CROTTY-FLOWERS-HOWARD, DAVIS,MONIQUE, MOFFITT, BELLOCK, MULLIGAN, KOSEL, MYERS,RICHARD, DURKIN, KRAUSE, HASSERT, LYONS,EILEEN, WIRSING, LYONS,JOSEPH, COULSON, SCHOENBERG AND COLLINS. (PETERSON) 105 ILCS 5/1D-1 105 ILCS 5/2-3.51a new 105 ILCS 5/2-3.51 rep. Amends the School Code. Repeals provisions concerning the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program. Provides instead that the State Board of Education shall make reading improvement grants to school districts in order to improve the reading and study skills of students in kindergarten through twelfth grade (from a separate appropriation made for these purposes). Provides that the State Board may use up to 2% of the appropriation for the purpose of providing teacher training and retraining. Provides that of the remaining funds (i) up to the first $5,000,000 in new funds in the 2001-2002 school year shall be distributed to districts serving grades 7 through 12 and (ii) the remainder of the appropriation shall be distributed to districts serving kindergarten through grade 6. Includes provisions concerning application requirements, reporting assessment results, eligibility in the third or subsequent years, requirements for the use of grants, and reporting results to the General Assembly. Effective July 1, 2001. FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education) The State Board of Education's FY2002 budget request contains nearly $88.4 million for this program, an increase of $5 million. No costs beyond those requested are expected. STATE MANDATES NOTE (State Board of Education) Same as SBE fiscal note. FEB-21-2001 H FILED WITH CLERK FEB-21-2001 H FIRST READING FEB-21-2001 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES FEB-22-2001 H ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE ELEM SCND ED FEB-27-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR FLOWERS FEB-27-2001 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR HOWARD MAR-08-2001 H DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE 019-000-000 HELM MAR-08-2001 H PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DAVIS,MONIQUE MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MOFFITT MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BELLOCK MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR PARKE MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MULLIGAN MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KOSEL MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR MYERS,RICHARD MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR DURKIN MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR KRAUSE MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR HASSERT MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BLACK MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,EILEEN MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR WIRSING MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LYONS,JOSEPH MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COULSON MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR BUGIELSKI MAR-13-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR SCHOENBERG MAR-14-2001 H FISCAL NOTE FILED MAR-14-2001 H STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED MAR-14-2001 H CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-20-2001 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR COLLINS MAR-27-2001 H SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-27-2001 H PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE MAR-28-2001 H THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED 114-000-000 MAR-28-2001 S ARRIVE IN SENATE MAR-28-2001 S PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING 01-03-29 MAR-28-2001 S CHIEF SPONSOR PETERSON MAR-28-2001 S FIRST READING MAR-28-2001 S REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE RULES JAN-07-2003 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary