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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1811

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 1811,  AS  AMENDED,
 3    by replacing the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to  amend  the School Code by changing Sections
 5    13A-5 and 13A-6."; and

 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:

 8        "Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended by changing
 9    Sections 13A-5 and 13A-6 as follows:

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

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

 5        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 6    becoming law.".

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