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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5848 Introduced , by Rep. Keith P. Sommer SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code. Provides that, subject to appropriation to the State Board of Education, the Board shall create a Safe to Learn grant program to support and fund safety and violence prevention programs in schools. Provides that the Board may use 10% of the funds appropriated for the grant program for administrative and technical support of the Board and must distribute any remaining funds to school districts in the form of grants. Requires the Board to adopt rules to implement the program. Effective immediately.
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| | HB5848 | | LRB100 21137 AXK 37096 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 2-3.173 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.173 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.173. Safe to Learn grant program. |
| 8 | | (a) Subject to appropriation to the State Board of |
| 9 | | Education, the Board shall create a Safe to Learn grant program |
| 10 | | to support and fund safety and violence prevention programs in |
| 11 | | schools that address, but are not limited to, any of the |
| 12 | | following: |
| 13 | | (1) Building security, including portable metal |
| 14 | | detectors. |
| 15 | | (2) Violence prevention and intervention. |
| 16 | | (3) Crisis management. |
| 17 | | (4) The training of teachers and other school personnel |
| 18 | | in violence prevention. |
| 19 | | (b) The Board may use 10% of the funds appropriated for the |
| 20 | | grant program under this Section for administrative and |
| 21 | | technical support of the Board and must distribute any |
| 22 | | remaining funds to school districts in the form of grants, |
| 23 | | subject to the criteria adopted by the Board under subsection |