Greater West Town
Community Development Project

SB 2115 Concept Paper

Quick Facts

SB2115 Synopsis

SB2115 as Filed

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Additional
Background:
GWTP Issues New High School Dropout Report November 11, 2003

GWTP Issues High School Dropout Report September 10, 2003

Addressing the Dropout Crisis:
Attendance Law Reform: An Important First Step

Recently Senator Miguel del Valle filed School Attendance Law Reform Bill SB2115, an "At-risk and Dropout Youth Accountability and Recovery Act." This is an important first step in addressing the dropout problem statewide through targeted administrative changes to the State School Code. We welcome and encourage discussion on SB2115 and the concept/issues behind it. Comments will be posted below.

Documents:

• SB2115 Concept Paper - This paper details the rationale and objectives behind the creation of SB2115
• Quickfacts - Provides a quick overview of the primary points contained in the concept paper
• SB2115 Synopsis - the official synopsis of SB2115 as posted on the Senate website
• SB2115 - the official text of SB2115 as filed, from the Senate website

Please Comment!
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Discussion:
As we receive comments we will post them here

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Join The Effort! At-risk kids and dropout youth need our help now more than ever!
Greater West Town Project is a founding member of the "Community Coalition on the Dropout Crisis" (CCDC), an umbrella group of Chicago community organizations dedicated to addressing the severe dropout crisis in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS).

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