House Sponsors: CROTTY-FLOWERS-HOWARD, DAVIS,MONIQUE, MOFFITT, BELLOCK, MULLIGAN, KOSEL, MYERS,RICHARD, DURKIN, KRAUSE, HASSERT, LYONS,EILEEN, WIRSING, LYONS,JOSEPH, COULSON, SCHOENBERG AND COLLINS. Senate Sponsors: PETERSON Short description: SCH CD-READING IMPROVE GRANTS Synopsis of Bill as introduced: 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. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: JAN-07-2003 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status