Full Text of SB0463 94th General Assembly
SB0463eng 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| AN ACT regarding education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | 3 |
| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Section | 5 |
| 3-15.12 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/3-15.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-15.12)
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| Sec. 3-15.12. High school equivalency testing program. The | 8 |
| regional
superintendent of schools shall make available for | 9 |
| qualified individuals
residing within the region a High School | 10 |
| Equivalency Testing Program.
For that purpose the regional | 11 |
| superintendent alone or with other
regional superintendents | 12 |
| may establish and supervise a testing center or
centers to | 13 |
| administer the secure forms of the high school level Test of
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| General Educational Development to qualified persons. Such | 15 |
| centers
shall be under the supervision of the regional | 16 |
| superintendent in whose
region such centers are located, | 17 |
| subject to the approval
of the
President of the Illinois | 18 |
| Community College Board
State Superintendent of Education .
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| An individual is eligible to apply to the regional | 20 |
| superintendent of schools
for the region in which he resides if | 21 |
| he is: (a) a person who is 18 years
of age or older, has | 22 |
| maintained residence in the State of Illinois and is
not a high | 23 |
| school graduate, but whose high school class has graduated; (b)
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| a member of the armed forces of the United States on active | 25 |
| duty who is 17
years of age or older and who is stationed in | 26 |
| Illinois or is a legal resident
of Illinois; (c) a ward of the | 27 |
| Department of Corrections who is 17 years of age
or older or an | 28 |
| inmate confined in any branch of the Illinois State | 29 |
| Penitentiary
or in a county correctional facility who is 17 | 30 |
| years of age or older; (d) a
female who is 17 years of age or | 31 |
| older who is unable to attend school because
she is either | 32 |
| pregnant or the mother of one or more children; (e) a male 17
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| years of age or older who is unable to attend school because he | 2 |
| is a father of
one or more children; (f) a person who is | 3 |
| successfully completing an
alternative education program under | 4 |
| Section 2-3.81, Article 13A,
or Article 13B; (g) a
person who | 5 |
| is
enrolled in a youth education program sponsored by the | 6 |
| Illinois National
Guard; or (h) a person who is 17 years of age | 7 |
| or older who has been a dropout
for a period of at least one | 8 |
| year.
For purposes of this Section, residence is that abode | 9 |
| which the applicant
considers his home. Applicants may provide | 10 |
| as sufficient proof of such
residence a picture identification | 11 |
| card and two pieces of correctly addressed
and postmarked mail. | 12 |
| Such regional superintendent shall determine if the
applicant | 13 |
| meets statutory and regulatory state standards. If qualified | 14 |
| the
applicant shall at the time of such application pay a fee | 15 |
| established by the
Illinois Community College Board
State Board | 16 |
| of Education , which fee shall be paid into a special
fund
under | 17 |
| the control and supervision of the regional superintendent. | 18 |
| Such moneys
received by the regional superintendent shall be | 19 |
| used, first, for the
expenses incurred
in administering and | 20 |
| scoring the examination, and next for other educational
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| programs that are developed and designed by the regional | 22 |
| superintendent of
schools to assist those who successfully | 23 |
| complete the high school level test of
General Education | 24 |
| Development in furthering their academic development or
their | 25 |
| ability to secure and retain gainful employment, including | 26 |
| programs for
the competitive award based on test scores of | 27 |
| college or adult education
scholarship grants or similar | 28 |
| educational incentives. Any excess moneys shall
be paid into | 29 |
| the institute fund.
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| Any applicant who has achieved the minimum passing | 31 |
| standards as
established by the
Illinois Community College | 32 |
| Board
State Board of Education shall be
notified in writing by | 33 |
| the regional superintendent and shall be
issued a high school | 34 |
| equivalency certificate on the forms provided by the
State | 35 |
| Superintendent of Education. The regional superintendent shall
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| then certify to the Office of the State Superintendent of |
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| Education
the score of the applicant and such other and | 2 |
| additional information
that may be required by the State | 3 |
| Superintendent of Education. The
moneys received therefrom | 4 |
| shall be used in the same manner as provided
for in this | 5 |
| Section.
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| Any applicant who has attained the age of 18 years and | 7 |
| maintained
residence in the State of Illinois and is not a high | 8 |
| school graduate but
whose high school class has graduated or | 9 |
| any ward of the Department of
Corrections who has attained the | 10 |
| age of 17 years, any inmate confined in any
branch of the | 11 |
| Illinois State Penitentiary or in a county correctional | 12 |
| facility
who has attained the age of 17 years, or any member of | 13 |
| the armed forces of the
United States on active duty who has | 14 |
| attained the age of 17 years and who is
stationed in Illinois | 15 |
| or is a legal resident of Illinois, or any female who has
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| attained the age of 17 years and is either pregnant or the | 17 |
| mother of one or
more children, or any male who has attained | 18 |
| the age of 17 years and is the
father of one or more children, | 19 |
| or any person who has successfully completed
an
alternative | 20 |
| education program under Section 2-3.81,
Article 13A, or Article | 21 |
| 13B and meets
the requirements prescribed by the
State Board of | 22 |
| Education, is eligible to apply for a high school equivalency
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| certificate upon showing evidence that he has completed, | 24 |
| successfully, the high
school level General Educational | 25 |
| Development Tests, administered by the United
States Armed | 26 |
| Forces Institute, official GED Centers established in other
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| states, or at Veterans' Administration Hospitals or the office | 28 |
| of the State
Superintendent of Education administered for the | 29 |
| Illinois State Penitentiary
System and the Department of | 30 |
| Corrections. Such applicant shall apply to the
regional | 31 |
| superintendent of the region wherein he has maintained | 32 |
| residence, and
upon payment of a fee established by the State | 33 |
| Board of Education
the regional superintendent shall issue a | 34 |
| high school
equivalency certificate, and immediately | 35 |
| thereafter certify to the State
Superintendent of Education the | 36 |
| score of the applicant and such other and
additional |
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| information as may be required by the State Superintendent of
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| Education.
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| Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any | 4 |
| applicant who has
been out of school for at least one year may | 5 |
| request the regional
superintendent of schools to administer | 6 |
| the restricted GED test upon
written request of: The director | 7 |
| of a program who certifies to the Chief
Examiner of an official | 8 |
| GED center that the applicant has completed a
program of | 9 |
| instruction provided by such agencies as the Job Corps, the
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| Postal Service Academy or apprenticeship training program; an | 11 |
| employer
or program director for purposes of entry into | 12 |
| apprenticeship programs;
another State Department of Education | 13 |
| in order to meet regulations
established by that Department of | 14 |
| Education, a post high school
educational institution for | 15 |
| purposes of admission, the Department of
Professional | 16 |
| Regulation for licensing purposes, or the Armed Forces
for | 17 |
| induction purposes. The regional superintendent shall | 18 |
| administer
such test and the applicant shall be notified in | 19 |
| writing that he is
eligible to receive the Illinois High School | 20 |
| Equivalency Certificate
upon reaching age 18, provided he meets | 21 |
| the standards established by the
State Board of Education.
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| Any test administered under this Section to an applicant | 23 |
| who does not
speak and understand English may at the discretion | 24 |
| of the administering
agency be given and answered in any | 25 |
| language in which the test is
printed. The regional | 26 |
| superintendent of schools may waive any fees required
by this | 27 |
| Section in case of hardship.
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| In counties of over 3,000,000 population a GED certificate
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| issued on or after July 1, 1994 shall contain the signatures of | 30 |
| the State
Superintendent of Education, the superintendent, | 31 |
| president or other chief
executive officer of the institution | 32 |
| where GED instruction occurred and any
other signatures | 33 |
| authorized by the State Superintendent of Education.
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| The regional superintendent of schools shall furnish the | 35 |
| Illinois
Community College Board with any information that the | 36 |
| Illinois
Community College Board requests with regard to |
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| testing under this
Section.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-42, eff. 1-1-02.)
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| Section 10. The Public Community College Act is amended by
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| adding Section 2-21 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 805/2-21 new)
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| Sec. 2-21. High school equivalency testing. On the | 7 |
| effective date
of this amendatory Act of the 94th General | 8 |
| Assembly, all powers and
duties of the State Board of Education | 9 |
| and State Superintendent of
Education with regard to high | 10 |
| school equivalency testing under the
School Code shall be | 11 |
| transferred to the Illinois Community College
Board. Within a | 12 |
| reasonable period of time after that date, all assets, | 13 |
| liabilities, contracts, property, records, pending business, | 14 |
| and unexpended appropriations of the State Board of Education | 15 |
| with regard to high school equivalency testing shall be | 16 |
| transferred to the Illinois Community College Board. The | 17 |
| Illinois Community College Board may adopt any rules
necessary | 18 |
| to carry out its responsibilities under the School Code with
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| regard to high school equivalency testing. All rules, | 20 |
| standards, and
procedures adopted by the State Board of | 21 |
| Education under the
School Code with regard to high school | 22 |
| equivalency testing shall
continue in effect as the rules, | 23 |
| standards, and procedures of the
Illinois Community College | 24 |
| Board, until they are modified by the
Illinois Community | 25 |
| College Board.
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