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 1        AN ACT to amend the  School  Code  by  changing  Sections
 2    13A-5 and 13A-6.

 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    Sections 13A-5 and 13A-6 as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 5/13A-5)
 8        Sec. 13A-5.  Alternative school program curriculum.
 9        (a)  The  regional  superintendent  shall  implement,  or
10    contract  with  one  or more school districts to implement, a
11    multi-disciplinary curriculum, which may  include  work-based
12    learning  and community service work approved by the regional
13    superintendent of schools  in  consultation  with  the  State
14    Board  of  Education for which academic credit is earned, for
15    the  alternative  school  program  designed  to  address  the
16    individualized needs of the students of  that  program,  with
17    special  emphasis toward making the educational experience of
18    each student meaningful and worthwhile.  In  the  design  and
19    implementation    of    that    curriculum,    the   regional
20    superintendent   or   school   district   shall   give    due
21    consideration  to  the  rules  and regulations adopted by the
22    State Board of Education for alternative schools and optional
23    education programs. The  regional  superintendent  or  school
24    district (i) may contract with third parties for any services
25    otherwise  performed  by  employees  and  (ii)  may apply for
26    waivers or modifications of  mandates  of  this  Code  or  of
27    administrative  rules  as provided in Section 2-3.25g of this
28    Code and as are necessary for the alternative school program.
29    
30        (b)  An   administratively   transferred   student    who
31    successfully  completes  the requirements for his or her high
 
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 1    school graduation shall receive  a  diploma  identifying  the
 2    student  as graduating from the transferring high school.  In
 3    the event the student is administratively transferred  before
 4    enrolling in a high school, then that student shall receive a
 5    diploma  from the high school the student would have attended
 6    if  the  student  had  not  attended  an  alternative  school
 7    program.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-383,  eff.  8-18-95;  89-629,  eff.  8-9-96;
 9    90-283, eff. 7-31-97.)

10        (105 ILCS 5/13A-6)
11        Sec. 13A-6.  Administration; contracts; waivers Staffing.
12        (a)  The  regional  superintendent  shall  administer, or
13    contract with one or more  school  districts  to  administer,
14    alternative  school  programs  located within the educational
15    service  region.  The  regional  superintendent   or   school
16    district (i) may contract with third parties for any services
17    otherwise  performed  by  employees  and  (ii) may apply  for
18    waivers or modifications of  mandates  of  this  Code  or  of
19    administrative  rules  as provided in Section 2-3.25g of this
20    Code and as are necessary for the alternative school program.
21    
22        (b)  The regional superintendent is responsible  for  the
23    administrative and fiscal structure for the program.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96.)

25        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
26    becoming law.

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