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| | 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB4440 Introduced , by Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code with respect to block grants for school districts other than the Chicago school district. Provides that not less than 14% (instead of 11%) of the Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3, which percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year 2016 (instead of 2015). Effective July 1, 2014.
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| | HB4440 | | LRB098 18023 NHT 53152 b |
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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 changing Section |
| 5 | | 1C-2 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/1C-2)
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| 7 | | Sec. 1C-2. Block grants.
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| 8 | | (a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, |
| 9 | | the State Board
of Education shall award to school districts |
| 10 | | block grants as described in subsection
(c). The State Board of |
| 11 | | Education may adopt
rules and regulations necessary to |
| 12 | | implement this Section. In accordance with
Section 2-3.32, all |
| 13 | | state block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore,
block |
| 14 | | grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded |
| 15 | | to the
appropriate fund code.
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| 16 | | (b) (Blank).
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| 17 | | (c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be |
| 18 | | created by combining
the following programs: Preschool |
| 19 | | Education, Parental Training and Prevention
Initiative. These |
| 20 | | funds shall be distributed to school districts and other
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| 21 | | entities on a competitive basis. Not less than 14% 11% of this |
| 22 | | grant
shall be used to
fund programs for children ages 0-3, |
| 23 | | which percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year |