Bill Text: IL HB0538 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that if a school is located in a low-income and high violence area, as determined by the State Board of Education, then the school board shall require that (1) the school have at least one full-time social worker available for students; (2) the school, if an elementary school, have a gymnasium available for recess; (3) the school, if an elementary school, have at least one recess per school day; and (4) the school offer at least one course in art.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0538 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-HB0538-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 HB0538 Introduced 2/4/2009, by Rep. Charles E. Jefferson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new
Amends the School Code. Provides that if a school is located in a low-income and high violence area, as determined by the State Board of Education, then the school board shall require that (1) the school have at least one full-time social worker available for students; (2) the school, if an elementary school, have a gymnasium available for recess; (3) the school, if an elementary school, have at least one recess per school day; and (4) the school offer at least one course in art.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
10-20.46 and 34-18.37 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new)
Sec. 10-20.46. Requirements for schools in low-income and
high violence areas. If a school is located in a low-income and
high violence area, as determined by the State Board of
Education, then the school board shall require all of the
following:
(1) That the school have at least one full-time social
worker available for students.
(2) That the school, if an elementary school, have a
gymnasium available for recess, which shall be in a safe
area.
(3) That the school, if an elementary school, have at
least one recess per school day, which shall be in a safe
area.
(4) That the school offer at least one course in art,
which shall be in a safe area.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new)

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Sec. 34-18.37. Requirements for schools in low-income and
high violence areas. If a school is located in a low-income and
high violence area, as determined by the State Board of
Education, then the board shall require all of the following:
(1) That the school have at least one full-time social
worker available for students.
(2) That the school, if an elementary school, have a
gymnasium available for recess, which shall be in a safe
area.
(3) That the school, if an elementary school, have at
least one recess per school day, which shall be in a safe
area.
(4) That the school offer at least one course in art,
which shall be in a safe area.