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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 adding Section |
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| 3-15.17 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/3-15.17 new) |
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| Sec. 3-15.17. Civic education advancement. |
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| (a) The General Assembly finds that civic education and |
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| participation are fundamental elements of a healthy democracy, |
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| and schools are in need of support to identify civic learning |
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| opportunities and to implement new strategies to prepare and |
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| sustain high quality citizenship among their student body. |
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| (b) Subject to appropriation, funding for civic education |
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| professional development for high school teachers must be |
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| provided by line item appropriation made to the State Board of |
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| Education for that purpose. When appropriated, the State Board |
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| of Education must provide this funding to each regional |
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| superintendent of schools based on high school enrollment as |
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| reported on the State Board of Education's most recent fall |
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| enrollment and housing report, except that 20% of each annual |
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| appropriation must be reserved for a school district organized |
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| under Article 34 of this Code. |
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| (c) In order to establish eligibility for one or more of |
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| its schools to receive funding under this Section, a school |
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| district shall submit to its regional superintendent of schools |
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| an application, accompanied by a completed civic audit, for |
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| each school. A regional superintendent shall award funds to a |
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| district based on the number of teachers identified by the |
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| district to receive professional development multiplied by |
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| $250. A district must not be awarded more than $3,000 in any |
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| year, unless additional funds remain available after all |
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| eligible applicants have received funding. A district may not |
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| use funds authorized under this Section in any school more than |
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| once every 2 years. Funds provided under this Section must be |
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| used exclusively for professional development provided by |
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| entities that are approved providers for purposes of |
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| certificate renewal under Section 21-14 of this Code. |
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| (d) The civic audit form and its content must be designed |
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| and updated as deemed necessary by the Illinois Civic Mission |
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| Coalition. Data from completed civic audits must be processed |
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| by the Illinois Civic Mission Coalition. The civic audit must |
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| be made available by the Illinois Civic Mission Coalition and |
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| must be designed to provide teachers and principals with a |
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| blueprint to better understand how current curriculum, service |
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| learning, and extracurricular activities are providing civic |
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| learning experiences for their students.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
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| becoming law.
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