HB 5810 Illinois House · 101st Regular Session

POLICE TRAINING-SOCIAL WORK

Summary
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that no probationary police officer beginning employment after the effective date of the amendatory Act shall receive a permanent appointment as a law enforcement officer unless he or she shall have obtained a bachelor's degree with a major or minor in social work. Provides that a law enforcement agency that offers tuition reimbursements for permanent police officers to go to school must also allow permanent police officers to request retroactively up to two years of tuition reimbursement for college or police academy tuition that was incurred before being hired as a police officer at the law enforcement agency only if the police officer qualified for financial aid while attending college or police academy. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jul 2020
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Governor
Introduced Jul 13, 2020 Last action Nov 10, 2020
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Nov 10, 2020
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Referred to Rules Committee
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