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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
5 | | 10-22.20 as follows:
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6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20)
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7 | | Sec. 10-22.20. Classes for adults and youths whose |
8 | | schooling has
been interrupted; conditions for State |
9 | | reimbursement; use of child
care facilities. |
10 | | (a) To establish special classes for the instruction (1)
of |
11 | | persons of age 21 years or over and (2) of persons less than |
12 | | age 21
and not otherwise in attendance in public school, for |
13 | | the purpose of
providing adults in the community and youths |
14 | | whose schooling has been
interrupted with such additional basic |
15 | | education, vocational skill
training, and other instruction as |
16 | | may be necessary to increase their
qualifications for |
17 | | employment or other means of self-support and their
ability to |
18 | | meet their responsibilities as citizens, including courses of
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19 | | instruction regularly accepted for graduation from elementary |
20 | | or high
schools and for Americanization and high school |
21 | | equivalency testing review classes.
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22 | | The board shall pay the necessary expenses of such classes |
23 | | out of
school funds of the district, including costs of student |
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1 | | transportation
and such facilities or provision for child-care |
2 | | as may be necessary in
the judgment of the board to permit |
3 | | maximum utilization of the courses
by students with children, |
4 | | and other special needs of the students
directly related to |
5 | | such instruction. The expenses thus incurred shall
be subject |
6 | | to State reimbursement, as provided in Section 2-12.5 of the |
7 | | Public Community College Act this Section . The
board may make a |
8 | | tuition charge for persons taking instruction who are
not |
9 | | subject to State reimbursement, such tuition charge not to |
10 | | exceed
the per capita cost of such classes.
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11 | | The cost of such instruction, including the additional |
12 | | expenses herein
authorized, incurred for recipients of |
13 | | financial aid under the Illinois
Public Aid Code, or for |
14 | | persons for whom education and training aid has been
authorized |
15 | | under Section 9-8 of that Code, shall be assumed in its |
16 | | entirety
from funds appropriated by the State to the Illinois |
17 | | Community College
Board as provided in Section 2-12.5 of the |
18 | | Public Community College Act .
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19 | | (b) The
Illinois Community College Board shall establish
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20 | | the standards for the
courses of instruction reimbursed
under |
21 | | this Section. The Illinois Community College Board shall |
22 | | supervise the
administration of the programs. The Illinois |
23 | | Community College Board shall
determine the cost
of instruction |
24 | | in accordance with standards established by the Illinois
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25 | | Community College Board, including therein
other incidental |
26 | | costs as herein authorized, which shall serve as the basis of
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1 | | State reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of the |
2 | | Public Community College Act this Section . In the
approval of |
3 | | programs and the determination of the cost of instruction, the
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4 | | Illinois Community College Board shall provide
for the maximum |
5 | | utilization of federal
funds for such programs.
The Illinois |
6 | | Community College Board shall also provide for:
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7 | | (1) the development of an index of need for program |
8 | | planning and for area
funding allocations, as defined by |
9 | | the Illinois Community College Board;
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10 | | (2) the method for calculating hours of instruction, as |
11 | | defined by the
Illinois Community College Board, claimable
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12 | | for reimbursement and a method to phase in
the calculation |
13 | | and for adjusting the calculations in cases where the |
14 | | services
of a program are interrupted due to circumstances |
15 | | beyond the control of the
program provider;
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16 | | (3) a plan for the reallocation of funds to increase |
17 | | the amount allocated
for grants based upon program |
18 | | performance as set forth in subsection (d) below;
and
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19 | | (4) the development of standards for determining |
20 | | grants based upon
performance as set forth in subsection |
21 | | (d) below and a plan for the phased-in
implementation of |
22 | | those standards.
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23 | | For instruction provided by school districts and community |
24 | | college
districts beginning July 1, 1996 and thereafter, |
25 | | reimbursement
provided by
the Illinois Community College Board |
26 | | for
classes authorized by this Section
shall be provided from
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1 | | funds appropriated for the reimbursement criteria set forth in |
2 | | subsection (c)
below.
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3 | | (c) (Blank). Upon the annual approval of the Illinois |
4 | | Community College Board, reimbursement
shall be first provided |
5 | | for transportation, child care services, and other
special |
6 | | needs of the students directly related to instruction and then |
7 | | from the
funds remaining
an amount equal to the product of the |
8 | | total credit hours or units
of instruction approved by the |
9 | | Illinois Community College Board, multiplied by the
following:
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10 | | (1) For adult basic education, the maximum |
11 | | reimbursement per
credit hour
or per unit of instruction |
12 | | shall be equal to (i) through fiscal year 2017, the general |
13 | | state aid per pupil
foundation level established in |
14 | | subsection (B) of Section 18-8.05, divided by
60, or (ii) |
15 | | in fiscal year 2018 and thereafter, the prior fiscal year |
16 | | reimbursement level multiplied by the Consumer Price Index |
17 | | for All Urban Consumers for all items published by the |
18 | | United States Department of Labor;
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19 | | (2) The maximum reimbursement per credit hour or per |
20 | | unit of
instruction
in subparagraph (1) above shall be |
21 | | weighted for students enrolled in classes
defined as |
22 | | vocational skills and
approved
by the Illinois Community |
23 | | College Board by
1.25;
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24 | | (3) The maximum reimbursement per credit hour or per |
25 | | unit of
instruction
in subparagraph (1) above shall be |
26 | | multiplied by .90 for students enrolled in
classes defined |
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1 | | as adult
secondary
education programs and approved by the |
2 | | Illinois Community College Board;
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3 | | (4) (Blank); and
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4 | | (5) Funding
for program years after 1999-2000 shall be |
5 | | determined by the Illinois
Community College Board.
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6 | | (d) (Blank). Upon its annual approval, the Illinois |
7 | | Community College Board
shall provide grants to eligible |
8 | | programs for supplemental
activities to improve or expand |
9 | | services under the Adult Education Act.
Eligible programs shall |
10 | | be determined based upon performance outcomes of
students in |
11 | | the programs as set by the Illinois Community College Board.
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12 | | (e) (Blank). Reimbursement under this Section shall not |
13 | | exceed
the actual costs of the approved program.
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14 | | If the amount appropriated to the Illinois Community |
15 | | College Board for
reimbursement under this Section is less than |
16 | | the amount required under
this Act, the apportionment shall
be |
17 | | proportionately reduced.
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18 | | School districts and community college districts may |
19 | | assess students up
to $3.00 per credit hour, for classes other |
20 | | than Adult Basic Education level
programs, if needed to meet |
21 | | program costs.
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22 | | (f) (Blank). An education plan shall be established for |
23 | | each adult or youth
whose
schooling has been interrupted and |
24 | | who is participating in the
instructional programs provided |
25 | | under this Section.
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26 | | Each school board and community college shall keep an |
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1 | | accurate and
detailed account of the
students assigned to and |
2 | | receiving instruction under this Section who
are subject to |
3 | | State reimbursement and shall submit reports of services
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4 | | provided commencing with fiscal year 1997 as required by the |
5 | | Illinois
Community College Board.
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6 | | For classes authorized under this Section, a credit hour or |
7 | | unit of
instruction is equal to 15 hours of direct instruction |
8 | | for students
enrolled in approved adult education programs at |
9 | | midterm and making
satisfactory progress, in accordance with |
10 | | standards established by the Illinois Community College Board.
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11 | | (g) (Blank). Upon proof submitted to the Illinois
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12 | | Department of Human Services of the payment of all claims |
13 | | submitted under
this Section, that Department shall apply for |
14 | | federal funds made
available therefor and any federal funds so |
15 | | received shall
be paid into the General Revenue Fund in the |
16 | | State Treasury.
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17 | | School districts or community colleges providing classes |
18 | | under this Section
shall submit applications to the Illinois |
19 | | Community College Board for
preapproval in accordance with the |
20 | | standards established by the Illinois
Community College Board. |
21 | | Payments shall be made by the Illinois Community
College Board |
22 | | based upon approved programs. Interim expenditure reports may
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23 | | be required by the Illinois Community College Board. Final
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24 | | claims for the school year shall be submitted to the regional |
25 | | superintendents
for transmittal to the Illinois Community |
26 | | College Board. Final adjusted
payments shall be made by |
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1 | | September
30.
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2 | | If a school district or community college district fails to |
3 | | provide, or
is providing unsatisfactory or insufficient |
4 | | classes under this Section,
the Illinois Community College |
5 | | Board may enter
into agreements with public or
private |
6 | | educational or other agencies other than the public schools for
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7 | | the establishment of such classes.
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8 | | (h) (Blank). If a school district or community college |
9 | | district establishes
child-care
facilities for the children of |
10 | | participants in classes established under
this Section, it may |
11 | | extend the use of these facilities to students who
have |
12 | | obtained employment and to other persons in the community whose
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13 | | children require care and supervision while the parent or other |
14 | | person in
charge of the children is employed or otherwise |
15 | | absent from the home during
all or part of the day. It may make |
16 | | the facilities available before and
after as well as during |
17 | | regular school hours to school age and preschool
age children |
18 | | who may benefit thereby, including children who require care
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19 | | and supervision pending the return of their parent or other |
20 | | person in
charge of their care from employment or other |
21 | | activity requiring absence
from the home.
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22 | | The Illinois Community College Board shall
pay to the board |
23 | | the cost of care
in the facilities for any child who is a |
24 | | recipient of financial aid
under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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25 | | The board may charge for care of children for whom it |
26 | | cannot make
claim under the provisions of this Section. The |
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1 | | charge shall not exceed
per capita cost, and to the extent |
2 | | feasible, shall be fixed at a level
which will permit |
3 | | utilization by employed parents of low or moderate
income. It |
4 | | may also permit any other State or local governmental agency
or |
5 | | private agency providing care for children to purchase care.
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6 | | After July 1, 1970 when the provisions of Section 10-20.20 |
7 | | become
operative in the district, children in a child-care |
8 | | facility shall be
transferred to the kindergarten established |
9 | | under that Section for such
portion of the day as may be |
10 | | required for the kindergarten program, and
only the prorated |
11 | | costs of care and training provided in the Center for
the |
12 | | remaining period shall be charged to the Illinois Department of
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13 | | Human Services or other persons or agencies paying for such |
14 | | care.
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15 | | (i) (Blank). The provisions of this Section shall also |
16 | | apply to school
districts having a population exceeding |
17 | | 500,000.
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18 | | (j) In addition to claiming reimbursement under this |
19 | | Section, a school
district may claim general State aid under |
20 | | Section 18-8.05 or evidence-based funding under Section |
21 | | 18-8.15 for any student
under age 21 who is enrolled in courses |
22 | | accepted for graduation from elementary
or high school and who |
23 | | otherwise meets the requirements of Section 18-8.05 or 18-8.15 , |
24 | | as applicable .
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25 | | (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
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1 | | Section 10. The Adult Education Act is amended by changing |
2 | | Sections 1-3, 2-4, and 3-1 as follows:
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3 | | (105 ILCS 405/1-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 201-3)
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4 | | Sec. 1-3. Definitions. The following terms shall have the |
5 | | meanings respectively prescribed for
them, except as the |
6 | | context otherwise requires:
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7 | | "Adult and Continuing Education" means academic |
8 | | instruction and educational services below the postsecondary |
9 | | level that increase an individual's ability to (i) read, write, |
10 | | and speak in English and perform mathematics or other |
11 | | activities necessary for the attainment of a secondary school |
12 | | diploma or its recognized equivalent and (ii) transition to |
13 | | postsecondary education and training or obtain employment |
14 | | organized,
systematic instruction,
and related educational |
15 | | services, for students enrolled in a program
conducted by a |
16 | | publicly supported educational institution. Such students
are |
17 | | beyond compulsory education age, not currently enrolled in a |
18 | | regular
elementary or high school, and are not seeking college
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19 | | credit toward an associate degree or degree. The instruction |
20 | | may be
full-time or part-time for the purpose of providing |
21 | | students or groups with
opportunities for personal improvement |
22 | | and enrichment, preparation for
effective participation as |
23 | | citizens (including English for foreign-speaking
individuals), |
24 | | family life and parent education, elementary and high school
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25 | | education, for which credit may be granted toward diploma |
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1 | | requirements,
occupational and technical training and |
2 | | retraining .
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3 | | "Board" means (i) the State Board of Education until July |
4 | | 1, 2001 and (ii)
the Illinois Community College Board on and |
5 | | after July 1, 2001 .
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6 | | (Source: P.A. 91-830, eff. 7-1-00.)
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7 | | (105 ILCS 405/2-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 202-4)
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8 | | Sec. 2-4. Area Planning Councils. An On or before October |
9 | | 15, 1982, an Area
Planning Council shall be established within |
10 | | the boundaries of each
community college district. A |
11 | | representative of each approved adult education provider is |
12 | | required to participate on the Area Planning Council. Other |
13 | | members may include: |
14 | | (1) regional superintendents of schools; |
15 | | (2) representatives of school districts; |
16 | | (3) representatives of the community college |
17 | | district's career and technical education program; |
18 | | (4) representatives of the community college |
19 | | district's financial aid office; |
20 | | (5) representatives of the community college |
21 | | district's student services office; |
22 | | (6) representatives of local workforce boards under |
23 | | the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; |
24 | | (7) persons with an interest in adult education |
25 | | services provided within the community college district; |
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1 | | and |
2 | | (8) persons with an interest in adult education |
3 | | services provided within the Area Planning Council |
4 | | district, including, but not limited to, representatives |
5 | | of social service agencies, businesses and employers, |
6 | | vocational rehabilitation services of the Department of |
7 | | Human Services, and the Department of Employment Security. |
8 | | Each Area Planning Council must elect officers and develop |
9 | | bylaws that indicate the membership of the Council. The Area |
10 | | Planning Council chairperson must be a representative of an |
11 | | adult education provider approved by the Board. In areas where |
12 | | large multiple-provider Area Planning Councils exist, the |
13 | | Board may designate sub-areas within an Area Planning Council |
14 | | district to ensure maximum representation of need. The Board |
15 | | shall determine the guidelines for the bylaws and operation of |
16 | | the Area Planning Council.
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17 | | On or before March 1 of each year each Area Planning |
18 | | Council shall submit
an annual Adult Education Plan for the |
19 | | area. The Area Adult Education Plan
shall provide for the |
20 | | development and coordination of adult education programs
in the |
21 | | area as prescribed by the Board. The Area Adult Education Plan |
22 | | must be aligned with Title II of the federal Workforce |
23 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act, the State Unified Plan, local |
24 | | workforce boards, and one-stop activities and must include |
25 | | involvement of the local Board-approved adult education |
26 | | workforce board representative. The local adult education |
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1 | | workforce board representative is responsible for convening |
2 | | Area Planning Council chairpersons in a local workforce area to |
3 | | provide information
regarding the development of the Area Adult |
4 | | Education Plans and related federal Workforce Innovation and |
5 | | Opportunity Act activities. If the Board finds that the annual |
6 | | Area Adult Education
Plan submitted by the Area Planning |
7 | | Council meets the requirements of this
amendatory
Act of 1982 |
8 | | and the established standards and guidelines, the Board shall |
9 | | approve the Plan. The approval of adult education
programs
by |
10 | | the Board for reimbursement under Section 2-12.5 of the Public |
11 | | Community College Act
10-22.20
of the School Code shall be |
12 | | based on the Adult Education Plan approved for the
Area. The |
13 | | Area Adult Education Plan must be approved prior to funding |
14 | | being made available to an Area Planning Council district.
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15 | | On or before March 1, 2002 and each year thereafter, the |
16 | | Board shall submit
an annual report to the Governor and the |
17 | | General
Assembly for adult education for the preceding school |
18 | | year. The annual
report shall include a summary of adult |
19 | | education needs and programs; the
number of students served, |
20 | | federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act activities, |
21 | | high school equivalency information, credit hours or units of |
22 | | instruction, performance data, total adult education |
23 | | allocations, and State reimbursement for adult basic |
24 | | education, adult secondary education, English language |
25 | | acquisition, high school credit, integrated English literacy |
26 | | and , civics education, and bridge and integrated education
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1 | | training programs in coordination with , and vocational
skills |
2 | | training programs ; the criteria used for program approval; and |
3 | | any
recommendations.
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4 | | (Source: P.A. 99-650, eff. 7-28-16 .)
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5 | | (105 ILCS 405/3-1) (from Ch. 122, par. 203-1)
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6 | | Sec. 3-1. Apportionment for Adult Education Courses. Any |
7 | | school district maintaining adult
education classes for the |
8 | | instruction of persons over 21 years of age
and youths under 21 |
9 | | years of age whose schooling has been interrupted
shall be |
10 | | entitled to claim an apportionment in accordance with the |
11 | | provisions
of Section 10-22.20 of the School Code and Section |
12 | | 2-4 of this Act.
Any public community college district |
13 | | maintaining adult education
classes for the instruction of |
14 | | those persons who (i) are 16 years of age or older, are not |
15 | | enrolled or required to be enrolled in a secondary school under |
16 | | State law, and are basic-skills deficient, (ii) do not have a |
17 | | secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent and have |
18 | | not achieved an equivalent level of education, or (iii) are an |
19 | | English language learner over 21 years of age and youths
under |
20 | | 21 years of age whose schooling has been interrupted shall be
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21 | | entitled to claim an apportionment in accordance with the |
22 | | provisions of
Section 2-16.02 of the Public Community College |
23 | | Act.
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24 | | Reimbursement as herein provided shall be limited to adult |
25 | | basic education, adult secondary and high school equivalency |
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1 | | testing education, high school credit, literacy, English |
2 | | language acquisition, integrated English literacy and civics |
3 | | education, integrated education and training in coordination |
4 | | with vocational skills training, and any other activities that |
5 | | to courses
regularly accepted for graduation from elementary or |
6 | | high schools and
for Americanization and high school |
7 | | equivalency testing review classes
which are approved by the |
8 | | Board.
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9 | | If the amount appropriated for this purpose is less than |
10 | | the
amount required under the provisions of this Section, the |
11 | | apportionment
for local districts shall be
proportionately |
12 | | reduced.
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13 | | (Source: P.A. 98-718, eff. 1-1-15 .)
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14 | | (105 ILCS 405/2-1 rep.)
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15 | | (105 ILCS 405/2-2 rep.)
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16 | | (105 ILCS 405/3-2 rep.)
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17 | | (105 ILCS 405/3-3 rep.)
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18 | | Section 15. The Adult Education Act is amended by repealing |
19 | | Sections 2-1, 2-2, 3-2, and 3-3.
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20 | | (105 ILCS 410/Act rep.)
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21 | | Section 20. The Adult Education Reporting Act is repealed. |
22 | | Section 25. The Public Community College Act is amended by |
23 | | changing Section 2-12 and by adding Section 2-12.5 as follows:
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1 | | (110 ILCS 805/2-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-12)
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2 | | Sec. 2-12. The State Board shall have the power and it |
3 | | shall be its duty:
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4 | | (a) To provide statewide planning for community |
5 | | colleges as
institutions of higher education and to |
6 | | coordinate the programs, services
and activities of all |
7 | | community colleges in the State so as to encourage
and |
8 | | establish a system of locally initiated and administered
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9 | | comprehensive community colleges.
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10 | | (b) To organize and conduct feasibility surveys for new |
11 | | community
colleges or for the inclusion of existing |
12 | | institutions as community
colleges and the locating of new |
13 | | institutions.
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14 | | (c) (Blank).
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15 | | (c-5) In collaboration with the community colleges, to |
16 | | furnish information for State and federal accountability |
17 | | purposes, promote student and institutional improvement, |
18 | | and meet research needs. |
19 | | (d) To cooperate with the community colleges in |
20 | | collecting and maintaining student characteristics, |
21 | | enrollment and completion data, faculty and staff |
22 | | characteristics, financial data, admission standards, |
23 | | qualification and certification of
facilities, and any |
24 | | other issues facing community colleges.
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25 | | (e) To enter into contracts with other governmental |
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1 | | agencies and eligible
providers, such as local educational |
2 | | agencies, community-based
organizations of demonstrated |
3 | | effectiveness, volunteer literacy organizations
of |
4 | | demonstrated effectiveness, institutions of higher |
5 | | education, public and
private nonprofit agencies, |
6 | | libraries, and public housing authorities; to
accept |
7 | | federal funds and to plan with other State agencies when |
8 | | appropriate for
the allocation of such federal funds for |
9 | | instructional programs and student
services including such |
10 | | funds for adult education and literacy,
vocational and |
11 | | career and technical education, and retraining as may be |
12 | | allocated by
state and federal agencies for the aid of |
13 | | community colleges. To receive,
receipt for, hold in trust, |
14 | | expend and administer, for all purposes of this
Act, funds |
15 | | and other aid made available by the federal government or |
16 | | by other
agencies public or private, subject to |
17 | | appropriation by the General Assembly.
The changes to this |
18 | | subdivision (e) made by Public Act 91-830 this amendatory |
19 | | Act of the 91st
General
Assembly apply on and after July 1, |
20 | | 2001.
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21 | | (f) To determine efficient and adequate standards for |
22 | | community
colleges for the physical plant, heating, |
23 | | lighting, ventilation,
sanitation, safety, equipment and |
24 | | supplies, instruction and teaching,
curriculum, library, |
25 | | operation, maintenance, administration and
supervision, |
26 | | and to grant recognition certificates to community |
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1 | | colleges
meeting such standards.
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2 | | (g) To determine the standards for establishment of |
3 | | community
colleges and the proper location of the site in |
4 | | relation to existing
institutions of higher education |
5 | | offering academic, occupational and
technical training |
6 | | curricula, possible enrollment, assessed valuation,
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7 | | industrial, business, agricultural, and other conditions |
8 | | reflecting
educational needs in the area to be served; |
9 | | however, no community
college may be considered as being |
10 | | recognized nor may the establishment
of any community |
11 | | college be authorized in any district which shall be
deemed |
12 | | inadequate for the maintenance, in accordance with the |
13 | | desirable
standards thus determined, of a community |
14 | | college offering the basic
subjects of general education |
15 | | and suitable vocational and
semiprofessional and technical |
16 | | curricula.
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17 | | (h) To approve or disapprove new units of instruction, |
18 | | research or
public service as defined in Section 3-25.1
of |
19 | | this Act submitted by the
boards of trustees of the |
20 | | respective community college districts of this
State. The |
21 | | State Board may discontinue programs which fail to reflect
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22 | | the educational needs of the area being served.
The |
23 | | community college district shall be granted 60 days |
24 | | following the
State Board staff recommendation and prior to |
25 | | the State Board's action to
respond to concerns regarding |
26 | | the program in question. If the State Board
acts to abolish |
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1 | | a community college program, the community college |
2 | | district
has a right to appeal the decision in accordance |
3 | | with administrative rules
promulgated by the State Board |
4 | | under the provisions of the Illinois
Administrative |
5 | | Procedure Act.
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6 | | (i) To review and approve or disapprove any contract or |
7 | | agreement that community colleges enter into with any |
8 | | organization, association, educational institution, or |
9 | | government agency to provide educational services for |
10 | | academic credit. The State Board is authorized to monitor |
11 | | performance under any contract or agreement that is |
12 | | approved by the State Board.
If the State Board does not |
13 | | approve a particular contract or agreement,
the community |
14 | | college district has a right to appeal the decision in
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15 | | accordance with administrative rules promulgated by the |
16 | | State Board under
the provisions of the Illinois |
17 | | Administrative Procedure Act. Nothing in this subdivision |
18 | | subsection (i) shall be interpreted as applying to |
19 | | collective bargaining agreements with any labor |
20 | | organization.
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21 | | (j) To establish guidelines regarding sabbatical |
22 | | leaves.
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23 | | (k) To establish guidelines for the admission into |
24 | | special,
appropriate programs conducted or created by |
25 | | community colleges for
elementary and secondary school |
26 | | dropouts who have received truant status
from the school |
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1 | | districts of this State in compliance with Section 26-14 of |
2 | | the
The School Code.
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3 | | (l) (Blank).
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4 | | (m) (Blank).
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5 | | (n) To create and participate in the conduct and |
6 | | operation of any
corporation, joint venture, partnership, |
7 | | association, or other organizational
entity that has the |
8 | | power: (i) to acquire land, buildings, and other capital
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9 | | equipment for the use and benefit of the community colleges |
10 | | or their students;
(ii) to accept gifts and make grants for |
11 | | the use and benefit of the community
colleges or their |
12 | | students; (iii) to aid in the instruction and education of
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13 | | students of community colleges; and (iv) to promote |
14 | | activities to acquaint
members of the community with the |
15 | | facilities of the various community
colleges.
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16 | | (o) To On and after July 1, 2001, to ensure the |
17 | | effective teaching of adult learners adults
and to prepare |
18 | | them
for success in employment and lifelong learning by |
19 | | administering a
network of providers, programs, and |
20 | | services to provide classes for the instruction of those |
21 | | individuals who (i) are 16 years of age or older, are not |
22 | | enrolled or required to be enrolled in a secondary school |
23 | | under State law, and are basic-skills deficient, (ii) do |
24 | | not have a secondary school diploma or its recognized |
25 | | equivalent and have not achieved an equivalent level of |
26 | | education, or (iii) are an English language learner. |
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1 | | Classes in adult education may include adult basic
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2 | | education, adult secondary and high school equivalency |
3 | | testing education, high school credit, literacy, English |
4 | | language acquisition, integrated education and training in |
5 | | coordination with vocational skills training English as a
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6 | | second language , and any other instruction designed to |
7 | | prepare adult
students to function successfully in society |
8 | | and to experience success in
postsecondary education and |
9 | | employment.
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10 | | (p) To On and after July 1, 2001, to supervise the |
11 | | administration of adult
education and literacy programs, |
12 | | to establish the standards for such
courses of instruction |
13 | | and supervise the administration thereof, to contract
with |
14 | | other State and local agencies and eligible providers of |
15 | | demonstrated effectiveness, such as local
educational |
16 | | agencies, community-based organizations, volunteer |
17 | | literacy organizations,
institutions of higher education, |
18 | | public and private nonprofit agencies,
libraries, public |
19 | | housing authorities, and nonprofit non-profit institutions |
20 | | for the purpose of promoting and
establishing classes for |
21 | | instruction under these programs, to contract with
other |
22 | | State and local agencies to accept and expend |
23 | | appropriations for
educational purposes to reimburse local |
24 | | eligible providers for the cost of
these programs, and to |
25 | | establish an advisory council consisting of all
categories |
26 | | of eligible providers; agency partners, such as the State |
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1 | | Board of
Education, the Department of Human Services, the |
2 | | Department of Employment
Security, the Department of |
3 | | Commerce and Economic Opportunity, and the Secretary of |
4 | | State literacy program; and other
stakeholders to |
5 | | identify, deliberate, and make recommendations to the |
6 | | State
Board on adult education policy and priorities. The |
7 | | State Board shall support statewide geographic |
8 | | distribution;
diversity of eligible providers; and the |
9 | | adequacy, stability, and
predictability of funding so as |
10 | | not to disrupt or diminish, but rather to
enhance, adult |
11 | | education and literacy services.
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12 | | (Source: P.A. 99-655, eff. 7-28-16; 100-884, eff. 1-1-19; |
13 | | revised 10-9-18.)
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14 | | (110 ILCS 805/2-12.5 new) |
15 | | Sec. 2-12.5. Classes for adults and youths whose schooling |
16 | | has been interrupted. |
17 | | (a) The State Board shall reimburse adult education |
18 | | providers for approved expenses that are established and |
19 | | determined by the State Board in compliance with the federal |
20 | | Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and other State and |
21 | | federal requirements. The State Board shall establish |
22 | | standards to determine the cost of instruction, including any |
23 | | other authorized incidental costs, which shall serve as the |
24 | | basis of State reimbursement in accordance with the provisions |
25 | | of this Section. In the approval of programs and the |
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1 | | determination of the cost of instruction, the State Board shall |
2 | | provide for the maximum utilization of federal and State funds |
3 | | for those programs. The State Board shall also provide for: |
4 | | (1) the development of an index of need for program |
5 | | planning and for area funding allocations, as defined by |
6 | | the State Board; |
7 | | (2) the method for calculating hours of instruction, as |
8 | | defined by the State Board, claimable for reimbursement and |
9 | | a method to phase in the calculation and for adjusting the |
10 | | calculations in cases in which the services of a program |
11 | | are interrupted due to circumstances beyond the control of |
12 | | the program provider; |
13 | | (3) a plan for the reallocation of funds to increase |
14 | | the amount allocated for grants based upon program |
15 | | performance; and |
16 | | (4) the development of standards, programs, and |
17 | | guidelines consistent with the federal Workforce |
18 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act. |
19 | | (b) For adult education instruction as listed under |
20 | | subdivision (o) of Section 2-12, the maximum generation rate |
21 | | for reimbursement per credit hour or per unit of instruction |
22 | | shall be equal to the community college system reimbursement |
23 | | rate for adult education divided by one-third. |
24 | | (c) Upon its annual approval, the State Board shall provide |
25 | | grants to eligible programs for activities to improve or expand |
26 | | services under the federal Workforce Innovation and |
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1 | | Opportunity Act, Title II - Adult Education and Literacy. |
2 | | Eligible programs shall be determined based upon competitive |
3 | | processes and based on federal and State program |
4 | | considerations, as set by the State Board. |
5 | | (d) Reimbursement under this Section may not exceed the |
6 | | actual costs of the approved program. Approved programs may |
7 | | assess students, except those students receiving public aid |
8 | | under the Illinois Public Aid Code, up to $6.00 per credit hour |
9 | | or unit of instruction, not to exceed $30.00 per semester per |
10 | | student, if needed to meet program costs. |
11 | | (e) An education plan shall be established for each adult |
12 | | learner who is participating in the instructional programs |
13 | | provided under this Section. |
14 | | (f) Each adult education provider shall keep an accurate |
15 | | and detailed account of the students assigned to and receiving |
16 | | instruction under this Section who are enrolled in classroom |
17 | | instruction. Each adult education provider shall submit |
18 | | reports of services provided as required by the State Board. |
19 | | (g) For classes authorized under this Section, a credit |
20 | | hour or unit of instruction is equal to 15 hours of direct |
21 | | instruction for students enrolled in approved adult education |
22 | | programs at midterm and making satisfactory progress, in |
23 | | accordance with standards established by the State Board. |
24 | | (h) If an approved adult education provider fails to |
25 | | provide or is providing unsatisfactory or insufficient classes |
26 | | under Section 2-12 and this Section, the State Board may enter |