98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
SB2938
Introduced 2/4/2014, by Sen. Bill Cunningham
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Appropriates $12,500,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the textbook block grant program, which provides secular textbooks listed for use by the State Board of Education free of charge to any student in the State who is enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through 12 at a public school or at a State-recognized non-public school. Effective July 1, 2014.
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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 the following:
(1) that the textbook block grant program provides instructional materials for 2.1 million school children and 164,000 educators throughout the entire State;
(2) that 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) that the textbook block grant 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 $12,500,000, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the textbook block grant program, which provides secular textbooks listed for use by the State Board of Education free of charge to any student in this State who is enrolled in any of grades kindergarten through 12 at a public school or at a State-recognized non-public school.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2014.