Full Text of SB2728 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Comprehensive Healthcare Workforce Planning | 5 | | Act is amended by changing Section 15 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 2325/15)
| 7 | | Sec. 15. Members. | 8 | | (a) The following 10 persons or their designees shall be | 9 | | members of the Council: the Director of the Department; a | 10 | | representative of the Governor's Office; the Secretary of Human | 11 | | Services; the Directors of the Departments of Commerce and | 12 | | Economic Opportunity, Employment Security, Financial and | 13 | | Professional Regulation, and Healthcare and Family Services; | 14 | | and the Executive Director executive director of the Illinois | 15 | | Board of Higher Education, the Executive Director President of | 16 | | the Illinois Community College Board, and the State | 17 | | Superintendent of Education. | 18 | | (b) The Governor shall appoint 8 additional members, who | 19 | | shall be healthcare workforce experts, including | 20 | | representatives of practicing physicians, nurses, pharmacists, | 21 | | and dentists, State and local health professions | 22 | | organizations, schools of medicine and osteopathy, nursing, | 23 | | dental, allied health, and public health; public and private |
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| 1 | | teaching hospitals; health insurers, business; and labor. The | 2 | | Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives, the President | 3 | | of the Illinois Senate, the Minority Leader of the Illinois | 4 | | House of Representatives, and the Minority Leader of the | 5 | | Illinois Senate may each appoint 2 representatives to the | 6 | | Council. Members appointed under this subsection (b) shall | 7 | | serve 4-year terms and may be reappointed. | 8 | | (c) The Director of the Department shall serve as Chair of | 9 | | the Council. The Governor shall appoint a healthcare workforce | 10 | | expert from the non-governmental sector to serve as Vice-Chair.
| 11 | | (Source: P.A. 97-424, eff. 7-1-12 .) | 12 | | Section 10. The Illinois Century Network Act is amended by | 13 | | changing Section 15 as follows:
| 14 | | (20 ILCS 3921/15)
| 15 | | Sec. 15. Management of the Illinois Century Network.
| 16 | | (a) Staffing and
contractual services necessary to support | 17 | | the network's activities shall be
governed by the Illinois | 18 | | Century Network Policy Committee. The committee
shall
include:
| 19 | | (1) 6 standing members as follows:
| 20 | | (i) the Illinois State Library Director or | 21 | | designee;
| 22 | | (ii) the Illinois State Museum Director or | 23 | | designee;
| 24 | | (iii) the Executive Director of the Board of Higher
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| 1 | | Education or designee;
| 2 | | (iv) the Executive Director of the Illinois | 3 | | Community
College Board President or designee;
| 4 | | (v) the State Board of Education State | 5 | | Superintendent or
designee; and
| 6 | | (vi) the Director of Central Management Services | 7 | | or
designee;
| 8 | | (2) up to 7 members who are appointed by the Governor
| 9 | | and who:
| 10 | | (i) have experience and background in private K-12
| 11 | | education, private higher education, or who are from
| 12 | | other participant constituents that are not already
| 13 | | represented;
| 14 | | (ii) shall serve staggered terms up to 3 years as | 15 | | designated by the
Governor; and
| 16 | | (iii) shall serve until a successor is appointed | 17 | | and
qualified; and
| 18 | | (3) a Chairperson who is appointed by the Governor and | 19 | | who shall
serve a term of 2 years and until a successor is | 20 | | appointed and qualified.
| 21 | | (b) Illinois Century Network Policy Committee members | 22 | | shall serve without
compensation but shall be entitled to | 23 | | reimbursement for reasonable expenses of
travel for members who | 24 | | are required to travel for a distance greater than 20
miles to | 25 | | participate in business of the Illinois Century Network Policy
| 26 | | Committee.
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| 1 | | (Source: P.A. 91-21, eff. 7-1-99; 92-691, eff. 7-18-02.)
| 2 | | Section 15. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 3 | | 3-15.12 and 22-45 as follows: | 4 | | (105 ILCS 5/3-15.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-15.12)
| 5 | | Sec. 3-15.12. High school equivalency testing program.
The | 6 | | regional
superintendent of schools shall make available for | 7 | | qualified individuals
residing within the region a High School | 8 | | Equivalency Testing Program.
For that purpose the regional | 9 | | superintendent alone or with other
regional superintendents | 10 | | may establish and supervise a testing center or
centers to | 11 | | administer the secure forms of the high school level Test of
| 12 | | General Educational Development to qualified persons. Such | 13 | | centers
shall be under the supervision of the regional | 14 | | superintendent in whose
region such centers are located, | 15 | | subject to the approval
of the Executive Director
President of | 16 | | the Illinois Community College Board.
| 17 | | An individual is eligible to apply to the regional | 18 | | superintendent of schools
for the region in which he or she
| 19 | | resides if he or she is: (a) a person who is 17 years
of age or | 20 | | older, has maintained residence in the State of Illinois,
and | 21 | | is
not a high school graduate; (b)
a person who is successfully | 22 | | completing an
alternative education program under Section | 23 | | 2-3.81, Article 13A,
or Article 13B; or (c) a
person who is
| 24 | | enrolled in a youth education program sponsored by the Illinois |
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| 1 | | National
Guard.
For purposes of this Section, residence is that | 2 | | abode which the applicant
considers his or her home. Applicants | 3 | | may provide as sufficient proof of such
residence and as an | 4 | | acceptable form of identification a driver's license, valid | 5 | | passport, military ID, or other form of government-issued | 6 | | national or foreign identification that shows the applicant's | 7 | | name, address, date of birth, signature, and photograph or | 8 | | other acceptable identification as may be allowed by law or as | 9 | | regulated by the Illinois Community College Board. Such | 10 | | regional superintendent shall determine if the
applicant meets | 11 | | statutory and regulatory state standards. If qualified the
| 12 | | applicant shall at the time of such application pay a fee | 13 | | established by the
Illinois Community College Board, which fee | 14 | | shall be paid into a special
fund
under the control and | 15 | | supervision of the regional superintendent. Such moneys
| 16 | | received by the regional superintendent shall be used, first, | 17 | | for the
expenses incurred
in administering and scoring the | 18 | | examination, and next for other educational
programs that are | 19 | | developed and designed by the regional superintendent of
| 20 | | schools to assist those who successfully complete the high | 21 | | school level test of
General Education Development in | 22 | | furthering their academic development or
their ability to | 23 | | secure and retain gainful employment, including programs for
| 24 | | the competitive award based on test scores of college or adult | 25 | | education
scholarship grants or similar educational | 26 | | incentives. Any excess moneys shall
be paid into the institute |
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| 1 | | fund.
| 2 | | Any applicant who has achieved the minimum passing | 3 | | standards as
established by the
Illinois Community College | 4 | | Board shall be
notified in writing by the regional | 5 | | superintendent and shall be
issued a high school equivalency | 6 | | certificate on the forms provided by the
Illinois Community | 7 | | College Board. The regional superintendent shall
then certify | 8 | | to the Illinois Community College Board
the score of the | 9 | | applicant and such other and additional information
that may be | 10 | | required by the Illinois Community College Board. The
moneys | 11 | | received therefrom shall be used in the same manner as provided
| 12 | | for in this Section.
| 13 | | Any applicant who has attained the age of 17 years and | 14 | | maintained
residence in the State of Illinois and is not a high | 15 | | school graduate, any person who has enrolled in a youth | 16 | | education program sponsored by the Illinois National Guard, or | 17 | | any person who has successfully completed
an
alternative | 18 | | education program under Section 2-3.81,
Article 13A, or Article | 19 | | 13B is eligible to apply for a high school equivalency
| 20 | | certificate (if he or she meets the requirements prescribed by | 21 | | the Illinois Community College Board) upon showing evidence | 22 | | that he or she has completed, successfully, the high
school | 23 | | level General Educational Development Tests, administered by | 24 | | the United
States Armed Forces Institute, official GED Centers | 25 | | established in other
states, or at Veterans' Administration | 26 | | Hospitals or the office of the State
Superintendent of |
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| 1 | | Education administered for the Illinois State Penitentiary
| 2 | | System and the Department of Corrections. Such applicant shall | 3 | | apply to the
regional superintendent of the region wherein he | 4 | | has maintained residence, and
upon payment of a fee established | 5 | | by the Illinois Community College Board
the regional | 6 | | superintendent shall issue a high school
equivalency | 7 | | certificate, and immediately thereafter certify to the | 8 | | Illinois Community College Board the score of the applicant and | 9 | | such other and
additional information as may be required by the | 10 | | Illinois Community College Board.
| 11 | | Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any | 12 | | applicant who has
been out of school for at least one year may | 13 | | request the regional
superintendent of schools to administer | 14 | | the restricted GED test upon
written request of: The director | 15 | | of a program who certifies to the Chief
Examiner of an official | 16 | | GED center that the applicant has completed a
program of | 17 | | instruction provided by such agencies as the Job Corps, the
| 18 | | Postal Service Academy or apprenticeship training program; an | 19 | | employer
or program director for purposes of entry into | 20 | | apprenticeship programs;
another State Department of Education | 21 | | in order to meet regulations
established by that Department of | 22 | | Education, a post high school
educational institution for | 23 | | purposes of admission, the Department of
Professional | 24 | | Regulation for licensing purposes, or the Armed Forces
for | 25 | | induction purposes. The regional superintendent shall | 26 | | administer
such test and the applicant shall be notified in |
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| 1 | | writing that he is
eligible to receive the Illinois High School | 2 | | Equivalency Certificate
upon reaching age 17, provided he meets | 3 | | the standards established by the Illinois Community College | 4 | | Board.
| 5 | | Any test administered under this Section to an applicant | 6 | | who does not
speak and understand English may at the discretion | 7 | | of the administering
agency be given and answered in any | 8 | | language in which the test is
printed. The regional | 9 | | superintendent of schools may waive any fees required
by this | 10 | | Section in case of hardship.
| 11 | | In counties of over 3,000,000 population , a GED certificate
| 12 | | shall contain the signatures of the Executive Director | 13 | | President of the Illinois Community College Board ; , the | 14 | | superintendent, president , or other chief
executive officer of | 15 | | the institution where GED instruction occurred ; and any
other | 16 | | signatures authorized by the Illinois Community College Board.
| 17 | | The regional superintendent of schools shall furnish the | 18 | | Illinois
Community College Board with any information that the | 19 | | Illinois
Community College Board requests with regard to | 20 | | testing and certificates under this
Section.
| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 94-108, eff. 7-1-05; 95-609, eff. 6-1-08 .)
| 22 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-45)
| 23 | | Sec. 22-45. Illinois P-20 Council. | 24 | | (a) The General Assembly finds that preparing Illinoisans | 25 | | for success in school and the workplace requires a continuum of |
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| 1 | | quality education from preschool through graduate school. This | 2 | | State needs a framework to guide education policy and integrate | 3 | | education at every level. A statewide coordinating council to | 4 | | study and make recommendations concerning education at all | 5 | | levels can avoid fragmentation of policies, promote improved | 6 | | teaching and learning, and continue to cultivate and | 7 | | demonstrate strong accountability and efficiency. Establishing | 8 | | an Illinois P-20 Council will develop a statewide agenda that | 9 | | will move the State towards the common goals of improving | 10 | | academic achievement, increasing college access and success, | 11 | | improving use of existing data and measurements, developing | 12 | | improved accountability, fostering innovative approaches to | 13 | | education, promoting lifelong learning, easing the transition | 14 | | to college, and reducing remediation. A pre-kindergarten | 15 | | through grade 20 agenda will strengthen this State's economic | 16 | | competitiveness by producing a highly-skilled workforce. In | 17 | | addition, lifelong learning plans will enhance this State's | 18 | | ability to leverage funding. | 19 | | (b) There is created the Illinois P-20 Council. The | 20 | | Illinois P-20 Council shall include all of the following | 21 | | members: | 22 | | (1) The Governor or his or her designee, to serve as | 23 | | chairperson. | 24 | | (2) Four members of the General Assembly, one appointed | 25 | | by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one | 26 | | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of |
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| 1 | | Representatives, one appointed by the President of the | 2 | | Senate, and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the | 3 | | Senate. | 4 | | (3) Six at-large members appointed by the Governor as | 5 | | follows, with 2 members being from the City of Chicago, 2
| 6 | | members being from Lake County, McHenry County, Kane
| 7 | | County, DuPage County, Will County, or that part of Cook
| 8 | | County outside of the City of Chicago, and 2 members being
| 9 | | from the remainder of the State: | 10 | | (A) one representative of civic leaders; | 11 | | (B) one representative of local government; | 12 | | (C) one representative of trade unions; | 13 | | (D) one representative of nonprofit organizations | 14 | | or foundations; | 15 | | (E) one representative of parents' organizations; | 16 | | and | 17 | | (F) one education research expert. | 18 | | (4) Five members appointed by statewide business | 19 | | organizations and business trade associations. | 20 | | (5) Six members appointed by statewide professional | 21 | | organizations and associations representing | 22 | | pre-kindergarten through grade 20 teachers, community | 23 | | college faculty, and public university faculty. | 24 | | (6) Two members appointed by associations representing | 25 | | local school administrators and school board members. One | 26 | | of these members must be a special education administrator. |
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| 1 | | (7) One member representing community colleges, | 2 | | appointed by the Illinois Council of Community College | 3 | | Presidents. | 4 | | (8) One member representing 4-year independent | 5 | | colleges and universities, appointed by a statewide | 6 | | organization representing private institutions of higher | 7 | | learning. | 8 | | (9) One member representing public 4-year | 9 | | universities, appointed jointly by the university | 10 | | presidents and chancellors. | 11 | | (10) Ex-officio members as follows: | 12 | | (A) The State Superintendent of Education or his or | 13 | | her designee. | 14 | | (B) The Executive Director of the Board of Higher
| 15 | | Education or his or her designee. | 16 | | (C) The Executive Director President and Chief | 17 | | Executive Officer of the Illinois Community College | 18 | | Board or his or her designee. | 19 | | (D) The Executive Director of the Illinois Student | 20 | | Assistance Commission or his or her designee. | 21 | | (E) The Co-chairpersons of the Illinois Workforce | 22 | | Investment Board or their designee. | 23 | | (F) The Director of Commerce and Economic | 24 | | Opportunity or his or her designee. | 25 | | (G) The Chairperson of the Illinois Early Learning | 26 | | Council or his or her designee. |
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| 1 | | (H) The President of the Illinois Mathematics and | 2 | | Science Academy or his or her designee. | 3 | | (I) The president of an association representing | 4 | | educators of adult learners or his or her
designee. | 5 | | Ex-officio members shall have no vote on the Illinois P-20 | 6 | | Council. | 7 | | Appointed members shall serve for staggered terms expiring | 8 | | on July 1 of the first, second, or third calendar year | 9 | | following their appointments or until their successors are | 10 | | appointed and have qualified. Staggered terms shall be | 11 | | determined by lot at the organizing meeting of the Illinois | 12 | | P-20 Council. | 13 | | Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original | 14 | | appointments, and any member so appointed shall serve during | 15 | | the remainder of the term for which the vacancy occurred. | 16 | | (c) The Illinois P-20 Council shall be funded through State | 17 | | appropriations to support staff activities, research, | 18 | | data-collection, and dissemination. The Illinois P-20 Council | 19 | | shall be staffed by the Office of the Governor, in coordination | 20 | | with relevant State agencies, boards, and commissions. The | 21 | | Illinois Education Research Council shall provide research and | 22 | | coordinate research collection activities for the Illinois | 23 | | P-20 Council. | 24 | | (d) The Illinois P-20 Council shall have all of the | 25 | | following duties: | 26 | | (1) To make recommendations to do all of the following: |
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| 1 | | (A) Coordinate pre-kindergarten through grade 20 | 2 | | (graduate school) education in this State through | 3 | | working at the intersections of educational systems to | 4 | | promote collaborative infrastructure. | 5 | | (B) Coordinate and leverage strategies, actions, | 6 | | legislation, policies, and resources of all | 7 | | stakeholders to support fundamental and lasting | 8 | | improvement in this State's public schools, community | 9 | | colleges, and universities. | 10 | | (C) Better align the high school curriculum with | 11 | | postsecondary expectations. | 12 | | (D) Better align assessments across all levels of | 13 | | education. | 14 | | (E) Reduce the need for students entering | 15 | | institutions of higher education to take remedial | 16 | | courses. | 17 | | (F) Smooth the transition from high school to | 18 | | college. | 19 | | (G) Improve high school and college graduation | 20 | | rates. | 21 | | (H) Improve the rigor and relevance of academic | 22 | | standards for college and workforce readiness. | 23 | | (I) Better align college and university teaching | 24 | | programs with the needs of Illinois schools.
| 25 | | (2) To advise the Governor, the General Assembly, the | 26 | | State's education and higher education agencies, and the
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| 1 | | State's workforce and economic development boards and
| 2 | | agencies on policies related to lifelong learning for | 3 | | Illinois students and families. | 4 | | (3) To articulate a framework for systemic educational | 5 | | improvement and innovation that will enable every student | 6 | | to meet or exceed Illinois learning standards and be | 7 | | well-prepared to succeed in the workforce and community. | 8 | | (4) To provide an estimated fiscal impact for | 9 | | implementation of all Council recommendations.
| 10 | | (e) The chairperson of the Illinois P-20 Council may | 11 | | authorize the creation of working groups focusing on areas of | 12 | | interest to Illinois educational and workforce development, | 13 | | including without limitation the following areas: | 14 | | (1) Preparation, recruitment, and certification of | 15 | | highly qualified teachers. | 16 | | (2) Mentoring and induction of highly qualified | 17 | | teachers. | 18 | | (3) The diversity of highly qualified teachers. | 19 | | (4) Funding for highly qualified teachers, including | 20 | | developing a strategic and collaborative plan to seek | 21 | | federal and private grants to support initiatives | 22 | | targeting teacher preparation and its impact on student | 23 | | achievement. | 24 | | (5) Highly effective administrators. | 25 | | (6) Illinois birth through age 3 education, | 26 | | pre-kindergarten, and early childhood education. |
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| 1 | | (7) The assessment, alignment, outreach, and network | 2 | | of college and workforce readiness efforts.
| 3 | | (8) Alternative routes to college access. | 4 | | (9) Research data and accountability. | 5 | | (10) Community schools, community participation, and | 6 | | other innovative approaches to education that foster | 7 | | community partnerships. | 8 | | The chairperson of the Illinois P-20 Council may designate | 9 | | Council members to serve as working group chairpersons. Working | 10 | | groups may invite organizations and individuals representing | 11 | | pre-kindergarten through grade 20 interests to participate in | 12 | | discussions, data collection, and dissemination.
| 13 | | (Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13.) | 14 | | Section 20. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 15 | | changing Section 3-33.7 as follows: | 16 | | (110 ILCS 805/3-33.7) | 17 | | Sec. 3-33.7. Establishment of lines of credit. The board | 18 | | may establish a line of credit with a bank or other financial | 19 | | institution in an amount not to exceed the following: | 20 | | (1) if anticipating State revenues due in the current | 21 | | fiscal year, 85% of the amount or amounts of the revenues | 22 | | due in the current fiscal year, as certified by the | 23 | | Executive Director President/CEO of the State Board or | 24 | | other official in a position to provide assurances as to |
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| 1 | | the amounts; and | 2 | | (2) if anticipating State revenues expected to be due | 3 | | in the next subsequent fiscal year, 50% of the amount or | 4 | | amounts of the revenues due in the current fiscal year, as | 5 | | certified by the Executive Director President/CEO of the | 6 | | State Board or other official in a position to provide | 7 | | assurances as to the amounts. | 8 | | All moneys so borrowed shall be repaid exclusively from the | 9 | | anticipated revenues within 60 days after the revenues have | 10 | | been received. Borrowing authorized under subdivisions (1) and | 11 | | (2) of this Section shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed | 12 | | the maximum rate authorized by the Bond Authorization Act, from | 13 | | the date of issuance until paid. | 14 | | Prior to establishing a line of credit under this Section, | 15 | | the board shall authorize, by resolution, the line of credit. | 16 | | The resolution shall set forth facts demonstrating the need for | 17 | | the line of credit, state the amount to be borrowed, establish | 18 | | a maximum interest rate limit not to exceed that set forth in | 19 | | this Section, and provide a date by which the borrowed funds | 20 | | must be repaid. The resolution shall direct the relevant | 21 | | officials to make arrangements to set apart and hold the | 22 | | revenue, as received, that will be used to repay the borrowing. | 23 | | In addition, the resolution may authorize the relevant | 24 | | officials to make partial repayments of the borrowing as the | 25 | | revenues become available and may contain any other terms, | 26 | | restrictions, or limitations not inconsistent with the |
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| 1 | | provisions of this Section.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 96-912, eff. 6-9-10.)
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