Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia

Amends the Clerks of Courts Act. Adds an additional exception to the requirement that fees, fines, costs, and additional penalties paid by a person to the circuit clerk have to be disbursed to other governmental entities within 60 days after receipt: contributions to a local anti-crime program ordered pursuant to the Unified Code of Corrections. Effective immediately.

Amends the Physical Fitness Facility Medical Emergency Preparedness Act. Provides that "physical fitness facility" does not include any outdoor facility that is owned or operated by a municipality or township. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Provides that the second Sunday in June each year is a holiday to be known as Children's Day (El Dia de los Ninos). Provides that Children's Day is to be observed throughout the State as a day to recognize and acknowledge the lives of all children.

Amends the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance Act. Provides that a person may not under any circumstances charge a fee to a claimant for assistance in completing an application form for a property tax relief grant or pharmaceutical assistance under the Act. Effective immediately.

Amends the Illinois Finance Authority Act. Provides that the Authority is authorized to issue bonds or notes in an amount not to exceed $450,000 (now, $250,000). Provides that in any calendar year after 2007, the $450,000 amount shall be increased by an amount equal to such dollar amount multiplied by the inflation percentage determined under Section 305(c) of the federal Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (7 U.S.C. 1925) as of June 18, 2008. Provides that any increase must be rounded to the nearest multiple of $100. Effective immediately.

Amends the State Commemorative Dates Act. Designates the last Sunday in September (now, the second Sunday in August) as Gold Star Mothers' Day.

Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that specified persons who have not yet submitted a sample of blood, saliva, or tissue shall be required to submit a specimen of blood, saliva, or tissue prior to their final discharge or within 6 months from the effective date of the amendatory Act, whichever is sooner. Provides that "these specimens shall be placed into the State or national DNA database, to be used in accordance with other provisions of this Act, by the Illinois State Police". Effective immediately.

Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include instruction in grades 8 through 12 on teen dating violence.

Amends the School Code. Requires school districts to annually submit to the State Board of Education an itemized salary compensation report for every certificated employee in the district, including teachers, administrators, and the district superintendent. Sets forth what the salary compensation report must include. Provides that in a school compensation report, the State Board of Education shall make available to all parents, taxpayers, the Governor, and the General Assembly, every school district's salary compensation report on the State Board's Internet website. Provides that the school compensation report shall be an index of school compensation measured against statewide and local compensations and shall provide information to make prior year comparisons. Provides that the school compensation report shall be prepared by the State Board and provided to school districts by the most efficient, economic, and appropriate means. Effective immediately.

Amends the School Code. With respect to the Early Childhood Education Block Grant, provides that not less than 11% (instead of exactly 11%) of the grant shall be used to fund programs for children ages 0-3. Provides that this percentage shall increase to at least 20% by Fiscal Year 2015, except that if, in a given fiscal year, the amount appropriated for the Early Childhood Education Block Grant is insufficient to increase the percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 without reducing the amount of the grant for existing providers of preschool education programs, then the percentage of the grant to fund programs for children ages 0-3 may be held steady instead of increased. Effective July 1, 2009.