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LYONS,EILEEN-KOSEL-WINTERS-MITCHELL-WINKEL, BOST, JONES,JOHN, 
   MYERS, KLINGLER, WAIT, CROTTY, ACEVEDO, MCAULIFFE, 
   LYONS,JOSEPH AND LOPEZ.

(RADOGNO)

   105 ILCS 5/2-3.126 new                                                      

        Amends the School Code.  Creates a student promotion policy grant      
   program to be implemented and  administered  by  the  State  Board  of      
   Education.   Provides  for  the  award of grants by the State Board of      
   Education, from appropriations made for purposes of  the  program,  to      
   school  districts  that  establish  and  implement a student promotion      
   policy.  Provides that a school district is not eligible to receive  a      
   grant  unless  its student promotion policy includes, for students who      
   do not qualify for or may require  remedial  assistance  in  order  to      
   qualify  for  promotion  to  the  next  higher  grade, a summer bridge      
   program  of  no  less  than  90  hours  or  a  program  of   increased      
   instructional  time under which students receiving remedial assistance      
   receive more clock hours of instruction in a  school  day  and  school      
   week   than   are   required  for  non-remedial  assistance  students.      
   Effective July 1, 1998.                                                     
          FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education)                               
          If districts need financial assistance in addition to available      
          funding of $56.5 M in the Block Grant for School Safety and          
          Educational Improvement, specific dollar amount is unknown.          
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education)                
          No change from SBE fiscal note.                                      
   98-01-29  H  FILED WITH CLERK                                               
   98-01-29  H  ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR                 KOSEL                 
   98-01-29  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    WINTERS               
   98-01-29  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MITCHELL              
   98-02-03  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   98-02-03  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   98-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BOST                  
   98-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    JONES,JOHN            
   98-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    LAWFER                
   98-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MYERS                 
   98-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    KLINGLER              
   98-02-10  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    WAIT                  
   98-02-19  H       ASSIGNED TO COMMITTEE               ELEM SCND ED          
   98-02-25  H  DO PASS/SHORT DEBATE                     017-000-000   HELM    
   98-02-25  H  PLACED CALENDAR 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                       
   98-02-25  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    WINKEL                
   98-02-25  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    CROTTY                
   98-02-25  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    ACEVEDO               
   98-02-25  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    MCAULIFFE             
   98-02-25  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    BOLAND                
   98-02-25  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    LYONS,JOSEPH          
   98-02-25  H  ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR                    LOPEZ                 
   98-03-09  H                         FISCAL NOTE FILED                       
   98-03-09  H  STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED                               
   98-03-09  H  CALENDAR ORDER 2ND READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   98-03-18  H  SECOND READING-SHORT DEBATE                                    
   98-03-18  H  PLCD CAL ORDER 3RD READING-SHORT DEBATE                        
   98-03-24  H  THIRD READING/SHORT DEBATE/PASSED        116-000-000           
   98-03-25  S  ARRIVE IN SENATE                                               
   98-03-25  S  PLACED CALENDAR ORDER OF FIRST READING                         
   98-03-25  S  CHIEF SPONSOR                            RADOGNO               
   98-03-25  S  FIRST READING                                                  
   98-03-25  S  REFERRED TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE       RULES                 
   99-01-12  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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