Full Text of HB4832 94th General Assembly
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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the | 5 |
| Community Service Education
Act.
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| Section 5. Policy. Community service education programs | 7 |
| educate students about the value of civic involvement through | 8 |
| actual school-sponsored involvement in their communities. | 9 |
| Students, citizens, civic groups, businesses, and community | 10 |
| organizations benefit from community service education | 11 |
| programs by developing strong partnerships that enhance the | 12 |
| value of schools and quality of life in communities. Community | 13 |
| service education programs build stronger schools, stronger | 14 |
| communities, and a positive environment.
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| In many communities, the school district is the economic | 16 |
| engine that provides jobs, economic stability, and prosperity. | 17 |
| Community service education programs enable more school | 18 |
| districts and communities to prosper economically while | 19 |
| promoting good citizenship. School districts that offer | 20 |
| community service education programs enjoy a significant | 21 |
| return on their investment. Hence, the policy of the State of | 22 |
| Illinois is to support such programs by providing incentives to | 23 |
| encourage school districts to offer community service | 24 |
| education programs.
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| Section 10. Community Service Education Program. There is | 26 |
| created the Community
Service Education Program, administered | 27 |
| by the State Board of Education, in cooperation with school | 28 |
| districts. Participation in this program is voluntary. The | 29 |
| following items may serve as best practices to be considered by | 30 |
| school districts opting to implement the program under Section | 31 |
| 25 of this Act:
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| (1) The program contains provisions and standards | 2 |
| conducive to the establishment of
community, business, and | 3 |
| education partnerships that give use to lasting
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| relationships between school districts and partners that | 5 |
| are mutually beneficial.
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| (2) The program provides greater community access to | 7 |
| school facilities and programs to
promote increased | 8 |
| achievement by children.
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| (3) The program makes school facilities available for | 10 |
| citizen use.
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| (4) The program organizes local residents to assess | 12 |
| local conditions, set priorities,
identify program needs, | 13 |
| and participate in program planning and development.
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| (5) The program identifies and utilizes resources | 15 |
| within the community or those that
impact on the community.
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| (6) The program assists in the initiation of new and | 17 |
| improved programs in an effort to
improve opportunities for | 18 |
| all residents of the community.
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| (7) The program provides effective youth training | 20 |
| programs and employment counseling
in schools, as well as | 21 |
| paid work experience linking the schools with the
private
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| sector.
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| (8) The program provides student involvement in | 24 |
| community service learning activities,
organizations, and | 25 |
| intergenerational programs.
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| (9) The program provides volunteer programs to bring | 27 |
| parents, business
personnel,
community agency | 28 |
| representatives, retirees, and other students into the
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| classroom
as participants in the teaching of students.
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| (10) The program provides supplemental or additional | 31 |
| programs for junior high school
and high school age youth | 32 |
| that may consist of enrichment, individual, and
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| supplemental activities, as well as recreational, | 34 |
| cultural, and vocational
programs.
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| (11) The program provides programs to meet the | 36 |
| individual needs of all people who
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| district being served.
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| Nothing set forth in items (7) through (11) shall be | 3 |
| constituted as either
requiring or
permitting the Community | 4 |
| Service Education Program to have any program or programs
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| serving
the same purpose or purposes as those elsewhere | 6 |
| specifically provided for in
the School
Code.
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| The Community Service Education Program shall avoid | 8 |
| duplication of existing programs operated by other
entities
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| whole or in part within a school district. The Community | 10 |
| Service Education Program
shall
provide for the involvement of | 11 |
| the residents of a school district in
ascertaining the
identity | 12 |
| of local problems and in ascertaining the community resources | 13 |
| available
for dealing
with these problems.
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| Section 25. Establishment of community service education | 15 |
| program by school district. A
school district may establish | 16 |
| and operate a community service education program that | 17 |
| qualifies for a grant under Section 92 of this Act by complying | 18 |
| with
the
provisions of this Act and any rules adopted by the | 19 |
| State Board of Education under Section 500 of this Act.
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| Section 60. Local input. Each school board that establishes | 21 |
| a community service education program under Section 25 of this | 22 |
| Act shall establish a process to obtain input into the | 23 |
| development and operation of its community service education | 24 |
| program by members who represent various service
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| organizations,
churches, public schools, units of local | 26 |
| government, businesses and
professions, public
and private | 27 |
| agencies serving youth, families, or senior citizens, | 28 |
| municipal
governments,
townships, libraries, park, recreation, | 29 |
| or forest preserve districts located in
whole or in
part within | 30 |
| the school district, and any other group or groups | 31 |
| participating in
the school
district's community service | 32 |
| education program.
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| Section 65. Director of Community Service Education. Each |
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| school district
maintaining
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| program established under Section 25 of this Act shall employ | 3 |
| or appoint a Director of Community
Service Education. The | 4 |
| Director
shall be
responsible for all aspects of the school | 5 |
| district's community service education
program. An individual | 6 |
| employed solely as a Director of Community Service Education | 7 |
| need not hold a teaching or administrative certificate from the | 8 |
| State of Illinois.
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| Section 75. Non-duplication of programs. A school district | 10 |
| that establishes a community service education program under | 11 |
| Section 25 of this Act must strive to ensure that its community | 12 |
| service education program does not duplicate services offered | 13 |
| by other entities or school programs.
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| Section 80. Community service education consortiums. Any | 15 |
| school district that opts
to
conduct a community service | 16 |
| education program pursuant to the provisions of this Act
may | 17 |
| enter
into an agreement with other school districts
to form a
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| consortium for the purpose of offering a consolidated community | 19 |
| service education
program.
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| Section 85. Partnership agreements. A school district | 21 |
| community service education
program established under Section | 22 |
| 25 of this Act shall have the power to enter into agreements | 23 |
| with any other public or
private
entity or entities for the | 24 |
| furnishing of any component of its community
service education
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| program. These agreements may
provide
for payments from the | 26 |
| school district's community service education fund to other
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| entities as
contributions to the expenses of the program or | 28 |
| programs covered by these
agreements.
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| Section 90. Funding. A school district maintaining a | 30 |
| community
service education
program established under Section | 31 |
| 25 of this Act is authorized to receive money from the State, | 32 |
| as grants that are subject to appropriation, and other public |
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| and private sources for
the
support of its program or any | 2 |
| component thereof and to expend this money
pursuant
to the | 3 |
| provisions of this Act, subject to the terms and conditions | 4 |
| under which
the money
is received. A not-for-profit | 5 |
| organization may be established in support of the program, in | 6 |
| accordance with the General Not For Profit Corporation Act of | 7 |
| 1986, and may seek tax exemption for the organization from the | 8 |
| Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Revenue. Subject | 9 |
| to guidelines approved by the school
board, the
school district | 10 |
| is also authorized to charge and collect fees from persons | 11 |
| voluntarily participating in a specific
community
service | 12 |
| education program.
The school board shall also have the | 13 |
| authority to designate funds to be used for community service | 14 |
| education purposes.
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| Section 92. Grants. Subject to the availability of funds | 16 |
| for the specific purpose of making grants for community service | 17 |
| education, the State Board of Education is authorized to make | 18 |
| grants to school districts operating community service | 19 |
| education programs that meet the standards set forth in this | 20 |
| Act and any rules adopted by the State Board of Education.
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| Section 500. Rules. The State Board of Education may adopt | 22 |
| any rules that are necessary to implement and administer this | 23 |
| Act. | 24 |
| Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 25 |
| becoming law. |
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