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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4726
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 4726 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 2-3.131 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.131 new)
7 Sec. 2-3.131. K-3 class size reduction grant program. A
8 class size reduction grant program is hereby created. The
9 program shall be implemented and administered by the State
10 Board of Education, which shall award grants from
11 appropriations made for purposes of this Section to school
12 districts that meet the criteria established by this Section
13 for the award of those grants.
14 Grants shall be awarded pursuant to application. The
15 form and manner of applications and the criteria for the
16 award of grants shall be prescribed by the State Board of
17 Education. However, the grant criteria as so prescribed
18 shall provide that: (i) for the 2003-2004 school year, the
19 2004-2005 school year, the 2005-2006 school year, and the
20 2006-2007 school year, only those schools that are on the
21 State Board of Education Early Academic Warning List or the
22 academic watch list under Section 2-3.25d that maintain
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1 grades kindergarten through 3 shall be grant eligible; and
2 (ii) for the 2007-2008 school year and each year thereafter,
3 all schools that maintain grades kindergarten through 3 shall
4 be grant eligible.
5 Grants awarded to eligible schools under this Section
6 shall be used and applied by the schools to defray the costs
7 and expenses of operating and maintaining classes with a
8 class size of no more than 20 pupils in kindergarten for the
9 2003-2004 school year, in kindergarten and first grade for
10 the 2004-2005 school year, in kindergarten and first and
11 second grades for the 2005-2006 school year, and in grades
12 kindergarten through 3 for the 2006-2007 school year and each
13 year thereafter.
14 The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules,
15 consistent with the requirements of this Section, that are
16 necessary to implement and administer the K-3 class size
17 reduction grant program.
18 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
19 1, 2003.".