Full Text of HB4448 093rd General Assembly
HB4448 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB4448
Introduced 2/3/2004, by Renee Kosel - Suzanne Bassi - Sidney H. Mathias - Jim Sacia - Sandra M. Pihos, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/1D-1 |
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105 ILCS 5/2-3.47 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.47 |
105 ILCS 5/2-3.61 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.61 |
105 ILCS 5/2-3.62 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.62 |
105 ILCS 5/Art. 14A heading new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-0.05 new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-1 new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-2 new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-3 new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-3.1 new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-4 new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-5 new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-6 new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-7 new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-9 new |
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105 ILCS 5/14A-90 new |
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Amends the School Code. Restores the gifted education provisions that were repealed by Public Act 93-21. Contains provisions concerning supervision of the program, plans, an advisory council, reimbursement for services and materials, contracts for area service centers, experimental projects, and institutes, consulting staff, regional programs, rules, block grant funding, the Comprehensive Educational Plan, summer school grants, and educational service centers. Effective July 1, 2004.
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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 Sections | 5 |
| 1D-1, 2-3.47, 2-3.61, and 2-3.62 and by adding Article 14A as | 6 |
| follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/1D-1)
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| Sec. 1D-1. Block grant funding.
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| (a) For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter, | 10 |
| the State Board
of Education shall award to a school district | 11 |
| having a population exceeding
500,000 inhabitants a general | 12 |
| education block grant and an educational services
block grant, | 13 |
| determined as provided in this Section, in lieu of distributing | 14 |
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the district separate State funding for the programs | 15 |
| described in subsections
(b) and (c). The provisions of this | 16 |
| Section, however, do not apply to any
federal funds that the | 17 |
| district is entitled to receive. In accordance with
Section | 18 |
| 2-3.32, all block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore, | 19 |
| block
grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be | 20 |
| recorded to the
appropriate fund code for the designated block | 21 |
| grant.
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| (b) The general education block grant shall include the | 23 |
| following
programs: REI Initiative, Summer Bridges, Preschool | 24 |
| At Risk, K-6
Comprehensive Arts, School Improvement Support, | 25 |
| Urban Education, Scientific
Literacy, Substance Abuse | 26 |
| Prevention, Second Language Planning, Staff
Development, | 27 |
| Outcomes and Assessment, K-6 Reading Improvement, 7-12 | 28 |
| Continued
Reading Improvement, Truants'
Optional Education, | 29 |
| Hispanic Programs, Agriculture Education,
Gifted Education, | 30 |
| Parental Education, Prevention Initiative, Report Cards, and | 31 |
| Criminal
Background Investigations. Notwithstanding any other | 32 |
| provision of law, all
amounts paid under the general education |
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| block grant from State appropriations
to a school district in a | 2 |
| city having a population exceeding 500,000
inhabitants shall be | 3 |
| appropriated and expended by the board of that district
for any | 4 |
| of the programs included in the block grant or any of the | 5 |
| board's
lawful purposes.
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| (c) The educational services block grant shall include the | 7 |
| following
programs: Bilingual, Regular and Vocational | 8 |
| Transportation, State Lunch and
Free Breakfast Program, | 9 |
| Special Education (Personnel,
Extraordinary, Transportation, | 10 |
| Orphanage, Private Tuition), Summer School,
Educational | 11 |
| Service Centers, and Administrator's Academy. This subsection | 12 |
| (c)
does not relieve the district of its obligation to provide | 13 |
| the services
required under a program that is included within | 14 |
| the educational services block
grant. It is the intention of | 15 |
| the General Assembly in enacting the provisions
of this | 16 |
| subsection (c) to relieve the district of the administrative | 17 |
| burdens
that impede efficiency and accompany single-program | 18 |
| funding. The General
Assembly encourages the board to pursue | 19 |
| mandate waivers pursuant to Section
2-3.25g.
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| (d) For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter, | 21 |
| the amount
of the district's block grants shall be determined | 22 |
| as follows:
(i) with respect to each program that is included | 23 |
| within each block grant, the
district shall receive an amount | 24 |
| equal to the same percentage of the current
fiscal year | 25 |
| appropriation made for that program as the percentage of the
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| appropriation received by the district from the 1995 fiscal | 27 |
| year appropriation
made for that program, and
(ii) the total | 28 |
| amount that is due the district under the block grant shall be
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| the aggregate of the amounts that the district is entitled to | 30 |
| receive for the
fiscal year with respect to each program that | 31 |
| is included within the block
grant that the State Board of | 32 |
| Education shall award the district under this
Section for that | 33 |
| fiscal year. In the case of the Summer Bridges program,
the | 34 |
| amount of the district's block grant shall be equal to 44% of | 35 |
| the amount
of the current fiscal year appropriation made for | 36 |
| that program.
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| (e) The district is not required to file any application or | 2 |
| other claim in
order to receive the block grants to which it is | 3 |
| entitled under this Section.
The State Board of Education shall | 4 |
| make payments to the district of amounts due
under the | 5 |
| district's block grants on a schedule determined by the State | 6 |
| Board
of Education.
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| (f) A school district to which this Section applies shall | 8 |
| report to the
State Board of Education on its use of the block | 9 |
| grants in such form and detail
as the State Board of Education | 10 |
| may specify.
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| (g) This paragraph provides for the treatment of block | 12 |
| grants under Article
1C for purposes of calculating the amount | 13 |
| of block grants for a district under
this Section. Those block | 14 |
| grants under Article 1C are, for this
purpose, treated as | 15 |
| included in the amount of appropriation for the various
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| programs set forth in paragraph (b) above. The appropriation in | 17 |
| each current
fiscal year for each block grant under Article 1C | 18 |
| shall be treated for these
purposes as appropriations for the | 19 |
| individual program included in that block
grant. The proportion | 20 |
| of each block grant so allocated to each such program
included | 21 |
| in it shall be the proportion which the appropriation for that | 22 |
| program
was of all appropriations for such purposes now in that | 23 |
| block grant, in fiscal
1995.
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| Payments to the school district under this Section with | 25 |
| respect to each
program for which payments to school districts | 26 |
| generally, as of the date of
this
amendatory Act of the 92nd | 27 |
| General Assembly, are on a reimbursement basis
shall continue | 28 |
| to be made to the district on a reimbursement basis, pursuant
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| to the provisions of this Code governing those programs.
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| (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school | 31 |
| district
receiving a block grant under this Section may | 32 |
| classify all or a portion of
the funds that it receives in a | 33 |
| particular fiscal year from any block grant
authorized under | 34 |
| this Code or from general State aid pursuant to Section
18-8.05 | 35 |
| of this Code (other than supplemental general State aid) as
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| funds received in connection with any funding program for which |
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| it is
entitled to receive funds from the State in that fiscal | 2 |
| year (including,
without limitation, any funding program | 3 |
| referred to in subsection (c) of
this Section), regardless of | 4 |
| the source or timing of the receipt. The
district may not | 5 |
| classify more funds as funds received in connection
with the | 6 |
| funding program than the district is entitled to receive in | 7 |
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fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a | 8 |
| district must be made by
a resolution
of its board of | 9 |
| education. The resolution must identify the amount of any
block | 10 |
| grant or general State aid to be classified under this | 11 |
| subsection (h)
and must specify the funding program to which | 12 |
| the funds are to be
treated as received in connection | 13 |
| therewith. This resolution is
controlling as to the | 14 |
| classification of funds referenced therein. A certified
copy of | 15 |
| the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
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| Education.
The resolution shall still take effect even though a | 17 |
| copy of the resolution
has not been sent to the State
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| Superintendent of Education in a timely manner.
No | 19 |
| classification under this subsection (h) by a district shall
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| affect the total amount or timing of money the district is | 21 |
| entitled to receive
under this Code.
No classification under | 22 |
| this subsection (h) by a district
shall in any way relieve the | 23 |
| district from or affect any
requirements that otherwise would | 24 |
| apply with respect to the
block grant as provided in this | 25 |
| Section, including any
accounting of funds by source, reporting | 26 |
| expenditures by
original source and purpose,
reporting | 27 |
| requirements, or requirements of provision of
services.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-568, eff. 6-26-02; 92-651, eff.
7-11-02; | 29 |
| 93-21, eff. 7-1-03; 93-53, eff. 7-1-03; revised 9-11-03.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.47) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.47)
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| Sec. 2-3.47. Comprehensive Educational Plan. The State | 32 |
| Board of
Education shall analyze the current and anticipated
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| problems and deficiencies, present and future minimum needs and
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| requirements and immediate and future objectives and goals of | 35 |
| elementary
and secondary education in the State of Illinois, |
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| and shall design and prepare
a Comprehensive Educational Plan | 2 |
| for the development, expansion, integration,
coordination, and | 3 |
| improved and efficient utilization of the personnel,
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| facilities,
revenues, curricula and standards of elementary | 5 |
| and secondary education
for the public schools in the areas of | 6 |
| teaching (including preparation,
certification, compensation, | 7 |
| classification, performance rating and tenure),
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| administration, program content and enrichment, student | 9 |
| academic achievement,
class size, transportation, educational | 10 |
| finance and budgetary and accounting
procedure, and | 11 |
| educational policy and resource planning. In formulating
the | 12 |
| Comprehensive Educational Plan for elementary and secondary | 13 |
| education,
pre-school through grade 12, in this State, the | 14 |
| State Board of Education
shall give consideration to disabled, | 15 |
| gifted, occupational,
career and
other specialized areas of | 16 |
| elementary and secondary education, and further
shall consider | 17 |
| the problems, requirements and objectives of private | 18 |
| elementary
and secondary schools within the State as the same | 19 |
| relate to the present
and future problems, deficiencies, needs, | 20 |
| requirements, objectives and goals
of the public school system | 21 |
| of Illinois. As an integral part of the
Comprehensive
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| Educational Plan, the State Board of Education shall develop an | 23 |
| annual budget
for education for the entire State which details | 24 |
| the required, total revenues
from all sources and the estimated | 25 |
| total expenditures for all purposes under
the Comprehensive
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| Educational
Plan. The budgets shall specify the amount of | 27 |
| revenue projected from each
source and the amount of | 28 |
| expenditure estimated for each purpose for the fiscal year, and | 29 |
| shall specifically relate and identify such projected
revenues | 30 |
| and estimated expenditures to the particular problem, | 31 |
| deficiency,
need, requirement, objective or goal set forth in | 32 |
| the Comprehensive Educational
Plan to which such revenues for | 33 |
| expenditures are attributable. The State
Board of Education | 34 |
| shall prepare and submit to the General Assembly and
the | 35 |
| Governor drafts of proposed legislation to implement the | 36 |
| Comprehensive
Educational Plan; shall engage in a continuing |
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| study, analysis and evaluation
of the Comprehensive | 2 |
| Educational Plan so designed and prepared;
and shall from time | 3 |
| to time as required with respect to such annual budgets,
and as | 4 |
| the State Board of Education shall determine with respect to | 5 |
| any
proposed amendments or modifications of any Comprehensive | 6 |
| Educational Plan
enacted by the General Assembly, submit its | 7 |
| drafts or recommendations for
proposed legislation to the | 8 |
| General Assembly and the Governor.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.61) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.61)
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| Sec. 2-3.61. Summer school grants; gifted and remedial
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| education. From moneys
appropriated for such purposes, the | 13 |
| State Board of Education shall provide
summer school grants to | 14 |
| qualifying school districts applying for such grants
to be used | 15 |
| by such districts, in strict accordance with the provisions of
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| this Section, solely for the purpose of enabling students who | 17 |
| are "gifted children" or "talented children" as defined in | 18 |
| Section 14A-2 and students
who, as determined by the school | 19 |
| district in accordance with criteria
established by the State | 20 |
| Board of Education, are in need of remedial
education in order | 21 |
| to qualify for academic advancement to attend summer
school | 22 |
| without having to pay tuition, fees or instructional material
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| expenses. A qualifying district receiving a summer school grant | 24 |
| pursuant to
this Section shall use the grant moneys so received | 25 |
| solely for the purpose
of employing certificated personnel to | 26 |
| provide instruction and to
furnish necessary transportation, | 27 |
| text books and other instructional
materials for students who | 28 |
| are gifted children, talented children, or in
need of remedial | 29 |
| education within the meaning of this Section and who
attend the | 30 |
| summer school program of the district. All applications for
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| grants under this Section shall be made on forms which the | 32 |
| State Board of
Education shall provide, and shall be filed by | 33 |
| the school districts making
application for such grants with | 34 |
| the State Board of Education prior to
the beginning of a | 35 |
| program. The State Board of Education shall adopt rules
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| regarding the procedure by which application may be made for | 2 |
| such grants,
and shall establish standards by which to evaluate | 3 |
| the summer
school programs proposed by applicant school | 4 |
| districts for students who
are gifted children, talented | 5 |
| children, or in need of remedial education
within the meaning | 6 |
| of this Section and for the payment of all grants
awarded | 7 |
| pursuant to this Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.62) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.62)
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| Sec. 2-3.62. Educational Service Centers.
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| (a) A regional network of educational service centers shall | 12 |
| be established
by the State Board of Education to coordinate | 13 |
| and combine existing services in
a manner which is practical | 14 |
| and efficient and to provide new services to
schools as | 15 |
| provided in this Section. Services to be made available by such
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| centers shall include the planning, implementation and | 17 |
| evaluation of:
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| (1) education for gifted children through area service | 19 |
| centers, experimental projects, and institutes as provided | 20 |
| in Section 14A-6;
(blank);
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| (2) computer technology education including the | 22 |
| evaluation, use and
application of state-of-the-art | 23 |
| technology in computer software as provided
in Section | 24 |
| 2-3.43;
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| (3) mathematics, science and reading resources for | 26 |
| teachers including
continuing education, inservice | 27 |
| training and staff development.
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| The centers may provide training, technical assistance, | 29 |
| coordination and
planning in other program areas such as school | 30 |
| improvement, school
accountability, career guidance, early | 31 |
| childhood education, alcohol/drug
education and prevention, | 32 |
| family life - sex education, electronic transmission
of data | 33 |
| from school districts to the State, alternative education and | 34 |
| regional
special education, and telecommunications systems | 35 |
| that provide distance
learning. Such telecommunications |
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| systems may be obtained through the
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| Management Services pursuant to Section 405-270 of the
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| Department of Central Management Services Law (20 ILCS | 4 |
| 405/405-270). The programs and services of educational
service | 5 |
| centers may be offered to private school teachers and private | 6 |
| school
students within each service center area provided public | 7 |
| schools have already
been afforded adequate access to such | 8 |
| programs and services.
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| The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and | 10 |
| regulations necessary
to implement this Section. The rules | 11 |
| shall include detailed standards which
delineate the scope and | 12 |
| specific content of programs to be provided by each
Educational | 13 |
| Service Center, as well as the specific planning, | 14 |
| implementation
and evaluation services to be provided by each | 15 |
| Center relative to its programs.
The Board shall also provide | 16 |
| the standards by which it will evaluate the
programs provided | 17 |
| by each Center.
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| (b) Centers serving Class 1 county school units shall be | 19 |
| governed by an
11-member board, 3 members of which shall be | 20 |
| public school teachers
nominated by the local bargaining | 21 |
| representatives to the appropriate regional
superintendent for | 22 |
| appointment and no more than 3 members of which shall be
from | 23 |
| each of the following categories, including but not limited to
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| superintendents, regional superintendents, school board | 25 |
| members
and a representative of an institution of higher | 26 |
| education. The members of
the board shall be appointed by the | 27 |
| regional superintendents whose school
districts are served by | 28 |
| the educational service center.
The composition of the board | 29 |
| will reflect the revisions of this
amendatory Act of 1989 as | 30 |
| the terms of office of current members expire.
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| (c) The centers shall be of sufficient size and number to | 32 |
| assure delivery
of services to all local school districts in | 33 |
| the State.
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| (d) From monies appropriated for this program the State | 35 |
| Board of
Education shall provide grants to qualifying | 36 |
| Educational Service Centers
applying for such grants in |
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| accordance with rules and regulations
promulgated by the State | 2 |
| Board of Education to implement this Section.
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| (e) The governing authority of each of the 18 regional | 4 |
| educational service
centers shall appoint a family life - sex | 5 |
| education advisory board
consisting of 2 parents, 2 teachers, 2 | 6 |
| school administrators, 2 school
board members, 2 health care | 7 |
| professionals, one library system
representative, and the | 8 |
| director of the regional educational service center
who shall | 9 |
| serve as chairperson of the advisory board so appointed. | 10 |
| Members
of the family life - sex education advisory boards | 11 |
| shall serve without
compensation. Each of the advisory boards | 12 |
| appointed pursuant to this
subsection shall develop a plan for | 13 |
| regional teacher-parent family life - sex
education training | 14 |
| sessions and shall file a written report of such plan
with the | 15 |
| governing board of their regional educational service center. | 16 |
| The
directors of each of the regional educational service
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| centers shall thereupon meet, review each of the reports | 18 |
| submitted by the
advisory boards and combine those reports into | 19 |
| a single written report which
they shall file with the Citizens | 20 |
| Council on School Problems prior to the
end of the regular | 21 |
| school term of the 1987-1988 school year.
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| (f) The 14 educational service centers serving Class I | 23 |
| county school units
shall be disbanded on the first Monday of | 24 |
| August, 1995, and their statutory
responsibilities and | 25 |
| programs shall be assumed by the regional offices of
education, | 26 |
| subject to rules and regulations developed by
the
State Board | 27 |
| of Education. The regional superintendents of schools elected | 28 |
| by
the voters residing in all Class I counties shall serve as | 29 |
| the chief
administrators for these programs and services. By | 30 |
| rule of the State Board of
Education, the 10 educational | 31 |
| service regions of
lowest
population shall provide such | 32 |
| services under cooperative agreements with larger
regions.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/Art. 14A heading new)
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| ARTICLE 14A. GIFTED CHILDREN |
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| (105 ILCS 5/14A-0.05 new)
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| Sec. 14A-0.05. Applicability. This Article applies | 3 |
| beginning with the 2004-2005 school year. | 4 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14A-1 new) | 5 |
| Sec. 14A-1. Purpose. This enactment is for the purpose of | 6 |
| assisting and encouraging local school districts in the | 7 |
| development and improvement of an education program that will | 8 |
| increase the educational services of the public schools of | 9 |
| Illinois for gifted and talented children as defined herein. | 10 |
| Local school districts shall continue to have the authority and | 11 |
| responsibility to develop education programs for gifted and | 12 |
| talented children in response to community needs. | 13 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14A-2 new) | 14 |
| Sec. 14A-2. Gifted and talented children. "Gifted | 15 |
| children" and "talented children" for the purpose of this | 16 |
| Article 14A means children whose mental development is | 17 |
| accelerated beyond the average or who have demonstrated a | 18 |
| specific aptitude or talent and can profit from specially | 19 |
| planned educational services to the extent they need them. The | 20 |
| term includes children with exceptional ability in academic | 21 |
| subjects, high level thought processes, divergent thinking, | 22 |
| creativity, and the arts. In recognition of the need to have | 23 |
| appropriate services and programs available to gifted | 24 |
| children, the State Board of Education shall support a | 25 |
| statewide program of early identification of gifted children. | 26 |
| Eligibility for participation in programs established pursuant | 27 |
| to this Article shall be determined solely through | 28 |
| identification of a child as gifted or talented; no program | 29 |
| shall condition participation upon race, religion, sex, | 30 |
| disability, or any factor other than the student's | 31 |
| identification as gifted or talented. | 32 |
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| Sec. 14A-3. Supervision of program. The administration of | 2 |
| the program herein enacted, including establishing standards | 3 |
| for personnel, shall be supervised by the State Board of | 4 |
| Education with the advice of an Advisory Council on Education | 5 |
| of Gifted Children. The State Board of Education shall provide | 6 |
| that, to the extent possible with the resources available, all | 7 |
| gifted and talented children have an opportunity to receive | 8 |
| services and participate in appropriate programs. The State | 9 |
| Board shall also ensure that appropriations for programs for | 10 |
| gifted children are spent in effective and efficient ways | 11 |
| through program monitoring. | 12 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14A-3.1 new) | 13 |
| Sec. 14A-3.1. Comprehensive gifted and talented education. | 14 |
| The State Board of Education shall require that each school | 15 |
| district develop a plan, pursuant to rules and regulations | 16 |
| developed by the State Board of Education, which either | 17 |
| provides or makes available for all gifted and talented pupils | 18 |
| appropriate programs which encompass all grade levels and | 19 |
| fundamental areas of learning. Implementation of the plans, or | 20 |
| components thereof as determined by the State Board of | 21 |
| Education and local school districts, shall begin during the | 22 |
| 2004-2005 school year and shall be based upon the level of | 23 |
| funding provided under Section 14A-5 of this Code. | 24 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14A-4 new) | 25 |
| Sec. 14A-4. Advisory Council. There is hereby created an | 26 |
| Advisory Council on Education of Gifted Children to consist of | 27 |
| 7 members appointed by the State Board of Education, who shall | 28 |
| hold office for 4 years. Vacancies shall be filled in like | 29 |
| manner for the unexpired balance of the term only. | 30 |
| The members appointed shall be citizens of the United | 31 |
| States and of this State and shall be selected, as far as may | 32 |
| be practicable, on the basis of their knowledge of, or | 33 |
| experience in, programs and problems of the education of gifted | 34 |
| children. The State Board of Education shall take into |
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| consideration recommendations for membership on the Council | 2 |
| from statewide teacher organizations. | 3 |
| The State Board of Education shall seek the advice of the | 4 |
| Council regarding all rules or regulations to be promulgated by | 5 |
| the State Board.
The Council shall organize with a chairman | 6 |
| selected by the Council members and shall meet at the call of | 7 |
| the chairman upon 10 days' written notice but not less than 4 | 8 |
| times in each calendar year. The Council shall consider any | 9 |
| rule or regulation proposed by the State Board of Education | 10 |
| within 40 days after its receipt by the chairman. Members of | 11 |
| the Council shall serve without compensation but shall be | 12 |
| entitled to reasonable amounts for expenses necessarily | 13 |
| incurred in the performance of their duties. | 14 |
| The State Board of Education shall designate an employee of | 15 |
| the State Board to act as executive secretary of the Council | 16 |
| and shall furnish all clerical assistance necessary for the | 17 |
| performance of its powers and duties. | 18 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14A-5 new) | 19 |
| Sec. 14A-5. Reimbursement for services and materials. | 20 |
| Pursuant to regulations of the State Board of Education, | 21 |
| proposed programs for gifted children may be submitted to the | 22 |
| Council by a school district, 2 or more cooperating school | 23 |
| districts, a county, or 2 or more cooperating counties. Such | 24 |
| proposals shall include a statement of the qualifications and | 25 |
| duties of the personnel required in the fields of diagnostic, | 26 |
| counseling, and consultative services and the educational | 27 |
| materials necessary. | 28 |
| Upon receipt of such proposals, the Council shall evaluate | 29 |
| them and if found to contribute to the development of a State | 30 |
| plan to increase the service of the public school in the field | 31 |
| of education of gifted children, the Council shall recommend | 32 |
| the acceptance thereof to the State Superintendent of | 33 |
| Education, who may approve the same. Upon the approval of the | 34 |
| district's program, which shall be offered during the regular | 35 |
| school term and may include optional summer school, the |
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| district shall be entitled to reimbursement for the services | 2 |
| and materials required therefor by the method described in | 3 |
| either (a) or (b) as follows: | 4 |
| (a) The number of pupils in average daily attendance in | 5 |
| the district's program, multiplied by one of the following | 6 |
| factors: | 7 |
| The factors for school districts having different | 8 |
| assessed valuations per pupil in average daily | 9 |
| attendance for the prior year shall be: | 10 |
| 1.0 in districts with $20,000 or more; | 11 |
| 1.2 in districts with $16,000 but less than | 12 |
| $20,000; | 13 |
| 1.3 in districts with $12,000 but less than | 14 |
| $16,000; | 15 |
| 1.4 in districts with $9,000 but less than | 16 |
| $12,000; | 17 |
| 1.5 in districts with less than $9,000. | 18 |
| In no case shall the claim for reimbursement of any | 19 |
| district exceed the actual cost of such program to the | 20 |
| district nor shall the number of pupils for whom | 21 |
| reimbursement is claimed exceed 5% of the number of pupils | 22 |
| in average daily attendance in the district for the prior | 23 |
| year. | 24 |
| (b) For each professional worker, who meets the | 25 |
| established standards for his position, employed in the | 26 |
| district's program at the annual rate of $5,000. | 27 |
| Estimated payments equal to 1/4 of the district's approved | 28 |
| program amount shall be made by the State Comptroller on | 29 |
| November 15, February 15, and May 15 upon submission of | 30 |
| vouchers by the State Superintendent of Education. A final | 31 |
| claim shall be transmitted to the State Superintendent of | 32 |
| Education on or before July 20. Claims received by the State | 33 |
| Superintendent of Education after July 20 shall not be honored. | 34 |
| Upon receipt of the final claim the State Superintendent shall | 35 |
| verify its accuracy and make a final adjusted payment on | 36 |
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| If the amount appropriated for such reimbursement for any | 2 |
| year is insufficient, it shall be apportioned on the basis of | 3 |
| the claims approved. | 4 |
| When any school district eligible for reimbursement under | 5 |
| this Section operates a school for a full year in accordance | 6 |
| with Section 10-19.1 of this Code, such reimbursement shall be | 7 |
| increased by 1/185 of the amount or rate paid hereunder for | 8 |
| each day such school is operated in excess of 185 days per | 9 |
| calendar year. | 10 |
| For purposes of calculating claims for reimbursement under | 11 |
| this Section, the equalized assessed valuation for a school | 12 |
| district used to compute reimbursement shall be computed in the | 13 |
| same manner as it is computed under paragraph (2) of subsection | 14 |
| (G) of Section 18-8.05. | 15 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14A-6 new) | 16 |
| Sec. 14A-6. Contracts for area service centers, | 17 |
| experimental projects, and institutes. The State Board of | 18 |
| Education, with the advice of the Council, is authorized to | 19 |
| enter into contracts with school districts, regional | 20 |
| superintendents, colleges, and universities for the conduct of | 21 |
| area service centers, experimental projects, and institutes, | 22 |
| including summer institutes, in the field of education of | 23 |
| gifted children as defined herein. | 24 |
| Such area service centers, experimental projects, and | 25 |
| institutes shall be established and conducted under rules and | 26 |
| regulations prescribed by the State Board of Education and | 27 |
| issued pursuant to this Act. | 28 |
| Prior to entering into such contracts, the State | 29 |
| Superintendent of Education and the Council shall evaluate | 30 |
| proposals for the conduct of such area service centers, | 31 |
| experimental projects, and institutes as to the soundness of | 32 |
| their design, the possibilities of securing productive | 33 |
| results, the adequacy of resources to conduct the proposed area | 34 |
| service center, experimental project, or institute, and their | 35 |
| relationship to other area service centers, experimental |
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| projects, or institutes already completed or in progress. | 2 |
| Upon the approval of the performance of such contracts, the | 3 |
| State Superintendent of Education shall prepare and submit | 4 |
| vouchers for their payment to the State Comptroller to be paid | 5 |
| out of any money appropriated for such purpose. | 6 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14A-7 new) | 7 |
| Sec. 14A-7. Consulting staff. The State Board of Education | 8 |
| shall maintain a consulting staff of persons qualified by | 9 |
| personality and experience to provide consultative assistance | 10 |
| for the planning, operation, and evaluation of programs for the | 11 |
| education of gifted children. | 12 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14A-9 new) | 13 |
| Sec. 14A-9. Regional programs. School districts may enter | 14 |
| into agreements with accredited public and private | 15 |
| universities or colleges to establish and operate regional | 16 |
| mathematics and science academies during the summer months. The | 17 |
| State Board of Education shall provide technical assistance for | 18 |
| the establishment of such academies, including any academy | 19 |
| established at Rock Valley College in Rockford. Academies | 20 |
| shall, to the extent possible, be funded from existing State, | 21 |
| federal, or private monies available for gifted education | 22 |
| programs in mathematics and science. School districts may | 23 |
| assess students reasonable fees to participate in programs | 24 |
| established pursuant to this Section. | 25 |
| (105 ILCS 5/14A-90 new)
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| Sec. 14A-90. Rules. All rules, standards, and procedures | 27 |
| adopted by the State Board of Education under Article 14A of | 28 |
| this Code before it was repealed by Public Act 93-21 shall | 29 |
| constitute the rules, standards, and procedures of the State | 30 |
| Board of Education under Article 14A of this Code as added by | 31 |
| this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly, until they | 32 |
| are modified or abolished by the State Board of Education.
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| 2004.
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