Rep. Mary Flowers

Amends the Medical Practice Act of 1987. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the Illinois African-American Family Commission Act. Provides that the annual funding allocation for the Illinois African-American Family Commission shall be no less than $1,000,000.

Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the number of unpaid final determinations determined by ordinance in order for a vehicle to be eligible for immobilization shall not be less than 5.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides if the defendant has been found guilty by a judge or jury after a trial, the prosecutor shall file with the court at the sentencing hearing a verified written statement signed by the prosecutor setting forth the prosecutor's final offer, if any, of any specified sentence and any charge to be dismissed or not charged in a plea discussion in exchange for a plea of guilty from the defendant and waiver of his or her right to trial. Also provides in any sentence, a defendant shall not be punished by the imposition of a heavier or greater sentence merely because he or she exercises his or her constitutional right to be tried before an impartial judge or jury.

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 Provides that the amendatory language applies only to school boards in school districts with 275,000 students or more.

Urges the State of Illinois to launch a pilot project to establish a transitional shelter village that will support the crisis housing and health needs of people currently experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

Creates the Relieve College Costs Pilot Program Act. Creates a pilot program for a 4-year degree pathway based on texts that served as the core foundational basis for western civilization and the Enlightenment, under which one public high school, one public community college, and one public university shall develop a competency-based baccalaureate degree program for a Fundamental Issues and Texts Humanities Degree. Includes as goals of the program: (1) preparing students with skills relating to critical thinking, problem solving, rational inquiry, and oral and written communication needed for employment or further graduate study; (2) using open educational resources if available; (3) using online course options if available to reduce costs; (4) identifying pathway courses to promote dual credit course enrollment in the participating high school; and (5) having a $20,000 maximum tuition rate for the entirety of the degree pathway. Contains provisions concerning a program director, the curriculum, open educational resources, reporting, and rulemaking. Effective immediately. House Floor Amendment No. 1 In provisions concerning the panel created by the State Board of Education, Illinois Community College Board, and Board of Higher Education, requires the panel to seek and identify initiatives to support the use of foundational materials and original sources that reside in the public domain or open educational resource materials in support of the degree program (rather than only to seek and identify initiatives to support the use of open educational resource materials). Provides that the panel is dissolved on January 31, 2023. Provides that a public institution, at the request of its board of trustees, must highlight the courses that use low-cost digital or print options for students (rather than courses that may have a lost-cost option for print versions).

Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that a school's comprehensive health education program must include instruction on the medical and legal ramifications of cannabis use. Makes technical corrections. Effective immediately.

Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Requires the Chicago Board of Education to establish a school nurse pilot program. Provides that under the program, the Board shall require the top 20% of the lowest performing schools in the school district, as determined by the Board, to employ a school nurse in conformance with certain provisions of the Code concerning school nurses. Requires the Board to implement this program beginning with the 2021-2022 school year. Effective immediately. House Committee Amendment No. 1 Deletes reference to: 105 ILCS 5/34-81.67 new Adds reference to: 105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, provides that the Chicago Board of Education shall require the top 20% of the lowest performing schools in the district to employ a school nurse. Effective immediately.

Appropriates $2,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for grants to IMPACT-enrolled and BEP-certified medi-car and stretcher van transport services for expenses related to capacity building activities. Effective July 1, 2022.