Appropriates $3,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Board of Education for English language learner support software for school district instruction. Effective July 1, 2015.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
Amends the School Code. Requires the revised School Improvement Plan for a Chicago public school that is initially placed on academic watch status after a fourth annual calculation or that remains on academic watch status after a fifth annual calculation to be approved by the school's local school council even if on probation. Provides that a charter school operating within the City of Chicago shall be administered by a local school council. Provides that a local school council shall be established for each attendance center within the Chicago school district. Provides that in each attendance center enrolling students in 7th or 8th grade, one full-time student member shall be appointed to the local school council, although no attendance center shall have more than one student member. Requires a supermajority of 8 votes by the local school council to veto any action proposed or approved regarding certain schools placed on probation and intervention actions. Provides that the Chicago Board of Education shall provide $2,500 annually to each local school council for the purposes of training and to procure reasonable and necessary office equipment and supplies as each local school council sees fit. Creates the LSC Certification Commission to provide fundamental training to members of local school councils and to certify each member. Makes changes concerning training for local school council members. Provides that the LSC Certification Commission may request and, upon such request, the Board shall budget and distribute such funds as are equal to the total allocations for the certification of local school council members in the immediately prior year. Makes changes concerning certain limitations upon applicability. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Lottery Law. Requires the Department of the Lottery, beginning on January 1, 2016 or as soon thereafter as is practical, to offer a special instant scratch-off game to benefit autism research. Requires the net revenue from that game to be deposited into the Autism Research Checkoff Fund. Authorizes the Department to adopt rules necessary to implement and administer the game. Defines "net revenue". Makes conforming changes in the Department of Human Services Act. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Procurement Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning State policy.
Amends the Workers' Compensation Act. Makes a technical change to a Section concerning the Self-Insurers Advisory Board.
Creates the Insurance Premium Tax Act. Imposes a tax on each authorized domestic, foreign, or alien insurer engaged in the business of entering into contracts of insurance or annuity in the State in an amount equal to 1.3% of the premiums and fees charged for those insurance policies. Provides that the proceeds from the tax shall be deposited into the Flood Catastrophe Fund and shall be used by the Department of Insurance for the purpose of providing reimbursement to insurers for a portion of their catastrophic losses due to flooding. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Flood Catastrophe Fund. Effective immediately.
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title of the Code.
