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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 754
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 754 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT relating to education."; and
5 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
6 following:
7 "Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
8 Section 5.449 as follows:
9 (30 ILCS 105/5.449 new)
10 Sec. 5.449. The School Technology Revolving Fund.
11 Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section
12 2-3.120 as follows:
13 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.120 new)
14 Sec. 3.120. Non-Public school students' access to
15 technology.
16 (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that the
17 Constitution of the State of Illinois provides that a
18 "fundamental goal of the People of the State is the
19 educational development of all persons to the limit of their
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1 capacities", and that the educational development of every
2 elementary and secondary school student serves the public
3 purposes of the State. In order to enable Illinois students
4 to leave school with the basic skills and knowledge that will
5 enable them to find and hold jobs and otherwise function as
6 productive members of society in the 21st Century, all
7 students must have access to the vast educational resources
8 provided by computers. The provisions of this Section are in
9 the public interest, for the public benefit, and serve a
10 secular public purpose.
11 (b) The State Board of Education shall provide
12 non-public schools with ports to the Board's statewide
13 educational network, provided that this access does not
14 diminish the services available to public schools and
15 students. The State Board of Education shall charge for this
16 access in an amount necessary to offset its cost. Amounts
17 received by the State Board of Education under this Section
18 shall be deposited in the School Technology Revolving Fund, a
19 special fund within the State treasury, and the moneys in
20 that fund shall be appropriated to the State Board of
21 Education for the purposes of this Section. The statewide
22 network may be used only for secular educational purposes.
23 (c) For purposes of this Section, a non-public school
24 means any non-profit, non-home-based, non-public elementary
25 or secondary school that is in compliance with Title VI of
26 the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and attendance at which
27 satisfies the requirements of Section 26-1 of the School
28 Code.
29 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
30 becoming law.".