HB5732 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5732

Introduced 2/16/2012, by Rep. Esther Golar

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

730 ILCS 5/3-6-8

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Requires the GED program that the Department of Corrections administers for inmates to provide for the acceptance of GED credits earned while the inmate is not in the custody of the Department, including, but not limited to, credits earned while incarcerated in a county jail.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning criminal law.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Unified Code of Corrections is amended by changing Section 3-6-8 as follows:

(730 ILCS 5/3-6-8)

Sec. 3-6-8. General Educational Development (GED) programs. The Department of Corrections shall develop and establish a program in the Adult Division designed to increase the number of committed persons enrolled in programs for the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and pursuing GED certificates by at least 100% over the 4-year period following the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly. The program shall provide for the acceptance of GED credits earned by the inmate while not in the custody of the Department, including, but not limited to, credits earned while incarcerated in a county jail. Pursuant to the program, each adult institution and facility shall report annually to the Director of Corrections on the number of committed persons enrolled in GED programs and those who pass the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED), and the number of committed persons in the Adult Division who are on waiting lists for participation in the GED programs.

(Source: P.A. 94-128, eff. 7-7-05; 94-744, eff. 5-8-06.)