Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Public Aid shall provide nursing home employee scholarships (to be added to a nursing home's regular Medicaid reimbursement rate) to each nursing home reimbursed under the Medicaid program. Provides that the purpose of the scholarships is to lead to career advancement or to provide job-related training in English as a second language. Provides for such scholarships at the rate of $0.25 per bed for the period from July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007; provides for such scholarships calculated according to various factors after June 30, 2007.
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Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the University of Illinois for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board of the Trustees of Western Illinois University for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, as follows: General Revenue Fund $56,391,100; Other State Funds $10,000; Total $56,401,100.
Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department of Children and Family Services for its FY 06 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2005.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Children and Family Services for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, as follows: General Revenue Fund $824,597,300; Other State Funds $461,224,600; Federal Funds $18,367,600; Total $1,304,189,500.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005, as follows: General Revenue Fund $40,548,150; Other State Funds $46,120,200; Federal Funds $10,307,100; Total $96,975,450.
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Department of Corrections for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, as follows: General Revenue Fund $1,120,179,300; Other State Funds $99,662,700; Total $1,219,842,000
Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the State Board of Education and the Teachers Retirement System for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2006, as follows: General Revenue Fund $7,402,217,000; Other State Funds $43,541,800; Federal Funds $2,173,707,200; Total $9,619,466,000
Amends the School Code. Provides that on or before July 1, 2006, the State Board of Education shall adopt maximum weight standards for textbooks used by pupils in elementary and secondary schools. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.
Makes appropriations from certain funds to the Supreme Court to various purposes. Effective July 1, 2005.