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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2668
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2668 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 2-3.176 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-3.176. Child opportunity zone. | ||||||
| 8 | (a) In this Section, "child opportunity zone" means a | ||||||
| 9 | coordinated system of early childhood education, before-school | ||||||
| 10 | and after-school programs, summer school programs, health and | ||||||
| 11 | mental health services, family engagement initiatives, adult | ||||||
| 12 | education, workforce development training, or any combination | ||||||
| 13 | of such programs. | ||||||
| 14 | (b) Subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education, | ||||||
| 15 | in cooperation with regional superintendents of schools, | ||||||
| 16 | school districts, and other State and community agencies, shall | ||||||
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| 1 | develop child opportunity zones as a means to deliver | ||||||
| 2 | comprehensive and coordinated social services in this State | ||||||
| 3 | that are related to specific community needs and that will | ||||||
| 4 | ultimately increase student performance in schools in the | ||||||
| 5 | community. A child opportunity zone must provide a means to | ||||||
| 6 | integrate education, health, and social services into schools | ||||||
| 7 | and link families to school and community resources. Activities | ||||||
| 8 | to develop child opportunity zones may include, but are not | ||||||
| 9 | limited to, the award of grants to further the purposes set | ||||||
| 10 | forth in this Section. In addition to funds appropriated by the | ||||||
| 11 | General Assembly for this Section, the State Board may use | ||||||
| 12 | funds appropriated by the General Assembly for other grant | ||||||
| 13 | programs to implement this Section. | ||||||
| 14 | (c) On or before August 1, 2020, and on or before each | ||||||
| 15 | August 1 thereafter, the State Board must submit a report to | ||||||
| 16 | the General Assembly on the number of children and families | ||||||
| 17 | served by a child opportunity zone program and any other | ||||||
| 18 | outcome data for each program. | ||||||
| 19 | (d) The State Board shall adopt rules to implement this | ||||||
| 20 | Section.".
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