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SB0791 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB0791

 

Introduced 2/1/2017, by Sen. Martin A. Sandoval

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
20 ILCS 3975/4.5
105 ILCS 5/27-22.05

    Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board may allow students to substitute the entirety of grades 11 and 12 with vocational or technical education courses. Requires substituted courses to be approved jointly by the State Board of Education and the Illinois Workforce Investment Board (instead of requiring the course to contain at least 50% of the content of the course to be substituted). Amends the Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act to make conforming changes.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Workforce Investment Board Act is
5amended by changing Section 4.5 as follows:
 
6    (20 ILCS 3975/4.5)
7    Sec. 4.5. Duties.
8    (a) The Board must perform all the functions of a state
9workforce investment board under the federal Workforce
10Investment Act of 1998, any amendments to that Act, and any
11other applicable federal statutes. The Board must also perform
12all other functions that are not inconsistent with the federal
13Workforce Investment Act of 1998 or this Act and that are
14assumed by the Board under its bylaws or assigned to it by the
15Governor.
16    (b) The Board must cooperate with the General Assembly and
17make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly
18concerning legislation necessary to improve upon statewide and
19local workforce investment systems in order to increase
20occupational skill attainment, employment, retention, or
21earnings of participants and thereby improve the quality of the
22workforce, reduce welfare dependency, and enhance the
23productivity and competitiveness of the State. The Board must

 

 

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1annually submit a report to the General Assembly on the
2progress of the State in achieving state performance measures
3under the federal Workforce Investment Act of 1998, including
4information on the levels of performance achieved by the State
5with respect to the core indicators of performance and the
6customer satisfaction indicator under that Act. The report must
7include any other items that the Governor may be required to
8report to the Secretary of the United States Department of
9Labor under Section 136(d) of the federal Workforce Investment
10Act of 1998.
11    (b-5) The Board shall implement a method for measuring the
12progress of the State's workforce development system by using
13specified benchmarks. Those benchmarks are: (i) the
14educational level of working adults; (ii) the percentage of the
15adult workforce in education and training; (iii) adult
16literacy; (iv) the percentage of high school graduates
17transitioning to education or training; (v) the high school
18dropout rate; (vi) the number of youth transitioning from 8th
19grade to 9th grade; (vii) the percentage of individuals and
20families at economic self-sufficiency; (viii) the average
21growth in pay; (ix) net job growth; and (x) productivity per
22employee.
23    The Board shall identify the most significant early
24indicators for each benchmark, establish a mechanism to collect
25data and track the benchmarks on an annual basis, and then use
26the results to set goals for each benchmark, to inform

 

 

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1planning, and to ensure the effective use of State resources.
2    (b-10) The Board shall jointly approve of vocational or
3technical education programs with the State Board of Education
4as required by Section 27-22.05 of the School Code.
5    (c) Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require or
6allow the Board to assume or supersede the statutory authority
7granted to, or impose any duties or requirements on, the State
8Board of Education, the Board of Higher Education, the Illinois
9Community College Board, any State agencies created under the
10Civil Administrative Code of Illinois, or any local education
11agencies.
12    (d) No actions taken by the Illinois Human Resource
13Investment Council before the effective date of this amendatory
14Act of the 92nd General Assembly and no rights, powers, duties,
15or obligations from those actions are impaired solely by this
16amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly. All actions taken
17by the Illinois Human Resource Investment Council before the
18effective date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd General
19Assembly are ratified and validated.
20(Source: P.A. 92-588, eff. 7-1-02; 93-331, eff. 1-1-04.)
 
21    Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing Section
2227-22.05 as follows:
 
23    (105 ILCS 5/27-22.05)
24    Sec. 27-22.05. Required course substitute. Notwithstanding

 

 

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1any other provision of this Article or this Code, a school
2board that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 is authorized
3to adopt a policy under which a student who is enrolled in any
4of those grades may satisfy one or more high school course or
5graduation requirements, including but not limited to any
6requirements under Sections 27-6 and 27-22, by substituting for
7and successfully completing in place of the high school course
8or graduation requirement a related vocational or technical
9education course. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this
10Code, a school board may allow students to substitute the
11entirety of grades 11 and 12 with vocational or technical
12education courses. Vocational and technical education courses
13must be approved jointly by the State Board of Education and
14the Illinois Workforce Investment Board in order to be
15substituted. A vocational or technical education course shall
16not qualify as a related vocational or technical education
17course within the meaning of this Section unless it contains at
18least 50% of the content of the required course or graduation
19requirement for which it is substituted, as determined by the
20State Board of Education in accordance with standards that it
21shall adopt and uniformly apply for purposes of this Section.
22No vocational or technical education course may be substituted
23for a required course or graduation requirement under any
24policy adopted by a school board as authorized in this Section
25unless the pupil's parent or guardian first requests the
26substitution and approves it in writing on forms that the

 

 

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1school district makes available for purposes of this Section.
2(Source: P.A. 88-269.)