Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Subject to an appropriation or the availability of funding for such purposes, requires the State Board of Education to make grants available to fund community schools (which are traditional schools that actively partner with their community to leverage existing resources and identify new resources to support the transformation of the school to provide enrichment and additional life skill opportunities for students, parents, and community members at-large) and to enhance programs at community schools. Requires a request-for-proposal process to be used in awarding grants. Provides that proposals may be submitted on behalf of a school, a school district, or a consortium of 2 or more schools or school districts. Requires a school to have certain components in order to qualify for a grant. Requires the State Superintendent of Education to appoint a 9-member Advisory Council on Community Schools. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 20-4)

Status: (Passed) 2009-08-25 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0746 [HB0684 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

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Voting Records

Chamber	Vote	Date	Yea	Nay	NV	Abs	Total	Result	Source	View
House	Concurrence in House	2009-05-28	117	0	1	0	118	Passed	Link	View
Senate	Third Reading in Senate	2009-05-19	53	0	1	0	54	Passed	Link	View
House	Third Reading in House	2009-03-26	115	0	1	0	116	Passed	Link	View

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