Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for SB1156

Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, the School Code, the Illinois Health Statistics Act, the Minimum Wage Law, and the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Removes provisions concerning the requirement that criminal history record checks of school district job applicants be fingerprint-based, the State Board of Education collecting certain school information, a district that has a school on academic early warning status preparing a revised school improvement plan, the development of a school restructuring plan, placing districts on academic early warning or watch status, school improvement plan peer review, authorizing the State Superintendent of Education to direct the reassignment or replacement of district personnel, prohibiting waivers from compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, certain technical assistance from the State Board, State testing in certain subjects and grades beginning no later than the 2005-2006 school year, the compulsory school age extending until age 17, reporting on reenrolled students, a district ensuring that its graduation incentives program receives certain resources, requiring dental examinations and the collection of data relating to obesity, the teaching of history including the study of Asian Americans, increases in the minimum wage for school district employees after June 30, 2007, and defining "employer" to include school districts under the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Makes other changes. Effective June 30, 2007.

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