Public Act 102-0863
 
SB3845 EnrolledLRB102 21812 NHT 35054 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  


 
    Section 5. The Vocational Education Act is amended  by 
changing Section 2.1 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 435/2.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 697.1)



    Sec. 2.1. Gender Equity Advisory Committee. 

    (a) The Superintendent of
the State Board of Education 
shall appoint a Gender Equity
Advisory Committee of at least 9 
members to advise and consult with the
State Board of 
Education and the gender
equity coordinator in all aspects 
relating to ensuring that all students have
equal educational 
opportunities to pursue high wage, high skill occupations

leading to economic self-sufficiency.

    (b) Membership shall include without limitation one

regional gender equity coordinator,
2 State Board of Education 
employees, an appointee of the Director of Labor, and 5 
citizen appointees who have expertise in one
or more of the 
following areas:
nontraditional training and placement,  
service delivery to single parents, service delivery to

displaced homemakers, service delivery to female teens, 
business and
industry experience, and Education-to-Careers 
experience.  Membership also may
include employees from the 
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the

Department of Human Services, and the Illinois Community 
College Board who
have expertise in one or more of the areas 
listed in this subsection (b) for
the citizen appointees.  
Appointments
shall be made taking into consideration expertise 
of services provided in
secondary, postsecondary and community 
based programs.

    (c) Members shall initially be appointed to one year terms 
commencing in
January 1, 1990, and thereafter to two year 
terms commencing on January 1 of
each odd numbered year.  
Vacancies shall be filled as prescribed in
subsection (b) for 
the remainder of the unexpired term.

    (d) Each newly appointed committee shall elect a Chair and 
Secretary
from its members.  Members shall serve without 
compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for expenses incurred in 
the performance of their duties.  The
Committee shall meet at 
least bi-annually and at other times at the call of
the Chair 
or at the request of the gender equity coordinator.

    (e)   On or before December 15, 2023, the Committee shall 
submit recommendations to the Governor, General Assembly, and 
State Board of Education regarding how school districts and 
the State Board of Education can better support historically 
disadvantaged males, including African American students and 
other students of color, to ensure educational equity.
    (f) On and after December 31, 2023, subsection (e) is 
inoperative.
(Source: P.A. 98-739, eff. 7-16-14.)



Effective Date:  1/1/2023