Bill Text: IL HB3555 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall administer the School International Trips Program from the funds appropriated from the School International Trips Program Fund for the purpose of making international school trips available to low-income students in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Sets forth who will be able to receive grants and provisions concerning rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3555 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3555-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3555 Introduced , by Rep. Mary Beth Canty SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
30 ILCS 105/5.990 new
105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall administer the School International Trips Program from the funds appropriated from the School International Trips Program Fund for the purpose of making international school trips available to low-income students in disadvantaged neighborhoods. Sets forth who will be able to receive grants and provisions concerning rulemaking. Amends the State Finance Act to make a conforming change.
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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 State Finance Act is amended by adding
Section 5.990 as follows:
(30 ILCS 105/5.990 new)
Sec. 5.990. The School International Trips Program Fund.
Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section
2-3.196 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new)
Sec. 2-3.196. School International Trips Program.
(a) The State Board of Education shall administer the
School International Trips Program from the funds appropriated
from the School International Trips Program Fund for the
purpose of making international school trips available to
low-income students in disadvantaged neighborhoods. School
International Trips grants shall be made available to public
schools, charter schools, area vocational centers, and
laboratory schools in which the percentage of students
classified as low income exceeds the State average. Grant
recipients shall use grant proceeds to conduct, or contract

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with a third party to conduct, programming that educates,
encourages, and promotes obtaining skills and career
opportunities in the fields of science, technology,
engineering, art, and math. Priority shall be given to
programs that provide hands-on experience and programs that
focus on promoting young women to enter into the fields of
science, technology, engineering, art, and math.
(b) The State Board of Education may adopt all rules
necessary for the implementation and administration of the
School International Trips Program, including, but not limited
to, rules defining application procedures and prescribing a
mechanism for disbursing grant funds if requests exceed
available funds.
(c) There is created in the State treasury the School
International Trips Program Fund. The State Board shall have
the authority to make expenditures from the Fund pursuant to
appropriations made for the purposes of this Section. There
shall be deposited into the Fund such amounts, including, but
not limited to, any appropriations, grants, or gifts made to
the fund.