Full Text of SB1829 100th General Assembly
SB1829sam002 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson Filed: 2/20/2018
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1829
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1829 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 2-3.71 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.71) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.71)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.71. Grants for preschool educational programs. | 8 | | (a) Preschool program.
| 9 | | (1) The State Board of Education shall implement and | 10 | | administer
a grant program under the provisions of this | 11 | | subsection which shall
consist of grants to public school | 12 | | districts and other eligible entities, as defined by the | 13 | | State Board of Education, to conduct voluntary
preschool
| 14 | | educational programs for children ages 3 to 5 which include | 15 | | a parent
education component. A public school district | 16 | | which receives grants under
this subsection may |
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| 1 | | subcontract with other entities that are eligible to | 2 | | conduct a preschool educational
program. These grants must | 3 | | be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from | 4 | | any other source.
| 5 | | (2) (Blank).
| 6 | | (3) Except as otherwise provided under this subsection | 7 | | (a), any Any teacher of preschool children in the program | 8 | | authorized by this
subsection shall hold an early childhood | 9 | | teaching certificate. | 10 | | (3.5) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year and | 11 | | until the 2023-2024 school year, an individual may teach | 12 | | preschool children in an early childhood program under this | 13 | | Section if he or she holds any of the following: | 14 | | (A) A Professional Educator License with an early | 15 | | childhood education endorsement. | 16 | | (B) A Professional Educator License with | 17 | | short-term approval for early childhood education. | 18 | | (C) An ECE Credential Level of 5 awarded by the | 19 | | Department of Human Services under the Gateways to | 20 | | Opportunity Program developed under Section 10-70 of | 21 | | the Department of Human Services Act. | 22 | | (D) An Educator License with Stipulations with a | 23 | | transitional bilingual educator endorsement and he or | 24 | | she has (i) passed a foreign language content test in | 25 | | the applicable content area or (ii) completed no less | 26 | | than 9 semester hours of postsecondary coursework in |
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| 1 | | the area of early childhood education.
| 2 | | (4) (Blank).
| 3 | | (4.5) The State Board of Education shall provide the | 4 | | primary source of
funding through appropriations for the | 5 | | program.
Such funds shall be distributed to achieve a goal | 6 | | of "Preschool for All Children" for the benefit
of all | 7 | | children whose families choose to participate in the | 8 | | program. Based on available appropriations, newly funded | 9 | | programs shall be selected through a process giving first | 10 | | priority to qualified programs serving primarily at-risk | 11 | | children and second priority to qualified programs serving | 12 | | primarily children with a family income of less than 4 | 13 | | times the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the | 14 | | Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human | 15 | | Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). For | 16 | | purposes of this paragraph (4.5), at-risk children are | 17 | | those who because of their home and community environment | 18 | | are subject
to such language, cultural, economic and like | 19 | | disadvantages to cause them to have
been determined as a | 20 | | result of screening procedures to be at risk of
academic | 21 | | failure. Such screening procedures shall be based on | 22 | | criteria
established by the State Board of Education. | 23 | | Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4.5), | 24 | | grantees under the program must enter into a memorandum of | 25 | | understanding with the appropriate local Head Start | 26 | | agency. This memorandum must be entered into no later than |
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| 1 | | 3 months after the award of a grantee's grant under the | 2 | | program, except that, in the case of the 2009-2010 program | 3 | | year, the memorandum must be entered into no later than the | 4 | | deadline set by the State Board of Education for | 5 | | applications to participate in the program in fiscal year | 6 | | 2011, and must address collaboration between the grantee's | 7 | | program and the local Head Start agency on certain issues, | 8 | | which shall include without limitation the following: | 9 | | (A) educational activities, curricular objectives, | 10 | | and instruction; | 11 | | (B) public information dissemination and access to | 12 | | programs for families contacting programs; | 13 | | (C) service areas; | 14 | | (D) selection priorities for eligible children to | 15 | | be served by programs; | 16 | | (E) maximizing the impact of federal and State | 17 | | funding to benefit young children; | 18 | | (F) staff training, including opportunities for | 19 | | joint staff training; | 20 | | (G) technical assistance; | 21 | | (H) communication and parent outreach for smooth | 22 | | transitions to kindergarten; | 23 | | (I) provision and use of facilities, | 24 | | transportation, and other program elements; | 25 | | (J) facilitating each program's fulfillment of its | 26 | | statutory and regulatory requirements; |
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| 1 | | (K) improving local planning and collaboration; | 2 | | and | 3 | | (L) providing comprehensive services for the | 4 | | neediest Illinois children and families. | 5 | | If the appropriate local Head Start agency is unable or | 6 | | unwilling to enter into a memorandum of understanding as | 7 | | required under this paragraph (4.5), the memorandum of | 8 | | understanding requirement shall not apply and the grantee | 9 | | under the program must notify the State Board of Education | 10 | | in writing of the Head Start agency's inability or | 11 | | unwillingness. The State Board of Education shall compile | 12 | | all such written notices and make them available to the | 13 | | public. | 14 | | (5) The State Board of Education shall develop and | 15 | | provide
evaluation tools, including tests, that school | 16 | | districts and other eligible entities may use to
evaluate | 17 | | children for school readiness prior to age 5. The State | 18 | | Board of
Education shall require school districts and other | 19 | | eligible entities
to obtain consent from the parents
or | 20 | | guardians of children before any evaluations are | 21 | | conducted. The State
Board of Education shall encourage | 22 | | local school districts and other eligible entities to | 23 | | evaluate the
population of preschool children in their | 24 | | communities and provide preschool
programs, pursuant to | 25 | | this subsection, where appropriate.
| 26 | | (6) The State Board of Education shall report to the |
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| 1 | | General Assembly by November 1, 2018
and every
2 years | 2 | | thereafter on the results and progress of
students who were | 3 | | enrolled in preschool educational programs, including an
| 4 | | assessment of which programs have been most successful in | 5 | | promoting
academic excellence and alleviating academic | 6 | | failure. The State Board of
Education shall assess the | 7 | | academic progress of all students who have been
enrolled in | 8 | | preschool educational programs.
| 9 | | On or before November 1 of each fiscal year in which | 10 | | the General Assembly provides funding for new programs | 11 | | under paragraph (4.5) of this Section, the State Board of | 12 | | Education shall report to the General Assembly on what | 13 | | percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving | 14 | | primarily at-risk children, what percentage of new funding | 15 | | was provided to programs serving primarily children with a | 16 | | family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty | 17 | | level, and what percentage of new funding was provided to | 18 | | other programs. | 19 | | (7) Due to evidence that expulsion practices in the | 20 | | preschool years are linked to poor child outcomes and are | 21 | | employed inconsistently across racial and gender groups, | 22 | | early childhood programs receiving State funds under this | 23 | | subsection (a) shall prohibit expulsions. Planned | 24 | | transitions to settings that are able to better meet a | 25 | | child's needs are not considered expulsion under this | 26 | | paragraph (7). |
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| 1 | | (A) When persistent and serious challenging | 2 | | behaviors emerge, the early childhood program shall | 3 | | document steps taken to ensure that the child can | 4 | | participate safely in the program; including | 5 | | observations of initial and ongoing challenging | 6 | | behaviors, strategies for remediation and intervention | 7 | | plans to address the behaviors, and communication with | 8 | | the parent or legal guardian, including participation | 9 | | of the parent or legal guardian in planning and | 10 | | decision-making. | 11 | | (B) The early childhood program shall, with | 12 | | parental or legal guardian consent as required, | 13 | | utilize a range of community resources, if available | 14 | | and deemed necessary, including, but not limited to, | 15 | | developmental screenings, referrals to programs and | 16 | | services administered by a local educational agency or | 17 | | early intervention agency under Parts B and C of the | 18 | | federal Individual with Disabilities Education Act, | 19 | | and consultation with infant and early childhood | 20 | | mental health consultants and the child's health care | 21 | | provider. The program shall document attempts to | 22 | | engage these resources, including parent or legal | 23 | | guardian participation and consent attempted and | 24 | | obtained. Communication with the parent or legal | 25 | | guardian shall take place in a culturally and | 26 | | linguistically competent manner. |
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| 1 | | (C) If there is documented evidence that all | 2 | | available interventions and supports recommended by a | 3 | | qualified professional have been exhausted and the | 4 | | program determines in its professional judgment that | 5 | | transitioning a child to another program is necessary | 6 | | for the well-being of the child or his or her peers and | 7 | | staff, with parent or legal guardian permission, both | 8 | | the current and pending programs shall create a | 9 | | transition plan designed to ensure continuity of | 10 | | services and the comprehensive development of the | 11 | | child. Communication with families shall occur in a | 12 | | culturally and linguistically competent manner. | 13 | | (D) Nothing in this paragraph (7) shall preclude a | 14 | | parent's or legal guardian's right to voluntarily | 15 | | withdraw his or her child from an early childhood | 16 | | program. Early childhood programs shall request and | 17 | | keep on file, when received, a written statement from | 18 | | the parent or legal guardian stating the reason for his | 19 | | or her decision to withdraw his or her child. | 20 | | (E) In the case of the determination of a serious | 21 | | safety threat to a child or others or in the case of | 22 | | behaviors listed in subsection (d) of Section 10-22.6 | 23 | | of this Code, the temporary removal of a child from | 24 | | attendance in group settings may be used. Temporary | 25 | | removal of a child from attendance in a group setting | 26 | | shall trigger the process detailed in subparagraphs |
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| 1 | | (A), (B), and (C) of this paragraph (7), with the child | 2 | | placed back in a group setting as quickly as possible. | 3 | | (F) Early childhood programs may utilize and the | 4 | | State Board of Education, the Department of Human | 5 | | Services, and the Department of Children and Family | 6 | | Services shall recommend training, technical support, | 7 | | and professional development resources to improve the | 8 | | ability of teachers, administrators, program | 9 | | directors, and other staff to promote social-emotional | 10 | | development and behavioral health, to address | 11 | | challenging behaviors, and to understand trauma and | 12 | | trauma-informed care, cultural competence, family | 13 | | engagement with diverse populations, the impact of | 14 | | implicit bias on adult behavior, and the use of | 15 | | reflective practice techniques. Support shall include | 16 | | the availability of resources to contract with infant | 17 | | and early childhood mental health consultants. | 18 | | (G) Beginning on July 1, 2018, early childhood | 19 | | programs shall annually report to the State Board of | 20 | | Education, and, beginning in fiscal year 2020, the | 21 | | State Board of Education shall make available on a | 22 | | biennial basis, in an existing report, all of the | 23 | | following data for children from birth to age 5 who are | 24 | | served by the program: | 25 | | (i) Total number served over the course of the | 26 | | program year and the total number of children who |
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| 1 | | left the program during the program year. | 2 | | (ii) Number of planned transitions to another | 3 | | program due to children's behavior, by children's | 4 | | race, gender, disability, language, class/group | 5 | | size, teacher-child ratio, and length of program | 6 | | day. | 7 | | (iii) Number of temporary removals of a child | 8 | | from attendance in group settings due to a serious | 9 | | safety threat under subparagraph (E) of this | 10 | | paragraph (7), by children's race, gender, | 11 | | disability, language, class/group size, | 12 | | teacher-child ratio, and length of program day. | 13 | | (iv) Hours of infant and early childhood | 14 | | mental health consultant contact with program | 15 | | leaders, staff, and families over the program | 16 | | year. | 17 | | (H) Changes to services for children with an | 18 | | individualized education program or individual family | 19 | | service plan shall be construed in a manner consistent | 20 | | with the federal Individuals with Disabilities | 21 | | Education Act. | 22 | | The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | 23 | | Governor's Office of Early Childhood Development and the | 24 | | Department of Children and Family Services, shall adopt | 25 | | rules to administer this paragraph (7). | 26 | | (b) (Blank).
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 100-105, eff. 1-1-18 .)
| 2 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 3 | | becoming law.".
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