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90_HB2887ham001
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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2887
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 2887 on page 2, by
3 replacing lines 28 through 34 with the following:
4 "(a-10) Reading Improvement Block Grant Program funds
5 shall be made available to each eligible school district
6 submitting an approved application developed by the State
7 Board beginning with the 1998-99 school year. Applications
8 shall include a proposed assessment method or methods for
9 measuring student reading skills. Such methods may include
10 the reading portion of the Illinois Goals and Assessment
11 Program. At the end of each school year the district shall
12 report assessment results to the State Board. Districts not
13 demonstrating performance progress using an approved
14 assessment method shall not be eligible for funding in the
15 third or subsequent years until such progress is established.
16 Reading Improvement Block Grant Program funds shall be made
17 available to each eligible school district submitting a
18 one-page application developed by the State Board beginning
19 with the 1998-99 school year. Applications shall include
20 existing Illinois Goals and Assessment Program (IGAP) reading
21 scores and the planned use for the funds. At the end of each
22 school year the school district shall report new IGAP results
23 on the same form. Each application, beginning with the
24 1998-99 school year, shall be for a 2-year grant based on
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1 initial year qualification. Districts not demonstrating
2 performance progress using IGAP reading scores as the basis
3 of measure based on metrics of progress established by the
4 State Board shall not be eligible for funding in the third or
5 subsequent years thereafter until such progress is
6 established."; and
7 on page 3, by deleting lines 1 through 10.