Mourns the death of Suffragan Bishop Cornelius Southern of Chicago.
Sponsored bills
Congratulates the Chicago Area Project and the Illinois Council of Area Projects for sponsoring Youth Democracy Day on Thursday, May 10, 2007.
Mourns the death of Leo Garrett, Jr., of Chicago.
Congratulates Father Darryl James on his move from Messiah-St. Bartholomew Episcopal Church in Chicago to Grace Episcopal Church in Jamaica, New York and thanks him for his years of ministry and service to the citizens of the State of Illinois.
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Makes changes concerning the identification, evaluation, and placement of children; the impartial due process hearing procedure; the expedited hearing procedure; the selection, training, evaluation, and retention of hearing officers and other matters concerning hearing officers; and the evaluation of the impartial due process hearing system.
Amends the Counties Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Freedom of Information Act. Provides that identification information relating to mandated reporters of suspected child abuse or neglect contained in records of a law enforcement agency or the Department of Children and Family Services is exempt from inspection and copying under the Act.
Amends the Motor Vehicle Retail Installment Sales Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the transportation of pupils.
Amends the Illinois Public Labor Relations Act. Provides that no employee may be considered a "managerial employee" because he or she belongs to a classification of employees to whom executive and managerial functions may be delegated, unless the labor board in a hearing finds actual delegation on a regular basis. Provides that no employee may be classified a "managerial employee" because he or she performs professional duties. Provides that in determining an employee's status, the labor board shall consider the employee's actual job duties and responsibilities and the extent to which the employee has actual authority concerning the overall operations and governance of the employee's office or workplace. Effective immediately.