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90_HB0129
105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new
Amends the School Code. Creates an alternative
educational grant program to be administered by the State
Board of Education under which grants are provided to
applicant school districts to operate alternative educational
programs for troubled students who are potential dropouts.
Provides for preference in awarding grants to those programs
which will be able to assure smaller class sizes and more
individual attention for students placed in the program.
Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules
governing the procedures for applying for grants and
evaluating grant applications.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Section
2 2-3.120.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 2-3.120 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new)
8 Sec. 2-3.120. Alternative educational program grants.
9 From appropriations made to the State Board of Education for
10 purposes of this Section, the State Board of Education shall
11 implement and administer a grant program consisting of grants
12 to school districts to conduct and operate alternative
13 educational programs for troubled students who are potential
14 dropouts or otherwise at risk in having their names removed
15 from school district enrollment rosters even though they have
16 not completed their regular program of studies and have not
17 transferred to another school district or to a private
18 school.
19 The State Board of Education shall adopt rules regarding
20 the procedure by which school districts may apply for such
21 grants and shall establish standards by which to evaluate the
22 alternative educational programs proposed by applicant school
23 districts. Preference in awarding grants shall be accorded
24 to those proposed programs which will be able to assure
25 smaller class sizes and greater individual attention for
26 students placed in the program than those students would
27 otherwise enjoy or receive.