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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 Community Service Education
Act is amended | ||||||
5 | by changing Sections 10, 25, 92, and 500 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 60/10)
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7 | Sec. 10. Community Service Education Program. There is | ||||||
8 | created the Community
Service Education Program, administered | ||||||
9 | jointly by the State Board of Education and the Office of the | ||||||
10 | Lieutenant Governor , in cooperation with school districts. | ||||||
11 | Participation in this program is voluntary. The following items | ||||||
12 | may serve as best practices to be considered by school | ||||||
13 | districts opting to implement the program under Section 25 of | ||||||
14 | this Act:
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15 | (1) The program contains provisions and standards | ||||||
16 | conducive to the establishment of
community, business, and | ||||||
17 | education partnerships that give use to lasting
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18 | relationships between school districts and partners that | ||||||
19 | are mutually beneficial.
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20 | (2) The program provides greater community access to | ||||||
21 | school facilities and programs to
promote increased | ||||||
22 | achievement by children.
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23 | (3) The program makes school facilities available for |
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1 | citizen use.
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2 | (4) The program organizes local residents to assess | ||||||
3 | local conditions, set priorities,
identify program needs, | ||||||
4 | and participate in program planning and development.
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5 | (5) The program identifies and utilizes resources | ||||||
6 | within the community or those that
impact on the community.
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7 | (6) The program assists in the initiation of new and | ||||||
8 | improved programs in an effort to
improve opportunities for | ||||||
9 | all residents of the community.
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10 | (7) The program provides effective youth training | ||||||
11 | programs and employment counseling
in schools, as well as | ||||||
12 | paid work experience linking the schools with the
private
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13 | sector.
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14 | (8) The program provides student involvement in | ||||||
15 | community service learning activities,
organizations, and | ||||||
16 | intergenerational programs.
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17 | (9) The program provides volunteer programs to bring | ||||||
18 | parents, business
personnel,
community agency | ||||||
19 | representatives, retirees, and other students into the
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20 | classroom
as participants in the teaching of students.
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21 | (10) The program provides supplemental or additional | ||||||
22 | programs for junior high school
and high school age youth | ||||||
23 | that may consist of enrichment, individual, and
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24 | supplemental activities, as well as recreational, | ||||||
25 | cultural, and vocational
programs.
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26 | (11) The program provides programs to meet the |
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1 | individual needs of all people who
reside in the school | ||||||
2 | district being served.
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3 | Nothing set forth in items (7) through (11) shall be | ||||||
4 | constituted as either
requiring or
permitting the Community | ||||||
5 | Service Education Program to have any program or programs
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6 | serving
the same purpose or purposes as those elsewhere | ||||||
7 | specifically provided for in
the School
Code.
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8 | The Community Service Education Program shall avoid | ||||||
9 | duplication of existing programs operated by other
entities
in | ||||||
10 | whole or in part within a school district. The Community | ||||||
11 | Service Education Program
shall
provide for the involvement of | ||||||
12 | the residents of a school district in
ascertaining the
identity | ||||||
13 | of local problems and in ascertaining the community resources | ||||||
14 | available
for dealing
with these problems.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.) | ||||||
16 | (105 ILCS 60/25)
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17 | Sec. 25. Establishment of community service education | ||||||
18 | program by school district. A
school district may establish | ||||||
19 | and operate a community service education program that | ||||||
20 | qualifies for a grant under Section 92 of this Act by complying | ||||||
21 | with
the
provisions of this Act and any rules adopted by the | ||||||
22 | State Board of Education under Section 500 of this Act.
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23 | (Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.) | ||||||
24 | (105 ILCS 60/92)
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1 | Sec. 92. Grants. Subject to the availability of funds for | ||||||
2 | the specific purpose of making grants for community service | ||||||
3 | education, the State Board of Education and the Office of the | ||||||
4 | Lieutenant Governor are jointly is authorized to make grants to | ||||||
5 | school districts operating community service education | ||||||
6 | programs that meet the standards set forth in this Act and any | ||||||
7 | rules adopted under Section 500 of this Act by the State Board | ||||||
8 | of Education .
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9 | (Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.) | ||||||
10 | (105 ILCS 60/500)
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11 | Sec. 500. Rules. The State Board of Education may adopt any | ||||||
12 | rules that are necessary to implement and administer this Act | ||||||
13 | as it exists before the effective date of this amendatory Act | ||||||
14 | of the 95th General Assembly . Notwithstanding any other | ||||||
15 | rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor or | ||||||
16 | Lieutenant Governor nor any agency or agency head under the | ||||||
17 | jurisdiction of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor has any | ||||||
18 | authority to make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce | ||||||
19 | the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General | ||||||
20 | Assembly. If, however, the Governor or Lieutenant Governor | ||||||
21 | believes that rules are necessary to implement or enforce the | ||||||
22 | provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, | ||||||
23 | the Governor or Lieutenant Governor may suggest rules to the | ||||||
24 | General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and | ||||||
25 | the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General |
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1 | Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
2 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action | ||||||
3 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
4 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
5 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
6 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
7 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
8 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
9 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
10 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
11 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
12 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
13 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
14 | jurisdiction of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.)
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