Bill Text: IL SB1393 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to annually confer with the Illinois Community College Board to: (i) identify industries and occupations within this State that face workforce shortages; (ii) notify school districts of these identified industries and occupations; and (iii) approve industry-recognized certification programs designed to mitigate workforce shortages. Provides that beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the State Board of Education shall annually award incentive grants to school districts for each pupil in the school district who obtained a diploma if the school district has an industry-recognized certification program and the pupil successfully completed the program. Further provides that if the funds appropriated in any fiscal year are insufficient to pay the full amount of the incentive grant, the State Board of Education shall prorate the amount of its payments among school districts eligible for an incentive grant. Effective July 1, 2016.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-01-03 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [SB1393 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-SB1393-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 SB1393 Introduced 2/20/2015, by Sen. Scott M. Bennett SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.163 new
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to annually confer with the Illinois Community College Board to: (i) identify industries and occupations within this State that face workforce shortages; (ii) notify school districts of these identified industries and occupations; and (iii) approve industry-recognized certification programs designed to mitigate workforce shortages. Provides that beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the State Board of Education shall annually award incentive grants to school districts for each pupil in the school district who obtained a diploma if the school district has an industry-recognized certification program and the pupil successfully completed the program. Further provides that if the funds appropriated in any fiscal year are insufficient to pay the full amount of the incentive grant, the State Board of Education shall prorate the amount of its payments among school districts eligible for an incentive grant. Effective July 1, 2016.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
2-3.163 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.163 new)
Sec. 2-3.163. Career and technical education incentive
grants.
(a) The State Board of Education shall:
(1) annually confer with the Illinois Community
College Board to identify industries and occupations
within this State that face workforce shortages or
shortages of adequately trained, entry-level workers;
(2) annually notify school districts of the identified
industries and occupations and make this information
available on its Internet website; and
(3) approve industry-recognized certification programs
designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the
industries or occupations identified under item (1) of this
subsection (a).
(b) Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the State
Board of Education shall annually award incentive grants from
funds appropriated for that purpose to school districts in the

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amount of $1,000 per pupil for each pupil in the school
district who, in the prior school year, obtained a high school
diploma or a technical education high school diploma from a
school in the school district if:
(1) the school district has an industry-recognized
certification program approved under item (3) of
subsection (a) of this Section; and
(2) the pupil successfully completed the
industry-recognized certification program in any school
year in which the program was approved by the State Board
of Education.
(c) If the funds appropriated in any fiscal year are
insufficient to pay the full amount under subsection (b) of
this Section, the State Board of Education shall prorate the
amount of its payments among school districts eligible for an
incentive grant under this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2016.