Full Text of HB2231 95th General Assembly
HB2231 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB2231
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Michael K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/2-3.71 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.71 |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
grants for preschool education programs.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 2-3.71 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.71) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.71)
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| Sec. 2-3.71. Grants for preschool educational programs.
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| (a) Preschool program.
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| (1) The
The State Board of Education shall implement | 10 |
| and administer
a grant program under the provisions of this | 11 |
| subsection which shall
consist of grants to public school | 12 |
| districts and other eligible entities, as defined by the | 13 |
| State Board of Education, to conduct voluntary
preschool
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| educational programs for children ages 3 to 5 which include | 15 |
| a parent
education component. A public school district | 16 |
| which receives grants under
this subsection may | 17 |
| subcontract with other entities that are eligible to | 18 |
| conduct a preschool educational
program. These grants must | 19 |
| be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from | 20 |
| any other source.
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| (2) (Blank).
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| (3) Any teacher of preschool children in the program | 23 |
| authorized by this
subsection shall hold an early childhood |
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| teaching certificate.
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| (4) This paragraph (4) applies before July 1, 2006 and | 3 |
| after June 30, 2008. The State Board of Education shall | 4 |
| provide the primary source of
funding through | 5 |
| appropriations for the program.
Such funds shall be | 6 |
| distributed for the benefit
of children who because of | 7 |
| their home and community environment are subject
to such | 8 |
| language, cultural, economic and like disadvantages that | 9 |
| they have
been determined as a result of screening | 10 |
| procedures to be at risk of
academic failure. Such | 11 |
| screening procedures shall be based on criteria
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| established by the State Board of Education.
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| (4.5) This paragraph (4.5) applies from July 1, 2006 | 14 |
| through June 30, 2008. The State Board of Education shall | 15 |
| provide the primary source of
funding through | 16 |
| appropriations for the program.
Such funds shall be | 17 |
| distributed to achieve a goal of "Preschool for All | 18 |
| Children" for the benefit
of all children whose families | 19 |
| choose to participate in the program. Based on available | 20 |
| appropriations, newly funded programs shall be selected | 21 |
| through a process giving first priority to qualified | 22 |
| programs serving primarily at-risk children and second | 23 |
| priority to qualified programs serving primarily children | 24 |
| with a family income of less than 4 times the poverty | 25 |
| guidelines updated periodically in the Federal Register by | 26 |
| the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services under the |
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| authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). For purposes of this | 2 |
| paragraph (4.5), at-risk children are those who because of | 3 |
| their home and community environment are subject
to such | 4 |
| language, cultural, economic and like disadvantages to | 5 |
| cause them to have
been determined as a result of screening | 6 |
| procedures to be at risk of
academic failure. Such | 7 |
| screening procedures shall be based on criteria
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| established by the State Board of Education. | 9 |
| On or before November 1 of each fiscal year in which | 10 |
| the General Assembly provides funding for new programs | 11 |
| under this paragraph (4.5), the State Board of Education | 12 |
| shall report to the General Assembly on what percentage of | 13 |
| new funding was provided to programs serving primarily | 14 |
| at-risk children, what percentage of new funding was | 15 |
| provided to programs serving primarily children with a | 16 |
| family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty | 17 |
| level, and what percentage of new funding was provided to | 18 |
| other programs.
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| (5) The State Board of Education shall develop and | 20 |
| provide
evaluation tools, including tests, that school | 21 |
| districts and other eligible entities may use to
evaluate | 22 |
| children for school readiness prior to age 5. The State | 23 |
| Board of
Education shall require school districts and other | 24 |
| eligible entities
to obtain consent from the parents
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| guardians of children before any evaluations are | 26 |
| conducted. The State
Board of Education shall encourage |
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| local school districts and other eligible entities to | 2 |
| evaluate the
population of preschool children in their | 3 |
| communities and provide preschool
programs, pursuant to | 4 |
| this subsection, where appropriate.
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| (6) The State Board of Education shall report to the | 6 |
| General Assembly by
July 1, 2007 and every
3 years | 7 |
| thereafter on the results and progress of
students who were | 8 |
| enrolled in preschool educational programs, including an
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| assessment of which programs have been most successful in | 10 |
| promoting
academic excellence and alleviating academic | 11 |
| failure. The State Board of
Education shall assess the | 12 |
| academic progress of all students who have been
enrolled in | 13 |
| preschool educational programs.
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| (b) (Blank).
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| (Source: P.A. 94-506, eff. 8-8-05; 94-1054, eff. 7-25-06.)
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