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Public Act 91-0304
HB1333 Enrolled LRB9100134NTsb
AN ACT to amend the Vocational Education Act by changing
Section 2.1.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Vocational Education Act is amended by
changing Section 2.1 as follows:
(105 ILCS 435/2.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 697.1)
Sec. 2.1. Gender Sex Equity Advisory Committee.
(a) The Superintendent of the State Board of Education
shall appoint a Gender 9 member Sex Equity Advisory Committee
of at least 9 members to advise and consult with the State
Board of Education and the gender vocational education sex
equity coordinator in all aspects relating to ensuring that
all students have equal educational opportunities to pursue
high wage, high skill occupations leading to economic
self-sufficiency of the coordinator's job description
pursuant to the Federal Vocational Education Law.
(b) Membership shall include without limitation be
composed of one regional gender sex equity coordinator, 2
State Board of Education employees who have expertise in the
areas of sex equity and single parent and homemaker
programming within the Department of Adult, Vocational and
Technical Education, the Department of Labor's Displaced
Homemaker Program Manager, and 5 citizen appointees who have,
2 with expertise in one or more of the following areas:
nontraditional training and placement, and one each with
expertise in the following areas: service delivery to single
parents, service delivery to displaced homemakers, and
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 Community Affairs, the 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.
(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.
(d) Each newly appointed committee shall elect a Chair
and Secretary from its members and the state vocational
education sex equity coordinator shall serve as Secretary.
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 sex equity coordinator.
(Source: P.A. 88-555, eff. 7-27-94.)
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