Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

Illinois House Bill HB3082 Compare Versions

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1	1	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3082 Introduced , by Rep. Aarn M. Ortz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: Appropriates $50,000,000 to the State Board of Education for the purpose of providing grants for community learning centers to support afterschool programs and community schools. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 10866 LNS 20948 b 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3082 Introduced , by Rep. Aarn M. Ortz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: Appropriates $50,000,000 to the State Board of Education for the purpose of providing grants for community learning centers to support afterschool programs and community schools. Effective July 1, 2025. LRB104 10866 LNS 20948 b LRB104 10866 LNS 20948 b
2	2	104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB3082 Introduced , by Rep. Aarn M. Ortz SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
3	3	Appropriates $50,000,000 to the State Board of Education for the purpose of providing grants for community learning centers to support afterschool programs and community schools. Effective July 1, 2025.
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8	8	1 AN ACT concerning appropriations.
9	9	2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
10	10	3 represented in the General Assembly:
11	11	4 Section 5. Findings; grants.
12	12	5 (a) The General Assembly finds all the following:
13	13	6 (1) A strong research base supports that afterschool
14	14	7 programs and community schools improve academic achievement,
15	15	8 support social and emotional growth, help keep communities
16	16	9 safe, and support the needs of working families.
17	17	10 (2) Data supports that there is always a greater need for
18	18	11 these programs than there is funding for programming.
19	19	12 (3) Students and families in all communities should have
20	20	13 access to these services regardless of income status.
21	21	14 (4) Illinois as a nationwide leader in child development
22	22	15 recognizes that we must move towards an education system that
23	23	16 provides afterschool for all.
24	24	17 (b) The State Board of Education shall make grants
25	25	18 available for community learning centers separate and apart
26	26	19 from any federal appropriations.
27	27	20 (1) The purpose of community learning center programs is to
28	28	21 provide opportunities to establish or expand activities that:
29	29	22 (A) provide opportunities for academic enrichment,
30	30	23 including providing tutorial services to help students
31	31	24 (particularly students who attend low-performing schools), to
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53	53	1 meet the challenging state academic standards;
54	54	2 (B) offer students a broad array of additional services,
55	55	3 programs, and activities, such as youth development
56	56	4 activities, service learning, nutrition and health education,
57	57	5 drug and violence prevention programs, counseling programs,
58	58	6 arts, music, physical fitness, and wellness programs,
59	59	7 technology education programs, financial literacy programs,
60	60	8 environmental literacy programs, mathematics, science, and
61	61	9 career and technical education programs, internship or
62	62	10 apprenticeship programs, and other ties to an in-demand
63	63	11 industry sector or occupation for high school students that
64	64	12 are designed to reinforce and complement the regular academic
65	65	13 program of participating students;
66	66	14 (C) offer families of students served by community
67	67	15 learning centers opportunities for active and meaningful
68	68	16 engagement in their children's education, including
69	69	17 opportunities for literacy and related educational
70	70	18 development; and
71	71	19 (D) support the whole needs of students including
72	72	20 providing extended learning time, integrated students support,
73	73	21 family engagement, and collaborative leadership structures in
74	74	22 schools as part of the community schools model, as research
75	75	23 validated strategy to promote equity in education.
76	76	24 (2) Public and private entities, including Local Education
77	77	25 Agencies, such as public school districts, public university
78	78	26 laboratory schools approved by the State Board of Education,
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89	89	1 State authorized charter schools, area vocational centers,
90	90	2 Regional Offices of Education, Intermediate Service Centers,
91	91	3 community-based organizations, including faith-based
92	92	4 organizations, Indian tribes or tribal organizations, as
93	93	5 defined in the Indian Self-Determination and Education Act,
94	94	6 and other public and private entities or a consortium of two or
95	95	7 more such agencies, organizations, or entities are eligible to
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97	97	9 (3) Each grantee must propose to serve high-poverty schools
98	98	10 or schools eligible for schoolwide programs under Section 1114
99	99	11 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, as amended by
100	100	12 the Every Student Succeeds Act Title I Part A, such as schools
101	101	13 in which not less than 40% of the children are from low-income
102	102	14 families.
103	103	15 (4) Individual awards should not exceed $225,000 per site,
104	104	16 such as the physical location where grant-funded services and
105	105	17 activities are provided to participating students and adults.
106	106	18 (5) Successful applicants may reapply via continuing
107	107	19 application for up to 4 additional years. Funding in the
108	108	20 subsequent years will be contingent upon compliance with
109	109	21 federal and State law, State grant-making rules, passage of
110	110	22 sufficient appropriations for the program, and satisfactory
111	111	23 performance in the preceding grant period.
112	112	24 (6) The State Board of Education shall issue a grant
113	113	25 application to select a technical assistance provider to
114	114	26 support grantees. Grantees must participate in compliance and
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125	125	1 technical assistance activities. This technical assistance
126	126	2 provider must also develop an advisory board of grantees to
127	127	3 provide feedback to the State Board of Education on the
128	128	4 feasibility of grant management practices and the needs of the
129	129	5 students.
130	130	6 (7) The program objectives of this grant are:
131	131	7 (A) Schools will improve student achievement in core
132	132	8 academic areas.
133	133	9 (B) Schools will show an increase in student attendance
134	134	10 and graduation from high school.
135	135	11 (C) Schools will see an increase in the social-emotional
136	136	12 skills of their students.
137	137	13 (D) Programs will collaborate with the community.
138	138	14 (E) Programs will coordinate with schools to determine the
139	139	15 students and families with the greatest need.
140	140	16 (F) Programs will provide ongoing professional development
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142	142	18 (G) Programs will collaborate with schools and
143	143	19 community-based organizations to provide sustainable programs.
144	144	20 Elements of the community school's model can be offered by
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146	146	22 The State Board of Education must provide public reports
147	147	23 annually on the spending of this programming and plans for
148	148	24 future competitions.
149	149	25 The State Board of Education must issue continuing
150	150	26 application materials annually within 30 days of the start of
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162	162	2 The State Board of Education must name a technical
163	163	3 assistance provider to support these grantees.
164	164	4 Section 10. The amount of $50,000,000, or so much of that
165	165	5 amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General
166	166	6 Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for the purpose of
167	167	7 providing grants for community learning centers to support
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