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90_HB0130

      105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new
          Amends the School Code.   Requires  the  State  Board  of
      Education  to  develop additional funding and funding sources
      for bilingual education in the common schools.
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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.  Bilingual  education  funding.  The State
 9    Board of Education shall take such steps  as  are  reasonably
10    necessary  to  develop additional funding and funding sources
11    for bilingual education  in  the  common  schools,  including
12    making  or recommending such revisions and adjustments to the
13    State Board of Education's proposed budget for elementary and
14    secondary education programs each year as may be required  to
15    assure  a  reasonable increase in bilingual education funding
16    in  the  common  schools  when  compared  to  the   bilingual
17    education  funding  level  for  the  common  schools  for the
18    preceding fiscal year.

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