101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5238
 
Introduced , by Rep. Lindsey LaPointe
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
110 ILCS 152/25

     Amends the Illinois Articulation Initiative Act. Requires the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois Community College Board to provide increased access to higher education for students with intellectual disabilities by incorporating vocational training, continuing education certificates, individualized learning paths, life skills, and significantly modified curricula into the Illinois Articulation Initiative. Effective immediately.
  


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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 Illinois Articulation Initiative Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 25 as follows:
 
6    (110 ILCS 152/25)

7    Sec. 25. Board of Higher Education and the Illinois 
8Community College Board duties.

9    (a)   The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois 
10Community College Board shall co-manage the implementation, 
11oversight, and evaluation of the Illinois Articulation 
12Initiative, including determining when panels must be 
13discontinued or convened and the specific requirements of the 
14General Education Core Curriculum.  Panels must be convened 
15across the fields of General Education, Communications, 
16Humanities and Fine Arts, Life Sciences, Physical Sciences, 
17Social and Behavioral Sciences, Mathematics, and other fields 
18as determined by the Board of Higher Education and the Illinois 
19Community College Board.
20    (b)   The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois 
21Community College Board shall provide a joint report on an 
22annual basis to the General Assembly, the Governor, and the 
23Illinois P-20 Council on the status of the Illinois 
 
 
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1Articulation Initiative and the implementation of this Act.

2    (c) The Board of Higher Education and the Illinois 
3Community College Board shall provide increased access to 
4higher education for students with intellectual disabilities 
5by incorporating vocational training, continuing education 
6certificates, individualized learning paths, life skills, and 
7significantly modified curricula into the Illinois 
8Articulation Initiative.
9(Source: P.A. 99-636, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
11becoming law.