Amends the School Code. Requires school boards to give at least 60 days' notice of the closure of a school for at least one school year to all affected students, parents, and legal guardians. Effective immediately.
Amends the State Comptroller Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Makes appropriations to agencies for costs incurred prior to July 1, 2017. Effective immediately, but this Act does not take effect at all unless Senate Bills 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the 100th General Assembly become law.
Creates the Statewide Task Force on Developing Opportunities for Youth and Young Adults Who Are Jobless and Out-of-School in order to examine and develop programs to address the growing numbers of out-of-school and jobless youth in Illinois, including those without a high school diploma, who are neither working nor in school, and low-attending jobless high school students.
Recognizes the 39th Puerto Rican People's Parade which fosters ethnic pride and enhances the profile of cultural diversity which strengthens the fabric of the State of Illinois.
Recognizes and commends the Puerto Rican Cultural Center and the National Center of Sex Education transnational partnership on issues of wellness facing the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Puerto Rican/Latin@ community and enhances the profile of diversity which so strengthens the fabric of the community of the State of Illinois.
Recognizes the 39th Puerto Rican People's Parade which fosters ethnic pride and enhances the profile of cultural diversity which strengthens the fabric of the State of Illinois.
Mourns the death of Teresa Rendon Gonzalez.
Amends the Probation and Probation Officers Act. Provides that the Division of Probation Services shall establish training standards for continuing education of probation officers and supervisors and broaden access to available training programs. Effective immediately.
Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. Provides that a student who is already licensed to teach and is enrolled in a course of study leading to an additional teaching endorsement or a master's degree in an academic field in which he or she is teaching or plans to teach may participate in the Minority Teachers of Illinois scholarship program (rather than limiting the program to undergraduate students). Makes a conforming change. Effective immediately.
