Full Text of HB3115 97th General Assembly
HB3115 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
| | 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012 HB3115 Introduced 2/23/2011, by Rep. Jehan A. Gordon SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
| 105 ILCS 5/2-3.153 new | | 105 ILCS 5/18-17 rep. | | 105 ILCS 5/28-6 rep. | | 105 ILCS 5/28-10 rep. | | 105 ILCS 5/28-12 rep. | | 105 ILCS 5/28-16 rep. | | 105 ILCS 5/28-17 rep. | |
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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.
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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 Section | 5 | | 2-3.153 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.153 new) | 7 | | Sec. 2-3.153. Textbook block grant program. | 8 | | (a) As used in this Section, "textbook" means any book or | 9 | | book substitute that a pupil uses as a text or text substitute, | 10 | | including electronic textbooks. "Textbook" includes books, | 11 | | reusable workbooks, manuals, whether bound or in loose-leaf | 12 | | form, instructional computer software, and electronic | 13 | | textbooks and the technological equipment necessary to gain | 14 | | access to and use electronic textbooks intended as a principal | 15 | | source of study material for a given class or group of | 16 | | students. "Textbook" also includes science curriculum | 17 | | materials in a kit format that includes pre-packaged consumable | 18 | | materials if (i) it is shown that the materials serve as a | 19 | | textbook substitute, (ii) the materials are for use by the | 20 | | pupils as a principal learning source, (iii) each component of | 21 | | the materials is integrally necessary to teach the requirements | 22 | | of the intended course, (iv) the kit includes teacher guidance | 23 | | materials, and (v) the purchase of individual consumable |
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| 1 | | materials is not allowed. | 2 | | (b) Beginning July 1, 2011, subject to annual appropriation | 3 | | by the General Assembly, the State Board of Education is | 4 | | authorized to provide annual funding to public school districts | 5 | | and State-recognized, non-public schools serving students in | 6 | | grades kindergarten through 12 for the purchase of secular | 7 | | textbooks. Each public school district and State-recognized, | 8 | | non-public school shall, subject to appropriations for that | 9 | | purpose, receive a per pupil grant for the purchase of secular | 10 | | textbooks. The per pupil grant amount must be calculated by the | 11 | | State Board of Education utilizing the most current student | 12 | | enrollment data available divided by the total appropriation | 13 | | made for these purposes. | 14 | | (c) The State Board of Education may adopt rules as | 15 | | necessary for the implementation of this Section. | 16 | | (105 ILCS 5/18-17 rep.)
| 17 | | (105 ILCS 5/28-6 rep.)
| 18 | | (105 ILCS 5/28-10 rep.)
| 19 | | (105 ILCS 5/28-12 rep.)
| 20 | | (105 ILCS 5/28-16 rep.)
| 21 | | (105 ILCS 5/28-17 rep.) | 22 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing | 23 | | Sections 18-17, 28-6, 28-10, 28-12, 28-16, and 28-17.
| 24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 25 | | 2011.
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