Amends the School Code. In a Section concerning the identification, evaluation, and placement of children with disabilities, provides that if a child is deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or visually impaired and he or she might be eligible to receive services from the Illinois School for the Deaf or the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, the school district shall notify the parents or guardian, in writing, of the existence of these schools and the services they provide. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Department of State Police Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois; also amends the Illinois Police Training Act, the State Mandates Act, and the Illinois Vehicle Code. Requires the Department of State Police to provide training to State Police officers concerning sensitivity toward racial and ethnic differences. Requires the Illinois Law Enforcement Training Standards Board to provide for similar training for probationary police officers. Provides for a 4-year traffic stop statistical study based on information that must be recorded on the face of a uniform traffic citation, warning citation, or uniform stop card by State and local law enforcement officers. Provides that no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act. Effective immediately.
Makes appropriations to the Office of the State's Attorney Appellate Prosecutor for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Children's Health Insurance Program Act to extend the sunset date for the Act from July 1, 2003 to July 1, 2006. Effective immediately.
Amends the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan Act. Makes a technical change in the Section relating to the short title.
Recognizes February 3 as National Black Nurses Day and honors Kennedy-King College's Chapter of the National Student Nurses Association for its dedication to continuing the legacy of providing quality health care and educational services throughout the community.
Mourns the death of Theodore "Rudy" Hendricks.
Mourns the death of Mary Lee Powers.
Mourns the death of Florida May Brown of Chicago.
Recognizes Clifton Herford of Chicago on his the occasion of his 104th birthday.