101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3709

 

Introduced , by Rep. Sonya M. Harper

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 505/42 new

    Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to establish and implement a 3-year pilot program that rewards youth in care who are placed in congregate care a specified monetary amount for certain letter grades they receive on each school report card. Provides that reward amounts shall not exceed the following amounts: (1) $50 for each letter grade A or its equivalent on another grading scale; (2) $35 for each letter grade B or its equivalent on another grading scale; and (3) $15 for each letter grade C or its equivalent on another grading scale. Provides that no reward amounts shall be given for lower grades or their equivalent on another grading scale. Requires the Department to establish and implement a 3-year pilot program that rewards youth placed in congregate care a specified monetary amount for increases in cumulative grade point average or its equivalent on another scale. Provides that the Department shall determine by rule which 3 increases in cumulative grade point average to reward under the pilot program. Limits reward amounts as follows: (i) $50 for the highest increase in cumulative grade point average or its equivalent on another scale; (ii) $35 for the second highest increase in cumulative grade point average or its equivalent on another scale; (iii) $15 for the third highest increase in cumulative grade point average or its equivalent on another scale. Provides that no reward amounts shall be given for lower increases in cumulative grade point average or their equivalent on another scale. Requires both programs to be implement by January 1, 2020. Requires the Department to track a sample of youth who receive monetary rewards under the pilot programs and to submit a report of its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly by December 1, 2022. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning State government.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is amended
5by adding Section 42 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 505/42 new)
7    Sec. 42. Cash incentive for grades pilot programs.
8    (a) The Department shall establish and implement a 3-year
9pilot program that rewards youth in care who are placed in
10congregate care a specified monetary amount for certain letter
11grades they receive on each school report card. Reward amounts
12shall not exceed the following amounts:
13        (1) $50 for each letter grade A or its equivalent on
14    another grading scale.
15        (2) $35 for each letter grade B or its equivalent on
16    another grading scale.
17        (3) $15 for each letter grade C or its equivalent on
18    another grading scale.
19No reward amounts shall be given for lower grades or their
20equivalent on another grading scale.
21    (b) The Department shall establish and implement a 3-year
22pilot program that rewards youth placed in congregate care a
23specified monetary amount for increases in cumulative grade

 

 

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1point average or its equivalent on another scale. The
2Department shall determine by rule which 3 increases in
3cumulative grade point average to reward under the pilot
4program. Rewards amounts shall not exceed the following
5amounts:
6        (1) $50 for the highest increase in cumulative grade
7    point average or its equivalent on another scale.
8        (2) $35 for the second highest increase in cumulative
9    grade point average or its equivalent on another scale.
10        (3) $15 for the third highest increase in cumulative
11    grade point average or its equivalent on another scale.
12No reward amounts shall be given for lower increases in
13cumulative grade point average or their equivalent on another
14scale.
15    (c) The Department shall implement the pilot programs under
16subsections (a) and (b) no later than January 1, 2020 and both
17pilot programs shall terminate on January 1, 2023.
18    (d) The Department shall track a sample of youth who
19receive monetary rewards under the pilot programs established
20in accordance with subsections (a) and (b) and shall submit a
21report of its findings to the Governor and the General Assembly
22by December 1, 2022.
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.