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| Public Act 102-0863 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The Vocational Education Act is amended by | ||||
changing Section 2.1 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 435/2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 697.1)
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Sec. 2.1. Gender Equity Advisory Committee.
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(a) The Superintendent of
the State Board of Education | ||||
shall appoint a Gender Equity
Advisory Committee of at least 9 | ||||
members to advise and consult with the
State Board of | ||||
Education and the gender
equity coordinator in all aspects | ||||
relating to ensuring that all students have
equal educational | ||||
opportunities to pursue high wage, high skill occupations
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leading to economic self-sufficiency.
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(b) Membership shall include without limitation one
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regional gender equity coordinator,
2 State Board of Education | ||||
employees, an appointee of the Director of Labor, and 5 | ||||
citizen appointees who have expertise in one
or more of the | ||||
following areas:
nontraditional training and placement, | ||||
service delivery to single parents, service delivery to
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displaced homemakers, service delivery to female teens, | ||||
business and
industry experience, and Education-to-Careers | ||||
experience. Membership also may
include employees from the | ||||
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity, the
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Department of Human Services, and the Illinois Community | ||
College Board who
have expertise in one or more of the areas | ||
listed in this subsection (b) for
the citizen appointees. | ||
Appointments
shall be made taking into consideration expertise | ||
of services provided in
secondary, postsecondary and community | ||
based programs.
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(c) Members shall initially be appointed to one year terms | ||
commencing in
January 1, 1990, and thereafter to two year | ||
terms commencing on January 1 of
each odd numbered year. | ||
Vacancies shall be filled as prescribed in
subsection (b) for | ||
the remainder of the unexpired term.
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(d) Each newly appointed committee shall elect a Chair and | ||
Secretary
from its members. Members shall serve without | ||
compensation, but shall be
reimbursed for expenses incurred in | ||
the performance of their duties. The
Committee shall meet at | ||
least bi-annually and at other times at the call of
the Chair | ||
or at the request of the gender equity coordinator.
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(e) On or before December 15, 2023, the Committee shall | ||
submit recommendations to the Governor, General Assembly, and | ||
State Board of Education regarding how school districts and | ||
the State Board of Education can better support historically | ||
disadvantaged males, including African American students and | ||
other students of color, to ensure educational equity. | ||
(f) On and after December 31, 2023, subsection (e) is | ||
inoperative. | ||
(Source: P.A. 98-739, eff. 7-16-14.)
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