093_HB0203
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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 changing
5 Section 10-20.12 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12)
7 Sec. 10-20.12. School year - School age. To establish
8 and keep in operation in each year during a school term of at
9 least the minimum length required by Section 10-19, a
10 sufficient number of free schools for the accommodation of
11 all persons in the district who are 5 years of age or older
12 but under 21 years of age, and to secure for all such persons
13 the right and opportunity to an equal education in such
14 schools; provided that children who will attain the age of 5
15 years on or before September 1 of the year of the 1990-1991
16 school term and each school term through the 2003-2004 school
17 term and December 10 of the year of the 2004-2005 school term
18 and each school term thereafter may attend school upon the
19 commencement of such term. Based upon an assessment of a
20 child's readiness to attend school, a school district may
21 permit a child to attend school prior to the dates contained
22 in this Section. In any school district operating on a full
23 year school basis children who will attain age 5 within 30
24 days after the commencement of a term may attend school upon
25 the commencement of such term. The school district may, by
26 resolution of its board, allow for a full year school plan.
27 (Source: P.A. 87-359.)
28 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
29 Section 8.27 as follows:
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1 (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
2 Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
3 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
4 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
5 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.