Amends the School Construction Law. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning carry over projects.
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Creates the Loan Repayment Assistance for Nurses Act. Requires the Department of Public Health to establish an educational loan repayment assistance program for nurses who practice in designated nurse shortage areas. Provides that beginning July 1, 2004, the Department shall consider applications for assistance under the program. Provides that for each year that a qualified applicant practices full-time in a designated shortage area as a nurse, the Department shall, subject to appropriation, award a grant to that person in an amount equal to the amount in educational loans that the person must repay that year. Provides that the total amount in grants that a person may be awarded shall not exceed $5,000. Effective July 1, 2003.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning terms.
Amends the Board of Higher Education Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning making rules and regulations.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning elections.
Amends the School Code. Adds a Section creating the Joint Education, Health, and Human Services Committee. Contains only a caption.
Amends the School Code. Makes changes concerning the course prerequisites to receive a high school diploma. Provides that each pupil entering the 9th grade in 2008-2009 must successfully complete one year of Algebra 1 or geometry and one year of biology, chemistry, or physics. Provides that each pupil entering the 9th grade in the 2009-2010 school year or a subsequent school year must successfully complete (i) 3 (instead of 2) years of mathematics, including one year of Algebra 1 and one year of plane geometry, and (ii) one year of biology and one year of chemistry, one year of biology and one year of physics, or one year of chemistry and one year of physics (instead of one year of science). Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Southern Illinois University Management Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning creation of the Board of Trustees.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the State Board of Education.
Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning employment.