93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004
HB5041

 

Introduced 2/5/2004, by Calvin L. Giles - Marlow H. Colvin - Karen A. Yarbrough - Monique D. Davis - Charles E. Jefferson

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/27-22   from Ch. 122, par. 27-22
105 ILCS 5/27-22.3   from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3
105 ILCS 5/27-22.05
30 ILCS 805/8.28 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma, each student entering the 9th grade in the 2005-2006 school year or a subsequent school year must perform 40 hours of community service, unless the student is exempted by the school board. Provides that each school board shall determine what constitutes 40 hours of community service and the criteria for exempting a student from the community service requirement. Provides that a student granted an exemption must complete an alternative assignment. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
5 27-22, 27-22.05, and 27-22.3 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/27-22)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22)
7     Sec. 27-22. Prerequisites for high school diploma Required
8 high school courses.
9     (a) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma,
10 each pupil entering the 9th grade in 1984-1985 and subsequent
11 years must, in addition to other course requirements,
12 successfully complete the following courses:
13         1. three years of language arts;
14         2. two years of mathematics, one of which may be
15     related to computer technology;
16         3. one year of science;
17         4. two years of social studies, of which at least one
18     year must be history of the United States or a combination
19     of history of the United States and American government;
20     and
21         5. One year chosen from (A) music, (B) art, (C) foreign
22     language, which shall be deemed to include American Sign
23     Language or (D) vocational education.
24     This amendatory Act of 1983 does not apply to pupils
25 entering the 9th grade in 1983-1984 school year and prior
26 school years or to students with disabilities whose course of
27 study is determined by an individualized education program.
28     The provisions of this subsection (a) Section are subject
29 to the provisions of Section 27-22.05.
30     (b) As a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma,
31 each student entering the 9th grade in the 2005-2006 school
32 year or a subsequent school years must perform 40 hours of

 

 

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1 community service, unless the student is exempted by the school
2 board. In accordance with guidelines established by the State
3 Board of Education or its successor, each school board shall
4 determine what constitutes 40 hours of community service, which
5 may be incorporated into classroom instruction, and the
6 criteria for exempting a student from the community service
7 requirement. Criteria for exempting students shall include
8 without limitation consideration for students who have to work,
9 students with disabilities, students who experience family
10 illness, and students with child-rearing responsibilities that
11 prohibit them from fulfilling the community service
12 requirement. A student granted an exemption must complete an
13 alternative assignment, as defined by the school board.
14 (Source: P.A. 88-269; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
 
15     (105 ILCS 5/27-22.3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3)
16     Sec. 27-22.3. Volunteer service credit program.
17     (a) A school district may establish a volunteer service
18 credit program that enables secondary school students to earn
19 credit towards graduation through performance of community
20 service. This community service may include participation in
21 the organization of a high school or community blood drive or
22 other blood donor recruitment campaign. Any program so
23 established shall begin with students entering grade 9 in the
24 1993-1994 school year or later. The amount of credit given for
25 program participation shall not exceed that given for
26 completion of one semester of language arts, math, science or
27 social studies.
28     (b) Any community service performed as part of a course for
29 which credit is given towards graduation shall not qualify
30 under a volunteer service credit program. Any service for which
31 a student is paid shall not qualify under a volunteer service
32 credit program. Any community work assigned as a disciplinary
33 measure shall not qualify under a volunteer service credit
34 program. Community service performed as part of the
35 prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma under

 

 

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1 subsection (b) of Section 27-22 of this Code qualifies under a
2 volunteer service credit program if the community service
3 otherwise qualifies under this subsection (b).
4     (c) School districts that establish volunteer service
5 credit programs shall establish any necessary rules,
6 regulations and procedures.
7 (Source: P.A. 93-547, eff. 8-19-03.)
 
8     (105 ILCS 5/27-22.05)
9     Sec. 27-22.05. Required course substitute. Notwithstanding
10 any other provision of this Article or this Code except
11 subsection (b) of Section 27-22, a school board that maintains
12 any of grades 9 through 12 is authorized to adopt a policy
13 under which a student who is enrolled in any of those grades
14 may satisfy one or more high school course or graduation
15 requirements, including but not limited to any requirements
16 under Section Sections 27-6 and subsection (a) of Section
17 27-22, by substituting for and successfully completing in place
18 of the high school course or graduation requirement a related
19 vocational or technical education course. A vocational or
20 technical education course shall not qualify as a related
21 vocational or technical education course within the meaning of
22 this Section unless it contains at least 50% of the content of
23 the required course or graduation requirement for which it is
24 substituted, as determined by the State Board of Education in
25 accordance with standards that it shall adopt and uniformly
26 apply for purposes of this Section. No vocational or technical
27 education course may be substituted for a required course or
28 graduation requirement under any policy adopted by a school
29 board as authorized in this Section unless the pupil's parent
30 or guardian first requests the substitution and approves it in
31 writing on forms that the school district makes available for
32 purposes of this Section.
33 (Source: P.A. 88-269.)
 
34     Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding

 

 

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1 Section 8.28 as follows:
 
2     (30 ILCS 805/8.28 new)
3     Sec. 8.28. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8
4 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the
5 implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of
6 the 93rd General Assembly.