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1 AN ACT relating to schools.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 2-3.131 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.131 new)
7 Sec. 2-3.131. K-3 class size reduction grant program. A
8 class size reduction grant program is hereby created. The
9 program shall be implemented and administered by the State
10 Board of Education, which shall award grants from
11 appropriations made for purposes of this Section to school
12 districts that meet the criteria established by this Section
13 for the award of those grants.
14 Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The
15 form and manner of applications and the criteria for the
16 award of grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of
17 Education. However, the grant criteria as so prescribed
18 shall provide that: (i) for the 2004-2005 school year, the
19 2005-2006 school year, the 2006-2007 school year, and the
20 2007-2008 school year, only those schools that are on the
21 State Board of Education Early Academic Warning List or the
22 academic watch list under Section 2-3.25d that maintain
23 grades kindergarten through 3 shall be grant eligible; and
24 (ii) for the 2008-2009 school year and each year thereafter,
25 all schools that maintain grades kindergarten through 3 shall
26 be grant eligible.
27 Grants awarded to eligible schools under this Section
28 shall be used and applied by the schools to defray the costs
29 and expenses of operating and maintaining classes with a
30 class size of no more than 20 pupils in kindergarten for the
31 2004-2005 school year, in kindergarten and first grade for
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1 the 2005-2006 school year, in kindergarten and first and
2 second grades for the 2006-2007 school year, and in grades
3 kindergarten through 3 for the 2007-2008 school year and each
4 year thereafter.
5 The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules,
6 consistent with the requirements of this Section, that are
7 necessary to implement and administer the K-3 class size
8 reduction grant program.
9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.