Bill Text: IL HB0405 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an early childhood education block grant.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0405 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0405-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0405 Introduced 2/3/2009, by Rep. Marlow H. Colvin SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/1C-2
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an early childhood education block grant.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
1C-2 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/1C-2)
Sec. 1C-2. Block grants.
(a) For fiscal year 1999, and and each fiscal year
thereafter, the State Board of Education shall award to school
districts block grants as described in subsection (c). The
State Board of Education may adopt rules and regulations
necessary to implement this Section. In accordance with Section
2-3.32, all state block grants are subject to an audit.
Therefore, block grant receipts and block grant expenditures
shall be recorded to the appropriate fund code.
(b) (Blank).
(c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be
created by combining the following programs: Preschool
Education, Parental Training and Prevention Initiative. These
funds shall be distributed to school districts and other
entities on a competitive basis. Eleven percent of this grant
shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3.
(Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09.)