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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. International Baccalaureate Organization 
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course incentive.
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    (a) In this Section:
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    "International baccalaureate course" means a high school 
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level preparatory course for an international baccalaureate 
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examination that incorporates each topic specified by the 
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International Baccalaureate Organization on its standard 
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syllabus for a particular subject area.
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    (b) Subject to appropriation and based on need as 
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determined by the State Board of Education, the State Board 
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shall reimburse the costs of  providing an international 
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baccalaureate course to a school that provides such a course 
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and shall reimburse diploma costs for each student who 
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graduates through the International Baccalaureate 
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Organization's Diploma Program.
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    (c)  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.