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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 2-3.153 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.153 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.153. Textbook block grant program. |
| 8 | | (a) The provisions of this Section are in the public |
| 9 | | interest, for the public benefit, and serve secular public |
| 10 | | purposes. |
| 11 | | (b) As used in this Section, "textbook" means any book or |
| 12 | | book substitute that a pupil uses as a text or text substitute, |
| 13 | | including electronic textbooks. "Textbook" includes books, |
| 14 | | reusable workbooks, manuals, whether bound or in loose-leaf |
| 15 | | form, instructional computer software, and electronic |
| 16 | | textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to gain |
| 17 | | access to and use electronic textbooks intended as a principal |
| 18 | | source of study material for a given class or group of |
| 19 | | students. "Textbook" also includes science curriculum |
| 20 | | materials in a kit format that includes pre-packaged consumable |
| 21 | | materials if (i) it is shown that the materials serve as a |
| 22 | | textbook substitute, (ii) the materials are for use by the |
| 23 | | pupils as a principal learning source, (iii) each component of |
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| 1 | | the materials is integrally necessary to teach the requirements |
| 2 | | of the intended course, (iv) the kit includes teacher guidance |
| 3 | | materials, and (v) the purchase of individual consumable |
| 4 | | materials is not allowed. |
| 5 | | (c) Beginning July 1, 2011, subject to annual appropriation |
| 6 | | by the General Assembly, the State Board of Education is |
| 7 | | authorized to provide annual funding to public school districts |
| 8 | | and State-recognized, non-public schools serving students in |
| 9 | | grades kindergarten through 12 for the purchase of selected |
| 10 | | textbooks. The textbooks authorized to be purchased under this |
| 11 | | Section are limited without exception to textbooks that have |
| 12 | | been preapproved and designated by the State Board of Education |
| 13 | | for use in any public school and that are secular, |
| 14 | | non-religious, and non-sectarian. The State Board of Education |
| 15 | | shall annually publish a list of the textbooks authorized to be |
| 16 | | purchased under this Section. Each public school district and |
| 17 | | State-recognized, non-public school shall, subject to |
| 18 | | appropriations for that purpose, receive a per pupil grant for |
| 19 | | the purchase of secular textbooks. The per pupil grant amount |
| 20 | | must be calculated by the State Board of Education utilizing |
| 21 | | the total appropriation
made for these purposes divided by the |
| 22 | | most current student
enrollment data available. |
| 23 | | (d) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as |
| 24 | | necessary for the implementation of this Section and to ensure |
| 25 | | the religious neutrality of the textbook block grant program, |
| 26 | | as well as provide for the monitoring of all textbooks |
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| 1 | | authorized in this Section to be purchased directly by |
| 2 | | State-recognized, nonpublic schools serving students in grades |
| 3 | | kindergarten through 12.
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| 4 | | (105 ILCS 5/18-17 rep.)
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| 5 | | (105 ILCS 5/28-6 rep.)
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/28-10 rep.)
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| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/28-12 rep.)
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| 8 | | (105 ILCS 5/28-16 rep.)
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| 9 | | (105 ILCS 5/28-17 rep.) |
| 10 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing |
| 11 | | Sections 18-17, 28-6, 28-10, 28-12, 28-16, and 28-17.
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| 12 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
| 13 | | 2011.
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