Congratulates Dr. Nelson Armour, Superintendent of Schools for Fairview School District 72 in Skokie, on his retirement.
Congratulates Michelangelo Scafidi III on attaining the rank of Eagle Scout within the Boy Scouts of America.
Calls upon the U.S. Congress to maintain Social Security and to reject private accounts and changes that will reduce benefits or increase the deficit.
Amends the Illinois State Auditing Act. Requires that the Auditor General's audits of certain mental health and developmental disabilities facilities under the jurisdiction of the Department of Human Services include their records concerning reports of suspected abuse of facility staff by facility residents or patients.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning public policy with respect to the determination and enforcement of the support responsibility of relatives.
Mourns the death of William J. Curley of Hazel Crest, formerly of Riverdale.
Congratulates Rabbi Morris I. Esformes on the establishment of the "Rabbi Morris I. Esformes Professorship" at the University of Chicago.
Amends the Election Code. Authorizes election authorities to establish special procedures for late voter registration, beginning January 1, 2005. Requires the State Board of Elections to adopt necessary rules.
Amends provisions of the Illinois Human Rights Act. Provides that, for purposes of the Act, discrimination based on national origin includes discrimination based on the language spoken in the place in which a person or one of his or her ancestors was born. Effective January 1, 2005.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning terms.
