Public Act 099-0650
 
HB5894 EnrolledLRB099 20359 NHT 44834 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education. 
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Adult Education Act is amended  by changing 
Section 2-4 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 405/2-4)  (from Ch. 122, par. 202-4)



    Sec. 2-4. Area Planning Councils. On or before October 15, 
1982, an Area
Planning Council shall be established within the 
boundaries of each
community college district. A 
representative of each approved adult education provider is 
required to participate on the Area Planning Council.  Other 
members may include:
        (1) regional superintendents of schools;
        (2) representatives of school districts;
        (3) representatives of the community college 
    district's career and technical education program;
        (4) representatives of the community college 
    district's financial aid office;
        (5) representatives of the community college 
    district's student services office;
        (6) representatives of local workforce boards under 
    the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act;
        (7) persons with an interest in adult education 
    services provided within the community college district; 
    and
        (8) persons with an interest in adult education 
    services provided within the Area Planning Council 
    district, including, but not limited to, representatives 
    of social service agencies, businesses and employers, 
    vocational rehabilitation services of the Department of 
    Human Services, and the Department of Employment Security.
Each Area Planning Council must elect officers and develop 
bylaws that indicate the membership of the Council. The Area 
Planning Council chairperson must be a representative of an 
adult education provider approved by the Board.  In areas where 
large multiple-provider Area Planning Councils exist, the 
Board may designate sub-areas within an Area Planning Council 
district to ensure maximum representation of need. The Board 
shall determine the guidelines for the bylaws and operation of 
the Area Planning Council.  Each school district included within 
the
boundaries
of the community college district maintaining 
either grades kindergarten
through 12 or grades 9 through 12; 
each regional superintendent of schools,
the majority of whose 
region
is included within the boundaries of the community 
college district; and
the community college district shall be 
entitled to one representative on
the Area Planning Council.  
Area Planning Councils may elect to form a joint
Area Planning 
Council consisting of 2 or more community college
districts
as 
approved by the Board.  School districts which are not included 
within
the boundaries of a community college district may elect 
to participate
in an Area Planning Council associated with a 
community college district
with the approval of the Board; or 
they may elect to establish an
Area Planning Council which is 
not associated with a community college district
with the 
approval of the Board.

    On or before March 1 of each year each Area Planning 
Council shall submit
an annual Adult Education Plan for the 
area.  The Area Adult Education Plan
shall provide for the 
development and coordination of adult education programs
in the 
area as prescribed by the Board. The Area Adult Education Plan 
must be aligned with Title II of the federal Workforce 
Innovation and Opportunity Act, the State Unified Plan, local 
workforce boards, and one-stop activities and must include 
involvement of the local Board-approved adult education 
workforce board representative. The local adult education 
workforce board representative is responsible for convening 
Area Planning Council chairpersons in a local workforce area to 
provide information
regarding the development of the Area Adult 
Education Plans and related federal Workforce Innovation and 
Opportunity Act activities.  If the Board finds that the annual 
Area Adult Education
Plan submitted by the Area Planning 
Council meets the requirements of this
amendatory
Act of 1982 
and the established standards and guidelines, the Board shall 
approve the Plan.  The approval of adult education
programs
by 
the Board for reimbursement under Section
10-22.20
of the 
School Code shall be based on the Adult Education Plan approved 
for the
Area. The Area Adult Education Plan must be approved 
prior to funding being made available to an Area Planning 
Council district.

    On or before March 1, 2002 and each year thereafter, the 
Board shall submit
an annual report to the Governor and the 
General
Assembly for adult education for the preceding school 
year.  The annual
report shall include a summary of adult 
education needs and programs; the
number of students served, 
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act activities, 
high school equivalency information, credit hours or units of 
instruction, performance data, total adult education 
allocations
costs, and State reimbursement for adult basic 
education, adult secondary education, English language 
acquisition, integrated English literacy, civics education, 
bridge and integrated education
and training programs, and 
vocational
skills programs; the criteria used for program 
approval; and any
recommendations.

(Source: P.A. 91-830, eff. 7-1-01.)

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