(730 ILCS 5/3-9-1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-9-1)
Sec. 3-9-1. Educational Programs. (a) The Department of Juvenile Justice, subject to appropriation and with the cooperation of other State agencies that work with children, shall establish programming, the components of which shall include, but are not limited to: (1) Case management services. (2) Treatment modalities, including substance abuse | ||
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(3) Prevocational education and career education | ||
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(4) Diagnostic evaluation services/Medical screening. (5) Educational services. (6) Self-sufficiency planning. (7) Independent living skills. (8) Parenting skills. (9) Recreational and leisure time activities. (10) Program evaluation. (11) Medical services.
(b) All institutions or facilities housing persons of such age as to be
subject to compulsory school attendance shall establish an educational
program to provide such persons the opportunity to attain an elementary and
secondary school education equivalent to the completion of the twelfth
grade in the public school systems of this State; and, in furtherance
thereof, shall utilize assistance from local public school districts and
State agencies in established curricula and staffing such program.
(c) All institutions or facilities housing persons not subject to
compulsory school attendance shall make available programs and training to
provide such persons an opportunity to attain an elementary and secondary
school education equivalent to the completion of the twelfth grade in the
public school systems of this State; and, in furtherance thereof, such
institutions or facilities may utilize assistance from local public school
districts and State agencies in creating curricula and staffing the
program.
(d) The Department of Juvenile Justice shall develop and establish a suicide
reduction program in all institutions or facilities housing persons
committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice. The program shall be designed to
increase the life coping skills and self esteem of juvenile offenders and
to decrease their propensity to commit self destructive acts.
(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06 .)
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(730 ILCS 5/3-9-2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1003-9-2)
Sec. 3-9-2. Work Training Programs.
(a) The Department of Juvenile Justice, in conjunction with the private
sector, may establish and offer work training to develop
work habits and equip persons committed to it with marketable skills to
aid in their community placement upon release. Committed persons
participating in this program shall be paid wages similar to those of
comparable jobs in the surrounding community. A portion of the wages
earned shall go to the Department of Juvenile Justice to pay part of the committed
person's room and board, a portion shall be deposited into the Violent
Crime Victim's Assistance Fund to assist victims of crime, and the
remainder shall be placed into a savings account for the committed person
which shall be given to the committed person upon release. The Department
shall promulgate rules to regulate the distribution of the wages earned.
(b) The Department of Juvenile Justice may establish programs of incentive by
achievement, participation in which shall be on a voluntary basis, to sell
goods or services to the public with the net earnings distributed to the
program participants subject to rules of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
(Source: P.A. 94-696, eff. 6-1-06 .)
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