Full Text of HB2008 095th General Assembly
HB2008 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB2008
Introduced 2/26/2007, by Rep. Michael K. Smith SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/2-3.51 |
from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.51 |
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Amends the School Code. With respect to the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, makes changes concerning (i) the power and duty of the State Board of Education to improve reading and study skills, (ii) the purposes for which the State Board may distribute 2% or less of the moneys appropriated for the program, (iii) when program funds are distributed to school districts, (iv) how program funds are used by school districts, and (v) what an application for funds must include. Removes a provision concerning a school district's report of performance of progress results and a district not being eligible for additional funding until performance progress is established. Effective July 1, 2007.
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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,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 2-3.51 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/2-3.51) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.51)
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| Sec. 2-3.51. Reading Improvement Block Grant Program. To | 8 |
| improve the
reading
and study skills of children from | 9 |
| kindergarten through sixth grade in
school districts through | 10 |
| the professional development of their teachers and to provide | 11 |
| supplemental reading programs for struggling readers . The | 12 |
| State Board of Education is authorized to administer a
Reading | 13 |
| Improvement
Block Grant Program. As used in this Section:
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| "School district" includes those
schools designated as | 15 |
| "laboratory schools".
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| "Scientifically based reading research"
means the
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| application of rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures | 18 |
| to obtain valid
knowledge relevant to reading development, | 19 |
| reading instruction, and reading
difficulties. The term | 20 |
| includes research that employs systematic, empirical
methods | 21 |
| that draw on observation or experiment, involves rigorous data
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| analysis that is adequate to test the stated hypotheses and to | 23 |
| justify the
general conclusions drawn, relies on measurements |
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| or observational methods that
provide valid data across | 2 |
| evaluators and observers and across multiple
measurements and | 3 |
| observations, and has been accepted by peer-reviewed
journal or | 4 |
| approved by a panel of independent experts through a comparably
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| rigorous, objective and scientific review.
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| (a) Funds for the Reading Improvement Block Grant
Program | 7 |
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be distributed to school districts on the following | 8 |
| basis: 70% of
monies shall be awarded on the prior year's best | 9 |
| 3 months average daily
attendance and 30% shall be distributed | 10 |
| on the number of
economically disadvantaged (E.C.I.A. Chapter | 11 |
| I) pupils in the district,
provided that the State Board may | 12 |
| distribute an amount not to exceed 2% of
the monies | 13 |
| appropriated for the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program | 14 |
| for the
purpose of
providing teacher training ,
and re-training | 15 |
| in the teaching of reading , and providing additional funds to | 16 |
| districts with substantial enrollments of at-risk students .
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| Program funds shall be distributed to school districts
in one | 18 |
| annual
2
semi-annual installments, one payment on or before | 19 |
| October 30 , and one payment
prior to April 30, of each year.
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| The State Board shall promulgate rules and regulations | 21 |
| necessary for the
implementation of this program.
Programs | 22 |
| provided with grant funds shall not replace quality
classroom
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| reading instruction, but shall instead supplement such | 24 |
| instruction.
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| (a-5) Reading Improvement Block Grant Program funds shall | 26 |
| be used by
school districts
in
the following manner:
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| (1) to hire reading specialists, reading teachers, and | 2 |
| reading aides in
order
to provide early reading | 3 |
| intervention in kindergarten through grade 2 and
programs | 4 |
| of continued reading support for students in grades 3 | 5 |
| through
6;
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| (2) in kindergarten through grade 2, to establish
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| short-term
tutorial early reading intervention programs | 8 |
| for children who are at risk of
failing
to learn to read; | 9 |
| these programs shall (i) focus on scientifically based
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| research and best practices with proven
long-term results, | 11 |
| (ii) identify students in need of help no later than the
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| middle of
first grade, (iii) provide ongoing training for | 13 |
| teachers in the program,
(iv) focus instruction on | 14 |
| strengthening a student's
phonemic awareness, phonics, | 15 |
| fluency, and comprehension skills, (v) provide a
means to | 16 |
| document
and evaluate student growth, and (vi) provide | 17 |
| properly trained staff;
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| (3) to continue direct reading instruction for grades 3 | 19 |
| through 6 and ;
(4) in grades 3 through 6, to establish | 20 |
| programs of
support for students in those grades who | 21 |
| demonstrate a need for continued assistance in
learning to | 22 |
| read and in maintaining reading achievement; these | 23 |
| programs shall
(i) focus on scientifically based research | 24 |
| and best practices with proven
long-term results, (ii) | 25 |
| provide ongoing
training for teachers and other staff | 26 |
| members in the program, (iii) focus
instruction on |
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| strengthening a student's phonics, fluency, and | 2 |
| comprehension
skills in grades 3 through 6,
(iv) provide a | 3 |
| means to evaluate and document student growth, and
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| provide properly trained staff;
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| (5) in grades K through 6, to provide classroom
reading | 6 |
| materials for students , assessment tools, and professional | 7 |
| development materials ; each district may allocate up to 25% | 8 |
| of the
funds for this purpose;
and
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| (6) to provide a long-term professional
development
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| program for classroom
teachers, administrators, and other | 11 |
| appropriate staff; the program (i) shall
(i) focus on | 12 |
| scientifically based research and best practices with | 13 |
| proven
long-term results and (ii) must be approved by the | 14 |
| State Board of Education , (ii) provide a means to evaluate | 15 |
| student progress in
reading as a result of the training, | 16 |
| (iii) and be provided by approved staff
development | 17 |
| providers .
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| (a-10) Reading Improvement Block Grant Program funds shall | 19 |
| be made
available to each eligible school district submitting | 20 |
| an approved application
developed by the State Board beginning | 21 |
| with the 1998-99 school year.
Applications shall include an | 22 |
| evaluation of programs funded with Reading Improvement Block | 23 |
| Grant moneys the preceding fiscal year as well as a plan for | 24 |
| use of grant funds in the upcoming fiscal year. Data collected | 25 |
| with formal and informal assessment tools must provide the | 26 |
| basis for the evaluation and the development of the plan.
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| proposed assessment method or methods for
measuring
the reading | 2 |
| growth of
students
who receive direct instruction as a result | 3 |
| of the funding and the impact of
staff development activities | 4 |
| on student growth in reading. Such methods may include the | 5 |
| reading portion
of the Illinois Standards Achievement Testing
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| Program. At the end of each school year
the district shall | 7 |
| report performance of progress results to
the State Board. | 8 |
| Districts not
demonstrating performance progress using an | 9 |
| approved assessment method shall
not
be eligible for funding in | 10 |
| the third or subsequent years until such
progress is | 11 |
| established.
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| (a-15) The State Superintendent of Education, in | 13 |
| cooperation with the
school districts participating in the | 14 |
| program, shall annually report to the
leadership of the General | 15 |
| Assembly on the results of the Reading Improvement
Block Grant | 16 |
| Program and the progress being made on improving the reading | 17 |
| skills
of students in kindergarten through the sixth grade.
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| (b) (Blank).
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| (c) (Blank).
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| (d) Grants under the Reading Improvement Program shall be | 21 |
| awarded
provided there is an appropriation for the program, and | 22 |
| funding levels for
each district shall be prorated according to | 23 |
| the amount of the appropriation.
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| (e) (Blank).
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| (f) (Blank).
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| (Source: P.A. 92-25, eff. 7-1-01.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 2 |
| 2007.
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