ||||||
| 5 | under a volunteer service
credit program. Any service for which | ||||||
| 6 | a student is paid shall not qualify
under a volunteer service | ||||||
| 7 | credit program. Any community work assigned as a
disciplinary | ||||||
| 8 | measure shall not qualify under a volunteer service credit
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| 9 | program. | ||||||
| 10 | (c) School districts that establish volunteer service | ||||||
| 11 | credit programs
shall establish any necessary rules, | ||||||
| 12 | regulations and procedures. | ||||||
| 13 | (Source: P.A. 93-547, eff. 8-19-03.)".
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