Bill Text: IL SB3541 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Amended

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires the Board of Education for the Department of Juvenile Justice School District to establish a pilot program in which students who are credit deficient or in need of a non-traditional education are provided an online alternative to earning a high school diploma. Provides that the pilot program shall allow eligible students to take online courses provided by an online career education program and taught by teachers certified by the online career education program, which shall allow a student to earn enough credits to graduate or to receive a high school diploma and career certificate from the online career education program. Requires the Board to choose 2 facilities to participate in the pilot program and develop a plan for online career education programs participating in the pilot program. Sets forth classifications of career educational programming that the plan must address, and requires the plan to evaluate the effect of students' mobility between juvenile justice education programs and school districts on the students' educational outcomes and whether the continuity of the students' educational outcomes and whether the continuity of the student's education can be better addressed through an Internet-based delivery of education that meets certain requirements. Provides for a report to the General Assembly. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Failed) 2015-01-13 - Session Sine Die [SB3541 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SB3541-Amended.html

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Sen. Toi W. Hutchinson

Filed: 4/3/2014

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3541
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3541 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
13-43.14 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/13-43.14) (from Ch. 122, par. 13-43.14)
Sec. 13-43.14. (a) The Board shall determine the branches
and courses of study and the type of schools for each facility
as well as to establish special schools at various facilities
or facility within said district and to establish district wide
schools at one or more locations for special purposes, and is
empowered to enter into agreements with local school districts
for the purpose of using their facilities or coordinating
facilities for a more efficient use of funds, personnel,
physical plants and other combined available resources. The
Board shall also determine the type of textbooks and apparatus

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for said schools.
(b) The Board and the Department of Corrections shall
establish a pilot program in which adjudicated youth offenders
or adult inmates or both who are credit deficient or in need of
a non-traditional education are provided an opportunity to earn
a vocational online high school diploma as an alternative to
earning an in-residence high school diploma or high school
equivalency certificate. The pilot program shall allow
eligible adjudicated youth offenders or adult inmates or both
to take online courses provided by an AdvancED/NCA/SACS
accredited online career education program and facilitated by
teachers licensed by this State, which shall allow a student to
earn enough credits to graduate or to receive a high school
diploma and career certificate from the AdvancED/NCA/SACS
accredited online career education program. The Board and the
Department of Corrections shall choose 5 juvenile justice or
adult facilities or a combination of both to participate in the
pilot program.
The Board and the Department of Corrections shall develop a
plan for online career education programs participating in the
pilot program. The plan must address the following
classifications of career educational programming:
(1) Type 1. Programs that teach personal
accountability skills and behaviors that are appropriate
for students in all age groups and ability levels and that
lead to work habits that help maintain employment and

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living standards.
(2) Type 2. Programs that include Type 1 program
content and an orientation to the broad scope of career
choices, based upon personal abilities, aptitudes, and
interests, and exploring and gaining knowledge of
occupational options and the level of effort required to
achieve them as essential prerequisites to skill training.
(3) Type 3. Programs that include Type 1 program
content and career education competencies or the
prerequisites needed for entry into a specific occupation.
The plan must also evaluate the effect of students'
mobility between juvenile justice education programs and
school districts on the students' educational outcomes and
whether the continuity of the students' educational outcomes
and whether the continuity of the student's education can be
better addressed through an Internet-based delivery of
education that meets requirements for:
(A) delivery by an agent that is fully accredited by
AdvancED, the unified organization of the North Central
Association Commission on Accreditation and School
Improvement (NCA CASI), and the Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools' Council on Accreditation and School
Improvement (SACS CASI);
(B) delivery from a secure environment that both
protects and restricts Internet-access for students in
confined or restricted settings;

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(C) responsive and rapid enrollment, ensuring juvenile
offenders are placed in an educational setting immediately
upon adjudication, instead of waiting for the start of a
new semester or quarter;
(D) articulating credits, issuing transcripts, and
conferring certifications and diplomas, allowing existing
credits toward graduation to be incorporated into the
overall graduation plan;
(E) accommodating the needs of juvenile offenders with
widely varying academic requirements; and
(F) providing performance-based instruction that
advances students based on performance, not just
instruction time.
No more than 3 years after the pilot program has been
established under this Section, the Board and the Department of
Corrections shall file a report with the General Assembly
concerning the results of the pilot program and whether the
pilot program should be expanded.
(Source: P.A. 77-1779.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.".