100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3500

 

Introduced , by Rep. William Davis

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.66  from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.66
105 ILCS 5/13B-15.3 new

    Amends the School Code. Allows special education cooperatives to participate in a truants' alternative and optional education program. Includes special education cooperatives in the definition of "school district" in the Article concerning alternative learning opportunities. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
52-3.66 and by adding Section 13B-15.3 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.66)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.66)
7    Sec. 2-3.66. Truants' alternative and optional education
8programs. To establish projects to offer modified
9instructional programs or other services designed to prevent
10students from dropping out of school, including programs
11pursuant to Section 2-3.41, and to serve as a part time or full
12time option in lieu of regular school attendance and to award
13grants to local school districts, educational service regions,
14special education cooperatives, or community college districts
15from appropriated funds to assist districts in establishing
16such projects. The education agency may operate its own program
17or enter into a contract with another not-for-profit entity to
18implement the program. The projects shall allow dropouts, up to
19and including age 21, potential dropouts, including truants,
20uninvolved, unmotivated and disaffected students, as defined
21by State Board of Education rules and regulations, to enroll,
22as an alternative to regular school attendance, in an optional
23education program which may be established by school board

 

 

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1policy and is in conformance with rules adopted by the State
2Board of Education. Truants' Alternative and Optional
3Education programs funded pursuant to this Section shall be
4planned by a student, the student's parents or legal guardians,
5unless the student is 18 years or older, and school officials
6and shall culminate in an individualized optional education
7plan. Such plan shall focus on academic or vocational skills,
8or both, and may include, but not be limited to, evening
9school, summer school, community college courses, adult
10education, preparation courses for high school equivalency
11testing, vocational training, work experience, programs to
12enhance self concept and parenting courses. School districts
13which are awarded grants pursuant to this Section shall be
14authorized to provide day care services to children of students
15who are eligible and desire to enroll in programs established
16and funded under this Section, but only if and to the extent
17that such day care is necessary to enable those eligible
18students to attend and participate in the programs and courses
19which are conducted pursuant to this Section. School districts,
20special education cooperatives, and regional offices of
21education may claim general State aid under Section 18-8.05 for
22students enrolled in truants' alternative and optional
23education programs, provided that such students are receiving
24services that are supplemental to a program leading to a high
25school diploma and are otherwise eligible to be claimed for
26general State aid under Section 18-8.05.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15.)
 
2    (105 ILCS 5/13B-15.3 new)
3    Sec. 13B-15.3. School district. "School district" includes
4any district established under this Code as well as a special
5education cooperative.
 
6    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7becoming law.