Illinois House Bill 5865 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-01-05 - Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education shall implement and administer a program to make New Arrival Student Grants available to school districts to support the needs of students who are undocumented immigrants, have entered the United States in refugee status, or have applied for asylum in the United States. Provides that to receive a grant under this program, a school district shall submit an application to the State Board of Education at such time, in such manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as the State Board of Education may reasonably require. Provides that in awarding funds under this program, the State Board of Education may consider (i) the number of new arrival students enrolled in preschool, elementary school, and secondary school within the school district, (ii) the needs of new arrival students in the school district, and (iii) the ability of the school district to meet the needs of new arrival students. Effective July 1, 2023.

SCH CD-NEW ARRIVAL GRANT

Rep. Fred Crespo [D]

Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-05	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar
2023-01-04	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2023-01-04	House	First Reading
2023-01-04	House	First Reading
2023-01-04	House	First Reading
2023-01-04	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Fred Crespo

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	2-3.196	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5865&GAID=16&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=110&GA=102
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/102/HB/10200HB5865.htm