103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4473
 
Introduced 1/17/2024, by Rep. Mary Gill
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/2-3.204 new
    Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Provides that the Career and Technical Education Task Force is created within the State Board of Education to examine how to involve more students in technical education. Specifies the members of the Task Force. Provides that the Task Force shall meet once every 3 months at the call of the State Board of Education and shall receive administrative and other support from the State Board of Education. Provides that the Task Force shall prepare and deliver to the State Board of Education a report each year covering the Task Force's findings. Provides that the Task Force is dissolved and the provisions are repealed on January 1, 2026. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 
52-3.204 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.204 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.204. Career and Technical Education Task Force.
8    (a) The Career and Technical Education Task Force is 
9created within the State Board of Education to examine how to 
10involve more students in technical education. The Task Force 
11shall consist of all of the following members:
12        (1) One member of the House of Representatives, 
13    appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
14        (2) One member of the House of Representatives, 
15    appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of 
16    Representatives.
17        (3) One member of the Senate, appointed by the 
18    President of the Senate.
19        (4) One member of the Senate, appointed by the 
20    Minority Leader of the Senate.
21        (5) Three members representing trade unions, appointed 
22    by the Governor.
23        (6) Three members who are school counselors, appointed 
 
 
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1    by the Governor.
2        (7) One member from the State Board of Education, 
3    appointed by the Governor.
4    Members of the Task Force shall serve without 
5compensation.
6    (b) The Task Force shall meet once every 3 months at the 
7call of the State Board of Education and shall receive 
8administrative and other support from the State Board of 
9Education. The Task Force shall prepare and deliver to the 
10State Board of Education a report each year covering the Task 
11Force's findings.
12    (c) The Task Force is dissolved and this Section is 
13repealed on January 1, 2026.
 
14    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
15becoming law.