Bill Text: IL SB1939 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning class size reduction grants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2013-01-08 - Session Sine Die [SB1939 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2011-SB1939-Introduced.html

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2011 and 2012 SB1939 Introduced 2/10/2011, by Sen. William Delgado SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.136
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning class size reduction grants.
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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
2-3.136 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.136)
Sec. 2-3.136. Class size reduction grant programs.
(a) A K-3 class size reduction grant program is created.
The program shall be implemented and administered by the the
State Board of Education. From appropriations made for purposes
of this Section, the State Board shall award grants to schools
that meet the criteria established by this subsection (a) for
the award of those grants.
Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The form
and manner of applications and the criteria for the award of
grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of Education. The
grant criteria as so prescribed, however, shall provide that
only those schools that are on the State Board of Education
Early Academic Warning List or the academic watch list under
Section 2-3.25d that maintain grades kindergarten through 3 are
grant eligible.
Grants awarded to eligible schools under this subsection
(a) shall be used and applied by the schools to defray the

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costs and expenses of operating and maintaining classes in
grades kindergarten through 3 with an average class size within
a specific grade of no more than 20 pupils. If a school's
facilities are inadequate to allow for this specified class
size, then a school may use the grant funds for teacher aides
instead.
(b) A K-3 pilot class size reduction grant program is
created. The program shall be implemented and administered by
the State Board of Education. From appropriations made for
purposes of this subsection (b), the State Board shall award
grants to schools that meet the criteria established by this
Section for the award of those grants.
Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The form
and manner of application and the criteria for the award of
grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of Education.
Grants awarded to eligible schools under this subsection
(b) shall be used and applied by the schools to defray the
costs and expenses of operating and maintaining classes in
grades kindergarten through 3 of no more than 15 pupils per
teacher per class. A teacher aide may not be used to meet this
requirement.
(c) If a school board determines that a school is using
funds awarded under this Section for purposes not authorized by
this Section, then the school board, rather than the school,
shall determine how the funds are used.
(d) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules,

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consistent with the requirements of this Section, that are
necessary to implement and administer the class size reduction
grant programs.
(Source: P.A. 93-814, eff. 7-27-04; 94-566, eff. 1-1-06;
94-894, eff. 7-1-06.)