Section 1300.205  License Selection Criteria

a)         Each application shall address all criteria and measures as set forth in this Subpart.  The failure by an applicant to address all of the required criteria and measures will result in the application being returned to the applicant. If all materials, documentations, fees and information required by the application form are not submitted, the application shall be returned to the applicant along with a deficiency notice from the Department. The applicant shall then have 10 calendar days from the date of the deficiency notice to resubmit the application in its entirety. Applications that are still incomplete after this opportunity to cure will not be scored and will be returned to the applicant.

b)         The required criteria and measures shall include the following, with each criteria accounting for up to the indicated maximum number of the total points available for each criteria, for a total of 1000 points:

1)         Experience and credentials of the applicant's faculty (200 points);

2)         Student population that is more than 50% low-income in each of the past 4 years (200 points);

3)         Security plan, including a requirement that all cannabis plants be in an enclosed, locked facility (200 points);

4)         Curriculum plan, including processing and testing curriculum for the Career in Cannabis Certificate (200 points);

5)         Career advising and job placement plan for participating students (200 points). [410 ILCS 705/25-10(b)]

c)         The top-scoring applicants, as determined by subsection (b), that receive a minimum of 60% of available points will be issued licenses by the Department.

d)         In the event that 2 or more qualified applicants for a Community College Cannabis Vocational Pilot Program license receive the same total score, the Department will distribute the remaining available licenses by lot:

1)         The drawing by lot for all remaining available licenses will occur on the same day; and

2)         The process for distributing remaining available licenses will be recorded by the Department in a format of its discretion.