SCH CD-HALF-DAY KINDERGARTEN House SponsorsRep. LaShawn K. Ford 3/17/2010HouseTabled By Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford 105 ILCS 5/10-22.18from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.18105 ILCS 5/26-1from Ch. 122, par. 26-1105 ILCS 5/26-2from Ch. 122, par. 26-2 Amends the School Code. Provides that the board of directors of a school district must establish a kindergarten in connection with the public school in the district and maintain it as long as the annual average daily attendance therein is not less than 15 (previously, upon petition of at least 50 parents or guardians of children that meet specified criteria, the board of directors shall, if funds are available, establish a kindergarten in connection with the public school designated in the petition and maintain it as long as the annual average daily attendance therein is not less than 15). Provides that the board must (rather than may) establish a kindergarten with half-day attendance or with full-day attendance. Provides that provisions related to compulsory attendance apply to children between 5 and 17 years of age (rather than between 7 and 17 years of age). Effective August 1, 2010.House Committee Amendment No. 1 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Reinserts the contents of the introduced bill with the following changes. Removes the requirement that a kindergarten in a school district must be maintained as long as the average daily attendance therein is not less than 15. Provides that a school or school district that refuses enrollment to a student who is at least 17 years of age but below 19 years for one semester for failure to meet minimum standards must offer to transfer that student's records to an alternative school. Effective August 1, 2015 (rather than August 1, 2011). 2/11/2010HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. LaShawn K. Ford 2/11/2010HouseFirst Reading 2/11/2010HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/22/2010HouseAssigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee 3/10/2010HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee 3/10/2010HouseHouse Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote 3/10/2010HouseRecommends Do Pass as Amended Subcommittee/ Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 000-004-000; LOST 3/10/2010HouseRemains in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee 3/11/2010HouseMotion Filed - Table Bill/Resolution Pursuant to Rule 60(b), Rep. LaShawn K. Ford 3/15/2010HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 3/17/2010HouseMotion Prevailed 3/17/2010HouseTabled By Sponsor Rep. LaShawn K. Ford