Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school energy conservation.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning school counselors.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State Board of Education.

Amends the Currency Exchange Act, the Consumer Installment Loan Act, and the Payday Loan Reform Act. Provides that a business licensed under one of those Acts may offer any product or service that is permitted under any of those Acts, so long as the business is licensed under the appropriate Act. Further amends the Currency Exchange Act. Provides that a licensee who holds more than one community currency exchange license may hold the aggregate minimum liquid funds required for all the licensee's locations in a single account in the licensee's name. Further amends the Consumer Installment Loan Act. Provides that the Director of Financial Institutions may fine a licensee an amount not exceeding $500 (now, $10,000) per violation. Provides that an examination of the books and records of a licensee by the Director shall take no more than 4 hours to complete and must occur during a single business day. Repeals provisions concerning a limited purpose branch and the prohibition against accepting certain checks. Makes other changes. Further amends the Payday Loan Reform Act. Provides that an examination of the books and records of a licensee by the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation shall take no more than 4 hours to complete and must occur during a single business day. Provides that a licensee must pay an annual fee of $450 (now $1,000). Provides that the Secretary may fine a licensee an amount not exceeding $500 (now, $10,000) per violation. Provides that the Secretary may approve the conduct of other businesses in a licensee's place of business, unless the Secretary finds that the conduct will conceal or facilitate evasion of violation of the Act. Repeals a provision concerning the superiority of the Act over any other State financial regulation laws. Makes other changes.

Creates the Lincoln Promise Zone Act. Allows the city councils of Rockford, Aurora, and East St. Louis to each create a promise zone. Provides that the promise zone shall raise funds from private sources at least sufficient to provide each eligible student who resides within the promise zone and who graduates from a public high school located within that promise zone with the tuition necessary to obtain an associate degree or its equivalent at the local community college during the 2013-2014 and 2014-1015 academic years. Provides for the creation of a Lincoln Promise Zone Authority for the promise zone. Sets forth the membership of the Board of the Authority and the Authority's powers and duties. Requires the Authority to prepare and adopt a promise zone development plan. Creates a review committee to review promise zone development plans and their implementation. Requires the review committee to report to the General Assembly on all aspects of the Act's implementation on or before December 31, 2015. Abolishes the Authorities on December 31, 2015, and repeals the Act on January 1, 2016. Effective immediately.

Amends the Open Meetings Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.

Amends the School Code. Increases the compulsory school age from 17 to 18 years of age; makes related changes. Effective July 1, 2012.

Creates the Truancy in Chicago Public Schools Task Force.

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning boards of education.

Amends the Use Tax Act and the Service Use Tax Act. Expands the definitions of "retailer maintaining a place of business in this State" and "serviceman maintaining a place of business in this State" to include a retailer or serviceman who has a contract with a person located in this State under which the retailer or serviceman sells the same or substantially similar line of products or services as the person located in this State and does so using an identical or substantially similar name as the person located in this State. Effective immediately.