HB5115eng 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB5115 Engrossed LRB095 17221 NHT 43281 b

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Community Service Education Act is amended by changing Sections 10, 25, 92, and 500 as follows:

(105 ILCS 60/10)

Sec. 10. Community Service Education Program. There is created the Community Service Education Program, administered jointly by the State Board of Education and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor, in cooperation with school districts. Participation in this program is voluntary. The following items may serve as best practices to be considered by school districts opting to implement the program under Section 25 of this Act:

(1) The program contains provisions and standards conducive to the establishment of community, business, and education partnerships that give use to lasting relationships between school districts and partners that are mutually beneficial.

(2) The program provides greater community access to school facilities and programs to promote increased achievement by children.

(3) The program makes school facilities available for citizen use.

(4) The program organizes local residents to assess local conditions, set priorities, identify program needs, and participate in program planning and development.

(5) The program identifies and utilizes resources within the community or those that impact on the community.

(6) The program assists in the initiation of new and improved programs in an effort to improve opportunities for all residents of the community.

(7) The program provides effective youth training programs and employment counseling in schools, as well as paid work experience linking the schools with the private sector.

(8) The program provides student involvement in community service learning activities, organizations, and intergenerational programs.

(9) The program provides volunteer programs to bring parents, business personnel, community agency representatives, retirees, and other students into the classroom as participants in the teaching of students.

(10) The program provides supplemental or additional programs for junior high school and high school age youth that may consist of enrichment, individual, and supplemental activities, as well as recreational, cultural, and vocational programs.

(11) The program provides programs to meet the individual needs of all people who reside in the school district being served.

Nothing set forth in items (7) through (11) shall be constituted as either requiring or permitting the Community Service Education Program to have any program or programs serving the same purpose or purposes as those elsewhere specifically provided for in the School Code.

The Community Service Education Program shall avoid duplication of existing programs operated by other entities in whole or in part within a school district. The Community Service Education Program shall provide for the involvement of the residents of a school district in ascertaining the identity of local problems and in ascertaining the community resources available for dealing with these problems.

(Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.)

(105 ILCS 60/25)

Sec. 25. Establishment of community service education program by school district. A school district may establish and operate a community service education program that qualifies for a grant under Section 92 of this Act by complying with the provisions of this Act and any rules adopted by the State Board of Education under Section 500 of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.)

(105 ILCS 60/92)

Sec. 92. Grants. Subject to the availability of funds for the specific purpose of making grants for community service education, the State Board of Education and the Office of the Lieutenant Governor are jointly is authorized to make grants to school districts operating community service education programs that meet the standards set forth in this Act and any rules adopted under Section 500 of this Act by the State Board of Education.

(Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.)

(105 ILCS 60/500)

Sec. 500. Rules. The State Board of Education may adopt any rules that are necessary to implement and administer this Act as it exists before the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that may exist, neither the Governor or Lieutenant Governor nor any agency or agency head under the jurisdiction of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor has any authority to make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, however, the Governor or Lieutenant Governor believes that rules are necessary to implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, the Governor or Lieutenant Governor may suggest rules to the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the jurisdiction of the Governor or Lieutenant Governor.

(Source: P.A. 94-904, eff. 6-22-06.)