SB0455sam001 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Michael W. Halpin

Filed: 3/27/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 455

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 455 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Educational Partnership Act is amended by changing Sections 3, 4, 5, and 5.5 and by adding Section 5.10 as follows:

(110 ILCS 40/3) (from Ch. 144, par. 2203)

Sec. 3. To facilitate such cooperation, each public institution of higher education as defined in "An Act creating a Board of Higher Education, defining its powers and duties, making an appropriation therefor, and repealing an Act herein named", approved August 22, 1961, as amended, is authorized to establish programs, requested by and in cooperation with school districts located within the community, under which qualified students of such institution may provide high-impact tutorial services to elementary and secondary school students who are in need of such services, as determined and requested by those their respective school districts. The public institution of higher education may also coordinate with those school districts to secure additional high-impact tutors from within the community. Programs shall include the tracking of student progress in reading and mathematics skills over time. Each public institution of higher education is encouraged to work in partnership with public schools in this State maintaining any of grades kindergarten 9 through 12 in order to help assure that all students entering 9th grade in the 1989-90 school year and thereafter are offered, during their years of enrollment as high school students, all coursework required to satisfy statewide minimum admission requirements and standards established by the Board of Higher Education, pursuant to Section 9.07 of "An Act creating a Board of Higher Education, defining its powers and duties, making an appropriation therefor, and repealing an Act herein named", and coursework that satisfies specific career competencies.

(Source: P.A. 86-787.)

(110 ILCS 40/4) (from Ch. 144, par. 2204)

Sec. 4. Students selected by a public institution of higher education and tutors from the community who are furnishing high-impact tutoring to furnish tutorial services: (i) shall meet basic requirements established by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 2-3.49 of The School Code, as now or hereafter amended; and (ii) shall be assigned by such institution to a specific school district or districts, on a regularly recurring basis, and to a particular representative of such district who shall be responsible for providing any necessary supervision and direction to the student or community member furnishing such high-impact tutorial services.

(Source: P.A. 84-712.)

(110 ILCS 40/5) (from Ch. 144, par. 2205)

Sec. 5. Public institutions of higher education shall, whenever possible, make arrangements for awarding academic credit to students furnishing high-impact tutoring services, and in addition shall provide for appropriate full or partial waiver of its tuition or fees to students furnishing high-impact tutoring services.

(Source: P.A. 84-712.)

(110 ILCS 40/5.5)

Sec. 5.5. High-impact tutorial Tutorial services by pre-service teacher candidates. Public and private institutions of higher education that have approved teacher education programs may engage pre-service teacher candidates in the high-impact tutorial services provided for in this Act. Students furnishing high-impact tutorial services under this Section may receive compensation for such services while also receiving academic or clinical experience credit or both.

(Source: P.A. 95-39, eff. 8-10-07.)

(110 ILCS 40/5.10 new)

Sec. 5.10. Provision of high-impact tutorial services; funding. High-impact tutorial services shall be conducted by pre-service teacher candidates, students selected by a public institution of higher education, and community members as provided in this Act and shall be subject to appropriation; however, the State Board of Education is permitted to accept private funding or private resources at any time to implement this Act.".