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90_HB1823enr
105 ILCS 5/13A-5
105 ILCS 5/13A-6
105 ILCS 5/13A-8
Amends the provisions of the School Code relating to
alternative schools. Provides that a teacher who holds an
elementary or high school certificate may teach any class in
the alternative school program. Eliminates a provision under
which a school district in which an alternative program is
located and from which a student is administratively
transferred has its average daily attendance funding with
respect to that student transferred to the alternative school
program. Provides instead that the alternative school
program is to receive general State aid under the formula
established for alternative schools. Provides that the
curriculum of an alternative school program may include
work-based learning and community service work for which
academic credit is earned and includes time spent by a
student in such activities in the number of clock hours of
daily school work required to constitute a day of attendance
for State aid purposes. Provides that the school districts
for which an alternative school program is operated may agree
to provide additional funding to support the program, and
authorizes the program to accept and expend gifts, legacies,
and federal and other grants received for purposes directly
relating to the conduct and operation of the program.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Sections
2 13A-5 and 13A-8.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Sections 13A-5 and 13A-8 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/13A-5)
8 Sec. 13A-5. Alternative school program curriculum.
9 (a) The regional superintendent shall implement, or
10 contract with one or more school districts to implement, a
11 multi-disciplinary curriculum, which may include work-based
12 learning and community service work approved by the regional
13 superintendent of schools in consultation with the State
14 Board of Education for which academic credit is earned, for
15 the alternative school program designed to address the
16 individualized needs of the students of that program, with
17 special emphasis toward making the educational experience of
18 each student meaningful and worthwhile. In the design and
19 implementation of that curriculum, the regional
20 superintendent or school district shall give due
21 consideration to the rules and regulations adopted by the
22 State Board of Education for alternative schools and optional
23 education programs.
24 (b) An administratively transferred student who
25 successfully completes the requirements for his or her high
26 school graduation shall receive a diploma identifying the
27 student as graduating from the transferring high school. In
28 the event the student is administratively transferred before
29 enrolling in a high school, then that student shall receive a
30 diploma from the high school the student would have attended
31 if the student had not attended an alternative school
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1 program.
2 (Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96.)
3 (105 ILCS 5/13A-8)
4 Sec. 13A-8. Funding.
5 (a) The State of Illinois shall provide new and
6 additional funding for the alternative school programs within
7 each educational service region and within the Chicago public
8 school system by line item appropriation made to the State
9 Board of Education for that purpose. This money, when
10 appropriated, shall be provided to the regional
11 superintendent and to the Chicago Board of Education, who
12 shall establish a budget, including salaries, for all
13 alternative schools in that region.
14 (b) An alternative school program shall be entitled to
15 receive general State aid as calculated in Part B of Section
16 18-8 upon filing a claim as provided therein. Any time that
17 a student who is enrolled in an alternative school program
18 spends in work-based learning, community service, or a
19 similar alternative educational setting shall be included in
20 determining the student's minimum number of clock hours of
21 daily school work that constitute a day of attendance for
22 purposes of calculating general State aid. The school
23 district in which the program is located and from which a
24 student is administratively transferred shall, as a result of
25 an administrative transfer, have its average daily attendance
26 funding with respect to that student transferred to the
27 alternative school program.
28 (c) An alternative school program may receive additional
29 funding from its school districts in such amount as may be
30 agreed upon by the parties and necessary to support the
31 program. In addition, an alternative school program is
32 authorized to accept and expend gifts, legacies, and grants,
33 including but not limited to federal grants, from any source
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1 for purposes directly related to the conduct and operation of
2 the program.
3 (Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96;
4 89-636, eff. 8-9-96; revised 9-12-96.)
5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
6 1, 1997.