Bill Amendment: IL HB4621 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: PRETRIAL SERVICES
Status: 2024-07-01 - Some provisions effective 7/01/2024; some provisions effective 07/01/2025 [HB4621 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4621-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: PRETRIAL SERVICES
Status: 2024-07-01 - Some provisions effective 7/01/2024; some provisions effective 07/01/2025 [HB4621 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HB4621-Senate_Amendment_001.html
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4621 | ||||||
| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4621 by replacing | ||||||
| 3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| ||||||
| 4 | "Section 5. The Children and Family Services Act is | ||||||
| 5 | amended by changing Section 5.27 as follows:
| ||||||
| 6 | (20 ILCS 505/5.27) | ||||||
| 7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 5.27. Holistic Mental Health Care for Youth in Care | ||||||
| 9 | Task Force. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The Holistic Mental Health Care for Youth in Care Task | ||||||
| 11 | Force is created. The Task Force shall review and make | ||||||
| 12 | recommendations regarding mental health and wellness services | ||||||
| 13 | provided to youth in care, including a program of holistic | ||||||
| 14 | mental health services provided 30 days after the date upon | ||||||
| 15 | which a youth is placed in foster care, in order to determine | ||||||
| 16 | how to best meet the mental health needs of youth in care. | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | Additionally, the Task Force shall: | ||||||
| 2 | (1) assess the capacity of State licensed mental | ||||||
| 3 | health professionals to provide preventive mental health | ||||||
| 4 | care to youth in care; | ||||||
| 5 | (2) review the current payment rates for mental health | ||||||
| 6 | providers serving the youth in care population; | ||||||
| 7 | (3) evaluate the process for smaller private practices | ||||||
| 8 | and agencies to bill through managed care, evaluate | ||||||
| 9 | delayed payments to mental health providers, and recommend | ||||||
| 10 | improvements to make billing practices more efficient; | ||||||
| 11 | (4) evaluate the recruitment and retention of mental | ||||||
| 12 | health providers who are persons of color to serve the | ||||||
| 13 | youth in care population; and | ||||||
| 14 | (5) any other relevant subject and processes as deemed | ||||||
| 15 | necessary by the Task Force. | ||||||
| 16 | (b) The Task Force shall have 9 members, comprised as | ||||||
| 17 | follows: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) The Director of Healthcare and Family Services or | ||||||
| 19 | the Director's designee. | ||||||
| 20 | (2) The Director of Children and Family Services or | ||||||
| 21 | the Director's designee. | ||||||
| 22 | (3) A member appointed by the Governor from the Office | ||||||
| 23 | of the Governor who has a focus on mental health issues. | ||||||
| 24 | (4) Two members from the House of Representatives, | ||||||
| 25 | appointed one each by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| 26 | Representatives and the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | Representatives. | ||||||
| 2 | (5) Two members of the Senate, appointed one each by | ||||||
| 3 | the President of the Senate and the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 4 | Senate. | ||||||
| 5 | (6) One member who is a former youth in care, | ||||||
| 6 | appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
| 7 | (7) One representative from the managed care entity | ||||||
| 8 | managing the YouthCare program, appointed by the Director | ||||||
| 9 | of Healthcare and Family Services. | ||||||
| 10 | Task Force members shall serve without compensation but | ||||||
| 11 | may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the | ||||||
| 12 | performance of their duties. | ||||||
| 13 | (c) The Task Force shall meet at least once each month | ||||||
| 14 | beginning no later than July 1, 2022 and at other times as | ||||||
| 15 | determined by the Task Force. The Task Force may hold | ||||||
| 16 | electronic meetings and a member of the Task Force shall be | ||||||
| 17 | deemed present for the purposes of establishing a quorum and | ||||||
| 18 | voting. | ||||||
| 19 | (d) The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in | ||||||
| 20 | conjunction with the Department of Children and Family | ||||||
| 21 | Services, shall provide administrative and other support to | ||||||
| 22 | the Task Force. | ||||||
| 23 | (e) The Task Force shall prepare and submit to the | ||||||
| 24 | Governor and the General Assembly at the end of each quarter a | ||||||
| 25 | report that summarizes its work and makes recommendations | ||||||
| 26 | resulting from its study. The Task Force shall submit its | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | final report to the Governor and the General Assembly no later | ||||||
| 2 | than December 31, 2025 2024. Upon submission of its final | ||||||
| 3 | report, the Task Force is dissolved. | ||||||
| 4 | (f) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2026. | ||||||
| 5 | (Source: P.A. 102-898, eff. 5-25-22; 103-154, eff. 6-30-23.)
| ||||||
| 6 | Section 10. The Community Land Trust Task Force Act is | ||||||
| 7 | amended by changing Sections 20, 30, and 35 as follows:
| ||||||
| 8 | (20 ILCS 4126/20) | ||||||
| 9 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2024) | ||||||
| 10 | Sec. 20. Meetings. The Task Force shall hold its initial | ||||||
| 11 | meetings within 60 days after the effective date of this Act. | ||||||
| 12 | The Task Force shall meet at least 6 times before July 1, 2025 | ||||||
| 13 | December 31, 2024. Additional meetings may be called at the | ||||||
| 14 | direction of the co-chairs. | ||||||
| 15 | (Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23.)
| ||||||
| 16 | (20 ILCS 4126/30) | ||||||
| 17 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2024) | ||||||
| 18 | Sec. 30. Report. The Task Force shall submit its final | ||||||
| 19 | report to the Governor and General Assembly no later than | ||||||
| 20 | December 31, 2025 2024. The final report shall be made | ||||||
| 21 | available on the Illinois Housing Development Authority's | ||||||
| 22 | website for viewing by the general public. | ||||||
| 23 | (Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23.)
| ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | (20 ILCS 4126/35) | ||||||
| 2 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on December 31, 2024) | ||||||
| 3 | Sec. 35. Dissolution; repeal. The Task Force is dissolved | ||||||
| 4 | and this Act is repealed on December 31, 2025 2024. | ||||||
| 5 | (Source: P.A. 103-250, eff. 6-30-23.)
| ||||||
| 6 | Section 15. The Illinois Flag Commission Act is amended by | ||||||
| 7 | changing Section 5 as follows:
| ||||||
| 8 | (20 ILCS 4127/5) | ||||||
| 9 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2026) | ||||||
| 10 | Sec. 5. Illinois Flag Commission. | ||||||
| 11 | (a) The Illinois Flag Commission is hereby established. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) The purposes of the Commission are to develop new | ||||||
| 13 | State flag designs and to make recommendations to the General | ||||||
| 14 | Assembly concerning whether the current State flag ought to be | ||||||
| 15 | replaced with a redesigned State flag. | ||||||
| 16 | (c) The Commission shall consist of the following members: | ||||||
| 17 | (1) the Secretary of State or the Secretary of State's | ||||||
| 18 | designee, who shall serve as Chair of the Commission; | ||||||
| 19 | (2) 3 members appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
| 20 | (3) 4 members appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 21 | Senate, not more than one of whom may be a current member | ||||||
| 22 | of the General Assembly; | ||||||
| 23 | (4) 4 members appointed by the Speaker of the House of | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | Representatives, not more than one of whom may be a | ||||||
| 2 | current member of the General Assembly; | ||||||
| 3 | (5) 4 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 4 | Senate, not more than one of whom may be a current member | ||||||
| 5 | of the General Assembly; | ||||||
| 6 | (6) 4 members appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 7 | House of Representatives, not more than one of whom may be | ||||||
| 8 | a current member of the General Assembly; | ||||||
| 9 | (7) the State Superintendent of Education or the | ||||||
| 10 | Superintendent's designee; and | ||||||
| 11 | (8) the Chairperson of the Board of the Illinois State | ||||||
| 12 | Museum or the Chairperson's designee. | ||||||
| 13 | (d) In furtherance of its purposes under this Act, the | ||||||
| 14 | Commission shall: | ||||||
| 15 | (1) establish and adopt goals and guiding principles | ||||||
| 16 | for the redesign of the State flag; | ||||||
| 17 | (2) establish a process for the submission of proposed | ||||||
| 18 | designs for a new or revised State flag and guidelines for | ||||||
| 19 | the assessment of those proposed designs; | ||||||
| 20 | (3) create a publicly accessibly website that | ||||||
| 21 | provides: | ||||||
| 22 | (A) historical information about the State flag; | ||||||
| 23 | (B) a timeline and explanation of the process to | ||||||
| 24 | be used to redesign the State flag; | ||||||
| 25 | (C) an online suggestion box through which | ||||||
| 26 | residents can offer design ideas for the State flag; | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | and | ||||||
| 2 | (D) a survey function through which residents can | ||||||
| 3 | vote on potential State flag designs; | ||||||
| 4 | (4) engage in a public awareness campaign with the | ||||||
| 5 | design community and advocacy groups, as well as Illinois | ||||||
| 6 | schools, universities, and public libraries, concerning | ||||||
| 7 | the Commission's efforts to redesign the State flag; | ||||||
| 8 | (5) select, on or before January 1, 2025 September 1, | ||||||
| 9 | 2024, a group of no more than 10 proposed flag designs | ||||||
| 10 | that: | ||||||
| 11 | (A) represent the State; and | ||||||
| 12 | (B) adhere to the guiding principles established | ||||||
| 13 | by the Commission under subparagraph (1); | ||||||
| 14 | (6) develop a review and selection process for | ||||||
| 15 | proposed flag designs that incorporates the input of | ||||||
| 16 | children and young people in the State; | ||||||
| 17 | (7) on or before April 1, 2025 December 3, 2024, | ||||||
| 18 | submit to the General Assembly a written report that | ||||||
| 19 | describes: | ||||||
| 20 | (A) the proposed flag designs submitted to the | ||||||
| 21 | Commission; | ||||||
| 22 | (B) the process used by the Commission to review | ||||||
| 23 | the proposed flag designs submitted to it; | ||||||
| 24 | (C) the group of no more than 10 proposed flag | ||||||
| 25 | designs selected by the Commission; | ||||||
| 26 | (D) the Commission's recommendation for a revised | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | or new State flag; and | ||||||
| 2 | (E) the Commission's recommendations to the | ||||||
| 3 | General Assembly concerning whether the current State | ||||||
| 4 | flag ought to be retained or replaced with a revised or | ||||||
| 5 | new State flag. | ||||||
| 6 | (e) The appointing authorities shall make appointments to | ||||||
| 7 | the Commission as soon as practicable after the effective date | ||||||
| 8 | of this Act, and the Chair of the Commission shall convene the | ||||||
| 9 | first meeting of the Commission by no later than June 30, 2024 | ||||||
| 10 | September 1, 2023. Subsequent meetings of the Commission shall | ||||||
| 11 | convene at the call of the Chair of the Commission. A majority | ||||||
| 12 | of all the appointed members of the Commission shall | ||||||
| 13 | constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, and all | ||||||
| 14 | recommendations of the Commission shall require approval of a | ||||||
| 15 | majority of the members of the Commission. Meetings of the | ||||||
| 16 | Commission are subject to the Open Meetings Act. | ||||||
| 17 | (f) Members of the Commission shall serve without | ||||||
| 18 | compensation but may be provided, from moneys appropriated to | ||||||
| 19 | the Secretary of State for implementation of this Section, a | ||||||
| 20 | per diem established by the Secretary of State to cover | ||||||
| 21 | reasonable meal, travel, and lodging expenses incurred by | ||||||
| 22 | Commission members as a result of their duties under this | ||||||
| 23 | Section. | ||||||
| 24 | (g) The Office of the Secretary of State shall provide | ||||||
| 25 | administrative support to the Commission. | ||||||
| 26 | (Source: P.A. 103-513, eff. 8-7-23.)
| ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | Section 20. The Alternative Protein Innovation Task Force | ||||||
| 2 | Act is amended by changing Section 20 as follows:
| ||||||
| 3 | (20 ILCS 4128/20) | ||||||
| 4 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2025) | ||||||
| 5 | Sec. 20. Report; dissolution of Task Force; repeal of Act. | ||||||
| 6 | (a) The Task Force shall submit a report of its findings | ||||||
| 7 | and recommendations to the General Assembly no later than June | ||||||
| 8 | 30, 2025 2024. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) The Task Force shall be dissolved on December 31, 2025 | ||||||
| 10 | 2024. | ||||||
| 11 | (c) This Act is repealed on January 1, 2026 2025. | ||||||
| 12 | (Source: P.A. 103-543, eff. 8-11-23; 103-564, eff. 11-17-23.)
| ||||||
| 13 | Section 25. The Legislative Commission Reorganization Act | ||||||
| 14 | of 1984 is amended by changing Section 4-7 as follows:
| ||||||
| 15 | (25 ILCS 130/4-7) (from Ch. 63, par. 1004-7) | ||||||
| 16 | Sec. 4-7. The Commission on Government Forecasting and | ||||||
| 17 | Accountability shall report to the Governor and to the | ||||||
| 18 | Legislature within 15 days after the convening of each General | ||||||
| 19 | Assembly, and at such other time as it deems appropriate. The | ||||||
| 20 | members of all committees which it establishes shall serve | ||||||
| 21 | without compensation for such service, but they shall be paid | ||||||
| 22 | their necessary expenses in carrying out their obligations | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | under this Act. The Commission may by contributions to the | ||||||
| 2 | Council of State Governments, participate with other states in | ||||||
| 3 | maintaining the said Council's district and central | ||||||
| 4 | secretariats, and its other governmental services. | ||||||
| 5 | The requirement for reporting to the General Assembly | ||||||
| 6 | shall be satisfied by filing copies of the report with the | ||||||
| 7 | Speaker, the Minority Leader and the Clerk of the House of | ||||||
| 8 | Representatives and the President, the Minority Leader and the | ||||||
| 9 | Secretary of the Senate, and filing such additional copies | ||||||
| 10 | with the State Government Report Distribution Center for the | ||||||
| 11 | General Assembly as is required under paragraph (t) of Section | ||||||
| 12 | 7 of the State Library Act. | ||||||
| 13 | (Source: P.A. 100-1148, eff. 12-10-18.)
| ||||||
| 14 | Section 30. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 15 | 21B-30 as follows:
| ||||||
| 16 | (105 ILCS 5/21B-30) | ||||||
| 17 | Sec. 21B-30. Educator testing. | ||||||
| 18 | (a) (Blank). | ||||||
| 19 | (b) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
| 20 | State Educator Preparation and Licensure Board, shall design | ||||||
| 21 | and implement a system of examinations, which shall be | ||||||
| 22 | required prior to the issuance of educator licenses. These | ||||||
| 23 | examinations and indicators must be based on national and | ||||||
| 24 | State professional teaching standards, as determined by the | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | State Board of Education, in consultation with the State | ||||||
| 2 | Educator Preparation and Licensure Board. The State Board of | ||||||
| 3 | Education may adopt such rules as may be necessary to | ||||||
| 4 | implement and administer this Section. | ||||||
| 5 | (c) (Blank). | ||||||
| 6 | (c-5) The State Board must adopt rules to implement a | ||||||
| 7 | paraprofessional competency test. This test would allow an | ||||||
| 8 | applicant seeking an Educator License with Stipulations with a | ||||||
| 9 | paraprofessional educator endorsement to obtain the | ||||||
| 10 | endorsement if he or she passes the test and meets the other | ||||||
| 11 | requirements of subparagraph (J) of paragraph (2) of Section | ||||||
| 12 | 21B-20 other than the higher education requirements. | ||||||
| 13 | (d) All applicants seeking a State license shall be | ||||||
| 14 | required to pass a test of content area knowledge for each area | ||||||
| 15 | of endorsement for which there is an applicable test. There | ||||||
| 16 | shall be no exception to this requirement. No candidate shall | ||||||
| 17 | be allowed to student teach or serve as the teacher of record | ||||||
| 18 | until he or she has passed the applicable content area test. | ||||||
| 19 | (d-5) The State Board shall consult with any applicable | ||||||
| 20 | vendors within 90 days after July 28, 2023 (the effective date | ||||||
| 21 | of Public Act 103-402) this amendatory Act of the 103rd | ||||||
| 22 | General Assembly to develop a plan to transition the test of | ||||||
| 23 | content area knowledge in the endorsement area of elementary | ||||||
| 24 | education, grades one through 6, by July 1, 2026 to a content | ||||||
| 25 | area test that contains testing elements that cover | ||||||
| 26 | bilingualism, biliteracy, oral language development, | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | foundational literacy skills, and developmentally appropriate | ||||||
| 2 | higher-order comprehension and on which a valid and reliable | ||||||
| 3 | language and literacy subscore can be determined. The State | ||||||
| 4 | Board shall base its rules concerning the passing subscore on | ||||||
| 5 | the language and literacy portion of the test on the | ||||||
| 6 | recommended cut-score determined in the formal | ||||||
| 7 | standard-setting process. Candidates need not achieve a | ||||||
| 8 | particular subscore in the area of language and literacy. The | ||||||
| 9 | State Board shall aggregate and publish the number of | ||||||
| 10 | candidates in each preparation program who take the test and | ||||||
| 11 | the number who pass the language and literacy portion. | ||||||
| 12 | (e) (Blank). | ||||||
| 13 | (f) Beginning on August 4, 2023 (the effective date of | ||||||
| 14 | Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act of the 103rd General | ||||||
| 15 | Assembly through August 31, 2025, no candidate completing a | ||||||
| 16 | teacher preparation program in this State or candidate subject | ||||||
| 17 | to Section 21B-35 of this Code is required to pass a teacher | ||||||
| 18 | performance assessment. Except as otherwise provided in this | ||||||
| 19 | Article, beginning on September 1, 2015 until August 4, 2023 | ||||||
| 20 | (the effective date of Public Act 103-488) this amendatory Act | ||||||
| 21 | of the 103rd General Assembly and beginning again on September | ||||||
| 22 | 1, 2025, all candidates completing teacher preparation | ||||||
| 23 | programs in this State and all candidates subject to Section | ||||||
| 24 | 21B-35 of this Code are required to pass a teacher performance | ||||||
| 25 | assessment approved by the State Board of Education, in | ||||||
| 26 | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | Board. A candidate may not be required to submit test | ||||||
| 2 | materials by video submission. Subject to appropriation, an | ||||||
| 3 | individual who holds a Professional Educator License and is | ||||||
| 4 | employed for a minimum of one school year by a school district | ||||||
| 5 | designated as Tier 1 under Section 18-8.15 may, after | ||||||
| 6 | application to the State Board, receive from the State Board a | ||||||
| 7 | refund for any costs associated with completing the teacher | ||||||
| 8 | performance assessment under this subsection. | ||||||
| 9 | (f-5) The Teacher Performance Assessment Task Force is | ||||||
| 10 | created to evaluate potential performance-based and objective | ||||||
| 11 | teacher performance assessment systems for implementation | ||||||
| 12 | across all educator preparation programs in this State, with | ||||||
| 13 | the intention of ensuring consistency across programs and | ||||||
| 14 | supporting a thoughtful and well-rounded licensure system. | ||||||
| 15 | Members appointed to the Task Force must reflect the racial, | ||||||
| 16 | ethnic, and geographic diversity of this State. The Task Force | ||||||
| 17 | shall consist of all of the following members: | ||||||
| 18 | (1) One member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
| 19 | President of the Senate. | ||||||
| 20 | (2) One member of the Senate, appointed by the | ||||||
| 21 | Minority Leader of the Senate. | ||||||
| 22 | (3) One member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
| 23 | appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. | ||||||
| 24 | (4) One member of the House of Representatives, | ||||||
| 25 | appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of | ||||||
| 26 | Representatives. | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | (5) One member who represents a statewide professional | ||||||
| 2 | teachers' organization, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 3 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 4 | (6) One member who represents a different statewide | ||||||
| 5 | professional teachers' organization, appointed by the | ||||||
| 6 | State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 7 | (7) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
| 8 | representing school principals, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 9 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 10 | (8) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
| 11 | representing regional superintendents of schools, | ||||||
| 12 | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 13 | (9) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
| 14 | representing school administrators, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 15 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 16 | (10) One member representing a school district | ||||||
| 17 | organized under Article 34 of this Code, appointed by the | ||||||
| 18 | State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 19 | (11) One member of an association representing rural | ||||||
| 20 | and small schools, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
| 21 | of Education. | ||||||
| 22 | (12) One member representing a suburban school | ||||||
| 23 | district, appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 24 | Education. | ||||||
| 25 | (13) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
| 26 | representing school districts in the southern suburbs of | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
| 2 | of Education. | ||||||
| 3 | (14) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
| 4 | representing large unit school districts, appointed by the | ||||||
| 5 | State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 6 | (15) One member from a statewide organization | ||||||
| 7 | representing school districts in the collar counties of | ||||||
| 8 | the City of Chicago, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
| 9 | of Education. | ||||||
| 10 | (16) Three members, each representing a different | ||||||
| 11 | public university in this State and each a current member | ||||||
| 12 | of the faculty of an approved educator preparation | ||||||
| 13 | program, appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 14 | Education. | ||||||
| 15 | (17) Three members, each representing a different | ||||||
| 16 | 4-year nonpublic university or college in this State and | ||||||
| 17 | each a current member of the faculty of an approved | ||||||
| 18 | educator preparation program, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 19 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 20 | (18) One member of the Board of Higher Education, | ||||||
| 21 | appointed by the State Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 22 | (19) One member representing a statewide policy | ||||||
| 23 | organization advocating on behalf of multilingual students | ||||||
| 24 | and families, appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 25 | Education. | ||||||
| 26 | (20) One member representing a statewide organization | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | focused on research-based education policy to support a | ||||||
| 2 | school system that prepares all students for college, a | ||||||
| 3 | career, and democratic citizenship, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 4 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 5 | (21) Two members representing an early childhood | ||||||
| 6 | advocacy organization, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 7 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 8 | (22) One member representing a statewide organization | ||||||
| 9 | that partners with educator preparation programs and | ||||||
| 10 | school districts to support the growth and development of | ||||||
| 11 | preservice teachers, appointed by the State Superintendent | ||||||
| 12 | of Education. | ||||||
| 13 | (23) One member representing a statewide organization | ||||||
| 14 | that advocates for educational equity and racial justice | ||||||
| 15 | in schools, appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 16 | Education. | ||||||
| 17 | (24) One member representing a statewide organization | ||||||
| 18 | that represents school boards, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 19 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 20 | (25) One member who has, within the last 5 years, | ||||||
| 21 | served as a cooperating teacher, appointed by the State | ||||||
| 22 | Superintendent of Education. | ||||||
| 23 | Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 24 | compensation. The Task Force shall first meet at the call of | ||||||
| 25 | the State Superintendent of Education, and each subsequent | ||||||
| 26 | meeting shall be called by the chairperson of the Task Force, | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | who shall be designated by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 2 | Education. The State Board of Education shall provide | ||||||
| 3 | administrative and other support to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 4 | On or before October 31, 2024 August 1, 2024, the Task | ||||||
| 5 | Force shall report on its work, including recommendations on a | ||||||
| 6 | teacher performance assessment system in this State, to the | ||||||
| 7 | State Board of Education and the General Assembly. The Task | ||||||
| 8 | Force is dissolved upon submission of this report. | ||||||
| 9 | (g) The content area knowledge test and the teacher | ||||||
| 10 | performance assessment shall be the tests that from time to | ||||||
| 11 | time are designated by the State Board of Education, in | ||||||
| 12 | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
| 13 | Board, and may be tests prepared by an educational testing | ||||||
| 14 | organization or tests designed by the State Board of | ||||||
| 15 | Education, in consultation with the State Educator Preparation | ||||||
| 16 | and Licensure Board. The test of content area knowledge shall | ||||||
| 17 | assess content knowledge in a specific subject field. The | ||||||
| 18 | tests must be designed to be racially neutral to ensure that no | ||||||
| 19 | person taking the tests is discriminated against on the basis | ||||||
| 20 | of race, color, national origin, or other factors unrelated to | ||||||
| 21 | the person's ability to perform as a licensed employee. The | ||||||
| 22 | score required to pass the tests shall be fixed by the State | ||||||
| 23 | Board of Education, in consultation with the State Educator | ||||||
| 24 | Preparation and Licensure Board. The tests shall be | ||||||
| 25 | administered not fewer than 3 times a year at such time and | ||||||
| 26 | place as may be designated by the State Board of Education, in | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | consultation with the State Educator Preparation and Licensure | ||||||
| 2 | Board. | ||||||
| 3 | The State Board shall implement a test or tests to assess | ||||||
| 4 | the speaking, reading, writing, and grammar skills of | ||||||
| 5 | applicants for an endorsement or a license issued under | ||||||
| 6 | subdivision (G) of paragraph (2) of Section 21B-20 of this | ||||||
| 7 | Code in the English language and in the language of the | ||||||
| 8 | transitional bilingual education program requested by the | ||||||
| 9 | applicant. | ||||||
| 10 | (h) Except as provided in Section 34-6 of this Code, the | ||||||
| 11 | provisions of this Section shall apply equally in any school | ||||||
| 12 | district subject to Article 34 of this Code. | ||||||
| 13 | (i) The rules developed to implement and enforce the | ||||||
| 14 | testing requirements under this Section shall include, without | ||||||
| 15 | limitation, provisions governing test selection, test | ||||||
| 16 | validation, and determination of a passing score, | ||||||
| 17 | administration of the tests, frequency of administration, | ||||||
| 18 | applicant fees, frequency of applicants taking the tests, the | ||||||
| 19 | years for which a score is valid, and appropriate special | ||||||
| 20 | accommodations. The State Board of Education shall develop | ||||||
| 21 | such rules as may be needed to ensure uniformity from year to | ||||||
| 22 | year in the level of difficulty for each form of an assessment. | ||||||
| 23 | (Source: P.A. 102-301, eff. 8-26-21; 103-402, eff. 7-28-23; | ||||||
| 24 | 103-488, eff. 8-4-23; revised 9-1-23.)
| ||||||
| 25 | Section 35. The Rental Housing Support Program Act is | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | amended by changing Section 30 as follows:
| ||||||
| 2 | (310 ILCS 105/30) | ||||||
| 3 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on September 30, 2024) | ||||||
| 4 | Sec. 30. Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding | ||||||
| 5 | Allocation Task Force. | ||||||
| 6 | (a) The Illinois Rental Housing Support Program Funding | ||||||
| 7 | Allocation Task Force is hereby created. The Task Force shall | ||||||
| 8 | consist of the following members: | ||||||
| 9 | (1) One member appointed by the President of the | ||||||
| 10 | Senate. | ||||||
| 11 | (2) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 12 | Senate. | ||||||
| 13 | (3) One member appointed by the Speaker of the House | ||||||
| 14 | of Representatives. | ||||||
| 15 | (4) One member appointed by the Minority Leader of the | ||||||
| 16 | House of Representatives. | ||||||
| 17 | (5) One member appointed by the Illinois Housing | ||||||
| 18 | Development Authority. | ||||||
| 19 | (6) One member representing the Chicago Low-Income | ||||||
| 20 | Housing Trust Fund, appointed by the Board of Directors of | ||||||
| 21 | the Trust Fund. | ||||||
| 22 | (7) One member representing a local administering | ||||||
| 23 | agency from Cook County (excluding Chicago), DuPage | ||||||
| 24 | County, Lake County, Kane County, Will County, or McHenry | ||||||
| 25 | County, appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | (8) One member, appointed by the Governor, | ||||||
| 2 | representing a local administering agency from a small | ||||||
| 3 | metropolitan area from one of the following areas: | ||||||
| 4 | Springfield, Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign, Urbana, | ||||||
| 5 | Bloomington, Normal, Rock Island, DeKalb, Madison County, | ||||||
| 6 | Moline, Pekin, Rantoul, or St. Clair County. | ||||||
| 7 | (9) One member representing a local administering | ||||||
| 8 | agency from a rural area, appointed by the Governor; as | ||||||
| 9 | used in this paragraph, "rural area" means an area of the | ||||||
| 10 | State that is not specifically named in paragraph (7) or | ||||||
| 11 | (8). | ||||||
| 12 | (10) Three members from an organization representing | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois county clerks and recorders, appointed by the | ||||||
| 14 | Governor, as follows: | ||||||
| 15 | (A) one member from Cook County (excluding | ||||||
| 16 | Chicago), DuPage County, Lake County, Kane County, | ||||||
| 17 | Will County, or McHenry County; | ||||||
| 18 | (B) one member from a small metropolitan area from | ||||||
| 19 | one of the following areas: the cities of Springfield, | ||||||
| 20 | Rockford, Peoria, Decatur, Champaign, Urbana, | ||||||
| 21 | Bloomington, Normal, Rock Island, DeKalb, Moline, | ||||||
| 22 | Pekin, or Rantoul or Madison County or St. Clair | ||||||
| 23 | County; and | ||||||
| 24 | (C) one member from a rural area, appointed by the | ||||||
| 25 | Governor; as used in this subparagraph, "rural area" | ||||||
| 26 | means an area of the State that is not specifically | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | named in subparagraph (A) or (B). | ||||||
| 2 | (11) Up to two members representing a Section | ||||||
| 3 | 501(c)(3) affordable housing advocacy organization, | ||||||
| 4 | appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
| 5 | (12) One additional member appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
| 6 | Members of the Task Force must be appointed no later than | ||||||
| 7 | 30 days after the effective date of this amendatory Act of the | ||||||
| 8 | 102nd General Assembly. If any members are not appointed | ||||||
| 9 | within the 30-day period, the entity or person responsible for | ||||||
| 10 | making the appointment shall be deemed to have forfeited the | ||||||
| 11 | right to make such appointment. | ||||||
| 12 | (b) Once appointed, the members shall elect a chairperson | ||||||
| 13 | and vice chairperson by a simple majority vote. | ||||||
| 14 | If a vacancy occurs on the Task Force, it shall be filled | ||||||
| 15 | according to the initial appointment. | ||||||
| 16 | At the discretion of the chair, additional individuals may | ||||||
| 17 | participate as nonvoting members in the meetings of the Task | ||||||
| 18 | Force. | ||||||
| 19 | Members of the Task Force shall serve without | ||||||
| 20 | compensation. The Illinois Housing Development Authority shall | ||||||
| 21 | provide staff and administrative services to the Task Force. | ||||||
| 22 | (c) Once all members have been appointed, the Task Force | ||||||
| 23 | shall meet not less than 3 times to carry out the duties | ||||||
| 24 | prescribed in this Section. Members of the Task Force may | ||||||
| 25 | attend such meetings virtually. | ||||||
| 26 | (d) A report delineating the Task Force's findings, | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | conclusions, and recommendations shall be submitted to the | ||||||
| 2 | General Assembly no later than September 30, 2024 2023. | ||||||
| 3 | (e) The members of the Task Force are exempt from | ||||||
| 4 | requirements of the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, | ||||||
| 5 | the Illinois Governmental Ethics Act, or any other applicable | ||||||
| 6 | law or regulation that would require Task Force members to | ||||||
| 7 | complete trainings, disclosures, or other filings since the | ||||||
| 8 | Task Force is of limited duration and is charged only with | ||||||
| 9 | delivering a non-binding report. | ||||||
| 10 | (f) The Task Force shall study and make recommendations | ||||||
| 11 | regarding the equitable distribution of rental housing support | ||||||
| 12 | funds across the State. The Task Force shall also work with the | ||||||
| 13 | Illinois Housing Development Authority as funding allocations | ||||||
| 14 | will be required to be adjusted due to data released by the | ||||||
| 15 | United States Census Bureau on the 2020 decennial census. | ||||||
| 16 | (g) This Section is repealed on September 30, 2025 2024. | ||||||
| 17 | (Source: P.A. 102-1135, eff. 7-1-23.)
| ||||||
| 18 | Section 40. The State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor's | ||||||
| 19 | Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:
| ||||||
| 20 | (725 ILCS 210/3) (from Ch. 14, par. 203) | ||||||
| 21 | Sec. 3. There is created the Office of the State's | ||||||
| 22 | Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor as a judicial agency of State | ||||||
| 23 | government. | ||||||
| 24 | (a) The Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | Prosecutor shall be governed by a board of governors which | ||||||
| 2 | shall consist of 10 members as follows: | ||||||
| 3 | (1) Eight State's Attorneys, 2 to be elected from each | ||||||
| 4 | District containing less than 3,000,000 inhabitants; | ||||||
| 5 | (2) The State's Attorney of Cook County or his or her | ||||||
| 6 | designee; and | ||||||
| 7 | (3) One State's Attorney to be bi-annually appointed | ||||||
| 8 | by the other 9 members. | ||||||
| 9 | (b) Voting for elected members shall be by District with | ||||||
| 10 | each of the State's Attorneys voting from their respective | ||||||
| 11 | district. Each board member must be duly elected or appointed | ||||||
| 12 | and serving as State's Attorney in the district from which he | ||||||
| 13 | was elected or appointed. | ||||||
| 14 | (c) Elected members shall serve for a term of 2 years | ||||||
| 15 | commencing upon their election and until their successors are | ||||||
| 16 | duly elected or appointed and qualified. | ||||||
| 17 | (d) A bi-annual election of members of the board shall be | ||||||
| 18 | held within 30 days prior or subsequent to the beginning of | ||||||
| 19 | each odd numbered calendar year, and the board shall certify | ||||||
| 20 | the results to the Secretary of State. | ||||||
| 21 | (e) The board shall promulgate rules of procedure for the | ||||||
| 22 | election of its members and the conduct of its meetings and | ||||||
| 23 | shall elect a Chairman and a Vice-Chairman and such other | ||||||
| 24 | officers as it deems appropriate. The board shall meet at | ||||||
| 25 | least once every 6 3 months, and in addition thereto as | ||||||
| 26 | directed by the Chairman, or upon the special call of any 5 | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
| 1 | members of the board, in writing, sent to the Chairman, | ||||||
| 2 | designating the time and place of the meeting. | ||||||
| 3 | (f) Five members of the board shall constitute a quorum | ||||||
| 4 | for the purpose of transacting business. | ||||||
| 5 | (g) Members of the board shall serve without compensation, | ||||||
| 6 | but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the | ||||||
| 7 | performance of their duties. | ||||||
| 8 | (h) A position shall be vacated by either a member's | ||||||
| 9 | resignation, removal or inability to serve as State's | ||||||
| 10 | Attorney. | ||||||
| 11 | (i) Vacancies on the board of elected members shall be | ||||||
| 12 | filled within 90 days of the occurrence of the vacancy by a | ||||||
| 13 | special election held by the State's Attorneys in the district | ||||||
| 14 | where the vacancy occurred. Vacancies on the board of the | ||||||
| 15 | appointed member shall be filled within 90 days of the | ||||||
| 16 | occurrence of the vacancy by a special election by the | ||||||
| 17 | members. In the case of a special election, the tabulation and | ||||||
| 18 | certification of the results may be conducted at any regularly | ||||||
| 19 | scheduled quarterly or special meeting called for that | ||||||
| 20 | purpose. A member elected or appointed to fill such position | ||||||
| 21 | shall serve for the unexpired term of the member whom he is | ||||||
| 22 | succeeding. Any member may be re-elected or re-appointed for | ||||||
| 23 | additional terms. | ||||||
| 24 | (Source: P.A. 102-16, eff. 6-17-21; 102-687, eff. 12-17-21.)
| ||||||
| 25 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| |||||||
| |||||||
