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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2774
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2774 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT concerning the Metro East Consortium for Student
5 Advocacy."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
9 Metro East Consortium for Student Advocacy Act.
10 Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "MECSA" means the
11 Metro East Consortium for Student Advocacy.
12 Section 10. Creation of MECSA. With funds appropriated
13 expressly for this purpose, there is created the Metro East
14 Consortium for Student Advocacy consisting of the State
15 Superintendent of Education or his or her designee, the
16 regional superintendent of schools of the educational service
17 region located in St. Clair County, the regional
18 superintendent of schools of the educational service region
19 located in Madison County, the superintendent of School
20 District 187, the superintendent of School District 188, the
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1 superintendent of School District 189, the superintendent of
2 Venice Community Unit School District 3, the superintendent
3 of Dupo Community Unit School District 196, and the
4 superintendent of Madison Community Unit School District 12,
5 all of whom shall serve without compensation but shall be
6 reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary expenses.
7 MECSA shall meet initially at the call of the State
8 Superintendent of Education, shall select one member as
9 chairperson at its initial meeting, and shall thereafter meet
10 at the call of the chairperson.
11 Section 15. MECSA's responsibilities. MECSA shall have
12 all of the following responsibilities:
13 (1) To develop a plan for upgrading the skills of
14 teachers in the Metro East area in the subject areas of Math
15 and Science. This plan shall at a minimum include proposals
16 for ongoing professional development and in-service training
17 pursuant to the professional development block grant
18 provisions of subsection (b) of Section 1C-2 of the School
19 Code.
20 (2) To develop a plan for providing corrective
21 incentives to improve the quality of education in School
22 District 187, School District 188, School District 189,
23 Venice Community Unit School District 3, Dupo Community Unit
24 School District 196, and Madison Community Unit School
25 District 12.
26 (3) To create proposals concerning:
27 (A) pre-kindergarten programs pursuant to and
28 consistent with the early childhood block grant
29 provisions of subsection (c) of Section 1C-2 of the
30 School Code;
31 (B) reading improvement programs for grades
32 kindergarten through 12 pursuant to and consistent with
33 the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program provisions of
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1 Section 2-3.51 of the School Code; and
2 (C) math and science improvement programs for
3 grades kindergarten through 12 pursuant to and consistent
4 with the Illinois State Board of Education Math and
5 Science Initiative and the scientific literacy provisions
6 of Section 2-3.94 of the School Code.
7 (4) To develop a proposal for enhancing learning
8 technology in grades kindergarten through 12 for School
9 District 187, School District 188, School District 189,
10 Venice Community Unit School District 3, Dupo Community Unit
11 School District 196, and Madison Community Unit School
12 District 12 pursuant to and consistent with the School
13 Technology Program provisions of Section 2-3.117 of the
14 School Code.
15 (5) To work with private industry, community leadership,
16 parents, students, and departments of State government to put
17 into place programs whose purpose is to remove the inhibitors
18 to learning and align programming with the Illinois Academic
19 Learning Standards.
20 Section 20. Report to the State Board and General
21 Assembly. MECSA shall report on its responsibilities under
22 this Act to the State Board of Education, the House, and the
23 Senate by filing copies of its report with the Secretary of
24 the State Board of Education, the Clerk of the House, and the
25 Secretary of the Senate by January 1, 2000, and each year
26 thereafter.".