Rep. Thaddeus Jones

Filed: 3/2/2012

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4046

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4046 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by changing
5Section 6z-88 as follows:
 
6    (30 ILCS 105/6z-88)
7    Sec. 6z-88. After-School Rescue Fund; creation. The
8After-School Rescue Fund is created as a special fund in the
9State treasury. Moneys in the Fund shall be used by the
10Illinois State Board of Education to provide additional funding
11for after-school programs and shall be distributed in the
12following manner:
13        (1) two percent to support funding of monitoring,
14    administration, and technical assistance for after-school
15    providers;
16        (2) four percent for grants to qualified, statewide,

 

 

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1    non-profit agencies to provide capacity building, system
2    development, training, and professional development
3    services; and
4        (3) the remaining funds shall be used by the Illinois
5    State Board of Education for the making of grants to
6    at-risk schools for the promotion of extracurricular and
7    after-school programs.
8    Providers of capacity building services must (i) be
9knowledgeable about evidence-based best practices in
10out-of-school time; (ii) assess the needs of funded agencies,
11including, but not limited to, organizational management;
12(iii) provide evidence of cultural competence; and (iv) use
13mechanisms for review of services by relevant stakeholders.
14Need must be determined by both the targeted population being
15served by the programs, as well as the capacity levels of the
16grantee organizations.
17(Source: P.A. 97-478, eff. 8-22-11.)".