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(b) The State Board of Education; the Illinois Student |
Assistance Commission; and participating counties, school |
districts, and law enforcement partners may seek federal, |
State, and private funds to support the police training academy |
job training and scholarship programs established under |
Section 22-83 of the School Code and Section 65.95 of the |
Higher Education Student Assistance Act.
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Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
22-83 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/22-83 new) |
Sec. 22-83. Police training academy job training program. |
(a) In a county of 175,000 or more inhabitants, any school |
district with a high school may establish one or more |
partnerships with a local police department, county sheriff, or |
police training academy to establish a jobs training program |
for high school students. The school district shall establish |
its partnership or partnerships on behalf of all of the high |
schools in the district; no high school shall establish a |
partnership for this purpose separate from the school |
district's partnership under this Section. The jobs training |
program shall be open to all students, regardless of prior |
academic history. However, to encourage and maintain |
successful program participation and partnerships, the school |
districts and their partner agencies may impose specific |
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program requirements. |
(b) The State Board of Education shall track participation |
and the success of students participating in the jobs training |
program established under this Section and annually publish a |
report on its website examining the program and its success.
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Section 15. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is |
amended by adding Section 65.95 as follows:
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(110 ILCS 947/65.95 new) |
Sec. 65.95. Police training academy job training |
scholarship program. |
(a) The Commission shall, each year, receive applications |
for scholarships under this Section. An applicant is eligible |
for a scholarship under this Section if the Commission finds |
that the applicant has successfully completed the police |
training academy job training program established under |
Section 22-83 of the School Code and been accepted to a public |
institution of higher learning in the State. |
(b) Applicants who are determined to be eligible for |
assistance under this Section shall receive, subject to |
appropriation from the Police Training Academy Job Training |
Program and Scholarship Fund, a renewable scholarship to be |
applied to tuition and mandatory fees and paid directly to the |
public institution of higher learning at which the applicant is |
enrolled. However, the total amount of assistance awarded by |
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the Commission under this Section to an individual in any |
fiscal year, when added to other financial assistance awarded |
by the Commission to that individual for that fiscal year, must |
not exceed the cost of attendance at the institution of higher |
learning at which the student is enrolled. |
(c) A scholarship awarded under this Section may be renewed |
for a total of up to 4 years of full-time enrollment. The |
Commission may by rule set the academic requirements necessary |
to maintain participation in the program. |
(d) Students granted a scholarship under this Section shall |
be granted access to any needed noncredit remedial courses in |
order to ensure academic success at the public institution of |
higher learning. Students granted a scholarship under this |
Section shall also be admitted to a student retention program |
offered by the public institution of higher learning, |
including, but not limited to, any CHANCE program the public |
institution may have established. |
(e) The Commission shall make all necessary and proper |
rules not inconsistent with this Section for its effective |
implementation.
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