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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Filed: 5/16/2007
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 841
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 841 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The College and Career Success for All Students |
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| Act is amended by adding Section 25 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 302/25 new) |
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| Sec. 25. AP exam fee waiver program. Subject to |
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| appropriation, the State Board of Education shall create, under |
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| the College and Career Success for All Students program set |
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| forth in this Act, a program in public schools where at least |
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| 40% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunches |
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| whereby fees charged by the College Board for Advanced |
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| Placement exams are waived by the school, but paid for by the |
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| State, for those students who do not qualify for a fee waiver |
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| provided by federal funds or the College Board.
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