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years of age or older who is unable to attend school because he |
is a father of
one or more children; (f) a person who is |
successfully completing an
alternative education program under |
Section 2-3.81, Article 13A,
or Article 13B; (g) a
person who |
is
enrolled in a youth education program sponsored by the |
Illinois National
Guard; or (h) a person who is 17 years of age |
or older who has been a dropout
for a period of at least one |
year.
For purposes of this Section, residence is that abode |
which the applicant
considers his home. Applicants may provide |
as sufficient proof of such
residence a picture identification |
card and two pieces of correctly addressed
and postmarked mail. |
Such regional superintendent shall determine if the
applicant |
meets statutory and regulatory state standards. If qualified |
the
applicant shall at the time of such application pay a fee |
established by the
Illinois Community College Board
State Board |
of Education, which fee shall be paid into a special
fund
under |
the control and supervision of the regional superintendent. |
Such moneys
received by the regional superintendent shall be |
used, first, for the
expenses incurred
in administering and |
scoring the examination, and next for other educational
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programs that are developed and designed by the regional |
superintendent of
schools to assist those who successfully |
complete the high school level test of
General Education |
Development in furthering their academic development or
their |
ability to secure and retain gainful employment, including |
programs for
the competitive award based on test scores of |
college or adult education
scholarship grants or similar |
educational incentives. Any excess moneys shall
be paid into |
the institute fund.
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Any applicant who has achieved the minimum passing |
standards as
established by the
Illinois Community College |
Board
State Board of Education shall be
notified in writing by |
the regional superintendent and shall be
issued a high school |
equivalency certificate on the forms provided by the
Illinois |
Community College Board
State Superintendent of Education. The |
regional superintendent shall
then certify to the Illinois |
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Community College Board
Office of the State Superintendent of |
Education
the score of the applicant and such other and |
additional information
that may be required by the Illinois |
Community College Board
State Superintendent of Education. The
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moneys received therefrom shall be used in the same manner as |
provided
for in this Section.
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Any applicant who has attained the age of 18 years and |
maintained
residence in the State of Illinois and is not a high |
school graduate but
whose high school class has graduated,
or
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any ward of the Department of
Corrections who has attained the |
age of 17 years, any inmate confined in any
branch of the |
Illinois State Penitentiary or in a county correctional |
facility
who has attained the age of 17 years, or any member of |
the armed forces of the
United States on active duty who has |
attained the age of 17 years and who is
stationed in Illinois |
or is a legal resident of Illinois, or any female who has
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attained the age of 17 years and is either pregnant or the |
mother of one or
more children, or any male who has attained |
the age of 17 years and is the
father of one or more children, |
or any person who has successfully completed
an
alternative |
education program under Section 2-3.81,
Article 13A, or Article |
13B and meets
the requirements prescribed by the
State Board of |
Education, is eligible to apply for a high school equivalency
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certificate (if he or she meets the requirements prescribed by |
the Illinois Community College Board) upon showing evidence |
that he or she has completed, successfully, the high
school |
level General Educational Development Tests, administered by |
the United
States Armed Forces Institute, official GED Centers |
established in other
states, or at Veterans' Administration |
Hospitals or the office of the State
Superintendent of |
Education administered for the Illinois State Penitentiary
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System and the Department of Corrections. Such applicant shall |
apply to the
regional superintendent of the region wherein he |
has maintained residence, and
upon payment of a fee established |
by the Illinois Community College Board
State Board of |
Education
the regional superintendent shall issue a high school
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equivalency certificate, and immediately thereafter certify to |
the Illinois Community College Board
State
Superintendent of |
Education the score of the applicant and such other and
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additional information as may be required by the Illinois |
Community College Board
State Superintendent of
Education.
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Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any |
applicant who has
been out of school for at least one year may |
request the regional
superintendent of schools to administer |
the restricted GED test upon
written request of: The director |
of a program who certifies to the Chief
Examiner of an official |
GED center that the applicant has completed a
program of |
instruction provided by such agencies as the Job Corps, the
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Postal Service Academy or apprenticeship training program; an |
employer
or program director for purposes of entry into |
apprenticeship programs;
another State Department of Education |
in order to meet regulations
established by that Department of |
Education, a post high school
educational institution for |
purposes of admission, the Department of
Professional |
Regulation for licensing purposes, or the Armed Forces
for |
induction purposes. The regional superintendent shall |
administer
such test and the applicant shall be notified in |
writing that he is
eligible to receive the Illinois High School |
Equivalency Certificate
upon reaching age 18, provided he meets |
the standards established by the Illinois Community College |
Board
State Board of Education.
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Any test administered under this Section to an applicant |
who does not
speak and understand English may at the discretion |
of the administering
agency be given and answered in any |
language in which the test is
printed. The regional |
superintendent of schools may waive any fees required
by this |
Section in case of hardship.
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In counties of over 3,000,000 population a GED certificate
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issued on or after July 1,
1994 shall contain the signatures of |
the President of the Illinois Community College Board
State
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Superintendent of Education, the superintendent, president or |
other chief
executive officer of the institution where GED |
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instruction occurred and any
other signatures authorized by the |
Illinois Community College Board
State Superintendent of |
Education.
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The regional superintendent of schools shall furnish the |
Illinois
Community College Board with any information that the |
Illinois
Community College Board requests with regard to |
testing and certificates under this
Section.
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(Source: P.A. 92-42, eff. 1-1-02.)
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Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by
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adding Sections 2-21 and 2-22 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 805/2-21 new)
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Sec. 2-21. High school equivalency testing. On the |
effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
Assembly, all powers and
duties of the State Board of Education |
and State Superintendent of
Education with regard to high |
school equivalency testing under the
School Code shall be |
transferred to the Illinois Community College
Board. Within a |
reasonable period of time after that date, all assets, |
liabilities, contracts, property, records, pending business, |
and unexpended appropriations of the State Board of Education |
with regard to high school equivalency testing shall be |
transferred to the Illinois Community College Board. The |
Illinois Community College Board may adopt any rules
necessary |
to carry out its responsibilities under the School Code with
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regard to high school equivalency testing. All rules, |
standards, and
procedures adopted by the State Board of |
Education under the
School Code with regard to high school |
equivalency testing shall
continue in effect as the rules, |
standards, and procedures of the
Illinois Community College |
Board, until they are modified by the
Illinois Community |
College Board.
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(110 ILCS 805/2-22 new)
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Sec. 2-22. High school equivalency certificates. On the |
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effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 94th General |
Assembly, all powers and
duties of the State Board of Education |
and State Superintendent of
Education with regard to high |
school equivalency certificates under the
School Code shall be |
transferred to the Illinois Community College
Board. Within a |
reasonable period of time after that date, all assets, |
liabilities, contracts, property, records, pending business, |
and unexpended appropriations of the State Board of Education |
with regard to high school equivalency certificates shall be |
transferred to the Illinois Community College Board. The |
Illinois Community College Board may adopt any rules
necessary |
to carry out its responsibilities under the School Code with
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regard to high school equivalency certificates and to carry |
into efficient and uniform effect the provisions for the |
issuance of high school equivalency certificates in this State. |
All rules, standards, and
procedures adopted by the State Board |
of Education under the
School Code with regard to high school |
equivalency certificates shall
continue in effect as the rules, |
standards, and procedures of the
Illinois Community College |
Board, until they are modified by the
Illinois Community |
College Board.
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(105 ILCS 5/2-3.34 rep.) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.34)
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Section 15. The School Code is amended by repealing Section |
2-3.34.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law. |