Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning before and after school programs.
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Appropriates $2,000,000 to the Department of Public Health from the General Revenue Fund to fund the activities and costs associated with the Universal Newborn Hearing Program. Effective July 1, 2008.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the creation of the Board.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning making rules and regulations.
Establishes the Unemployment Insurance for Contingent Academic Workers Task Force to (1) estimate costs to higher education institutions of a change in law that allows contingent academics to collect unemployment insurance and (2) examine the growth of employment of part-time contingent faculty over the past 10 years.
Amends the Health Services Education Grants Act. Provides that, in addition to grants to medical, dental, pharmacy, optometry, and nursing schools and physician assistant programs, grants may be made to psychology and other physical and mental health-related schools and programs (instead of to other health-related schools and programs). Effective immediately.
Amends the Department of Transportation Law of the Civil Administrative Code of Illinois. Authorizes the Department of Transportation to accept federal transportation funds for the purposes of traffic control and accident prevention. Effective immediately.
Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning recognition of higher education institutions as teacher education institutions.
Amends the Illinois Marriage and Dissolution of Marriage Act. Provides that a motion to modify a custody judgment with respect to a child who is at least 16 years of age may be made at any time by a parent of the child on the grounds that the child's preference is to live with the parent making the motion and the modification is in the best interest of the child. Provides that the court shall modify the custody judgment with respect to the child who is at least 16 years of age if it finds that the child's preference is to live with the parent making the motion and the modification is in the best interest of the child. Provides that specified restrictions on modification of custody judgments do not apply to a motion under the new provisions.
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt resolutions regulating the political activities and the solicitation and acceptance of gifts by their officials and employees (now, classified as State agencies subject to the entire Act's regulation and enforcement by the Executive Ethics Commission and the Governor's Executive Inspector General). Effective immediately.