Full Text of HB0243 100th General Assembly
HB0243eng 100TH 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 State Finance Act is amended by adding | 5 | | Sections 5.878 and 6z-102 as follows: | 6 | | (30 ILCS 105/5.878 new) | 7 | | Sec. 5.878. The Police Training Academy Job Training | 8 | | Program and Scholarship Fund. | 9 | | (30 ILCS 105/6z-102 new) | 10 | | Sec. 6z-102. The Police Training Academy Job Training | 11 | | Program and Scholarship Fund. | 12 | | (a) A Police Training Academy Job Training Program and | 13 | | Scholarship Fund is created as a special fund in the State | 14 | | treasury and shall be used to support program and scholarship | 15 | | activities of the police training academy job training and | 16 | | scholarship programs established under Section 22-83 of the | 17 | | School Code and Section 65.95 of the Higher Education Student | 18 | | Assistance Act. Moneys from fees, gifts, grants, and donations | 19 | | received by the State Board of Education and Illinois Student | 20 | | Assistance Commission for purposes of supporting these | 21 | | programs and scholarships shall be deposited into the Police | 22 | | Training Academy Job Training Program and Scholarship Fund. |
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| 1 | | (b) The State Board of Education; the Illinois Student | 2 | | Assistance Commission; and participating counties, school | 3 | | districts, and law enforcement partners may seek federal, | 4 | | State, and private funds to support the police training academy | 5 | | job training and scholarship programs established under | 6 | | Section 22-83 of the School Code and Section 65.95 of the | 7 | | Higher Education Student Assistance Act. | 8 | | Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section | 9 | | 22-83 as follows: | 10 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-83 new) | 11 | | Sec. 22-83. Police training academy job training program. | 12 | | (a) In a county of 175,000 or more inhabitants, any school | 13 | | district with a high school may establish one or more | 14 | | partnerships with a local police department, county sheriff, or | 15 | | police training academy to establish a jobs training program | 16 | | for high school students. The school district shall establish | 17 | | its partnership or partnerships on behalf of all of the high | 18 | | schools in the district; no high school shall establish a | 19 | | partnership for this purpose separate from the school | 20 | | district's partnership under this Section. The jobs training | 21 | | program shall be open to all students, regardless of prior | 22 | | academic history. However, to encourage and maintain | 23 | | successful program participation and partnerships, the school | 24 | | districts and their partner agencies may impose specific |
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| 1 | | program requirements. | 2 | | (b) The State Board of Education shall track participation | 3 | | and the success of students participating in the jobs training | 4 | | program established under this Section and annually publish a | 5 | | report on its website examining the program and its success. | 6 | | Section 15. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | 7 | | amended by adding Section 65.95 as follows: | 8 | | (110 ILCS 947/65.95 new) | 9 | | Sec. 65.95. Police training academy job training | 10 | | scholarship program. | 11 | | (a) The Commission shall, each year, receive applications | 12 | | for scholarships under this Section. An applicant is eligible | 13 | | for a scholarship under this Section if the Commission finds | 14 | | that the applicant has successfully completed the police | 15 | | training academy job training program established under | 16 | | Section 22-83 of the School Code and been accepted to a public | 17 | | institution of higher learning in the State. | 18 | | (b) Applicants who are determined to be eligible for | 19 | | assistance under this Section shall receive, subject to | 20 | | appropriation from the Police Training Academy Job Training | 21 | | Program and Scholarship Fund, a renewable scholarship to be | 22 | | applied to tuition and mandatory fees and paid directly to the | 23 | | public institution of higher learning at which the applicant is | 24 | | enrolled. However, the total amount of assistance awarded by |
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| 1 | | the Commission under this Section to an individual in any | 2 | | fiscal year, when added to other financial assistance awarded | 3 | | by the Commission to that individual for that fiscal year, must | 4 | | not exceed the cost of attendance at the institution of higher | 5 | | learning at which the student is enrolled. | 6 | | (c) A scholarship awarded under this Section may be renewed | 7 | | for a total of up to 4 years of full-time enrollment. The | 8 | | Commission may by rule set the academic requirements necessary | 9 | | to maintain participation in the program. | 10 | | (d) Students granted a scholarship under this Section shall | 11 | | be granted access to any needed noncredit remedial courses in | 12 | | order to ensure academic success at the public institution of | 13 | | higher learning. Students granted a scholarship under this | 14 | | Section shall also be admitted to a student retention program | 15 | | offered by the public institution of higher learning, | 16 | | including, but not limited to, any CHANCE program the public | 17 | | institution may have established. | 18 | | (e) The Commission shall make all necessary and proper | 19 | | rules not inconsistent with this Section for its effective | 20 | | implementation.
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