Sen. Scott M. Bennett
Filed: 4/20/2015
 
 

 

 

 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1393




2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1393 by replacing 
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:


 
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
52-3.163 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.163 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.163. Career and technical education incentive 
8grants.
9    (a) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose, 
10the State Board of Education shall:
11        (1) annually confer and reach agreement with the 
12    Illinois Community College Board and the Department of 
13    Employment Security to identify industries and occupations 
14    within this State that face workforce shortages or 
15    shortages of adequately trained, entry-level workers;
16        (2) annually notify school districts of the identified 
 
 
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1    industries and occupations and make this information 
2    available on its Internet website; and
3        (3) approve industry-recognized certification programs 
4    designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the 
5    industries or occupations identified under item (1) of this 
6    subsection (a).
7    (b) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose, 
8the Illinois Community College Board shall:
9        (1) annually confer and reach agreement with the State 
10    Board of Education and the Department of Employment 
11    Security to identify industries and occupations
within 
12    this State that face workforce shortages or shortages of 
13    adequately trained, entry-level workers;
14        (2) annually notify community college districts of the 
15    identified
industries and occupations and make this 
16    information available on its Internet website; and
17        (3) approve industry-recognized certification programs

18    designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the

19    industries or occupations identified under item (1) of this

20    subsection (b). 
21    (c) Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the State 
22Board of Education shall annually award incentive grants from 
23funds appropriated for that purpose to  school districts and 
24community college districts in which pupils are able to enroll 
25in a certification program under item (3) of subsection (a)  or 
26item (3) of subsection (b) of this Section, in the amount of 
 
 
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1$1,000 per pupil for each pupil who, in the prior school year, 
2obtained a high school diploma or a technical education high 
3school diploma from a public high school if:
4        (1) the school district has an industry-recognized 
5    certification program approved under item (3) of 
6    subsection (a) of this Section or the community college 
7    district has an industry-recognized certification program 
8    approved under item (3) of subsection (b) of this Section; 
9    and
10        (2) the pupil successfully completed the 
11    industry-recognized certification program in any school 
12    year in which the program was approved by the State Board 
13    of Education or the Illinois Community College Board.
14    (d) If the funds appropriated in any fiscal year are 
15insufficient to pay the full amount under subsection (c) of 
16this Section, the State Board of Education shall prorate the 
17amount of its payments among school districts eligible for an 
18incentive grant under this Section.
 
 
19    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
202016.".