Amends the Limited Liability Company Act. Reduces the expedited service fee for a limited liability company's articles of organization from $100 to $0. Effective immediately.
Congratulates Aurora Gore of Round Lake on the occasion of completing a 21-mile swim across the English Channel.
Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the application of the Article and definitions.
Amends the Transitional Bilingual Education Article of the School Code. Adds as a purpose of the Article the establishment of approved alternative programs in public schools. Provides that an approved alternative program means a full-time program of instruction (1) in all of those courses or subjects that a child is required by law to receive and that are required by the child's school district; (2) that consists of a structured English immersion program in which school districts may immerse qualified children into regular education courses of mathematics, English, and science if it is determined through proficiency assessments that the children have achieved sufficient English proficiency; and (3) that does not require children in the immersion program to be taught by teachers with a Bilingual Education and English as a Second Language endorsement. Makes other changes.
Amends the Environmental Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Employee Washroom Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the definition of "mental retardation".
Amends the School Construction Law. Allows school energy efficiency grants to be made to special education cooperatives. Effective immediately.
Amends the Technology Development Act. Authorizes the State Treasurer to segregate up to 3% of the Treasurer's investment portfolio in the Technology Development Account IIa. Authorizes investments from the account to provide venture capital to help attract, assist, and retain quality technology businesses in Illinois. Provides that the Treasurer may solicit proposals from entities to manage and be the General Partner of Technology Development Account IIb, a separate fund consisting of investments from private sector investors that must invest, at the direction of the Treasurer, in tandem with TDA IIa. Sets restrictions and conditions. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the School Code's construction.
