Full Text of HB2456 095th General Assembly
HB2456 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB2456
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Michael K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/2-3.66 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.66 |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
truants' alternative and optional education programs.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 2-3.66 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.66)
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| Sec. 2-3.66. Truants' alternative and optional education | 8 |
| programs. To
establish pilot projects to offer modified | 9 |
| instructional programs or other
services designed to prevent | 10 |
| students from dropping out of school,
including programs | 11 |
| pursuant to Section 2-3.41, and
and to serve as a part time
or | 12 |
| full time option in lieu of regular school attendance and to | 13 |
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grants to local school districts, educational service | 14 |
| regions or community
college districts from appropriated funds | 15 |
| to assist districts in
establishing such projects. The | 16 |
| education agency may operate its own
program or enter into a | 17 |
| contract with another not-for-profit entity to
implement the | 18 |
| program. The pilot projects shall allow dropouts, up to and
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| including age 21, potential dropouts, including truants, | 20 |
| uninvolved,
unmotivated and disaffected students, as defined | 21 |
| by State Board of
Education rules and regulations, to enroll, | 22 |
| as an alternative to regular
school attendance, in an optional | 23 |
| education program which may be
established by school board |
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| policy and is in conformance with rules adopted
by the State | 2 |
| Board of Education. Truants' Alternative and Optional
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| Education programs funded pursuant to this Section shall be
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| planned by a student, the student's parents or legal guardians, | 5 |
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student is 18 years or older, and school officials | 6 |
| and shall culminate in
an individualized optional education | 7 |
| plan. Such plan shall focus
on academic or vocational skills, | 8 |
| or both, and may include, but not be
limited to, evening | 9 |
| school, summer school, community college courses, adult
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| education, preparation courses for the high school level test | 11 |
| of General
Educational Development, vocational training, work | 12 |
| experience, programs to
enhance self concept and parenting | 13 |
| courses. School districts which are
awarded grants pursuant to | 14 |
| this Section shall be authorized to provide day
care services | 15 |
| to children of students who are eligible and desire to enroll
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| in programs established and funded under this Section, but only | 17 |
| if and to
the extent that such day care is necessary to enable | 18 |
| those eligible
students to attend and participate in the | 19 |
| programs and courses which are
conducted pursuant to this | 20 |
| Section. The Board shall report
on the status of the pilot | 21 |
| projects pursuant to Section 1A-4.
School districts and | 22 |
| regional offices of education may claim general State
aid under | 23 |
| Section 18-8.05 for students enrolled in truants' alternative | 24 |
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optional education programs, provided that such students | 25 |
| are receiving services
that are supplemental to a program | 26 |
| leading to a high school diploma and are
otherwise eligible to |
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| be claimed for general State aid under Section 18-8.05. | 2 |
| (Source: P.A. 90-802, eff. 12-15-98.)
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