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Full Text of HB0538  96th General Assembly

HB0538 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
HB0538

 

Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that if a school is located in a low-income and high violence area, as determined by the State Board of Education, then the school board shall require that (1) the school have at least one full-time social worker available for students; (2) the school, if an elementary school, have a gymnasium available for recess; (3) the school, if an elementary school, have at least one recess per school day; and (4) the school offer at least one course in art.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
5 10-20.46 and 34-18.37 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new)
7     Sec. 10-20.46. Requirements for schools in low-income and
8 high violence areas. If a school is located in a low-income and
9 high violence area, as determined by the State Board of
10 Education, then the school board shall require all of the
11 following:
12         (1) That the school have at least one full-time social
13     worker available for students.
14         (2) That the school, if an elementary school, have a
15     gymnasium available for recess, which shall be in a safe
16     area.
17         (3) That the school, if an elementary school, have at
18     least one recess per school day, which shall be in a safe
19     area.
20         (4) That the school offer at least one course in art,
21     which shall be in a safe area.
 
22     (105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new)

 

 

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1     Sec. 34-18.37. Requirements for schools in low-income and
2 high violence areas. If a school is located in a low-income and
3 high violence area, as determined by the State Board of
4 Education, then the board shall require all of the following:
5         (1) That the school have at least one full-time social
6     worker available for students.
7         (2) That the school, if an elementary school, have a
8     gymnasium available for recess, which shall be in a safe
9     area.
10         (3) That the school, if an elementary school, have at
11     least one recess per school day, which shall be in a safe
12     area.
13         (4) That the school offer at least one course in art,
14     which shall be in a safe area.