Sen. Deanna Demuzio

Filed: 4/8/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 768

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 768 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Interagency Coordinating Council Act is
5 amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
 
6     (20 ILCS 3970/3)  (from Ch. 127, par. 3833)
7     Sec. 3. Scope and Functions. The Interagency Coordinating
8 Council shall:
9     (a) gather and coordinate data on services for secondary
10 age youth with disabilities in transition from school to
11 employment, post-secondary education and training, and
12 community living;
13     (b) provide information, consultation, and technical
14 assistance to State and local agencies and local school
15 districts involved in the delivery of services to youth with
16 disabilities in transition from secondary school programs to
17 employment and other post-secondary programs;
18     (c) assist State and local agencies and school districts,
19 through local transition planning committees, in establishing
20 interagency agreements to assure the necessary services for
21 efficient and appropriate transition from school to
22 employment, post-secondary education and training, and
23 community living;
24     (d) conduct an annual statewide evaluation of student

 

 

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1 transition outcomes and needs from information collected from
2 local transition planning committees, school districts, and
3 other appropriate sources; indicators used to evaluate
4 outcomes shall include (i) high school graduation or passage of
5 the Test of General Educational Development, (ii)
6 participation in post-secondary education, including
7 continuing and adult education, (iii) involvement in
8 integrated employment, supported employment, and work-based
9 learning activities, including vocational training, and (iv)
10 independent living, community participation, adult services,
11 and other post-secondary activities; and
12     (e) provide periodic in-service training to consumers in
13 developing and improving awareness of transition services;
14 and .
15     (f) develop a comprehensive plan to increase the
16 availability of school personnel in this State with LBS II -
17 Transition Specialist certification and implement this plan
18 beginning no later than September 1, 2006.
19 (Source: P.A. 92-452, eff. 8-21-01.)".