Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Judicial Inquiry Board for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning certificates of title.
Amends the Barber, Cosmetology, Esthetics, and Nail Technology Act of 1985. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning qualifications for licensure as a cosmetologist by a barber school graduate.
Congratulates Morton College as the most improved Illinois Community College in 2004.
Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning general and supplemental State aid, removes language that provides that if the appropriation in any fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure that each school district receives the full amount due for general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible districts on a prorated basis. Effective July 1, 2004.
Amends the State Finance Act. Makes technical changes in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Franchise Disclosure Act of 1987. Makes a stylistic change in a Section concerning the creation of the Franchise Advisory Board.
Amends the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the general powers of the Authority.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Financial Institutions for its FY04 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Illinois Pension Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning Chicago teachers.
Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning instituting proceedings in the case of addicted minors.
Creates the Youth Service Scholarship Act. Establishes the Youth Service Scholarship Program, to be administered by the Illinois Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service. Provides that the Program shall be made available to consortia of school districts and community-based organizations who then select pupils to earn scholarships while they are enrolled in any of grades 9 through 12 in a public school. Provides that, upon completion of 100 hours of volunteer community service performed between September 1 of one year and August 31 of the next year, a pupil shall earn a $500 scholarship. Provides that the pupil may redeem the scholarship if the pupil enrolls in a private or public postsecondary or vocational institution in this State. Requires the Commission to submit to the General Assembly a study of the efficacy of the Program by July 1, 2008. Repeals the Act on January 1, 2010. Effective immediately.
