LYONS,EILEEN-KOSEL-WINTERS-MITCHELL-WINKEL, BOST, JONES,JOHN, MYERS, KLINGLER, WAIT, CROTTY, ACEVEDO, MCAULIFFE, LYONS,JOSEPH AND LOPEZ. (RADOGNO) 105 ILCS 5/2-3.126 new Amends the School Code. Creates a student promotion policy 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 establish and implement a student promotion policy. Provides that a school district is not eligible to receive a grant unless its student promotion policy includes, for students who do not qualify for or may require remedial assistance in order to qualify for promotion to the next higher grade, a summer bridge program of no less than 90 hours or a program of increased instructional time under which students receiving remedial assistance receive more clock hours of instruction in a school day and school week than are required for non-remedial assistance students. Effective July 1, 1998. FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education) If districts need financial assistance in addition to available funding of $56.5 M in the Block Grant for School Safety and Educational Improvement, specific dollar amount is unknown. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education) No change from SBE fiscal note. 98-01-29 H FILED WITH CLERK 98-01-29 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR KOSEL 98-01-29 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINTERS 98-01-29 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MITCHELL 98-02-03 H FIRST READING 98-02-03 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 98-02-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOST 98-02-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR JONES,JOHN 98-02-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LAWFER 98-02-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS 98-02-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KLINGLER 98-02-10 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WAIT 98-02-19 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED 98-02-25 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 017-000-000 HELM 98-02-25 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 98-02-25 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WINKEL 98-02-25 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR CROTTY 98-02-25 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ACEVEDO 98-02-25 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MCAULIFFE 98-02-25 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BOLAND 98-02-25 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH 98-02-25 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LOPEZ 98-03-09 H FISCAL NOTE FILED 98-03-09 H STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED 98-03-09 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE 98-03-18 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE 98-03-18 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE 98-03-24 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 116-000-000 98-03-25 S ARRIVE IN SENATE 98-03-25 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 98-03-25 S CHIEF SPONSOR RADOGNO 98-03-25 S FIRST READING 98-03-25 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 99-01-12 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary