Full Text of SB1829 100th General Assembly
SB1829sam001 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. Michael E. Hastings Filed: 4/3/2017
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1829
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1829 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 2-3.71 and 2-3.89 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.71) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.71)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-3.71. Grants for preschool educational programs. | 8 | | (a) Preschool program.
| 9 | | (1) The State Board of Education shall implement and | 10 | | administer
a grant program under the provisions of this | 11 | | subsection which shall
consist of grants to public school | 12 | | districts and other eligible entities, as defined by the | 13 | | State Board of Education, to conduct voluntary
preschool
| 14 | | educational programs for children ages 3 to 5 which include | 15 | | a parent
education component. A public school district | 16 | | which receives grants under
this subsection may |
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| 1 | | subcontract with other entities that are eligible to | 2 | | conduct a preschool educational
program. These grants must | 3 | | be used to supplement, not supplant, funds received from | 4 | | any other source.
| 5 | | (2) (Blank).
| 6 | | (3) Any teacher of preschool children in the program | 7 | | authorized by this
subsection shall hold an early childhood | 8 | | teaching certificate. If the program is conducted at a | 9 | | facility other than a public school, a teacher of preschool | 10 | | children in a program authorized by this subsection (a) may | 11 | | alternatively meet one of the following requirements: (i) | 12 | | the teacher must hold a bachelor's degree in early | 13 | | childhood education from an accredited institution of | 14 | | higher education or (ii) the teacher must hold a bachelor's | 15 | | degree in any field with 30 semester hours in early | 16 | | childhood education from an accredited institution of | 17 | | higher education.
| 18 | | (4) (Blank).
| 19 | | (4.5) The State Board of Education shall provide the | 20 | | primary source of
funding through appropriations for the | 21 | | program.
Such funds shall be distributed to achieve a goal | 22 | | of "Preschool for All Children" for the benefit
of all | 23 | | children whose families choose to participate in the | 24 | | program. Based on available appropriations, newly funded | 25 | | programs shall be selected through a process giving first | 26 | | priority to qualified programs serving primarily at-risk |
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| 1 | | children and second priority to qualified programs serving | 2 | | primarily children with a family income of less than 4 | 3 | | times the poverty guidelines updated periodically in the | 4 | | Federal Register by the U.S. Department of Health and Human | 5 | | Services under the authority of 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). For | 6 | | purposes of this paragraph (4.5), at-risk children are | 7 | | those who because of their home and community environment | 8 | | are subject
to such language, cultural, economic and like | 9 | | disadvantages to cause them to have
been determined as a | 10 | | result of screening procedures to be at risk of
academic | 11 | | failure. Such screening procedures shall be based on | 12 | | criteria
established by the State Board of Education. | 13 | | Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph (4.5), | 14 | | grantees under the program must enter into a memorandum of | 15 | | understanding with the appropriate local Head Start | 16 | | agency. This memorandum must be entered into no later than | 17 | | 3 months after the award of a grantee's grant under the | 18 | | program, except that, in the case of the 2009-2010 program | 19 | | year, the memorandum must be entered into no later than the | 20 | | deadline set by the State Board of Education for | 21 | | applications to participate in the program in fiscal year | 22 | | 2011, and must address collaboration between the grantee's | 23 | | program and the local Head Start agency on certain issues, | 24 | | which shall include without limitation the following: | 25 | | (A) educational activities, curricular objectives, | 26 | | and instruction; |
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| 1 | | (B) public information dissemination and access to | 2 | | programs for families contacting programs; | 3 | | (C) service areas; | 4 | | (D) selection priorities for eligible children to | 5 | | be served by programs; | 6 | | (E) maximizing the impact of federal and State | 7 | | funding to benefit young children; | 8 | | (F) staff training, including opportunities for | 9 | | joint staff training; | 10 | | (G) technical assistance; | 11 | | (H) communication and parent outreach for smooth | 12 | | transitions to kindergarten; | 13 | | (I) provision and use of facilities, | 14 | | transportation, and other program elements; | 15 | | (J) facilitating each program's fulfillment of its | 16 | | statutory and regulatory requirements; | 17 | | (K) improving local planning and collaboration; | 18 | | and | 19 | | (L) providing comprehensive services for the | 20 | | neediest Illinois children and families. | 21 | | If the appropriate local Head Start agency is unable or | 22 | | unwilling to enter into a memorandum of understanding as | 23 | | required under this paragraph (4.5), the memorandum of | 24 | | understanding requirement shall not apply and the grantee | 25 | | under the program must notify the State Board of Education | 26 | | in writing of the Head Start agency's inability or |
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| 1 | | unwillingness. The State Board of Education shall compile | 2 | | all such written notices and make them available to the | 3 | | public.
| 4 | | (5) The State Board of Education shall develop and | 5 | | provide
evaluation tools, including tests, that school | 6 | | districts and other eligible entities may use to
evaluate | 7 | | children for school readiness prior to age 5. The State | 8 | | Board of
Education shall require school districts and other | 9 | | eligible entities
to obtain consent from the parents
or | 10 | | guardians of children before any evaluations are | 11 | | conducted. The State
Board of Education shall encourage | 12 | | local school districts and other eligible entities to | 13 | | evaluate the
population of preschool children in their | 14 | | communities and provide preschool
programs, pursuant to | 15 | | this subsection, where appropriate.
| 16 | | (6) The State Board of Education shall report to the | 17 | | General Assembly by November 1, 2010
and every
3 years | 18 | | thereafter on the results and progress of
students who were | 19 | | enrolled in preschool educational programs, including an
| 20 | | assessment of which programs have been most successful in | 21 | | promoting
academic excellence and alleviating academic | 22 | | failure. The State Board of
Education shall assess the | 23 | | academic progress of all students who have been
enrolled in | 24 | | preschool educational programs.
| 25 | | On or before November 1 of each fiscal year in which | 26 | | the General Assembly provides funding for new programs |
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| 1 | | under paragraph (4.5) of this Section, the State Board of | 2 | | Education shall report to the General Assembly on what | 3 | | percentage of new funding was provided to programs serving | 4 | | primarily at-risk children, what percentage of new funding | 5 | | was provided to programs serving primarily children with a | 6 | | family income of less than 4 times the federal poverty | 7 | | level, and what percentage of new funding was provided to | 8 | | other programs. | 9 | | (b) (Blank).
| 10 | | (Source: P.A. 95-724, eff. 6-30-08; 96-119, eff. 8-4-09; | 11 | | 96-944, eff. 6-25-10; 96-948, eff. 6-25-10.)
| 12 | | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.89) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.89)
| 13 | | Sec. 2-3.89. Programs concerning services to at-risk | 14 | | children
and their families. | 15 | | (a) The State Board of Education may provide grants to | 16 | | eligible entities, as defined by the State Board of Education, | 17 | | to establish
programs which offer coordinated services to | 18 | | at-risk infants and toddlers
and their families. Each program | 19 | | shall include a parent education
program relating to the | 20 | | development and nurturing of infants and toddlers
and case | 21 | | management services to coordinate existing services available | 22 | | in
the region served by the
program. These services shall be | 23 | | provided
through the implementation of an individual family | 24 | | service plan. Each
program will have a community involvement | 25 | | component to provide
coordination in the service system.
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| 1 | | (b) The State Board of Education shall administer the | 2 | | programs through the grants to public school districts and | 3 | | other eligible entities. These grants must be used to | 4 | | supplement, not supplant, funds received from any other source. | 5 | | School districts and other eligible entities receiving grants | 6 | | pursuant to this Section shall conduct voluntary, intensive, | 7 | | research-based, and comprehensive prevention services, as | 8 | | defined by the State Board of Education, for expecting parents | 9 | | and families with children from birth to age 3 who are at-risk | 10 | | of academic failure. A public school district that receives a | 11 | | grant under this Section may subcontract with other eligible | 12 | | entities. | 13 | | (b-5) If the program is conducted by an eligible entity | 14 | | other than a public school, a teacher of preschool children in | 15 | | a program authorized by this Section shall meet one of the | 16 | | following requirements: (i) the teacher must hold an early | 17 | | childhood teaching certificate, (ii) the teacher must hold a | 18 | | bachelor's degree in early childhood education from an | 19 | | accredited institution of higher education, or (iii) the | 20 | | teacher must hold a bachelor's degree in any field with 30 | 21 | | semester hours in early childhood education from an accredited | 22 | | institution of higher education. | 23 | | (c) The State Board of Education shall report to the | 24 | | General Assembly by July 1, 2006 and every 2 years thereafter, | 25 | | using the most current data available, on the status of | 26 | | programs funded under this Section, including without |
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| 1 | | limitation characteristics of participants, services | 2 | | delivered, program models used, unmet needs, and results of the | 3 | | programs funded.
| 4 | | (Source: P.A. 96-734, eff. 8-25-09.)
| 5 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 6 | | becoming law.".
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