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Full Text of SB2328  94th General Assembly

SB2328ham003 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. William Delgado

Filed: 4/19/2006

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2328

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2328, AS AMENDED,
3 by inserting the following between the enacting clause and the
4 introductory clause of Section 5:
 
5     "Section 2. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
6 by adding Section 10-50 as follows:
 
7     (20 ILCS 1305/10-50 new)
8     Sec. 10-50. Illinois Steps for Attaining Higher Education
9 through Academic Development Program established. The Illinois
10 Steps for Attaining Higher Education through Academic
11 Development ("Illinois Steps AHEAD") program is established in
12 the Illinois Department of Human Services. Illinois Steps AHEAD
13 shall provide educational services and post-secondary
14 educational scholarships for low-income middle and high school
15 students. Program components shall include increased parent
16 involvement, creative and engaging academic support for
17 students, career exploration programs, college preparation,
18 and increased collaboration with local schools. The Illinois
19 Department of Human Services shall administer the program. The
20 Department shall implement the program only if federal funding
21 is made available for that purpose. All moneys received
22 pursuant to the federal Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness
23 for Undergraduate Programs shall be deposited into the Gaining
24 Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs Fund,

 

 

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1 a special fund hereby created in the State treasury. Moneys in
2 this fund shall be appropriated to the Department of Human
3 Services and expended for the purposes and activities specified
4 by the federal agency making the grant. All interest earnings
5 on amounts in the Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for
6 Undergraduate Programs Fund shall accrue to the Gaining
7 Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs Fund and be
8 used in accordance with 34 C.F.R. 75.703.
 
9     Section 3. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
10 Section 5.663 as follows:
 
11     (30 ILCS 105/5.663 new)
12     Sec. 5.663. The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for
13 Undergraduate Programs Fund.".