97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
HB1199
Introduced 2/8/2011, by Rep. Joseph M. Lyons
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Appropriates the amount of $42,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the loan of secular textbooks listed for use by the State Board of Education free of charge to any student in the State who is enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12 at a public school or at a school other than a public school which is in compliance with the compulsory attendance laws of the State and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Effective July 1, 2011.
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AN ACT concerning appropriations.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. The General Assembly finds that:
(1) the Illinois Textbook Loan Program provides instructional materials for 2.1 million school children and 164,000 educators throughout the entire State;
(2) it is the policy of this State to ensure that Illinois’ students have instructional materials that have current information and are in good working condition; and
(3) the Illinois Textbook Loan program is for many school districts their sole source of funding for instructional materials and serves as a safeguard against increases in property and other local taxes.
Section 5. The amount of $42,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the loan of secular textbooks listed for use by the State Board of Education free of charge to any student in this State who is enrolled in grades kindergarten through 12 at a public school or at a school other than a public school which is in compliance with the compulsory attendance laws of this State and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2011.