94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB2002


 
Introduced 2/14/2005, by Rep. Michael J. Madigan - Barbara Flynn Currie - Calvin L. Giles
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













105 ILCS 5/2-3.106
  from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.106







    Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning
State
Urban Education Partnership Grants.
















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A BILL FOR









 











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    AN ACT concerning education.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
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represented in the General Assembly: 


 
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    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 
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2-3.106 as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.106)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.106)



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    Sec. 2-3.106. State Urban Education Partnership Grants. 
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From State moneys
appropriated specifically for purposes of 
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this Section, the
the State Board of
Education shall award 
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State Urban Education Partnership Grants to
qualifying 
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attendance centers within school districts that meet
the 
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criteria specified in subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) 
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below:

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        (A) The number of students enrolled in the public 
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    schools of the district
is 1,500 or more, and not less than 
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    10% of those students are low income
students as determined 
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    with reference to the annual Public Schools Fall

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    Enrollment-Housing Report that the school district is 
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    required to file with
the State Board of Education; or


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        (B) The school district receives not less than $100,000 
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    in a fiscal
year from funds allocated and distributed under 
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    Chapter 1 of Title I of the
federal Elementary and 
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    Secondary Education Act of 1965, and not less than
10% of 
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    the students enrolled in the public schools of
the school 
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    district are "minority students", defined for purposes of 
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    this
Section to mean a pupil who is Black (having origins 
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    in any of the black
racial groups in Africa), Hispanic (of 
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    Spanish or Portuguese culture with
origins in Mexico, South 
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    or Central America, or the Caribbean Islands,
regardless of 
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    race), Asian American (having origins in any of the

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    original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the 
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    Indian Subcontinent,
or the Pacific Islands), or American 
 


 






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    Indian or Alaskan Native (having
origins in any of the 
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    original peoples of North America).

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    State Urban Education Partnership Grants awarded under 
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this Section shall
be used for the planning, development, 
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operation or expansion of programs,
projects and activities 
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that are designed to carry out programs that
improve student 
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achievement or the quality of education for students and
that 
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are comparable or similar in nature to targeted assistance 
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programs
for which discretionary federal grant funds are 
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allocated under Chapter 2
of Title I of the federal Elementary 
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and Secondary Education Act of
1965; provided, that in 
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evaluating applications and awarding State Urban
Education 
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Partnership Grants under this Section, priority consideration 
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and
preference shall be given to grant applications that 
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propose to carry out
effective school programs that are 
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developed and designed to increase the
academic achievement 
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levels of students in large and small urban communities
through 
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collaborative efforts or partnerships between the attendance 
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center
applying for the grant and at least one parent or 
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community group, social
service agency, public sector business 
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entity or institution of higher
education.  Indicators of such 
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effective school programs shall include but
not be limited to 
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components designed to improve student attendance at
school and 
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in class, increase student homework output and quality,

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increase student time on the task of acquiring basic and higher 
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order
skills, improve teacher-given classroom grades, improve 
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State and national
standardized test scores and assessment 
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results, improve community
involvement in the development and 
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implementation of effective school
programs, and improve 
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parent involvement to foster a positive home
environment, 
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meaningful parent-child communication in matters of 
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educational
performance and progress, and increased parent 
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participation in home
learning activities, school volunteer 
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activities and school governance.

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    The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and 
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regulations governing
the procedure and requirements 
 


 






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applicable to grant applications submitted
under this Section.  
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The period during which grants may be awarded to an
attendance 
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center under this Section shall not exceed 3 consecutive school

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years; provided that before approving continuation of a grant 
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for a new
school year, the State Board of Education shall 
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review and evaluate a
report which the attendance center shall 
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file with respect to its use of
grant funds in carrying out 
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grant programs during the preceding school year.

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    Grants shall be awarded to attendance centers under this 
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Section on a
competitive basis, and the State Board of 
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Education shall establish
standards, consistent with the 
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provisions of this Section, by which to
evaluate grant 
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applications and programs submitted and proposed hereunder.

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    It is the purpose and intent of this Section to establish a 
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State grant
program that parallels and supplements, but that 
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operates independently of
federal grant programs that allocate 
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funds for targeted assistance under
Chapter 2 of Title I of the 
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federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965.

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(Source: P.A. 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)