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LRB095 01146 NHT 21148 b |
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| policy and is in conformance with rules adopted
by the State |
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| Board of Education. Truants' Alternative and Optional
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| Education programs funded pursuant to this Section shall be
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| planned by a student, the student's parents or legal guardians, |
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| unless the
student is 18 years or older, and school officials |
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| and shall culminate in
an individualized optional education |
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| plan. Such plan shall focus
on academic or vocational skills, |
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| or both, and may include, but not be
limited to, evening |
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| school, summer school, community college courses, adult
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| education, preparation courses for the high school level test |
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| of General
Educational Development, vocational training, work |
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| experience, programs to
enhance self concept and parenting |
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| courses. School districts which are
awarded grants pursuant to |
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| this Section shall be authorized to provide day
care services |
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| to children of students who are eligible and desire to enroll
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| in programs established and funded under this Section, but only |
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| if and to
the extent that such day care is necessary to enable |
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| those eligible
students to attend and participate in the |
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| programs and courses which are
conducted pursuant to this |
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| Section. The Board shall report
on the status of the pilot |
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| projects pursuant to Section 1A-4.
School districts and |
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| regional offices of education may claim general State
aid under |
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| Section 18-8.05 for students enrolled in truants' alternative |
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| and
optional education programs, provided that such students |
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| are receiving services
that are supplemental to a program |
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| leading to a high school diploma and are
otherwise eligible to |