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90_HB3187
105 ILCS 5/2-3.126 new
Amends the School Code. Creates a K-5 class size
reduction grant program to be implemented and administered by
the State Board of Education. Provides for the award of
grants by the State Board of Education, from appropriations
made for purposes of the program, to school districts that
maintain grades K-5, have an average class size for any such
grade of at least 23 pupils per classroom at the time of
applying for a grant, and agree as a condition of the grant
to reduce the size of each classroom maintained for pupils in
a grade with respect to which a grant is made by at least 5
pupils per classroom. Provides that no grant funds are to be
awarded to enable a district to reduce classroom size to less
than 18 pupils. Limits use of the grant funds to operating
and maintaining classes in grades K-5 that meet the criteria
established by the grant program. Effective July 1, 1998.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Section
2 2-3.126.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 2-3.126 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.126 new)
8 Sec. 2-3.126. K-5 class size reduction grant program. A
9 class size reduction grant program is hereby created. The
10 program shall be implemented and administered by the State
11 Board of Education, which shall award grants from
12 appropriations made for purposes of this Section to school
13 districts that meet the criteria established by this Section
14 for the award of those grants.
15 Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The
16 form and manner of applications and the criteria for the
17 award of grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of
18 Education. However, the grant criteria as so prescribed
19 shall provide that: (i) only those districts that maintain
20 grades kindergarten through 5 shall be grant eligible and
21 only with respect to such of those grades as have an average
22 class size for the grade of at least 23 pupils per classroom
23 at the time the district applies for the grant; (ii) if a
24 district qualifies for a grant under item (i), the grant
25 shall be conditioned upon the agreement of the district to
26 reduce the size of each classroom maintained for pupils in
27 the grade with respect to which that grant is made by at
28 least 5 pupils per classroom; and (iii) no grant funds shall
29 be awarded to enable a district to reduce class size to less
30 than 18 pupils per classroom.
31 Grants awarded to eligible districts under this Section
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1 shall be used and applied by the districts to defray the
2 costs and expenses of operating and maintaining classes in
3 grades kindergarten through 5 that meet the size criteria
4 established by this Section.
5 The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules,
6 consistent with the requirements of this Section, that are
7 necessary to implement and administer the K-5 class size
8 reduction grant program.
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
10 1, 1998.