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92_HB0463 LRB9203740NTsb 1 AN ACT concerning education. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 5 Section 2-3.66 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.66) 7 Sec. 2-3.66. Truants' alternative and optional education 8 programs. To establish pilot projects to offer modified 9 instructional programs or other services designed to prevent 10 students from dropping out of school, including programs 11 pursuant to Section 2-3.41 of this Code, and to serve as a 12 part time or full time option in lieu of regular school 13 attendance and to award grants to local school districts, 14 educational service regions or community college districts 15 from appropriated funds to assist districts in establishing 16 such projects. The education agency may operate its own 17 program or enter into a contract with another not-for-profit 18 entity to implement the program. The pilot projects shall 19 allow dropouts, up to and including age 21, potential 20 dropouts, including truants, uninvolved, unmotivated and 21 disaffected students, as defined by State Board of Education 22 rules and regulations, to enroll, as an alternative to 23 regular school attendance, in an optional education program 24 which may be established by school board policy and is in 25 conformance with rules adopted by the State Board of 26 Education. Truants' Alternative and Optional Education 27 programs funded pursuant to this Section shall be planned by 28 a student, the student's parents or legal guardians, unless 29 the student is 18 years or older, and school officials and 30 shall culminate in an individualized optional education plan. 31 Such plan shall focus on academic or vocational skills, or -2- LRB9203740NTsb 1 both, and may include, but not be limited to, evening school, 2 summer school, community college courses, adult education, 3 preparation courses for the high school level test of General 4 Educational Development, vocational training, work 5 experience, programs to enhance self concept and parenting 6 courses. School districts which are awarded grants pursuant 7 to this Section shall be authorized to provide day care 8 services to children of students who are eligible and desire 9 to enroll in programs established and funded under this 10 Section, but only if and to the extent that such day care is 11 necessary to enable those eligible students to attend and 12 participate in the programs and courses which are conducted 13 pursuant to this Section. The Board shall report on the 14 status of the pilot projects pursuant to Section 1A-4. School 15 districts and regional offices of education may claim general 16 State aid under Section 18-8.05 for students enrolled in 17 truants' alternative and optional education programs, 18 provided that such students are receiving services that are 19 supplemental to a program leading to a high school diploma 20 and are otherwise eligible to be claimed for general State 21 aid under Section 18-8.05. 22 (Source: P.A. 90-802, eff. 12-15-98.)