HB3143 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB3143

Introduced , by Rep. Thaddeus Jones

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/2-3.157 new

Amends the School Code. In order to provide additional funding beyond the funding awarded to specific after-school programs, requires the State Board of Education to add, in its annual budget proposal, (i) a line item equal to 2% of the After-school Programs, Mentoring and Student Support (ASPMSS) line item for out-of-school time for monitoring, administration, and technical assistance for after-school providers funded by the ASPMSS line item in the State Board of Education's budget proposal; and (ii) a line item equal to 4% of the ASPMSS line item for out-of-school time for grants to qualified, statewide, non-profit agencies to provide capacity building, system development, training, and professional development services. Provides for how the additional appropriations, if any, must be used.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

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

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 2-3.157 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.157 new)

Sec. 2-3.157. Additional after-school funding.

(a) In order to provide additional funding beyond the funding awarded to specific after-school programs, the State Board of Education shall add, in its annual budget proposal, (i) a line item equal to 2% of the After-school Programs, Mentoring and Student Support (ASPMSS) line item for out-of-school time for monitoring, administration, and technical assistance for after-school providers funded by the ASPMSS line item in the State Board of Education's budget proposal; and (ii) a line item equal to 4% of the ASPMSS line item for out-of-school time for grants to qualified, statewide, non-profit agencies to provide capacity building, system development, training, and professional development services. The State Board shall annually reassess these 2 additional line items to ensure they meet actual costs.

(b) The State Board of Education shall use the additional appropriations, if any, under subsection (a) of this Section to award grants to provide capacity building, system development, training, and professional development services to after-school programs that are determined by the State Board to be in the most need. Need must be determined by both the targeted population being served by the programs, as well as the capacity levels of the grantee organizations. Providers of capacity building services must (i) be knowledgeable about evidence-based, best practices in out-of-school time; (ii) assess the needs of funded agencies, including, but not limited to, organizational management; (iii) provide evidence of cultural competence; and (iv) use mechanisms for review of services by relevant stakeholders.

(c) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules necessary to implement this Section.