Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB0016

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Provides that the school age for kindergarten pupils may not be fixed at under 5 (rather than 4) years. Allows children who, for a full year, have attended a pre-kindergarten program through a State Board of Education early childhood education block grant or other federal funds distributed by the State Board for pre-kindergarten purposes or a pre-kindergarten program accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children and who will attain the age of 5 years on or before December 31 of the year of the 2009-2010 school term and each school term thereafter to attend school upon commencement of such term. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Deletes everything after the enacting clause. Amends the School Code. Provides that educational service centers may provide training, technical assistance, coordination, and planning in the area of financial planning, consultation, and services. Provides that upon the abolition of the office, removal from office, disqualification for office, resignation from office, or expiration of the current term of office of the regional superintendent of schools, whichever is earlier, centers serving that portion of a Class II county school unit outside of a city of 500,000 or more inhabitants shall have and exercise, in and with respect to each educational service region having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants and in and with respect to each school district located in any such educational service region, all of the rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities theretofore vested by law in and exercised and performed by the regional superintendent of schools for that area. Provides that in educational service regions containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, the office of regional superintendent of schools is abolished (instead of being abolished on July 1, 1994). Provides that all rights, powers, duties, and responsibilities vested by law in and exercised and performed by the regional superintendent, assistant regional superintendents, or other assistants or employees in the office of the regional superintendent of schools being abolished shall be vested in, exercised, and performed by educational service centers for any educational service region containing 2,000,000 or more inhabitants (instead of vested in, exercised, and performed by the State Board of Education). Allows money in an institute fund to be used by the regional superintendent to defray all costs associated with the administration of teaching certificates. In the Duties of County Board Article, removes language that states that on and after July 1, 1994, certain provisions in that Article shall have no application in any county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants. Repeals a Section establishing a regional office of education advisory board in Class II counties. Makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2010.

Removes the provisions amending the Duties of County Board Article of the School Code to remove language that states that on and after July 1, 1994, certain provisions in that Article shall have no application in any county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants. Provides instead that notwithstanding those provisions, a county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants may provide financial or in-kind support to the educational service centers serving that county.

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