Full Text of HB3882 096th General Assembly
HB3882 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB3882
Introduced 2/26/2009, by Rep. Emily McAsey SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. With respect to the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program, provides that "school district" includes a Type 40 area vocational center or State-designated facility that is jointly owned and operated by member school districts. Effective July 1, 2009.
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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,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 2-3.51.5 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.51.5)
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| Sec. 2-3.51.5. School Safety and Educational Improvement | 8 |
| Block Grant
Program. To improve the level of education and | 9 |
| safety of students from
kindergarten through grade 12 in school | 10 |
| districts and State-recognized, non-public schools. The State | 11 |
| Board of
Education is authorized to fund a School Safety and | 12 |
| Educational Improvement
Block Grant Program. For the purposes | 13 |
| of this Section, "school district" includes a Type 40 area | 14 |
| vocational center or State-designated facility that is jointly | 15 |
| owned and operated by member school districts.
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| (1) For school districts, the program shall provide funding | 17 |
| for school safety, textbooks and
software, teacher training and | 18 |
| curriculum development, school improvements, remediation | 19 |
| programs under subsection (a) of Section 2-3.64, school
report | 20 |
| cards under Section 10-17a, and criminal history records checks
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| under Sections 10-21.9 and 34-18.5. For State-recognized, | 22 |
| non-public schools, the program shall provide funding for | 23 |
| secular textbooks and software, criminal history records |
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| checks, and health and safety mandates to the extent that the | 2 |
| funds are expended for purely secular purposes. A school | 3 |
| district
or laboratory school as defined in Section 18-8 or | 4 |
| 18-8.05 is not required
to file an application in order to | 5 |
| receive the categorical funding to which it
is entitled under | 6 |
| this Section. Funds for the School Safety and Educational
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| Improvement Block Grant Program shall be distributed to school | 8 |
| districts and
laboratory schools based on the prior year's best | 9 |
| 3 months average daily
attendance. Funds for the School Safety | 10 |
| and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program shall be | 11 |
| distributed to State-recognized, non-public schools based on | 12 |
| the average daily attendance figure for the previous school | 13 |
| year provided to the State Board of Education. The State Board | 14 |
| of Education shall develop an application that requires | 15 |
| State-recognized, non-public schools to submit average daily | 16 |
| attendance figures. A State-recognized, non-public school must | 17 |
| submit the application and average daily attendance figure | 18 |
| prior to receiving funds under this Section. The State Board of | 19 |
| Education shall promulgate rules and
regulations necessary for | 20 |
| the implementation of this program.
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| (2) Distribution of moneys to school districts and | 22 |
| State-recognized, non-public schools shall be made in 2
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| semi-annual installments, one payment on or before October 30, | 24 |
| and one
payment prior to April 30, of each fiscal year.
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| (3) Grants under the School Safety and Educational | 26 |
| Improvement Block Grant
Program shall be awarded provided there |
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| is an appropriation for the program,
and funding levels for | 2 |
| each district shall be prorated according to the amount
of the | 3 |
| appropriation.
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| (4) The provisions of this Section are in the public | 5 |
| interest, are for the public benefit, and serve secular public | 6 |
| purposes. | 7 |
| (Source: P.A. 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 9 |
| 2009.
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