Public Act 099-0650
 
HB5894 EnrolledLRB099 20359 NHT 44834 b

    AN ACT concerning education.
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
 
    Section 5. The Adult Education Act is amended by changing
Section 2-4 as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 405/2-4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 202-4)
    Sec. 2-4. Area Planning Councils. On or before October 15,
1982, an Area Planning Council shall be established within the
boundaries of each community college district. A
representative of each approved adult education provider is
required to participate on the Area Planning Council. Other
members may include:
        (1) regional superintendents of schools;
        (2) representatives of school districts;
        (3) representatives of the community college
    district's career and technical education program;
        (4) representatives of the community college
    district's financial aid office;
        (5) representatives of the community college
    district's student services office;
        (6) representatives of local workforce boards under
    the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;
        (7) persons with an interest in adult education
    services provided within the community college district;
    and
        (8) persons with an interest in adult education
    services provided within the Area Planning Council
    district, including, but not limited to, representatives
    of social service agencies, businesses and employers,
    vocational rehabilitation services of the Department of
    Human Services, and the Department of Employment Security.
Each Area Planning Council must elect officers and develop
bylaws that indicate the membership of the Council. The Area
Planning Council chairperson must be a representative of an
adult education provider approved by the Board. In areas where
large multiple-provider Area Planning Councils exist, the
Board may designate sub-areas within an Area Planning Council
district to ensure maximum representation of need. The Board
shall determine the guidelines for the bylaws and operation of
the Area Planning Council. Each school district included within
the boundaries of the community college district maintaining
either grades kindergarten through 12 or grades 9 through 12;
each regional superintendent of schools, the majority of whose
region is included within the boundaries of the community
college district; and the community college district shall be
entitled to one representative on the Area Planning Council.
Area Planning Councils may elect to form a joint Area Planning
Council consisting of 2 or more community college districts as
approved by the Board. School districts which are not included
within the boundaries of a community college district may elect
to participate in an Area Planning Council associated with a
community college district with the approval of the Board; or
they may elect to establish an Area Planning Council which is
not associated with a community college district with the
approval of the Board.
    On or before March 1 of each year each Area Planning
Council shall submit an annual Adult Education Plan for the
area. The Area Adult Education Plan shall provide for the
development and coordination of adult education programs in the
area as prescribed by the Board. The Area Adult Education Plan
must be aligned with Title II of the federal Workforce
Innovation and Opportunity Act, the State Unified Plan, local
workforce boards, and one-stop activities and must include
involvement of the local Board-approved adult education
workforce board representative. The local adult education
workforce board representative is responsible for convening
Area Planning Council chairpersons in a local workforce area to
provide information regarding the development of the Area Adult
Education Plans and related federal Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act activities. If the Board finds that the annual
Area Adult Education Plan submitted by the Area Planning
Council meets the requirements of this amendatory Act of 1982
and the established standards and guidelines, the Board shall
approve the Plan. The approval of adult education programs by
the Board for reimbursement under Section 10-22.20 of the
School Code shall be based on the Adult Education Plan approved
for the Area. The Area Adult Education Plan must be approved
prior to funding being made available to an Area Planning
Council district.
    On or before March 1, 2002 and each year thereafter, the
Board shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the
General Assembly for adult education for the preceding school
year. The annual report shall include a summary of adult
education needs and programs; the number of students served,
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act activities,
high school equivalency information, credit hours or units of
instruction, performance data, total adult education
allocations costs, and State reimbursement for adult basic
education, adult secondary education, English language
acquisition, integrated English literacy, civics education,
bridge and integrated education and training programs, and
vocational skills programs; the criteria used for program
approval; and any recommendations.
(Source: P.A. 91-830, eff. 7-1-01.)
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.