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91_HB1516eng HB1516 Engrossed LRB9104734NTsb 1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 1C-2. 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 changing 5 Section 1C-2 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/1C-2) 7 Sec. 1C-2. Block grants. 8 (a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year 9 thereafter, the State Board of Education shall award to 10 school districts block grants as described in subsections (b) 11 and (c). The State Board of Education may adopt rules and 12 regulations necessary to implement this Section. In 13 accordance with Section 2-3.32, all state block grants are 14 subject to an audit. Therefore, block grant receipts and 15 block grant expenditures shall be recorded to the appropriate 16 fund code. 17 (b) A Professional Development Block Grant shall be 18 created by combining the existing School Improvement Block 19 Grant and the REI Initiative. Five percent of the money 20 appropriated in a fiscal year for Professional Development 21 Block Grants shall be used by the State Board of Education to 22 award grants to school districts to encourage them to explore 23 innovative programs for educating children with disabilities 24 in regular education settings. The remainder of these funds 25 shall be distributed to school districts based on the number 26 of full-time certified instructional staff employed in the 27 district. 28 (c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be 29 created by combining the following programs: Preschool 30 Education, Parental Training and Prevention Initiative. 31 These funds shall be distributed to school districts and HB1516 Engrossed -2- LRB9104734NTsb 1 other entities on a competitive basis. Eight percent of this 2 grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3. 3 (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 4 90-653, eff. 7-29-98.) 5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 6 1, 1999.