Amends the Disabled Persons Rehabilitation Act. Provides that the eligibility standards for home health services and other preventive services must include an asset limit of $20,000.
Amends the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act. Provides that nothing in the Act may be construed to abrogate any statute, rule, or ordinance requiring that a fire extinguisher be present in a dormitory. Effective immediately.
Amends the Teacher Certification Article of the School Code. Removes a provision prohibiting a preservice education teacher from student teaching until he or she has passed the subject matter test in the discipline in which he or she will student teach.
Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to excuse pupils in grades 9 through 12 from engaging in physical education courses if those pupils must utilize the time set aside for physical education to receive special education support and services. Changes requirements with regard to a physical education course of study. Requires a physical education course of study to provide students with an opportunity for an appropriate amount of daily physical activity. Requires a physical education course of study to be part of the regular school curriculum and not extra-curricular in nature or organization. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to establish a State goal that all school districts have a wellness policy that is consistent with recommendations of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Requires the Department of Public Health and the State Board to form an interagency working group to publish model wellness policies and sample programs. Requires the State Board to establish a pilot project to implement model wellness policies. Creates the School Wellness Policy Taskforce to identify barriers to implementing wellness policies, recommend how to reduce those barriers, recommend statewide school nutrition standards, and evaluate the effectiveness of wellness policies. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. Provides that in determining the appropriate sentence for any conviction under the Act, the sentencing court may consider the possession, delivery, or manufacture of controlled substances or cannabis in the presence of a child under 17 years of age.
Amends the School Code. Provides that the Spring mandate waiver report the State Board of Education files with the General Assembly shall be filed before each March 1 (instead of May 1). Gives the General Assembly 60 days (instead of 30 days) to disapprove the report in whole or in part. Makes an exception to the daily physical education requirement on block scheduled days if a school is engaged in block scheduling.
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. In provisions making it unlawful for a child sex offender to knowingly be present on school property or a school vehicle when persons under the age of 18 are present, eliminates an exception for an offender who is the parent or guardian of a student who is present. Effective immediately.
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that for a defendant convicted of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, aggravated criminal sexual assault, or criminal sexual assault on or after July 1, 2005, the term of mandatory supervised release shall range from a minimum of 3 years to a maximum of the natural life of the defendant. Provides that the term of mandatory supervised release of these sex offenders shall toll during any period of incarceration. Provides that the Prisoner Review Board shall hear by at least one member and through a panel of at least 3 members, decide the conditions of mandatory supervised release and the time of discharge from mandatory supervised release, to impose sanctions for violations of mandatory supervised release and revoke mandatory supervised release for those sex offenders. Provides that the Department of Corrections shall retain custody of those sex offenders. Provides that the supervising officer of those sex offenders shall prepare a progress report commencing 180 days after the offender's release and continuing every 180 days thereafter for the duration of their supervised release. Provides that supervising officers of sex offenders shall receive specialized training in the supervision of sex offenders. Effective July 1, 2005.
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that identifying information in indicated reports involving the sexual abuse of a child, the death of a child, or serious physical injury to a child must be retained after the report is indicated or after the subsequent case or report is closed (instead of may be retained longer than 5 years after that time).
