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Full Text of HB5138  102nd General Assembly

HB5138 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB5138

 

Introduced 1/27/2022, by Rep. Cyril Nichols

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 1305/1-75 new

    Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer an Inform House Grant Program to provide grants to community-based organizations that provide rehabilitative and educational services to youth involved in the criminal justice system and that have the accommodations to provide the following residential and academic services: (1) single occupancy rooms that are equipped with a private bathroom, bed, dresser, closet, window, and door without a lock; (2) a weekly meal plan consisting of 3 nutritionally balanced meals a day with a plant-based option; and (3) on-site educational programs and tutoring to assist youth in meeting the State criteria for high school graduation or for earning a high school equivalency certificate. Provides that the educational programs must include aptitude assessments to determine a youth's academic competency levels with follow-up course work that is tailored to the youth's specific academic needs. Requires the educational programs to also sufficiently prepare youth for postsecondary education by providing high-quality instruction in the following subject areas: (i) reading comprehension; (ii) writing and composition; (iii) mathematics; and (iv) any other subject areas to help youth eliminate any educational gaps or deficiencies. Permits the Department to award up to $5,000,000 in grant money to qualifying community-based organizations and to adopt any rules necessary to implement the program.


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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 Department of Human Services Act is amended
5by adding Section 1-75 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 1305/1-75 new)
7    Sec. 1-75. Inform House Grant Program.
8    (a) The Department of Human Services shall establish and
9administer an Inform House Grant Program to provide grants to
10community-based organizations that provide rehabilitative and
11educational services to youth involved in the criminal justice
12system and that have the accommodations to provide the
13following residential and academic services:
14        (1) Single occupancy rooms that are equipped with a
15    private bathroom, bed, dresser, closet, window, and door
16    without a lock.
17        (2) A weekly meal plan consisting of 3 nutritionally
18    balanced meals a day with a plant-based option.
19        (3) On-site educational programs and tutoring to
20    assist youth in meeting the State criteria for high school
21    graduation or for earning a high school equivalency
22    certificate. The educational programs must include
23    aptitude assessments to determine a youth's academic

 

 

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1    competency levels with follow-up course work that is
2    tailored to the youth's specific academic needs. The
3    educational programs must also sufficiently prepare youth
4    for postsecondary education by providing high-quality
5    instruction in the following subject areas:
6            (A) reading comprehension;
7            (B) writing and composition;
8            (C) mathematics; and
9            (D) any other subject areas to help youth
10        eliminate any educational gaps or deficiencies.
11    (b) The Department may award up to $5,000,000 in grant
12money to qualifying community-based organizations. To obtain a
13grant under the program, community-based organizations must
14apply to the Department in a form and manner prescribed by the
15Department. The Department may adopt any rules necessary to
16implement the program.