Bill Text: IL HB4440 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Amends the School Code with respect to block grants for school districts other than the Chicago school district. Provides that not less than 14% (instead of 11%) of the Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3, which percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year 2016 (instead of 2015). Effective July 1, 2014.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-7)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0645 [HB4440 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4440-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Amends the School Code with respect to block grants for school districts other than the Chicago school district. Provides that not less than 14% (instead of 11%) of the Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3, which percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year 2016 (instead of 2015). Effective July 1, 2014.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 34-7)
Status: (Passed) 2014-06-11 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0645 [HB4440 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HB4440-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 1C-2 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/1C-2)
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| 7 | Sec. 1C-2. Block grants.
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| 8 | (a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, | ||||||
| 9 | the State Board
of Education shall award to school districts | ||||||
| 10 | block grants as described in subsection
(c). The State Board of | ||||||
| 11 | Education may adopt
rules and regulations necessary to | ||||||
| 12 | implement this Section. In accordance with
Section 2-3.32, all | ||||||
| 13 | state block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore,
block | ||||||
| 14 | grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded | ||||||
| 15 | to the
appropriate fund code.
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| 16 | (b) (Blank).
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| 17 | (c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be | ||||||
| 18 | created by combining
the following programs: Preschool | ||||||
| 19 | Education, Parental Training and Prevention
Initiative. These | ||||||
| 20 | funds shall be distributed to school districts and other
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| 21 | entities on a competitive basis. Not less than 14% 11% of this | ||||||
| 22 | grant
shall be used to
fund programs for children ages 0-3, | ||||||
| 23 | which percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year | ||||||
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| 1 | 2016 2015. However, if, in a given fiscal year, the amount | ||||||
| 2 | appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is | ||||||
| 3 | insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant to fund | ||||||
| 4 | programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of | ||||||
| 5 | the grant for existing providers of preschool education | ||||||
| 6 | programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund programs for | ||||||
| 7 | children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of increased.
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| 8 | (Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09; 96-423, eff. 8-13-09.)
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| 9 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 10 | 2014.
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