Bill Text: IL HB1259 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning an early childhood education block grant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB1259 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HB1259-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | 1C-2 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/1C-2)
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7 | Sec. 1C-2. Block grants.
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8 | (a) For fiscal year 1999, and and each fiscal year | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | thereafter, the State Board
of Education shall award to school | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | districts block grants as described in subsection
(c). The | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | State Board of Education may adopt
rules and regulations | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | necessary to implement this Section. In accordance with
Section | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | 2-3.32, all state block grants are subject to an audit. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | Therefore,
block grant receipts and block grant expenditures | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | shall be recorded to the
appropriate fund code.
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16 | (b) (Blank).
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17 | (c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | created by combining
the following programs: Preschool | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | Education, Parental Training and Prevention
Initiative. These | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | funds shall be distributed to school districts and other
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21 | entities on a competitive basis. Not less than 14% of the Early | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | Childhood Education Block Grant allocation of funds
shall be | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | used to
fund programs for children ages 0-3. Beginning in |
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1 | Fiscal Year 2016, at least 25% of any additional Early | ||||||
2 | Childhood Education Block Grant funding over and above the | ||||||
3 | previous fiscal year's allocation shall be used to fund | ||||||
4 | programs for children ages 0-3. Once the percentage of Early | ||||||
5 | Childhood Education Block Grant funding allocated to programs | ||||||
6 | for children ages 0-3 reaches 20% of the overall Early | ||||||
7 | Childhood Education Block Grant allocation for a full fiscal | ||||||
8 | year, thereafter in subsequent fiscal years the percentage of | ||||||
9 | Early Childhood Education Block Grant funding allocated to | ||||||
10 | programs for children ages 0-3 each fiscal year shall remain at | ||||||
11 | least 20% of the overall Early Childhood Education Block Grant | ||||||
12 | allocation. However, if, in a given fiscal year, the amount | ||||||
13 | appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is | ||||||
14 | insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant to fund | ||||||
15 | programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of | ||||||
16 | the grant for existing providers of preschool education | ||||||
17 | programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund programs for | ||||||
18 | children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of increased.
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19 | (Source: P.A. 98-645, eff. 7-1-14; 99-589, eff. 7-21-16.)
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