IL HB3090

Renames "gifted investments" to "advanced academic programs" in the evidence-based funding formula, maintaining the $40 per student allocation for kindergarten through grade 12

Removes the requirement that local gifted education programs must comply with State Board of Education approval requirements to qualify for state funding

Eliminates the State Board of Education staff person's responsibility for developing an approval process for gifted and talented education programs by September 1, 2006

Retains program requirements as optional guidelines that local gifted education programs "may include" rather than mandatory criteria for funding eligibility

Maintains all existing program elements such as equitable assessment instruments, multiple pathways for identification, professional development requirements, and data collection provisions as discretionary components