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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 2-3.160 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.160 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-3.160. Career and technical education incentive | ||||||
| 8 | grants. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose, | ||||||
| 10 | the State Board of Education shall: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) annually confer with the Illinois Community | ||||||
| 12 | College Board to identify industries and occupations | ||||||
| 13 | within this State that face workforce shortages or | ||||||
| 14 | shortages of adequately trained, entry-level workers; | ||||||
| 15 | (2) annually notify school districts of the identified | ||||||
| 16 | industries and occupations and make this information | ||||||
| 17 | available on its Internet website; and | ||||||
| 18 | (3) approve industry-recognized certification programs | ||||||
| 19 | designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the | ||||||
| 20 | industries or occupations identified under item (1) of this | ||||||
| 21 | subsection. | ||||||
| 22 | (b) Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year, the State | ||||||
| 23 | Board of Education shall annually award incentive grants from | ||||||
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| 1 | funds appropriated for that purpose to school districts in the | ||||||
| 2 | amount of $1,000 per pupil for each pupil in the school | ||||||
| 3 | district who, in the prior school year, obtained a high school | ||||||
| 4 | diploma or a technical education high school diploma from a | ||||||
| 5 | school in the school district if: | ||||||
| 6 | (1) the school district has an industry-recognized | ||||||
| 7 | certification program approved under item (3) of | ||||||
| 8 | subsection (a) of this Section; and | ||||||
| 9 | (2) the pupil successfully completed the | ||||||
| 10 | industry-recognized certification program in any school | ||||||
| 11 | year in which the program was approved by the State Board | ||||||
| 12 | of Education. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) If the funds appropriated in any fiscal year are | ||||||
| 14 | insufficient to pay the full amount under subsection (b) of | ||||||
| 15 | this Section, the State Board of Education shall prorate the | ||||||
| 16 | amount of its payments among school districts eligible for an | ||||||
| 17 | incentive grant under this Section.
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| 18 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
| 19 | 2015.
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