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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 School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
5 | 2-3.148 as follows: | ||||||
6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148 new)
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7 | Sec. 2-3.148. Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program. | ||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section, "school district" includes | ||||||
9 | those schools designated as laboratory schools. | ||||||
10 | (b) The State Board of Education is authorized to | ||||||
11 | administer a Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program. | ||||||
12 | (c) Subject to appropriation, funds for the Continued | ||||||
13 | Reading Improvement Grant Program shall be made available, on a | ||||||
14 | competitive basis, to school districts with students in any of | ||||||
15 | grades 7 through 12 who are reading significantly below grade | ||||||
16 | level, as determined by State assessment information and | ||||||
17 | assessment results. | ||||||
18 | (d) The State Board of Education may reserve and distribute | ||||||
19 | an amount not to exceed 2% of the moneys appropriated for the | ||||||
20 | Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program for the purpose of | ||||||
21 | developing teacher reading academies and administrator | ||||||
22 | academies that espouse research-based teaching methods and | ||||||
23 | instructional strategies proven to increase adolescent |
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1 | literacy achievement. These funds may also be used to develop | ||||||
2 | and maintain an Internet website for collecting program data | ||||||
3 | and providing assessment and instructional resources germane | ||||||
4 | to the program. | ||||||
5 | (e) Funds received under a grant may be used for efforts to | ||||||
6 | implement a school or district literacy plan for increased | ||||||
7 | student achievement and reading comprehension, including, but | ||||||
8 | not limited to, the following: | ||||||
9 | (1) support for students who are reading significantly | ||||||
10 | below grade level; | ||||||
11 | (2) screening for student identification and formative | ||||||
12 | and summative assessments; and | ||||||
13 | (3) professional development for reading teachers and | ||||||
14 | administrators. | ||||||
15 | (f) Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that | ||||||
16 | may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head | ||||||
17 | under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to | ||||||
18 | make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions | ||||||
19 | of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly. If, | ||||||
20 | however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to | ||||||
21 | implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
22 | the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to | ||||||
23 | the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House | ||||||
24 | and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the | ||||||
25 | General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those | ||||||
26 | suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action |
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1 | in the General Assembly's discretion. Nothing contained in this | ||||||
2 | amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be | ||||||
3 | interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other | ||||||
4 | Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise | ||||||
5 | explicitly given. For the purposes of this amendatory Act of | ||||||
6 | the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning | ||||||
7 | contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative | ||||||
8 | Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the | ||||||
9 | meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois | ||||||
10 | Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such | ||||||
11 | definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the | ||||||
12 | jurisdiction of the Governor.
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13 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
14 | becoming law. |