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92_SB1912
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1 AN ACT relating to schools.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 2-3.131 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.131 new)
7 Sec. 2-3.131. K-3 class size reduction grant program. A
8 class size reduction grant program is hereby created. The
9 program shall be implemented and administered by the State
10 Board of Education, which shall award grants from
11 appropriations made for purposes of this Section to schools
12 districts that meet the criteria established by this Section
13 for the award of those grants.
14 Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The
15 form and manner of applications and the criteria for the
16 award of grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of
17 Education. However, the grant criteria as so prescribed
18 shall provide that: (i) for the 2002-2003 school year, the
19 2003-2004 school year, and the 2004-2005 school year, only
20 those schools that are on the State Board of Educations
21 academic watch list under Section 2-3.25g that maintain
22 grades kindergarten through 3 shall be grant eligible; and
23 (ii) for the 2005-2006 school year and each year thereafter,
24 all schools that maintain grades kindergarten through 3 shall
25 be grant eligible
26 Grants awarded to eligible schools under this Section
27 shall be used and applied by the schools to defray the costs
28 and expenses of operating and maintaining classes in grades
29 kindergarten through 3 with a class size of no more than 20
30 pupils.
31 The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules,
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1 consistent with the requirements of this Section, that are
2 necessary to implement and administer the K-3 class size
3 reduction grant program.
4 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
5 1, 2002.