SB0704sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Filed: 5/23/2017

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 704

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 704 as follows:

on page 2, line 8, after "grants", by inserting "on an annual basis"; and

on page 2, by replacing lines 19 and 20 with the following:

"resolution techniques and other disciplinary alternatives. For purposes of this subsection (b), "promising practices" means practices that present, based on preliminary information, potential for becoming evidence-based practices.

To apply for a grant under the program, school districts shall"; and

on page 3, line 10, after "Education", by inserting ", subject to appropriation of the grant program,"; and

on page 3, by replacing lines 13 through 19 with the following:

"State Board of Education in awarding the funds shall be (i) the arrest rates in the target schools over the preceding 3 years, which shall be calculated as the number of arrests divided by the number of students; (ii) the ratio of school-based law enforcement personnel to students in the target schools over the preceding 3 years; and (iii) the degree to which the proposal articulates a strong, comprehensive approach for eliminating unnecessary school-based arrests and the over-reliance on school-based law enforcement to address school disciplinary matters while building safer and healthier learning environments.

For factor (i), applicant school districts shall be ranked from highest arrest rates to lowest, with higher arrest rates receiving priority. For factor (ii), applicant school districts shall be ranked from the highest ratio of school-based law enforcement to students to the lowest ratio, with the higher ratios receiving priority. For factor (iii), applicant school districts shall be ranked on the basis of the strength of their overall strategy, with all school districts that fail to articulate a sound approach being excluded from consideration. The State Board of Education shall determine a scoring system for each factor based on the relative ranking of the applicant school districts. Applicant school districts' overall cumulative scores shall be based on the following weights: factor (i): 40%; factor (ii): 20%; and factor (iii): 40%. If the appropriated funds are insufficient to provide matching funds to all selected grantees, the funds shall be awarded to the qualified applicant school districts on a proportionate basis, based on the number of students within the school districts to be affected by the grants, unless the resulting allocation to qualified applicants would be less than 25% of some or all school districts' proposed reallocation amounts. In that event, funds shall be awarded on a proportionate basis to school districts in the order of their respective scores, with the highest-scoring school district receiving top priority, up until the point at which the resulting allocations would be less than 25% of some or all selected school districts' proposed reallocation amounts. If the appropriated funds exceed what is required to provide dollar-for-dollar matching funds to all qualified applicants, the surplus shall be rolled over to be used for grants the following year."; and

on page 3, by replacing lines 20 through 23 with the following:

"(d) The State Board of Education, subject to appropriation to the grant program, in cooperation with the school districts participating in the program, shall produce an annual report on the results of the program, including both quantitative and qualitative information on the progress being made in reducing"; and

on page 4, line 1, after "climate.", by inserting "The report shall include the number of school-based arrests made within each participating school district during the school year prior to the grant compared to the number of school-based arrests made during the school year the grant was awarded. This report shall be posted on the State Board of Education's website by October 31st of each year, beginning in 2018."; and

on page 4, line 2, by replacing "shall" with "may"

on page 13, line 14, by deleting ", in school vehicles,"; and

on page 13, line 15, after "events", by inserting "while on school grounds"; and

on page 13, by replacing lines 24 through 26 with the following:

"(3) the offense involved a firearm, as defined in subdivision (1) of subsection (d) of this Section;

(4) the offense involves a weapon listed in subdivision (2) of subsection (d) of this Section, when there is probable cause that the student intended to harm another member of the school community with the weapon; or

(5) the offense involved a violation of Section 11-1.50 of the Criminal Code of 2012 or a violation of Section 5.2 of the Cannabis Control Act."; and

on page 14, line 1, by replacing "use justice-system interventions" with "arrest or otherwise cite students for a criminal offense"; and

on page 14, line 14, by replacing "they" with "it"; and

on page 14, line 7, by replacing "(4)" with "(5)"; and

on page 14, line 13, after "jurisdiction.", by inserting "In the event of a violent or dangerous situation on school grounds, nothing in this subsection (i-5) shall limit the authority of law enforcement personnel to temporarily detain students in order to investigate or de-escalate the situation. Such detention shall not constitute an arrest. The detention of students for these purposes shall be limited to situations in which there is imminent danger of serious physical harm to a member of the school community, and the duration of the detention shall be limited to the greatest extent practicable.".