Sen. Ram Villivalam
Filed: 5/16/2023
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3643
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3643 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 10-22.20 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20)
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| 7 | Sec. 10-22.20. Classes for adults and youths whose | ||||||
| 8 | schooling has
been interrupted; conditions for State | ||||||
| 9 | reimbursement; use of child
care facilities. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) To establish special classes for the
the instruction | ||||||
| 11 | (1)
of persons of age 21 years or over and (2) of persons less | ||||||
| 12 | than age 21
and not otherwise in attendance in public school, | ||||||
| 13 | for the purpose of
providing adults in the community and | ||||||
| 14 | youths whose schooling has been
interrupted with such | ||||||
| 15 | additional basic education, vocational skill
training, and | ||||||
| 16 | other instruction as may be necessary to increase their
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| 1 | qualifications for employment or other means of self-support | ||||||
| 2 | and their
ability to meet their responsibilities as citizens, | ||||||
| 3 | including courses of
instruction regularly accepted for | ||||||
| 4 | graduation from elementary or high
schools and for | ||||||
| 5 | Americanization and high school equivalency testing review | ||||||
| 6 | classes. | ||||||
| 7 | The board shall pay the necessary expenses of such classes | ||||||
| 8 | out of
school funds of the district, including costs of | ||||||
| 9 | student transportation
and such facilities or provision for | ||||||
| 10 | child-care as may be necessary in
the judgment of the board to | ||||||
| 11 | permit maximum utilization of the courses
by students with | ||||||
| 12 | children, and other special needs of the students
directly | ||||||
| 13 | related to such instruction. The expenses thus incurred shall
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| 14 | be subject to State reimbursement, as provided in Section | ||||||
| 15 | 2-12.5 of the Public Community College Act. The
board may make | ||||||
| 16 | a tuition charge for persons taking instruction who are
not | ||||||
| 17 | subject to State reimbursement, such tuition charge not to | ||||||
| 18 | exceed
the per capita cost of such classes.
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| 19 | The cost of such instruction, including the additional | ||||||
| 20 | expenses herein
authorized, shall be assumed in its entirety
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| 21 | from funds appropriated by the State to the Illinois Community | ||||||
| 22 | College
Board as provided in Section 2-12.5 of the Public | ||||||
| 23 | Community College Act.
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| 24 | (b) The
Illinois Community College Board shall establish
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| 25 | the standards for the
courses of instruction reimbursed
under | ||||||
| 26 | this Section. The Illinois Community College Board shall | ||||||
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| 1 | supervise the
administration of the programs. The Illinois | ||||||
| 2 | Community College Board shall
determine the cost
of | ||||||
| 3 | instruction in accordance with standards established by the | ||||||
| 4 | Illinois
Community College Board, including therein
other | ||||||
| 5 | incidental costs as herein authorized, which shall serve as | ||||||
| 6 | the basis of
State reimbursement in accordance with the | ||||||
| 7 | provisions of the Public Community College Act. In the
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| 8 | approval of programs and the determination of the cost of | ||||||
| 9 | instruction, the
Illinois Community College Board shall | ||||||
| 10 | provide
for the maximum utilization of federal
funds for such | ||||||
| 11 | programs.
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| 12 | (c) (Blank).
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| 13 | (d) (Blank).
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| 14 | (e) (Blank).
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| 15 | (f) (Blank).
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| 16 | (g) (Blank).
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| 17 | (h) (Blank).
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| 18 | (i) (Blank).
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| 19 | (j) In addition to claiming reimbursement under this | ||||||
| 20 | Section, a school
district may claim evidence-based funding | ||||||
| 21 | under Section 18-8.15 for any student
under age 21 who is | ||||||
| 22 | enrolled in courses accepted for graduation from elementary
or | ||||||
| 23 | high school and who otherwise meets the requirements of | ||||||
| 24 | Section 18-8.15.
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| 25 | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 101-289, eff. 8-9-19.)".
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