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LRB094 05094 NHT 35130 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Interagency Coordinating Council Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
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| (20 ILCS 3970/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 3833)
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| Sec. 3. Scope and Functions. The Interagency Coordinating |
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| Council shall:
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| (a) gather and coordinate data on services for secondary |
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| age youth with
disabilities in transition from school to |
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| employment, post-secondary
education and training, and |
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| community living;
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| (b) provide information, consultation, and technical |
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| assistance to State
and local agencies and local school |
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| districts involved in the delivery of
services to youth with |
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| disabilities in transition from secondary school
programs to |
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| employment and other post-secondary programs;
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| (c) assist State and local agencies and school districts, |
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| through local
transition planning committees, in establishing |
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| interagency agreements to
assure the necessary services for |
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| efficient and appropriate transition from
school to |
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| employment, post-secondary education and training, and |
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| community
living;
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| (d) conduct an annual statewide
evaluation of student |
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| transition outcomes and needs from information
collected
from |
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| local transition planning committees, school districts, and |
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| other
appropriate sources; indicators used to evaluate |
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| outcomes shall include (i)
high
school graduation or passage of |
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| the Test of General Educational Development,
(ii) |
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| participation in post-secondary education, including |
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| continuing and adult
education, (iii) involvement in |
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| integrated employment, supported employment,
and work-based |