Rep. Kenneth Dunkin

Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning definitions.

Creates the Colon Hydrotherapist Licensing Act. Establishes licensing requirements for the practice of colon hydrotherapy by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and provides that no person shall practice colon hydrotherapy for compensation without a license. Creates the Colon Hydrotherapy Licensing Board. Establishes guidelines for applications, endorsement, display of licenses, exemptions, advertising, investigations and hearings, continuing education, renewal and restoration of licenses, suspension of licenses, fees, confidentiality, and violations. Amends the Regulatory Sunset Act. Provides for the repeal of the Colon Hydrotherapist Licensing Act on January 1, 2024. Effective January 1, 2014.

Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Provides that the Board of Higher Education shall require all public and private institutions of higher education located in this State to submit an annual report on or before April 15, 2016 and on or before each April 15 thereafter, in a searchable Adobe PDF format, on all procurement goals and actual spending for female-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned, and small business enterprises in the previous calendar year. Provides that each institution shall include certain information in its annual report. Provides that the Board and all institutions shall hold an annual workshop open to the public in July of 2016 and each July thereafter on the state of supplier diversity to collaboratively seek solutions to structural impediments to achieving stated goals. Sets forth other Board requirements. Effective immediately.

Creates the Racial Impact Note Act. Provides that every bill which amends criminal offenses, criminal procedure, or sentencing provisions under the Criminal Code of 2012, the Code of Criminal Procedure of 1963, the Unified Code of Corrections, the Cannabis Control Act, the Illinois Controlled Substances Act, the Methamphetamine Control and Community Protection Act, the Methamphetamine Precursor Control Act, or the Methamphetamine Precursor Tracking Act shall have prepared for it, by the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority, prior to second reading in the house of introduction a brief explanatory statement or note which shall include a reliable estimate of the proportional racial makeup of the population likely to be impacted by the bill.

Amends the School Code. Requires (instead of allows) a school district or nonpublic school to maintain at a school a supply of epinephrine auto-injectors. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning charter schools.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax 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 School Code's construction.

Amends the School Code and the Juvenile Court Act of 1987. Provides that as part of the pupil discipline policy (or the uniform system of discipline for pupils in the case of Chicago), each school board shall adopt a policy of zero tolerance that, among other requirements, (1) defines criteria for reporting any act that occurs whenever or wherever students are within the jurisdiction of the school board, (2) defines acts that pose a serious threat to school safety, (3) defines petty acts of misconduct, (4) minimizes the victimization of students or staff, and (5) establishes a procedure that ensures each student has the opportunity to appeal disciplinary actions. Sets forth provisions in relation to entering into agreements with and filing reports with local law enforcement agencies and adopting a cooperative agreement with the Department of Juvenile Justice concerning no contact orders. Provides that any disciplinary or prosecutorial action taken against a student who violates a zero-tolerance policy must be based on the individual student and the particular circumstances of the student's misconduct. Encourages school districts to use alternatives to expulsion or referral to law enforcement agencies unless the use of such alternatives will pose a threat to school safety.

Amends the Chicago Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that the Chicago Board of Education shall levy a property tax annually at a rate that will produce an amount equal to the amount of member contributions to the Chicago Teachers' Pension Fund during the fiscal year 2 years prior to the year for which the tax is levied, subject to a maximum rate of .26%. Provides that the Board of Education shall use the proceeds of the tax for the purpose of making employer contributions to the Fund. Effective immediately.