Sen. Dan Kotowski
Filed: 3/7/2013
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 114
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 114 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "(5 ILCS 390/Act rep.)
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5 | Section 5. The Supported Employees Act is repealed. | ||||||
6 | Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
7 | 14-8.04 as follows:
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8 | (105 ILCS 5/14-8.04) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.04)
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9 | Sec. 14-8.04. Supported employment. The school board that | ||||||
10 | is the
governing body of any secondary school in this State | ||||||
11 | that provides special
education services and facilities for | ||||||
12 | children with
disabilities shall include,
as part of preparing | ||||||
13 | the transition planning for disabled children who are
16 years | ||||||
14 | of age or more, consideration of a supported employment | ||||||
15 | component
with experiences in integrated community settings |
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1 | for those eligible children
with disabilities who have been | ||||||
2 | determined at an
IEP meeting to be in
need of participation in | ||||||
3 | the supported employment services offered pursuant
to this | ||||||
4 | Section.
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5 | Supported employment services made available as part of | ||||||
6 | transition
planning under this Section shall be designed and | ||||||
7 | developed for school
boards by the State Board of Education, in | ||||||
8 | consultation with programs such
as Project CHOICES (Children | ||||||
9 | Have Opportunities In Integrated Community
Environments), | ||||||
10 | parents and advocates of children with disabilities, and the
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11 | Departments of Central Management Services and Human
Services , | ||||||
12 | and
shall be maintained and operated in such manner as to | ||||||
13 | coordinate with
supported employee programs administered under | ||||||
14 | the Supported Employees Act .
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15 | (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
17 | becoming law.".
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