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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 adding Section 
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2-3.148 as follows:
 
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    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.148 new)

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    Sec. 2-3.148. Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program.
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    (a)  As used in this Section, "school district" includes 
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those schools designated as laboratory schools.
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    (b)  The State Board of Education is authorized to 
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administer a Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program.
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    (c)  Subject to appropriation, funds for the Continued 
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Reading Improvement Grant Program shall be made available, on a 
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competitive basis, to school districts with students in any of 
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grades 7 through 12 who are reading significantly below grade 
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level, as determined by State assessment information and 
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assessment results.
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    (d) The State Board of Education may reserve and distribute 
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an amount not to exceed 2% of the moneys appropriated for the 
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Continued Reading Improvement Grant Program for the purpose of 
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developing teacher reading academies and administrator 
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academies that espouse research-based teaching methods and 
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instructional strategies proven to increase adolescent 
 


 






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literacy achievement.  These funds may also be used to develop 
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and maintain an Internet website for collecting program data 
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and providing assessment and instructional resources germane 
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to the program.
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    (e) Funds received under a grant may be used for efforts to 
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implement a school or district literacy plan for increased 
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student achievement and reading comprehension, including, but 
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not limited to, the following:
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        (1) support for students who are reading significantly 
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    below grade level;
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        (2) screening for student identification and formative 
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    and summative assessments; and
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        (3) professional development for reading teachers and 
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    administrators.
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    (f)  Notwithstanding any other rulemaking authority that 
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may exist, neither the Governor nor any agency or agency head 
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under the jurisdiction of the Governor has any authority to 
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make or promulgate rules to implement or enforce the provisions 
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of this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.  If, 
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however, the Governor believes that rules are necessary to 
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implement or enforce the provisions of this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly, the Governor may suggest rules to 
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the General Assembly by filing them with the Clerk of the House 
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and the Secretary of the Senate and by requesting that the 
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General Assembly authorize such rulemaking by law, enact those 
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suggested rules into law, or take any other appropriate action 
 


 






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in the General Assembly's discretion.   Nothing contained in this 
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amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly shall be 
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interpreted to grant rulemaking authority under any other 
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Illinois statute where such authority is not otherwise 
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explicitly given.  For the purposes of this amendatory Act of 
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the 95th General Assembly, "rules" is given the meaning 
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contained in Section 1-70 of the Illinois Administrative 
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Procedure Act, and "agency" and "agency head" are given the 
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meanings contained in Sections 1-20 and 1-25 of the Illinois 
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Administrative Procedure Act to the extent that such 
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definitions apply to agencies or agency heads under the 
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jurisdiction of the Governor. 

 
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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.