Bill Text: IL HB3544 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires (instead of permits) a school district to establish a volunteer service credit program. Provides that the program shall enable secondary school students to earn credit through completion of 75 hours of community service as a requirement for graduation (instead of to earn credit towards graduation through performance of community service). Makes related changes. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules (instead of school districts). Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3544 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3544-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3544 Introduced , by Rep. John E. Bradley SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/27-22.3 from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3
Amends the School Code. Requires (instead of permits) a school district to establish a volunteer service credit program. Provides that the program shall enable secondary school students to earn credit through completion of 75 hours of community service as a requirement for graduation (instead of to earn credit towards graduation through performance of community service). Makes related changes. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules (instead of school districts). Effective immediately.
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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 changing Section
27-22.3 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/27-22.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-22.3)
Sec. 27-22.3. Volunteer service credit program.
(a) A school district shall may establish a volunteer
service credit program that enables secondary school students
to earn credit towards graduation through completion
performance of 75 hours of community service as a requirement
for graduation. This community service may include
participation in the organization of a high school or community
blood drive or other blood donor recruitment campaign. Any
program so established shall begin with students entering grade
9 in the 2015-2016 1993-1994 school year or later. The amount
of credit given for program participation shall not exceed that
given for completion of one semester of language arts, math,
science or social studies.
(b) Any community service performed as part of a course for
which credit is given towards graduation shall not qualify
under a volunteer service credit program. Any service for which
a student is paid shall not qualify under a volunteer service

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credit program. Any community work assigned as a disciplinary
measure shall not qualify under a volunteer service credit
program.
(c) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to
implement this Section. School districts that establish
volunteer service credit programs shall establish any
necessary rules, regulations and procedures.
(Source: P.A. 93-547, eff. 8-19-03.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.