Sen. Dan Kotowski

Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Provides that subject to appropriations, the Department shall create a pilot program for adult day services for persons on the autism spectrum over the age of 22. Provides that the Department shall make grants to organizations that develop a replicable model for quality day services for adults with autism living in Illinois. Effective immediately.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the State Universities Civil Service System for its FY12 ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011.

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Office of the Executive Inspector General for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, as follows: General Funds $5,772,000; Other State Funds $1,493,100; Total $7,265,100.

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2011, as follows: General Funds $450,031,100; Other State Funds $25,510,000; Federal Funds $385,377,500; Total $860,918,600.

Directs the Auditor General to conduct a management audit of grants and awards distributed by State agencies in Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011. Provides that the audit shall include the following determinations: (1) the amount of money each State agency distributed in FY10 and FY11 for grants and awards, the recipients of those funds, and the purposes for which the funds were distributed; (2) whether a sample of grantees selected by the auditors met the purposes for which the State moneys were provided; and (3) whether a sample of grantees selected by the auditors complied with applicable laws, regulations, contracts, and grant and award agreements. Provides that the Auditor General shall commence the audit as soon as practical and distribute the report upon completion in accordance with the Illinois State Auditing Act.

Appropriates $2 from the General Revenue Fund to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol for its ordinary and contingent expenses. Effective July 1, 2011.

Amends the Illinois Manufactured Home Installers Act. Makes a technical change concerning the short title of the Act.

Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Creates a credit in an amount equal to any qualified education expenses paid by the taxpayer to an eligible educational institution during the taxable year, but not to exceed $5,000 per taxpayer in any taxable year. Provides that the term "eligible educational institution" means any public or private university, community college, vocational school, or other postsecondary educational institution that is physically located in the State and is eligible to participate in a student loan program administered by the United States Department of Education. Provides that the term "qualified education expenses" means tuition and fees required for enrollment or attendance at an eligible educational institution, as well as expenses for course-related books, supplies, and equipment if those expenses are incurred as part of the student's course of study. Effective immediately.

Makes appropriations for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Illinois Student Assistance Commission for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, as follows: General Funds $456,865,000; Other State Funds $25,520,000; Federal Funds $368,877,500; Total $851,262,500.

Amends the Business Enterprise for Minorities, Females, and Persons with Disabilities Act. Makes a technical change concerning rules and regulations for the establishment and continuation of narrowly tailored sheltered markets.