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Synopsis As Introduced Amends the School Code. Subject to appropriation, authorizes the State Board of Education to provide annual funding to public school districts and State-recognized, non-public schools serving students in grades kindergarten through 12 for the purchase of secular textbooks. Subject to appropriation, provides that each public school district and State-recognized, non-public school shall receive a per pupil grant for the purchase of secular textbooks. Repeals Sections concerning the State Board's loan of secular textbooks; the adoption of books by school boards; the purchase of textbooks from families moving out of a school district; the printing, publishing, distributing and selling of textbooks by a district; the manner and methods of textbook distribution; and rules for the care and preservation of textbooks. Effective July 1, 2011.
House Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the provisions of the Section concerning a textbook block grant program are in the public interest, for the public benefit, and serve secular public purposes.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 1 Provides that the State Board of Education is authorized to provide annual funding to public school districts and State-recognized, non-public schools serving students in grades kindergarten through 12 for the purchase of selected (instead of secular) textbooks. Provides that the textbooks authorized to be purchased are limited without exception to textbooks that have been preapproved and designated by the State Board of Education for use in any public school and that are secular, non-religious, and non-sectarian. Requires the State Board of Education to annually publish a list of the textbooks authorized to be purchased. Provides that the State Board of Education may adopt rules as necessary to ensure the religious neutrality of the textbook block grant program, as well as provide for the monitoring of all textbooks authorized to be purchased directly by State-recognized, nonpublic schools serving students in grades kindergarten through 12.
Senate Committee Amendment No. 2 Provides that the per pupil grant amount must be calculated utilizing the total appropriation divided by the most current student enrollment data available (instead of the most current student enrollment data available divided by the total appropriation).
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