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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 372

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 372,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by  replacing  everything  after the enacting clause with the
 4    following:

 5        "Section 5.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Sections 27-22.3 and 27-23.5 as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 5/27-22.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3)
 8        Sec. 27-22.3.  Volunteer service credit program.
 9        (a)  A  school district may establish a volunteer service
10    credit program that enables secondary school students to earn
11    credit towards graduation through  performance  of  community
12    service.  This community service may include participation in
13    the organization of a high school or community blood drive or
14    other  blood  donor  recruitment  campaign.  Any  program  so
15    established shall begin with students entering grade 9 in the
16    1993-1994 school year or later.  The amount of  credit  given
17    for  program  participation  shall  not exceed that given for
18    completion of one semester of language arts, math, science or
19    social studies.
20        (b)  Any community service performed as part of a  course
21    for  which  credit  is  given  towards  graduation  shall not
22    qualify  under  a  volunteer  service  credit  program.   Any
 
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 1    service for which a student is paid shall not qualify under a
 2    volunteer  service  credit  program.   Any   community   work
 3    assigned  as a disciplinary measure shall not qualify under a
 4    volunteer service credit program.
 5        (c)  School districts that  establish  volunteer  service
 6    credit   programs   shall   establish  any  necessary  rules,
 7    regulations and procedures.
 8    (Source: P.A. 87-1082.)

 9        (105 ILCS 5/27-23.5)
10        Sec.  27-23.5.  Organ/tissue  donor  and  transplantation
11    programs.  Each school district that maintains grades  9  and
12    10 may include in its curriculum and teach to the students of
13    either  such  grade  one  unit of instruction on organ/tissue
14    donor and transplantation  programs.   No  student  shall  be
15    required   to   take   or   participate   in  instruction  on
16    organ/tissue donor and transplantation programs if  a  parent
17    or guardian files written objection thereto on constitutional
18    grounds,   and   refusal  to  take  or  participate  in  such
19    instruction  on  those  grounds  shall  not  be  reason   for
20    suspension  or  expulsion  of  a  student  or  result  in any
21    academic penalty.
22        The regional superintendent of schools in which a  school
23    district  that  maintains  grades  9  and 10 is located shall
24    obtain and distribute make available to each the school  that
25    maintains   grades   9  and  10  in  board  of  the  district
26    information  and  data,  including  instructional   materials
27    provided  at no cost by America's Blood Centers, the American
28    Red Cross, and Gift of Hope, that may be used by  the  school
29    district  in  developing  a  unit  of  instruction under this
30    Section.  However, each  school  board  shall  determine  the
31    minimum  amount of instructional time that shall qualify as a
32    unit of  instruction  satisfying  the  requirements  of  this
33    Section.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 90-635, eff. 7-24-98.)

 2        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 3    becoming law.".