(105 ILCS 5/1C‑1) Sec. 1C‑1. Purpose. The purpose of this Article is to permit greater
flexibility and efficiency in the distribution and use of certain State funds
available to
local education agencies for the improvement of the quality of educational
services pursuant to locally established priorities. This Article does not apply to school districts having a population in excess
of 500,000 inhabitants. (Source: P.A. 88‑555, eff. 7‑27‑94; 89‑15, eff. 5‑30‑95; 89‑397, eff.
8‑20‑95; 89‑626, eff. 8‑9‑96.)
(105 ILCS 5/1C‑2) Sec. 1C‑2. Block grants. (a) For fiscal year 1999, and each fiscal year thereafter, the State Board
of Education shall award to school districts block grants as described in
subsections (b) and (c). The State Board of Education may adopt
rules and regulations necessary to implement this Section. In accordance with
Section 2‑3.32, all state block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore,
block grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be recorded to the
appropriate fund code. (b) A Professional Development Block Grant shall be created by combining the
existing School Improvement Block Grant and the REI Initiative.
These funds shall be distributed to school districts based on the number of
full‑time certified instructional staff employed in the district. (c) An Early Childhood Education Block Grant shall be created by combining
the following programs: Preschool Education, Parental Training and Prevention
Initiative. These funds shall be distributed to school districts and other
entities on a competitive basis. Eleven percent of this grant
shall be used to
fund programs for children ages 0‑3. (Source: P.A. 93‑396, eff. 7‑29‑03.)
(105 ILCS 5/1C‑3) Sec. 1C‑3. Application. Block grants shall be available, pursuant
to appropriation, upon applications made
pursuant to school improvement plans. Block grants shall be made utilizing a
per pupil basis to determine
entitlement. (Source: P.A. 88‑555, eff. 7‑27‑94; 89‑397, eff. 8‑20‑95.)
(105 ILCS 5/1C‑4) Sec. 1C‑4. Reports. The State Superintendent of Education, in cooperation
with the school districts participating under this Article, shall annually
report to the leadership of the General Assembly on the progress made in
implementing this Article. By February 1, 1997, the State Board of Education
shall submit to the Governor and General Assembly a comprehensive plan for
Illinois school districts, including the school district that has been
organized under Article 34 and is under the jurisdiction of the Chicago Board
of Education, to establish and implement a block grant funding system for
educational programs that are currently funded through single‑program grants.
Before submitting its plan to establish and implement a block grant funding
system to the Governor and General Assembly as required by this Section, the
State Board of Education shall give appropriate notice of and hold statewide
public hearings on the subject of funding educational programs through block
grants. The
plan shall be
designed to relieve school districts of the administrative burdens that impede
efficiency and accompany single‑program funding. (Source: P.A. 88‑555, eff. 7‑27‑94; 89‑397, eff. 8‑20‑95; 89‑610, eff.
8‑6‑96.)
(105 ILCS 5/1C‑5) Sec. 1C‑5. Rules. The State Board of Education shall adopt such rules and
regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this Article. (Source: P.A. 88‑555, eff. 7‑27‑94.)
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