Amends the Downstate Teacher Article of the Illinois Pension Code. Provides that when assessing payment for any amount due under provisions that require an employer to make an additional contribution for salary increases greater than 6% in any school year used to determine final rate of salary for school years 2018 through 2021, the System shall exclude salary increases resulting from overload work, including summer school, when the school district has certified to the System, and the System has approved the certification, that (i) the overload work is for the sole purpose of classroom instruction in excess of the standard number of classes for a full-time teacher in a school district during a school year and (ii) the salary increases are equal to or less than the rate of pay for classroom instruction computed on the teacher's current salary and work schedule. Effective immediately.
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Amends the Victims' Economic Security and Safety Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning posting of certain notices.
Creates the Racial Impact Note Act. Provides that every bill which has or could have a disparate impact on racial and ethnic minorities, upon the request of any member, shall have prepared for it, before second reading in the house of introduction, a brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a reliable estimate of the anticipated impact on those racial and ethnic minorities likely to be impacted by the bill. Specifies the contents, and provides for the preparation, of each racial impact note. Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Prohibits racial discrimination and harassment by State officers and employees. Provides that each State officer and employee shall annually complete a racial bias, discrimination, and harassment training program approved by the appropriate jurisdictional authority. Expands the jurisdiction of the Executive Ethics Commission to include allegations of racial discrimination and harassment by persons registered under the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that the personnel policies of units of local government shall prohibit racial discrimination and harassment. Defines "racial discrimination and harassment". Provides for rulemaking, including emergency rulemaking. Amends the Secretary of State Act. Provides the Secretary of State's Inspector General with jurisdiction to investigate complaints of racial discrimination and harassment by persons registered under the Lobbyist Registration Act. Amends the Lobbyist Registration Act. Prohibits racial discrimination and harassment by persons registered under the Lobbyist Registration Act. Provides that each registered lobbyist shall annually complete a racial bias, discrimination, and harassment training program approved by the Secretary of State. Defines "racial discrimination and harassment". Amends the Illinois Human Rights Act. Requires the Department of Human Rights to establish a racial discrimination and harassment hotline for the anonymous reporting of racial discrimination and harassment in both public and private places of employment, and to provide for reporting by both telephone and Internet. Amends the Illinois Administrative Procedure Act to provide for emergency rulemaking. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Makes a technical change in a Section regarding support services provided to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families recipients.
Amends the Children and Family Services Act. Requires the Department of Children and Family Services to place youth in care in the least restrictive and most family-like setting that is consistent with the youth's needs and best interests. Creates a private right of action for: (i) a youth in care who remains in a psychiatric hospital for more than 14 days beyond the time the youth was clinically ready for discharge or beyond medical necessity; and (ii) a youth in care who remains in a detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice facility for more than 14 days after the youth could have been released. Provides that a youth aggrieved by any violation of this provision is entitled to damages in the amount of $600 per day for each day the youth remained psychiatrically hospitalized beyond necessity or remained in a detention center or Department of Juvenile Justice facility after the youth could have been released. Provides that the Department of Children and Family Services shall not be relieved of its liability or obligation to pay damages because the youth was placed in a shelter or in another type of placement that was not identified as an appropriate placement. Provides that the remedies are in addition to any remedies available under local, State, or federal law.
Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986. Makes a technical change in the short title Section.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning a high school equivalency testing program.
Amends the Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, the Local Mass Transit District Act, and the Regional Transportation Authority Act. Provides that no later than 180 days following the effective date of the amendatory Act, any fixed route public transportation services provided by, or under grant or purchase of service contracts of, the Chicago Transit Board, a local Mass Transit District, the Suburban Bus Board, or the Commuter Rail Board must be provided without charge for 30 days to an individual who resides in the area of the Boards or Districts who was issued an emergency or plenary order of protection. Provides that the Boards and Districts must prescribe conditions of the program, including the information an individual must provide to determine eligibility.
Amends the School Code. Requires school boards to develop a trauma response protocol that shall be implemented in response to a traumatic event at a school, including, but not limited to, a shooting at the school. Sets forth various requirements for the protocol, including response by hospitals, trauma intervention services, and community engagement. Amends the University of Illinois Hospital Act and Hospital Licensing Act to make conforming changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012. Provides that criminal defacement of property is a Class 3 (rather than a Class 4) felony when the aggregate value of the damage to property does not exceed $500 and the property damaged is a place of worship. Criminal defacement of property is a Class 2 (rather than a Class 3) felony when the aggregate value of the damage to property exceeds $500 and the property damaged is a place of worship.