House Sponsors: DART. Short description: HGH ED-LEARNING DISABLD COURSE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the University of Illinois Act, the Southern Illinois University Management Act, the Chicago State University Law, the Eastern Illinois University Law, the Governors State University Law, the Illinois State University Law, the Northeastern Illinois University Law, the Northern Illinois University Law, and the Western Illinois University Law to require the governing boards of those universities to implement a policy under which each student who graduates from any such university after July 1, 1998 with a bachelor's degree in education is required to take and successfully complete, as a condition precedent to earning and being awarded that degree, a course that includes as a component thereof instruction relating to learning disabled children. Effective immediately. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE In the opinion of DCCA, HB96 fails to create a State mandate. FISCAL NOTE (Board of Higher Ed.) To provide courses to accommodate 1,000 students on the in- struction of learning disabled children would cost an estimat- ed $582,000. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 99-01-12 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status