Full Text of HB5894 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Adult Education Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 2-4 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 405/2-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 202-4)
| 7 | | Sec. 2-4. Area Planning Councils. On or before October 15, | 8 | | 1982, an Area
Planning Council shall be established within the | 9 | | boundaries of each
community college district. A | 10 | | representative of each approved adult education provider is | 11 | | required to participate on the Area Planning Council. Other | 12 | | members may include: | 13 | | (1) regional superintendents of schools; | 14 | | (2) representatives of school districts; | 15 | | (3) representatives of the community college | 16 | | district's career and technical education program; | 17 | | (4) representatives of the community college | 18 | | district's financial aid office; | 19 | | (5) representatives of the community college | 20 | | district's student services office; | 21 | | (6) representatives of local workforce boards under | 22 | | the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; | 23 | | (7) persons with an interest in adult education |
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| 1 | | services provided within the community college district; | 2 | | and | 3 | | (8) persons with an interest in adult education | 4 | | services provided within the Area Planning Council | 5 | | district, including, but not limited to, representatives | 6 | | of social service agencies, businesses and employers, | 7 | | vocational rehabilitation services of the Department of | 8 | | Human Services, and the Department of Employment Security. | 9 | | Each Area Planning Council must elect officers and develop | 10 | | bylaws that indicate the membership of the Council. The Area | 11 | | Planning Council chairperson must be a representative of an | 12 | | adult education provider approved by the Board. In areas where | 13 | | large multiple-provider Area Planning Councils exist, the | 14 | | Board may designate sub-areas within an Area Planning Council | 15 | | district to ensure maximum representation of need. The Board | 16 | | shall determine the guidelines for the bylaws and operation of | 17 | | the Area Planning Council. Each school district included within | 18 | | the
boundaries
of the community college district maintaining | 19 | | either grades kindergarten
through 12 or grades 9 through 12; | 20 | | each regional superintendent of schools,
the majority of whose | 21 | | region
is included within the boundaries of the community | 22 | | college district; and
the community college district shall be | 23 | | entitled to one representative on
the Area Planning Council. | 24 | | Area Planning Councils may elect to form a joint
Area Planning | 25 | | Council consisting of 2 or more community college
districts
as | 26 | | approved by the Board. School districts which are not included |
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| 1 | | within
the boundaries of a community college district may elect | 2 | | to participate
in an Area Planning Council associated with a | 3 | | community college district
with the approval of the Board; or | 4 | | they may elect to establish an
Area Planning Council which is | 5 | | not associated with a community college district
with the | 6 | | approval of the Board.
| 7 | | On or before March 1 of each year each Area Planning | 8 | | Council shall submit
an annual Adult Education Plan for the | 9 | | area. The Area Adult Education Plan
shall provide for the | 10 | | development and coordination of adult education programs
in the | 11 | | area as prescribed by the Board . The Area Adult Education Plan | 12 | | must be aligned with Title II of the federal Workforce | 13 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act, the State Unified Plan, local | 14 | | workforce boards, and one-stop activities and must include | 15 | | involvement of the local Board-approved adult education | 16 | | workforce board representative. The local adult education | 17 | | workforce board representative is responsible for convening | 18 | | Area Planning Council chairpersons in a local workforce area to | 19 | | provide information
regarding the development of the Area Adult | 20 | | Education Plans and related federal Workforce Innovation and | 21 | | Opportunity Act activities. If the Board finds that the annual | 22 | | Area Adult Education
Plan submitted by the Area Planning | 23 | | Council meets the requirements of this
amendatory
Act of 1982 | 24 | | and the established standards and guidelines, the Board shall | 25 | | approve the Plan. The approval of adult education
programs
by | 26 | | the Board for reimbursement under Section
10-22.20
of the |
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| 1 | | School Code shall be based on the Adult Education Plan approved | 2 | | for the
Area. The Area Adult Education Plan must be approved | 3 | | prior to funding being made available to an Area Planning | 4 | | Council district.
| 5 | | On or before March 1, 2002 and each year thereafter, the | 6 | | Board shall submit
an annual report to the Governor and the | 7 | | General
Assembly for adult education for the preceding school | 8 | | year. The annual
report shall include a summary of adult | 9 | | education needs and programs; the
number of students served , | 10 | | federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act activities, | 11 | | high school equivalency information, credit hours or units of | 12 | | instruction, performance data, total adult education | 13 | | allocations
costs , and State reimbursement for adult basic | 14 | | education , adult secondary education, English language | 15 | | acquisition, integrated English literacy, civics education, | 16 | | bridge and integrated education
and training programs, and | 17 | | vocational
skills programs; the criteria used for program | 18 | | approval ; and any
recommendations.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 91-830, eff. 7-1-01.)
| 20 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 21 | | becoming law.
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