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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1559
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1559 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Section
5 2-3.131."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
9 2-3.131 as follows:
10 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.131 new)
11 Sec. 2-3.131. K-5 class size reduction grant program. A
12 class size reduction grant program is hereby created. The
13 program shall be implemented and administered by the State
14 Board of Education, which shall award grants from
15 appropriations made for purposes of this Section to school
16 districts that meet the criteria established by this Section
17 for the award of those grants.
18 Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The
19 form and manner of applications and the criteria for the
20 award of grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of
21 Education. However, the grant criteria as so prescribed
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1 shall provide that: (i) only those districts that maintain
2 grades kindergarten through 5 shall be grant eligible and
3 only with respect to such of those grades as have an average
4 class size for the grade of at least 23 pupils per classroom
5 at the time the district applies for the grant; (ii) if a
6 district qualifies for a grant under item (i), the grant
7 shall be conditioned upon the agreement of the district to
8 reduce the size of each classroom maintained for pupils in
9 the grade with respect to which that grant is made by at
10 least 5 pupils per classroom; and (iii) no grant funds shall
11 be awarded to enable a district to reduce class size to less
12 than 18 pupils per classroom.
13 Grants awarded to eligible districts under this Section
14 shall be used and applied by the districts to defray the
15 costs and expenses of operating and maintaining classes in
16 grades kindergarten through 5 that meet the size criteria
17 established by this Section.
18 The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules,
19 consistent with the requirements of this Section, that are
20 necessary to implement and administer the K-5 class size
21 reduction grant program.
22 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
23 1, 2000.".