Bill Text: IL SB3226 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, no later than 6 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the State Board of Education shall adopt rules as may be necessary to allow students of any high school in this State who are 16 years of age or older to participate in registered apprenticeship programs; defines "registered apprenticeship program". Provides that the rules shall include the waiver of all non-academic requirements mandated for graduation from a high school under the Code that would otherwise prohibit or prevent a student from participating in a registered apprenticeship program. Makes related changes. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB3226 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB3226-Engrossed.html

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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
2-3.173 and by changing Section 27-22.05 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.173 new)
Sec. 2-3.173. Registered apprenticeship program.
(a) In this Section, "registered apprenticeship program"
means an industry-based occupational training program of study
with standards reviewed and approved by the United States
Department of Labor that meets each of the following
characteristics:
(1) Apprentices in the program are at all times
employed by a company participating in the program.
(2) The program features a structured combination of
on-the-job learning supported by related technical
classroom instruction, met either by a high school or a
public community college.
(3) Apprentices in the program are paid a training wage
of not less than the State minimum wage, which escalates
throughout the life of the apprenticeship, and employment
is continued with the company following conclusion of the
apprenticeship for a period of not less than 2 years.

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(4) Apprentices in the program earn an
industry-related occupational skills certificate and a
high school diploma.
(5) Apprentices in the program may earn postsecondary
credit toward a certificate or degree, as applicable.
(b) No later than 6 months after the effective date of this
amendatory Act of the 100th General Assembly, the State Board
of Education shall initiate a rulemaking proceeding to adopt
rules as may be necessary to allow students of any high school
in this State who are 16 years of age or older to participate
in registered apprenticeship programs. The rules shall include
the waiver of all non-academic requirements mandated for
graduation from a high school under this Code that would
otherwise prohibit or prevent a student from participating in a
registered apprenticeship program.
(105 ILCS 5/27-22.05)
Sec. 27-22.05. Required course substitute. Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Article or this Code, a school
board that maintains any of grades 9 through 12 is authorized
to adopt a policy under which a student who is enrolled in any
of those grades may satisfy one or more high school course or
graduation requirements, including, but not limited to, any
requirements under Sections 27-6 and 27-22, by successfully
completing a registered apprenticeship program under rules
adopted by the State Board of Education under Section 2-3.173

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of this Code, or by substituting for and successfully
completing in place of the high school course or graduation
requirement a related vocational or technical education
course. A vocational or technical education course shall not
qualify as a related vocational or technical education course
within the meaning of this Section unless it contains at least
50% of the content of the required course or graduation
requirement for which it is substituted, as determined by the
State Board of Education in accordance with standards that it
shall adopt and uniformly apply for purposes of this Section.
No vocational or technical education course may be substituted
for a required course or graduation requirement under any
policy adopted by a school board as authorized in this Section
unless the pupil's parent or guardian first requests the
substitution and approves it in writing on forms that the
school district makes available for purposes of this Section.
(Source: P.A. 88-269.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.