Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the registration and recognition of non-public elementary and secondary schools, (i) changes a statutory reference, (ii) makes changes concerning the release of criminal history record information concerning an applicant for employment, (iii) requires a student teacher, prior to the commencement of any student teaching experience (or required internship) in a school, to authorize a fingerprint-based criminal history records check, and (iv) requires a school to perform a check of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and of the Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database for each student teacher. In provisions concerning criminal history records checks and checks of the Statewide Sex Offender Database and Statewide Murderer and Violent Offender Against Youth Database for applicants for employment with a school district, (i) requires the Department of State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to furnish records of convictions forever and hereinafter (until expunged), (ii) makes changes concerning the release of confidential information concerning criminal convictions, (iii) provides that information obtained by a school district within the last year with respect to employees of persons or firms holding contracts with the school district must be made available to a requesting school or school district (instead of to a requesting school, school district, community college district, or private school), and (iv) makes changes concerning checks for student teachers.
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Creates the Bilingual Advisory Task Force.
States the belief that a public or private post-secondary educational institution should include a student veteran on its governing board if the institution wishes to call itself "veteran friendly".
Urges the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to create and distribute a survey for the purposes of identifying the main reasons for which Illinois residents choose to leave our State. Urges the Department to make a reasonable attempt to have former Illinois residents fill out this survey so as to understand their decision to move out and to utilize cost-free online survey websites to create an inexpensive survey of this kind.
Shows support for Illinois Invasive Species Awareness Month and designates the month of May in 2015 and 2016 as Invasive Species Awareness Month in the State of Illinois.
Honors the American soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines from the State of Illinois who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the preceding year.
Mourns the death of Kay Marie Hurt of Aurora.
Urges Congress and President Obama's administration to reexamine public school accountability systems.
Mourns the death of Charles J. Myler of Aurora.
Urges the United States Army and the President to grant 1st Lieutenant Clint Lorance clemency in his case or, in the alternative, a new trial.