HB2093ham001 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Fred Crespo

Filed: 3/19/2019

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2093

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2093 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 22-45 and by adding Section 2-3.176 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.176 new)

Sec. 2-3.176. Community Partnership for College and Career Pathway Endorsement grant program.

(a) For any fiscal year in which the State appropriation for career and technical education within the State Board of Education's budget is higher than the appropriation in Fiscal Year 2019, 25% of the higher amount for up to $2,500,000 must be used by the State Board to administer Community Partnership for College and Career Pathway Endorsement grants under this Section to support regional partnerships among the education and business sectors. To qualify for a grant, a region must submit an application to the State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that includes all of the following:

(1) An agreement as to the approach of the partnership and selection of an entity that will manage the grant funds from the community college district, school districts in the region, employers or employer associations, the local workforce innovation board, at least one university, and community-based organizations.

(2) Identification of at least 2 regional economic development priority areas in which the partners will develop College and Career Pathway Endorsements under the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Act and strengthen postsecondary education programs of study.

(3) A commitment from employer and postsecondary education partners to establish recognition of and incentives for endorsements.

The grant amount for an initial grant award must be at least $40,000 for a partnership that includes at least 5 high schools and may be up to $75,000 for a partnership serving more than 5 high schools. A renewal or continuation grant of no more than the amount of the initial grant may be made in the second and each subsequent year of the program.

(b) The State Board must oversee the grant-making process in coordination with the Illinois Community College Board, the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and Northern Illinois University. The State Board may withhold up to 5% of the amount allocated for grants under this Section to support the implementation and management of meetings twice a year that bring together partners from across regions.

(105 ILCS 5/22-45)

Sec. 22-45. Illinois P-20 Council.

(a) The General Assembly finds that preparing Illinoisans for success in school and the workplace requires a continuum of quality education from preschool through graduate school. This State needs a framework to guide education policy and integrate education at every level. A statewide coordinating council to study and make recommendations concerning education at all levels can avoid fragmentation of policies, promote improved teaching and learning, and continue to cultivate and demonstrate strong accountability and efficiency. Establishing an Illinois P-20 Council will develop a statewide agenda that will move the State towards the common goals of improving academic achievement, increasing college access and success, improving use of existing data and measurements, developing improved accountability, fostering innovative approaches to education, promoting lifelong learning, easing the transition to college, and reducing remediation. A pre-kindergarten through grade 20 agenda will strengthen this State's economic competitiveness by producing a highly-skilled workforce. In addition, lifelong learning plans will enhance this State's ability to leverage funding.

(b) There is created the Illinois P-20 Council. The Illinois P-20 Council shall include all of the following members:

(1) The Governor or his or her designee, to serve as chairperson.

(2) Four members of the General Assembly, one appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, one appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, one appointed by the President of the Senate, and one appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

(3) Six at-large members appointed by the Governor as follows, with 2 members being from the City of Chicago, 2 members being from Lake County, McHenry County, Kane County, DuPage County, Will County, or that part of Cook County outside of the City of Chicago, and 2 members being from the remainder of the State:

(A) one representative of civic leaders;

(B) one representative of local government;

(C) one representative of trade unions;

(D) one representative of nonprofit organizations or foundations;

(E) one representative of parents' organizations; and

(F) one education research expert.

(4) Five members appointed by statewide business organizations and business trade associations.

(5) Six members appointed by statewide professional organizations and associations representing pre-kindergarten through grade 20 teachers, community college faculty, and public university faculty.

(6) Two members appointed by associations representing local school administrators and school board members. One of these members must be a special education administrator.

(7) One member representing community colleges, appointed by the Illinois Council of Community College Presidents.

(8) One member representing 4-year independent colleges and universities, appointed by a statewide organization representing private institutions of higher learning.

(9) One member representing public 4-year universities, appointed jointly by the university presidents and chancellors.

(10) Ex-officio members as follows:

(A) The State Superintendent of Education or his or her designee.

(B) The Executive Director of the Board of Higher Education or his or her designee.

(C) The Executive Director of the Illinois Community College Board or his or her designee.

(D) The Executive Director of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or his or her designee.

(E) The Co-chairpersons of the Illinois Workforce Investment Board or their designee.

(F) The Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity or his or her designee.

(G) The Chairperson of the Illinois Early Learning Council or his or her designee.

(H) The President of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy or his or her designee.

(I) The president of an association representing educators of adult learners or his or her designee. Ex-officio members shall have no vote on the Illinois P-20 Council.

Appointed members shall serve for staggered terms expiring on July 1 of the first, second, or third calendar year following their appointments or until their successors are appointed and have qualified. Staggered terms shall be determined by lot at the organizing meeting of the Illinois P-20 Council.

Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments, and any member so appointed shall serve during the remainder of the term for which the vacancy occurred.

(c) The Illinois P-20 Council shall be funded through State appropriations to support staff activities, research, data-collection, and dissemination. The Illinois P-20 Council shall be staffed by the Office of the Governor, in coordination with relevant State agencies, boards, and commissions. The Illinois Education Research Council shall provide research and coordinate research collection activities for the Illinois P-20 Council.

(d) The Illinois P-20 Council shall have all of the following duties:

(1) To make recommendations to do all of the following:

(A) Coordinate pre-kindergarten through grade 20 (graduate school) education in this State through working at the intersections of educational systems to promote collaborative infrastructure.

(B) Coordinate and leverage strategies, actions, legislation, policies, and resources of all stakeholders to support fundamental and lasting improvement in this State's public schools, community colleges, and universities.

(C) Better align the high school curriculum with postsecondary expectations.

(D) Better align assessments across all levels of education.

(E) Reduce the need for students entering institutions of higher education to take remedial courses.

(F) Smooth the transition from high school to college.

(G) Improve high school and college graduation rates.

(H) Improve the rigor and relevance of academic standards for college and workforce readiness.

(I) Better align college and university teaching programs with the needs of Illinois schools.

(2) To advise the Governor, the General Assembly, the State's education and higher education agencies, and the State's workforce and economic development boards and agencies on policies related to lifelong learning for Illinois students and families.

(3) To articulate a framework for systemic educational improvement and innovation that will enable every student to meet or exceed Illinois learning standards and be well-prepared to succeed in the workforce and community.

(4) To provide an estimated fiscal impact for implementation of all Council recommendations.

(e) The chairperson of the Illinois P-20 Council may authorize the creation of working groups focusing on areas of interest to Illinois educational and workforce development, including without limitation the following areas:

(1) Preparation, recruitment, and certification of highly qualified teachers.

(2) Mentoring and induction of highly qualified teachers.

(3) The diversity of highly qualified teachers.

(4) Funding for highly qualified teachers, including developing a strategic and collaborative plan to seek federal and private grants to support initiatives targeting teacher preparation and its impact on student achievement.

(5) Highly effective administrators.

(6) Illinois birth through age 3 education, pre-kindergarten, and early childhood education.

(7) The assessment, alignment, outreach, and network of college and workforce readiness efforts.

(8) Alternative routes to college access.

(9) Research data and accountability.

(10) Community schools, community participation, and other innovative approaches to education that foster community partnerships.

(11) Tuition, financial aid, and other issues related to keeping postsecondary education affordable for Illinois residents.

The chairperson of the Illinois P-20 Council may designate Council members to serve as working group chairpersons. Working groups may invite organizations and individuals representing pre-kindergarten through grade 20 interests to participate in discussions, data collection, and dissemination.

(f) The Illinois P-20 Council must create an ad hoc workgroup to establish a unified State approach to defining priority industry and occupational areas across public education and workforce funding streams. No later than September 30, 2019, for inclusion in the State's federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act plan and federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act plan, the workgroup must issue a report to the State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, and Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that includes all of the following:

(1) Examines:

(A) which industries and occupational areas have high employment demand;

(B) which industries and occupational areas pay a family-sustaining wage, both for entry-level employment and over the course of a career, especially for those with barriers to employment;

(C) which occupational areas require a highly skilled workforce, necessitating investments in training for those skills;

(D) which occupational areas enable a worker to earn progressively higher wages and provide sufficient opportunities for advancement over the course of a career; and

(E) which occupational areas address a critical societal need, such as teachers and law enforcement, including situations in which the wages for those occupational areas are lower than for other areas.

(2) Identifies data sources and methodologies that include long-term projections, real-time data, direct employer input, and regional stakeholder input.

(3) Publishes priorities for the State as a whole and each economic development region, with the ability for further local refinement of proposed priorities.

(4) Specifies how the priority areas should be considered with respect to the federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, and other State and federal funding sources.

(5) Outlines recommendations for ongoing periodic re-evaluation of the items examined in paragraph (1) to reflect changes in occupational demands.

(Source: P.A. 98-463, eff. 8-16-13; 98-719, eff. 1-1-15; 99-643, eff. 1-1-17.)

Section 10. The Vocational Education Act is amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

(105 ILCS 435/2) (from Ch. 122, par. 697)

Sec. 2. Upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975 and thereafter, any reference in this Act or any other Illinois statute to the Board of Vocational Education and Rehabilitation, as such reference pertains to vocational and technical education, means and refers to the State Board of Education. Notwithstanding the provisions of any Act or statute to the contrary, upon the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1975, the State Board of Education shall assume all powers and duties pertaining to vocational and technical education. The State Board of Education shall be responsible for policy and guidelines pertaining to vocational and technical education and shall exercise the following powers and duties:

(a) to co-operate with the federal government in the administration of the provisions of the Federal Vocational Education Law, to the extent and in the manner therein provided;

(b) to promote and aid in the establishment of schools and classes of the types and standards provided for in the plans of the Board, as approved by the federal government, and to co-operate with State agencies maintaining such schools or classes and with State and local school authorities in the maintenance of such schools and classes;

(c) to conduct and prepare investigations and studies in relation to vocational education and to publish the results of such investigations and studies;

(d) to promulgate reasonable rules and regulations relating to vocational and technical education;

(e) to report, in writing, to the Governor annually on or before the fourteenth day of January. The annual report shall contain (1) a statement to the extent to which vocational education has been established and maintained in the State; (2) a statement of the existing condition of vocational education in the State; (3) a statement of suggestions and recommendations with reference to the development of vocational education in the State; (4) (blank); and (5) an itemized statement of the amounts of money received from Federal and State sources, and of the objects and purposes to which the respective items of these several amounts have been devoted;

(f) to make such reports to the federal government as may be required by the provisions of the Federal Vocational Education Law, and by the rules and regulations of the federal agency administering the Federal Vocational Education Law; and

(g) to make grants subject to appropriation and to administer and promulgate rules and regulations to implement a vocational equipment program. The use of such grant funds shall be limited to obtaining equipment for vocational education programs, school shops and laboratories. The State Board of Education shall adopt appropriate regulations to administer this paragraph; .

(h) to consult annually with the Illinois P-20 Council about its allocation of federal Perkins Basic State Grant funds and to describe its allocation of those funds in its annual budget book;

(i) to amend its State plan submitted to the United States Department of Education under the federal Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 to allocate career and technical education funds under a methodology that incentivizes attainment of College and Career Pathway Endorsements, enrollment in courses in priority occupational areas, and equitable access to courses; and

(j) to annually report enrollment and completion data by career and technical education participants, career and technical education concentrators, and College and Career Pathway Endorsements. The report must specify the enrollments and completions for each of the national career clusters and endorsement areas.

(Source: P.A. 95-793, eff. 1-1-09; 96-328, eff. 8-11-09.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.".