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| Public Act 099-0589 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||
1C-2 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/1C-2)
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Sec. 1C-2. Block grants.
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(a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, | ||||
the State Board
of Education shall award to school districts | ||||
block grants as described in subsection
(c). The State Board of | ||||
Education may adopt
rules and regulations necessary to | ||||
implement this Section. In accordance with
Section 2-3.32, all | ||||
state block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore,
block | ||||
grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded | ||||
to the
appropriate fund code.
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(b) (Blank).
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(c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be | ||||
created by combining
the following programs: Preschool | ||||
Education, Parental Training and Prevention
Initiative. These | ||||
funds shall be distributed to school districts and other
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entities on a competitive basis. Not less than 14% of the Early | ||||
Childhood Education Block Grant allocation of funds this grant
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shall be used to
fund programs for children ages 0-3, which | ||||
percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year 2016. | ||
Beginning in Fiscal Year 2016, at least 25% of any additional | ||
Early Childhood Education Block Grant funding over and above | ||
the previous fiscal year's allocation shall be used to fund | ||
programs for children ages 0-3. Once the percentage of Early | ||
Childhood Education Block Grant funding allocated to programs | ||
for children ages 0-3 reaches 20% of the overall Early | ||
Childhood Education Block Grant allocation for a full fiscal | ||
year, thereafter in subsequent fiscal years the percentage of | ||
Early Childhood Education Block Grant funding allocated to | ||
programs for children ages 0-3 each fiscal year shall remain at | ||
least 20% of the overall Early Childhood Education Block Grant | ||
allocation. However, if, in a given fiscal year, the amount | ||
appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is | ||
insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant to fund | ||
programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of | ||
the grant for existing providers of preschool education | ||
programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund programs for | ||
children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of increased.
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(Source: P.A. 98-645, eff. 7-1-14.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. | ||