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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB1013
Introduced 02/03/05, by Rep. Monique D. Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code. Under the K-3 class size reduction grant program, provides that if the State Board of Education determines that a school is using funds awarded under the program for purposes not authorized by the program, then the school district shall forfeit an amount of its total State aid allocation that equals the amount of funds used for unauthorized purposes.
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A BILL FOR
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HB1013 |
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LRB094 07572 NHT 37740 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 renumbering and |
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| changing Section 2-3.134, added by Public Act 93-814, as |
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| follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.136)
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| Sec. 2-3.136
2-3.134. K-3 class size reduction grant |
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| program. A class size
reduction grant program is created. The |
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| program shall be implemented
and
administered by the State |
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| Board of Education. From
appropriations made for purposes of |
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| this Section, the State Board shall award grants to schools |
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| that meet
the criteria established by this Section for the |
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| award of those grants.
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| Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The form |
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| and manner of
applications and the criteria for the award of |
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| grants shall be prescribed by
the State Board of Education. The |
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| grant criteria as so prescribed, however,
shall provide that |
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| only those schools that are on the State
Board of Education |
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| Early
Academic Warning List or the academic
watch list
under |
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| Section 2-3.25d that maintain grades kindergarten through 3 are |
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| grant eligible.
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| Grants awarded to eligible schools under this Section shall |
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| be used and
applied by the schools to defray the costs and |
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| expenses of operating and
maintaining classes in grades |
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| kindergarten through 3 with an average class size within a |
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| specific grade of no more than 20 pupils. If a school's |
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| facilities are inadequate to allow for this specified class |
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| size, then a school may use the grant funds for teacher aides |
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| instead.
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| If the State Board of Education determines that a school is |
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| using funds awarded under this Section for purposes not |