Full Text of HB2396 103rd General Assembly
HB2396 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2396 Introduced 2/15/2023, by Rep. Mary Beth Canty - Dagmara Avelar, Ann M. Williams, Kelly M. Cassidy, Bob Morgan, et al. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 105 ILCS 5/10-20.19a | from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.19a | 105 ILCS 5/10-22.18 | from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.18 |
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Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning kindergartens, provides that, beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, each school board must establish a kindergarten with full-day attendance (instead of allowing a school board to establish a kindergarten with
half-day attendance or with full-day attendance); makes related changes. Repeals another Section concerning kindergartens on July 1, 2023. Effective immediately.
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| | 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| | 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 changing Sections | | 5 | | 10-20.19a and 10-22.18 as follows:
| | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.19a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.19a)
| | 7 | | Sec. 10-20.19a. Kindergartens. After July 1, 1970, to | | 8 | | establish and
maintain kindergartens for the instruction of | | 9 | | children in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed | | 10 | | by the State Board of Education. Such
kindergartens may | | 11 | | provide for either a 1/2 day or a full day of attendance
for | | 12 | | pupils enrolled therein.
| | 13 | | This Section is repealed on July 1, 2023. | | 14 | | (Source: P.A. 84-18.)
| | 15 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.18) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.18)
| | 16 | | Sec. 10-22.18. Kindergartens. To establish kindergartens | | 17 | | for the
instruction of children between the
ages of 4 and 6 | | 18 | | years, if in their judgment the public interest requires
it, | | 19 | | and to pay the necessary expenses thereof out of the school | | 20 | | funds of
the district. Until the 2023-2024 school year, upon | | 21 | | Upon petition of at
least 50 parents or guardians of children
| | 22 | | between the ages of 4 and 6, residing within any school |
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| | 1 | | district and within
one mile of the public school where such | | 2 | | kindergarten is proposed to be
established, the board of | | 3 | | directors shall, if funds are available,
establish a | | 4 | | kindergarten in connection with the public school designated | | 5 | | in
the petition and maintain it as long as the annual average | | 6 | | daily attendance
therein is not less than 15. Until the | | 7 | | 2023-2024 school year, the The board may establish a | | 8 | | kindergarten with
half-day attendance or with full-day | | 9 | | attendance; however, if . If the board establishes
full-day | | 10 | | kindergarten, it shall also establish half-day kindergarten. | | 11 | | Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, each school board | | 12 | | must establish a kindergarten with full-day attendance.
No one | | 13 | | shall be employed to teach in a kindergarten who does not hold | | 14 | | a license
as provided by law.
| | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)
| | 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | | 17 | | becoming law.
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