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      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.

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