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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 
52-3.163 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/2-3.163 new)
7    Sec. 2-3.163. Career and technical education incentive 
8grants.
9    (a) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose, 
10the State Board of Education shall:
11        (1) annually confer and reach agreement with the 
12    Illinois Community College Board and the Department of 
13    Employment Security to identify industries and occupations 
14    within this State that face workforce shortages or 
15    shortages of adequately trained, entry-level workers;
16        (2) annually notify school districts of the identified 
17    industries and occupations and make this information 
18    available on its Internet website; and
19        (3) approve industry-recognized certification programs 
20    designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the 
21    industries or occupations identified under item (1) of this 
22    subsection (a).
23    (b) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose, 
 
 
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1the Illinois Community College Board shall:
2        (1) annually confer and reach agreement with the State 
3    Board of Education and the Department of Employment 
4    Security to identify industries and occupations
within 
5    this State that face workforce shortages or shortages of 
6    adequately trained, entry-level workers;
7        (2) annually notify community college districts of the 
8    identified
industries and occupations and make this 
9    information available on its Internet website; and
10        (3) approve industry-recognized certification programs

11    designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the

12    industries or occupations identified under item (1) of this

13    subsection (b). 
14    (c) Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the State 
15Board of Education shall annually award incentive grants from 
16funds appropriated for that purpose to  school districts and 
17community college districts in which pupils are able to enroll 
18in a certification program under item (3) of subsection (a)  or 
19item (3) of subsection (b) of this Section, in the amount of 
20$1,000 per pupil for each pupil who, in the prior school year, 
21obtained a high school diploma or a technical education high 
22school diploma from a public high school if:
23        (1) the school district has an industry-recognized 
24    certification program approved under item (3) of 
25    subsection (a) of this Section or the community college 
26    district has an industry-recognized certification program 
 
 
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1    approved under item (3) of subsection (b) of this Section; 
2    and
3        (2) the pupil successfully completed the 
4    industry-recognized certification program in any school 
5    year in which the program was approved by the State Board 
6    of Education or the Illinois Community College Board.
7    (d) If the funds appropriated in any fiscal year are 
8insufficient to pay the full amount under subsection (c) of 
9this Section, the State Board of Education shall prorate the 
10amount of its payments among school districts eligible for an 
11incentive grant under this Section.
 
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 
132016.