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 Bill Status of HB3709  101st General Assembly


Short Description:  DCFS-CASH FOR GRADES PILOT

House Sponsors
Rep. Sonya M. Harper

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
20 ILCS 505/42 new


Synopsis As Introduced
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.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/15/2019HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Sonya M. Harper
  2/15/2019HouseFirst Reading
  2/15/2019HouseReferred to Rules Committee
  3/5/2019HouseAssigned to Appropriations-Human Services Committee
  3/29/2019HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
  1/13/2021HouseSession Sine Die

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