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91_HB1269eng HB1269 Engrossed LRB9102629NTsb 1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Section 2 2-3.126. 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 adding Section 6 2-3.126 as follows: 7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.126 new) 8 Sec. 2-3.126. K-3 class size reduction grant program. A 9 class size reduction grant program is hereby created. The 10 program shall be implemented and administered by the State 11 Board of Education, which shall award grants from 12 appropriations made for purposes of this Section to school 13 districts that meet the criteria established by this Section 14 for the award of those grants. 15 Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The 16 form and manner of applications and the criteria for the 17 award of grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of 18 Education. However, the grant criteria as so prescribed 19 shall provide that: (i) only those districts that maintain 20 grades kindergarten through 3 shall be grant eligible and 21 only with respect to such of those grades as have an average 22 class size for the grade of at least 23 pupils per classroom 23 at the time the district applies for the grant; (ii) if a 24 district qualifies for a grant under item (i), the grant 25 shall be conditioned upon the agreement of the district to 26 reduce the size of each classroom maintained for pupils in 27 the grade with respect to which that grant is made by at 28 least 5 pupils per classroom; and (iii) no grant funds shall 29 be awarded to enable a district to reduce class size to less 30 than 18 pupils per classroom. 31 Grants awarded to eligible districts under this Section HB1269 Engrossed -2- LRB9102629NTsb 1 shall be used and applied by the districts to defray the 2 costs and expenses of operating and maintaining classes in 3 grades kindergarten through 3 that meet the size criteria 4 established by this Section. 5 The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules, 6 consistent with the requirements of this Section, that are 7 necessary to implement and administer the K-3 class size 8 reduction grant program. 9 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 10 1, 1999.