99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB5710
 
Introduced , by Rep. Joe Sosnowski
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
105 ILCS 5/22-28 new

     Amends the School Code.  Provides that, upon request of an alternative higher learning institution, the school board of Rockford School District 205 may award a diploma to any person who has not received a high school diploma but has received a high school equivalency certificate from the alternative higher learning institution, with conditions.  Provides for rulemaking.
  


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A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by adding Section 
522-28 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/22-28 new)
7    Sec. 22-28. High school equivalency certificate recipient; 
8diploma.
9    (a)  Upon request of an alternative higher learning 
10institution, the school board of Rockford School District 205 
11may award a diploma to any person who:
12        (1) has not received a high school diploma but has 
13    received a high school equivalency certificate under 
14    Section 3-15.12 of this Code from the alternative higher 
15    learning institution if the certificate was issued after 
16    the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 99th 
17    General Assembly and the institution is acceptable to the 
18    school board; and
19        (2) meets any other requirements that the school board 
20    may establish, including any course prerequisites.
21    (b)  The State Board of Education and the Illinois Community 
22College Board may adopt any rules necessary to implement this 
23Section.