Full Text of HB2396 103rd General Assembly
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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 adding Section | 5 | | 10-22.18e and by changing Sections 10-20.19a and 10-22.18 as | 6 | | follows:
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.19a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.19a)
| 8 | | Sec. 10-20.19a. Kindergartens. After July 1, 1970, to | 9 | | establish and
maintain kindergartens for the instruction of | 10 | | children in accordance with
rules and regulations prescribed | 11 | | by the State Board of Education. Such
kindergartens may | 12 | | provide for either a 1/2 day or a full day of attendance
for | 13 | | pupils enrolled therein.
| 14 | | This Section is repealed on July 1, 2023. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 84-18.)
| 16 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.18) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.18)
| 17 | | Sec. 10-22.18. Kindergartens. | 18 | | (a) To establish kindergartens for the
instruction of | 19 | | children between the
ages of 4 and 6 years , if in their | 20 | | judgment the public interest requires
it, and to pay the | 21 | | necessary expenses thereof out of the school funds of
the | 22 | | district. Until the 2027-2028 school year, upon Upon petition |
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| 1 | | of at
least 50 parents or guardians of children
between the | 2 | | ages of 4 and 6, residing within any school district and within
| 3 | | one mile of the public school where such kindergarten is | 4 | | proposed to be
established, the board of directors shall, if | 5 | | funds are available,
establish a kindergarten in connection | 6 | | with the public school designated in
the petition and maintain | 7 | | it as long as the annual average daily attendance
therein is | 8 | | not less than 15. Until the 2027-2028 school year, the The | 9 | | board may establish a kindergarten with
half-day attendance or | 10 | | with full-day attendance ; however, if . If the board | 11 | | establishes
full-day kindergarten, it shall also establish | 12 | | half-day kindergarten. Beginning with the 2027-2028 school | 13 | | year, each school board must establish a kindergarten with | 14 | | full-day attendance and may establish a kindergarten with | 15 | | half-day attendance. Full-day and half-day kindergarten should | 16 | | be developmentally appropriate and provide opportunities for | 17 | | play-based learning.
No one shall be employed to teach in a | 18 | | kindergarten who does not hold a license
as provided by law.
| 19 | | (b) An elementary or unit school district that does not | 20 | | offer full-day kindergarten as of October 1, 2022, may, by | 21 | | action of the State Board of Education, apply for an extension | 22 | | of the 2027-2028 school year implementation deadline for 2 | 23 | | additional years if one of the following criteria are met: | 24 | | (1) the school district is funded below 76% of | 25 | | adequacy according to the Evidence-Based Funding formula | 26 | | under Section 18-8.15 of this Code in Fiscal Year 2023; |
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| 1 | | (2) the school district is ranked in the top 25% of | 2 | | capital funding need by the Full-Day Kindergarten Task | 3 | | Force, but has yet to receive capital funding as of the | 4 | | date of the application; or | 5 | | (3) the school district meets a criterion set by the | 6 | | State Board of Education based on the Full-Day | 7 | | Kindergarten Task Force's recommendations under subsection | 8 | | (b) of Section 10-22.18e of this Code. | 9 | | (Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.)
| 10 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.18e new) | 11 | | Sec. 10-22.18e. Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force. | 12 | | (a) The Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force is created for | 13 | | the purpose of conducting a statewide audit to inform the | 14 | | planning and implementation of full-day kindergarten in the | 15 | | State and shall, at a minimum, collect, analyze, and report | 16 | | the following: | 17 | | (1) the number of elementary and unit school districts | 18 | | in the State that are currently offering kindergarten, | 19 | | including the number offering full-day kindergarten, the | 20 | | number offering part-day kindergarten, and the number | 21 | | offering both part-day kindergarten and full-day | 22 | | kindergarten; | 23 | | (2) the number of students currently enrolled in | 24 | | kindergarten in the State, including the number enrolled | 25 | | in full-day kindergarten, the number enrolled in part-day |
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| 1 | | kindergarten, the total number enrolled in either part-day | 2 | | kindergarten or full-day kindergarten, and the number of | 3 | | children on any waitlists for part-day or full-day | 4 | | kindergarten; | 5 | | (3) for all elementary and unit school districts, an | 6 | | estimate of the number of students eligible for | 7 | | kindergarten; | 8 | | (4) for all elementary and unit school districts that | 9 | | do not currently offer full-day kindergarten, an analysis | 10 | | of their space utilization rate and an assessment of | 11 | | district capacity to provide space for full-day | 12 | | kindergarten classrooms; | 13 | | (5) for all elementary and unit school districts that | 14 | | do not currently offer full-day kindergarten and are found | 15 | | to have insufficient capacity to provide space for | 16 | | full-day kindergarten classrooms, an estimate of the costs | 17 | | associated with providing full-day kindergarten | 18 | | classrooms; | 19 | | (6) recommendations on how available capital funds for | 20 | | full-day kindergarten might be disbursed to school | 21 | | districts to prioritize districts most in need of State | 22 | | resources; and | 23 | | (7) other data or recommendations that would support | 24 | | the State or individual school districts in offering | 25 | | full-day kindergarten. Such recommendations may include an | 26 | | analysis of other start-up or categorical costs associated |
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| 1 | | with offering full-day kindergarten. | 2 | | (b) Based on the findings reported under subsection (a) of | 3 | | this Section, the Task Force may recommend that the State | 4 | | Board of Education consider an additional criterion when | 5 | | granting a waiver under subsection (b) of Section 10-22.18 of | 6 | | this Code. The State Board of Education shall make a final | 7 | | determination regarding this additional factor and provide | 8 | | public notice of that determination by no later than July 1, | 9 | | 2025. | 10 | | (c) Members of the Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force shall | 11 | | be appointed by no later than October 1, 2023 and shall possess | 12 | | the expertise needed to complete the report and | 13 | | recommendations. Members appointed to the Task Force must | 14 | | reflect the racial, ethnic, and geographic diversity of this | 15 | | State. Task Force members shall include all of the following: | 16 | | (1) The State Superintendent of Education or the | 17 | | Superintendent's designee. | 18 | | (2) Three members appointed by the State Board of | 19 | | Education with relevant expertise. | 20 | | (3) One member who represents the Capital Development | 21 | | Board, appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | 22 | | (4) One member from an organization with expertise in | 23 | | school construction and facilities financing, appointed by | 24 | | the State Superintendent of Education. | 25 | | (5) One member from an organization with expertise in | 26 | | local, State, and federal tax and budget related issues, |
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| 1 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | 2 | | (6) One member of a statewide professional teachers' | 3 | | organization who is a kindergarten teacher, appointed by | 4 | | the State Superintendent of Education. | 5 | | (7) One member of another statewide professional | 6 | | teachers' organization who is a kindergarten teacher, | 7 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | 8 | | (8) One member who represents a statewide organization | 9 | | of school business officials and has experience overseeing | 10 | | schools with kindergarten programs, appointed by the State | 11 | | Superintendent of Education. | 12 | | (9) One member who represents a statewide organization | 13 | | of principals and has experience overseeing schools with | 14 | | kindergarten programs, appointed by the State | 15 | | Superintendent of Education. | 16 | | (10) One member who represents a statewide | 17 | | organization of school boards and has experience | 18 | | overseeing schools with kindergarten programs, appointed | 19 | | by the State Superintendent of Education. | 20 | | (11) Three members who are parents of students, one of | 21 | | whom is from an urban elementary or unit school district, | 22 | | one of whom is from a rural elementary or unit school | 23 | | district, and one of whom is from a suburban elementary or | 24 | | unit school district, all appointed by the State | 25 | | Superintendent of Education. | 26 | | (12) One member who represents a statewide |
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| 1 | | organization of school districts and has experience | 2 | | overseeing schools with kindergarten programs, appointed | 3 | | by the State Superintendent of Education. | 4 | | (13) One member who represents an elementary or unit | 5 | | school district that is a Tier 3 or Tier 4 school district | 6 | | as defined by Section 18-8.15 of this Code and that does | 7 | | not currently offer full-day kindergarten, appointed by | 8 | | the State Superintendent of Education. | 9 | | (14) One member who represents a school district | 10 | | serving a community with a
population of 500,000 or more, | 11 | | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | 12 | | (15) One member who represents a rural elementary or | 13 | | unit school district, appointed by the State | 14 | | Superintendent of Education. | 15 | | (d) The Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force shall meet at the | 16 | | call of the State Superintendent of Education or the | 17 | | Superintendent's designee, who shall serve as the chairperson. | 18 | | The State Board of Education shall provide administrative and | 19 | | other support to the Task Force. Members of the Task Force | 20 | | shall serve without compensation. | 21 | | (e) The Full-Day Kindergarten Task Force shall issue an | 22 | | interim report by June 30, 2024 and a final report to the | 23 | | General Assembly and Governor's Office no later than January | 24 | | 31, 2025. | 25 | | (f) Upon issuing its final report, the Full-Day | 26 | | Kindergarten Task Force is dissolved.
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| 1 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 2 | | becoming law.
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