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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 HB2386
Introduced 2/19/2009, by Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/27-22.3 |
from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3 |
105 ILCS 5/27-22.4 new |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2010-2011 school year or a subsequent school year must complete at least 40 hours of community service.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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HB2386 |
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LRB096 09707 NHT 19870 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 27-22.3 and adding Section 27-22.4 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-22.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3)
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| Sec. 27-22.3. Volunteer service credit program.
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| (a) A school district may establish a volunteer service |
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| credit program
that enables secondary school students to earn |
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| credit towards graduation
through performance of community |
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| service. This community service may include
participation in |
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| the organization of a high school or community blood drive or
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| other blood donor
recruitment campaign. Any program so |
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| established shall
begin with students entering grade 9 in the |
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| 1993-1994 school year or
later. The amount of credit given for |
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| program participation shall not
exceed that given for |
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| completion of one semester of language arts, math,
science or |
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| social studies.
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| (b) Any community service performed as part of a course for |
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| which credit
is given towards graduation or community service |
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| performed under Section 27-22.4 of this Code shall not qualify |
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| under a volunteer service
credit program. Any service for which |
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| a student is paid shall not qualify
under a volunteer service |