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90_HB3558
105 ILCS 5/27-22.4 new
Amends the School Code. Requires high school students
who enter 9th grade during the 1998-99 or any subsequent
school year, upon thereafter attaining 16 years of age, to
serve 75 hours of community service in a program as a
prerequisite to graduating from high school.
LRB9009813NTsb
LRB9009813NTsb
1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Section
2 27-22.4.
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 27-22.4 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/27-22.4 new)
8 Sec. 27-22.4. Community service program. As a
9 prerequisite to graduating from high school and receiving a
10 high school diploma, each high school student completing the
11 ninth grade during the 1998-99 or any subsequent school year
12 shall, upon thereafter reaching the age of 16 years, serve 75
13 hours of community service in a program that shall be
14 administered in each school district.
15 Under program standards and regulations that the State
16 Board of Education shall promulgate for purposes of this
17 Section, services that will qualify as community service
18 under the program shall be identified by school boards and
19 school administrators working in conjunction with
20 representatives of business, commerce, and industry from the
21 area and with public sector and nonprofit entities that
22 provide community services. The services shall include
23 preparation, action, and reflection components. The State
24 Board of Education shall take into account the safety of
25 students, tort liability, students with disabilities, the
26 ability to transfer, and local control in promulgating
27 program standards and regulations.