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91_HB1520
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 2-3.106.
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 changing
6 Section 2-3.106 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.106) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.106)
8 Sec. 2-3.106. State Urban Education Partnership Grants.
9 From State moneys appropriated specifically for purposes of
10 this Section, the State Board of Education shall award State
11 Urban Education Partnership Grants to qualifying attendance
12 centers within school districts that meet the criteria
13 specified in subparagraph (A) or subparagraph (B) below:
14 (A) The number of students enrolled in the public
15 schools of the district is 1,500 or more, and not less
16 than 10% of those students are low income students as
17 determined with reference to the annual Public Schools
18 Fall Enrollment-Housing Report that the school district
19 is required to file with the State Board of Education; or
20 (B) The school district receives not less than
21 $100,000 in a fiscal year from funds allocated and
22 distributed under Chapter 1 of Title I of the federal
23 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and not
24 less than 10% of the students enrolled in the public
25 schools of the school district are "minority students",
26 defined for purposes of this Section to mean a pupil who
27 is Black (having origins in any of the black racial
28 groups in Africa), Hispanic (of Spanish or Portuguese
29 culture with origins in Mexico, South or Central America,
30 or the Caribbean Islands, regardless of race), Asian
31 American (having origins in any of the original peoples
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1 of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent,
2 or the Pacific Islands), or American Indian or Alaskan
3 Native (having origins in any of the original peoples of
4 North America).
5 State Urban Education Partnership Grants awarded under
6 this Section shall be used for the planning, development,
7 operation or expansion of programs, projects and activities
8 that are designed to carry out programs that improve student
9 achievement or the quality of education for students and that
10 are comparable or similar in nature to targeted assistance
11 programs for which discretionary federal grant funds are
12 allocated under Chapter 2 of Title I of the the federal
13 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; provided,
14 that in evaluating applications and awarding State Urban
15 Education Partnership Grants under this Section, priority
16 consideration and preference shall be given to grant
17 applications that propose to carry out effective school
18 programs that are developed and designed to increase the
19 academic achievement levels of students in large and small
20 urban communities through collaborative efforts or
21 partnerships between the attendance center applying for the
22 grant and at least one parent or community group, social
23 service agency, public sector business entity or institution
24 of higher education. Indicators of such effective school
25 programs shall include but not be limited to components
26 designed to improve student attendance at school and in
27 class, increase student homework output and quality, increase
28 student time on the task of acquiring basic and higher order
29 skills, improve teacher-given classroom grades, improve State
30 and national standardized test scores and assessment results,
31 improve community involvement in the development and
32 implementation of effective school programs, and improve
33 parent involvement to foster a positive home environment,
34 meaningful parent-child communication in matters of
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1 educational performance and progress, and increased parent
2 participation in home learning activities, school volunteer
3 activities and school governance.
4 The State Board of Education shall adopt rules and
5 regulations governing the procedure and requirements
6 applicable to grant applications submitted under this
7 Section. The period during which grants may be awarded to an
8 attendance center under this Section shall not exceed 3
9 consecutive school years; provided that before approving
10 continuation of a grant for a new school year, the State
11 Board of Education shall review and evaluate a report which
12 the attendance center shall file with respect to its use of
13 grant funds in carrying out grant programs during the
14 preceding school year.
15 Grants shall be awarded to attendance centers under this
16 Section on a competitive basis, and the State Board of
17 Education shall establish standards, consistent with the
18 provisions of this Section, by which to evaluate grant
19 applications and programs submitted and proposed hereunder.
20 It is the purpose and intent of this Section to establish
21 a State grant program that parallels and supplements, but
22 that operates independently of federal grant programs that
23 allocate funds for targeted assistance under Chapter 2 of
24 Title I of the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act
25 of 1965.
26 (Source: P.A. 87-789; 87-895; revised 10-31-98.)