FEIGENHOLTZ-LANG-ACEVEDO-LOPEZ-RODRIGUEZ. 105 ILCS 405/2-2.5 new Amends the Adult Education Act. Requires the State Board of Education to administer a 5-year pilot grant program under which, from appropriations made for the program's implementation, annual cost of instruction grants are distributed to Jobs For Youth/Chicago, a community-based job training and placement and adult education program. Requires the grants to be used to provide persons in Cook County who are between the ages of 17 and 24 years with basic adult secondary education, job training, and other instruction necessary to increase their employment qualifications. Provides for implementation of the adult secondary education program under an interagency agreement between the State Board of Education and Jobs for Youth/Chicago, and requires the State Board of Education, which is to supervise the program's implementation, to determine the annual amount of a cost of instruction grant based upon performance outcomes of students in the program and standards established by the State Board of Education for program implementation. Effective July 1, 1998. FISCAL NOTE (State Bd. of Ed.) No specific formula for the proposed grant program is outlined in the bill. The cost could range in FY99 from $50,000 (match- ing the federal adult education funds) to a much higher figure. The State Board of Education has no funds appropriated or bud- geted for this program or for the administration of such pro- gram. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE No change from previous note. 98-02-11 H FILED WITH CLERK 98-02-17 H FIRST READING 98-02-17 H REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE RULES 98-02-18 H ADDED AS A JOINT SPONSOR LANG 98-02-19 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR ACEVEDO 98-02-19 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR LOPEZ 98-02-19 H ADDED AS A CO-SPONSOR RODRIGUEZ 98-02-27 H FISCAL NOTE FILED 98-02-27 H STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED 98-02-27 H COMMITTEE RULES 99-01-12 H SESSION SINE DIE END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Summary