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| | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1374 Introduced 1/31/2023, by Rep. Dave Vella SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall, in cooperation with the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, develop an academic program to (i) grant students a certification to become a law enforcement officer or firefighter and (ii) grant those students an associate degree. Provides that in order to be admitted into the academic program, a student shall have completed a public safety or fire safety career and technical education course in high school.
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| | HB1374 | | LRB103 24783 RJT 51112 b |
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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 Public Community College Act is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 2-27 as follows:
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| 6 | | (110 ILCS 805/2-27 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 2-27. Law enforcement officer and firefighter |
| 8 | | academic program. |
| 9 | | (a) The State Board shall, in cooperation with the |
| 10 | | Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board, develop an |
| 11 | | academic program to (i) grant students a certification to |
| 12 | | become a law enforcement officer or firefighter and (ii) grant |
| 13 | | those students an associate degree. |
| 14 | | (b) A board may implement the academic program developed |
| 15 | | under subsection (a). |
| 16 | | (c) In order to be admitted into an academic program under |
| 17 | | subsection (a), a student shall have completed a public safety |
| 18 | | or fire safety career and technical education course in high |
| 19 | | school.
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