Congratulates the members of the Salt Fork High School Class 1A Girls Track and Field Team on the occasion of winning the IHSA Class 1A State Championship.
Recognizes Rev. Dr. Jimmy Hopper of the First Presbyterian Church in Danville.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Board of Trustees of the Illinois State University for its FY 16 ordinary and contingent expenses.
Designates the section of Illinois Route 1 that runs from the south end of Westville to Georgetown as the "Sgt. Kenneth R. Nichols, Jr. Memorial Highway".
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Creates the Military Prior Learning Assessment Task Force within the Board of Higher Education to study and make recommendations on how to best effectuate the recognition of military learning for academic credit, industry-recognized credentials, and college degrees through the use of the Prior Learning Assessment. Sets forth the membership of the task force and what the task force's study must include. Requires the task force to report its findings and recommendations on or before December 1, 2016. Repeals these provisions on December 1, 2017. Effective immediately.
Urges School District 118 and all other school districts in the State of Illinois to consider adopting the water safety curriculum developed by the students in the Future Problem Solvers Club of North Ridge Middle School and commends the students of the Future Problem Solvers Club for taking the initiative to educate the public on water safety dangers and practices.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that the Director of Juvenile Justice shall make an annual report to the Governor and General Assembly concerning persons committed to the Department of Juvenile Justice, its institutions, facilities, and programs, of all moneys expended and received, and on what accounts expended and received no later than January 1 of each year. The report shall include the ethnic and racial background data, not identifiable to an individual, of all persons committed to the Department, its institutions, facilities, programs, and outcome measures established with the Juvenile Advisory Board. Provides that the Department of Juvenile Justice shall, by January 1, April 1, July 1, and October 1 of each year, transmit to the Governor and General Assembly, a report which shall include the following information: (1) the number of youth in each of the Department's facilities and the number of youth on aftercare; (2) the demographics of sex, age, race and ethnicity, classification of offense, and geographic location from where the offense occurred; (3) the educational and vocational programs provided at each facility and the number of residents participating in each program; (4) the present capacity levels in each facility; and (5) the ratio of the security staff to residents in each facility by federal PREA definitions. Deletes provision that the annual results of the Department's work as defined by outcome measures established by the Juvenile Advisory Board, with the Director and in conjunction with the Office of the Governor, shall be approved by the Board. Provides that the annual report of the Department's work transmitted to the Governor and General Assembly shall be by the Director of Juvenile Justice and not jointly by Director and the Board.
Amends the Rivers, Lakes, and Streams Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the jurisdiction of the Department of Natural Resources under the Act.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Removes the prohibition on allowing the student member of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission to receive a scholarship or grant pursuant to the Act during his or her term of office with the Commission. Effective immediately.
Designates the Stony Creek Bridge on U.S. Route 150 as the "Stony Creek Bridge - Honoring State Rep. William B. Black" in honor of former State Representative Black and his work in renovating the Stony Creek Bridge.
