Public Act 93-0374

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    AN ACT concerning schools.

    Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:

    Section  5.  The School Code is amended by adding Section
2-3.61a as follows:

    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.61a new)
    Sec. 2-3.61a.  21st  Century  Community  Learning  Center
Grant Program.
    (a)  The State Board of Education shall be the designated
agency  responsible  for the administration of programs under
Part  I  of  Subchapter  X  of  Chapter  70  of  the  federal
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
    (b)  The State Board of  Education  shall  establish  and
implement  a  21st  Century  Community  Learning Center Grant
Program, in accordance with federal  guidelines,  to  provide
grants  to support academically focused after-school programs
for students who attend high-poverty, low-performing schools.
These grants shall be used to help those students who  attend
high-poverty,  low-performing  schools  meet  State and local
performance standards in core academic subjects and to  offer
families of participating students opportunities for improved
literacy and related educational development.
    The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  award  grants to
applicants that are of sufficient size and scope  to  support
high-quality,  effective  after-school  programs,  to  ensure
reasonable  success  of achieving the goals identified in the
grant application, and to offer  those  activities  that  are
necessary to achieve these goals.
    (c)  Using State funds, subject to appropriation, and any
federal  funds  received for this purpose, the State Board of
Education may establish any other  grant  programs  that  are
necessary  to  establish  high-quality,  academically  based,
after-school  programs that include family-centered education
activities.
    (d)  The State Board of Education  may  adopt  any  rules
necessary to implement this Section.

    Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.