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Public Act 92-0452
HB3192 Enrolled LRB9207087NTsbA
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act is
amended by changing Section 13a as follows:
(20 ILCS 2405/13a) (from Ch. 23, par. 3444a)
Sec. 13a. (a) The Department shall be responsible for
coordinating the establishment of local Transition Planning
Committees. Members of the committees shall consist of
representatives from special education; vocational and
regular education; post-secondary education; parents of youth
with disabilities; persons with disabilities; local business
or industry; the Department of Human Services; public and
private adult service providers; case coordination; and other
consumer, school, and adult services as appropriate. The
Committee shall elect a chair and shall meet at least
quarterly. Each Transition Planning Committee shall:
(1) identify current transition services, programs,
and funding sources provided within the community for
secondary and post-secondary aged youth with disabilities
and their families as well as the development of
strategies to address unmet needs;
(2) facilitate the development of transition
interagency teams to address present and future
transition needs of individual students on their
individual education plans;
(3) develop a mission statement that emphasizes the
goals of integration and participation in all aspects of
community life for persons with disabilities;
(4) provide for the exchange of information such as
appropriate data, effectiveness studies, special
projects, exemplary programs, and creative funding of
programs;
(5) develop consumer in-service and awareness
training programs in the local community; and
(6) assist in staff training for individual
transition planning and student transition needs
assessment.
(b) Each Transition Planning Committee shall select a
chair from among its members who shall serve for a term of
one year. Each committee shall meet at least quarterly, or
at such other times at the call of the chair.
(c) Each Transition Planning Committee shall annually
prepare and submit to the Interagency Coordinating Council a
report summary which assesses the level of currently
available services in the community as well as the level of
unmet needs of secondary students with disabilities, makes
recommendations to address unmet needs, and summarizes the
steps taken to address unmet needs based on the
recommendations made in previous reports.
(d) The name and affiliation of each local Transition
Planning Committee member and the annual report required
under subsection (c) of this Section shall be filed with the
administrative office of each school district served by the
local Transition Planning Committee, be made available to the
public upon request, and be sent to each member of the
General Assembly whose district encompasses the area served
by the Transition Planning Committee.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
Section 7. The Interagency Coordinating Council Act is
amended by changing Sections 2 and 3 as follows:
(20 ILCS 3970/2) (from Ch. 127, par. 3832)
Sec. 2. Interagency Coordinating Council. There is
hereby created an Interagency Coordinating Council which
shall be composed of the Directors, or their designees, of
the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services,
Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs,
Illinois Department of Corrections, Illinois Department of
Employment Security, and Illinois Department of Public Aid;
the Secretary of Human Services or his or her designee; the
Executive Director, or a designee, of the Illinois Community
College Board, the Board of Higher Education, and the
Illinois Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities; the
State Superintendent of Education, or a designee; and a
designee representing the University of Illinois - Division
of Specialized Care for Children. The Secretary of Human
Services (or the member who is the designee for the Secretary
of Human Services) and the State Superintendent of Education
(or the member who is the designee for the State
Superintendent of Education) shall be co-chairs of the
Council. The co-chairs shall be responsible for ensuring
that the functions described in Section 3 of this Act are
carried out At its first meeting the Council shall select a
chair from among its members who shall serve for a term of 2
years.
(Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
(20 ILCS 3970/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 3833)
Sec. 3. Scope and Functions. The Interagency
Coordinating Council shall:
(a) gather and coordinate data on services for secondary
age youth with disabilities in transition from school to
employment, post-secondary education and training, and
community living;
(b) provide information, consultation, and technical
assistance to State and local agencies and local school
districts involved in the delivery of services to youth with
disabilities in transition from secondary school programs to
employment and other post-secondary programs;
(c) assist State and local agencies and school
districts, through local transition planning committees, in
establishing interagency agreements to assure the necessary
services for efficient and appropriate transition from school
to employment, post-secondary education and training, and
community living;
(d) conduct an annual statewide evaluation of student
transition outcomes and needs from information collected from
local transition planning committees, school districts, and
other appropriate sources; indicators used to evaluate
outcomes shall include (i) high school graduation or passage
of the Test of General Educational Development, (ii)
participation in post-secondary education, including
continuing and adult education, (iii) involvement in
integrated employment, supported employment, and work-based
learning activities, including vocational training, and (iv)
independent living, community participation, adult services,
and other post-secondary activities assessment of transition
needs and post-secondary school outcomes from information
supplied by local transition planning committees; and
(e) provide periodic in-service training to consumers in
developing and improving awareness of transition services.
(Source: P.A. 86-1218.)
Section 10. The School Code is amended by changing
Section 14-8.03 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/14-8.03) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.03)
Sec. 14-8.03. Transition goals, supports, and services.
(a) A school district shall consider, and develop when
needed, the transition goals and supports for eligible
students with disabilities not later than by the school year
in which the student reaches age 14 1/2 at the individualized
education plan program meeting and provide services as
identified on the student's individualized education plan
program. Transition goals shall be based on appropriate
evaluation procedures and information, take into
consideration the preferences of the student and his or her
parents or guardian, be outcome-oriented, and include
employment, post-secondary education, and community living
alternatives. Consideration of these goals shall result in
the clarification of a school district's responsibility to
deliver specific educational services such as vocational
training and community living skills instruction.
(b) To appropriately assess and plan for the student's
transition needs, additional individualized education plan
team program members may be necessary and may be asked by
the school district to assist in the planning process.
Additional individualized education plan team program
planning members may include a representative from the
Department of Human Services, a case coordinator, or persons
representing other community agencies or services. The
individualized education plan program shall specify each
person who is responsible for coordinating and delivering
transition services. The public school's responsibility for
delivering educational services does not extend beyond the
time the student leaves school or when the student reaches
age 21.
(c) A school district shall submit annually a summary of
each eligible student's transition goals and needed supports
resulting from the multidisciplinary staff conference and
individualized education plan team program meeting to the
appropriate local Transition Planning Committee. If students
with disabilities who are ineligible for special education
services request transition services, local public school
districts shall assist those students by identifying
post-secondary school goals, delivering appropriate education
services, and coordinating with other agencies and services
for assistance.
(Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
Passed in the General Assembly May 30, 2001.
Approved August 21, 2001.
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