97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1939

 

Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. William Delgado

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.136

    Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning class size reduction grants.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
52-3.136 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.136)
7    Sec. 2-3.136. Class size reduction grant programs.
8    (a) A K-3 class size reduction grant program is created.
9The program shall be implemented and administered by the the
10State Board of Education. From appropriations made for purposes
11of this Section, the State Board shall award grants to schools
12that meet the criteria established by this subsection (a) for
13the award of those grants.
14    Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The form
15and manner of applications and the criteria for the award of
16grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of Education. The
17grant criteria as so prescribed, however, shall provide that
18only those schools that are on the State Board of Education
19Early Academic Warning List or the academic watch list under
20Section 2-3.25d that maintain grades kindergarten through 3 are
21grant eligible.
22    Grants awarded to eligible schools under this subsection
23(a) shall be used and applied by the schools to defray the

 

 

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1costs and expenses of operating and maintaining classes in
2grades kindergarten through 3 with an average class size within
3a specific grade of no more than 20 pupils. If a school's
4facilities are inadequate to allow for this specified class
5size, then a school may use the grant funds for teacher aides
6instead.
7    (b) A K-3 pilot class size reduction grant program is
8created. The program shall be implemented and administered by
9the State Board of Education. From appropriations made for
10purposes of this subsection (b), the State Board shall award
11grants to schools that meet the criteria established by this
12Section for the award of those grants.
13    Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The form
14and manner of application and the criteria for the award of
15grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of Education.
16    Grants awarded to eligible schools under this subsection
17(b) shall be used and applied by the schools to defray the
18costs and expenses of operating and maintaining classes in
19grades kindergarten through 3 of no more than 15 pupils per
20teacher per class. A teacher aide may not be used to meet this
21requirement.
22    (c) If a school board determines that a school is using
23funds awarded under this Section for purposes not authorized by
24this Section, then the school board, rather than the school,
25shall determine how the funds are used.
26    (d) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules,

 

 

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1consistent with the requirements of this Section, that are
2necessary to implement and administer the class size reduction
3grant programs.
4(Source: P.A. 93-814, eff. 7-27-04; 94-566, eff. 1-1-06;
594-894, eff. 7-1-06.)