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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 adding  Sections
 5    10-20.37 and 34-18.26 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/10-20.37 new)
 7        Sec.  10-20.37.  Summer  kindergarten. A school board may
 8    establish, maintain, and  operate,  in  connection  with  the
 9    kindergarten   program  of  the  school  district,  a  summer
10    kindergarten  program  that  begins  2  months   before   the
11    beginning   of   the   regular   school  year  and  a  summer
12    kindergarten program for grade one readiness for those pupils
13    making   unsatisfactory   progress   during    the    regular
14    kindergarten  session  that  will continue for 2 months after
15    the regular school year. The summer kindergarten program  may
16    be held within the school district or, pursuant to a contract
17    that must be approved by the State Board of Education, may be
18    operated  by  2  or  more  adjacent  school districts or by a
19    public or private university or college.  Transportation  for
20    students  attending  the summer kindergarten program shall be
21    the responsibility of the school  district.  The  expense  of
22    establishing,   maintaining,   and   operating   the   summer
23    kindergarten  program  may  be paid from funds contributed or
24    otherwise made available to  the  school  district  for  that
25    purpose  by  federal  or State appropriation or from district
26    maintenance funds.

27        (105 ILCS 5/34-18.26 new)
28        Sec.  34-18.26.  Summer  kindergarten.   The  board   may
29    establish,  maintain,  and  operate,  in  connection with the
30    kindergarten  program  of  the  school  district,  a   summer
 
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 1    kindergarten   program   that  begins  2  months  before  the
 2    beginning  of  the  regular  school   year   and   a   summer
 3    kindergarten program for grade one readiness for those pupils
 4    making    unsatisfactory    progress   during   the   regular
 5    kindergarten session that will continue for  2  months  after
 6    the  regular school year. The summer kindergarten program may
 7    be held within the school district or, pursuant to a contract
 8    that must be approved by the State Board of Education, may be
 9    operated by 2 or more  adjacent  school  districts  or  by  a
10    public  or  private university or college. Transportation for
11    students attending the summer kindergarten program  shall  be
12    the  responsibility  of  the  school district. The expense of
13    establishing,   maintaining,   and   operating   the   summer
14    kindergarten program may be paid from  funds  contributed  or
15    otherwise  made  available  to  the  school district for that
16    purpose by federal or State appropriation  or  from  district
17    maintenance funds.

18        Section  99.  Effective  date. This Act takes effect upon
19    becoming law.