Sen. Deanna Demuzio
Filed: 4/8/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 768 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 768 by replacing 
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everything after the enacting clause with the following:

 
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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 
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learning activities, including vocational training, and (iv)

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independent living, community participation, adult services, 
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and other
post-secondary activities; and

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    (e) provide periodic in-service training to consumers in 
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developing and
improving awareness of transition services; 
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and .

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    (f) develop a comprehensive plan to increase the 
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availability of school personnel in this State with LBS II - 
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Transition Specialist certification and implement this plan 
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beginning no later than September 1, 2006.

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(Source: P.A. 92-452, eff. 8-21-01.)".