Amends the Flag Display Act. Requires the Governor to issue an official notice to fly the United States national flag, the State flag of Illinois, and the appropriate military flag upon the death of a resident of this State killed during on duty training for active military duty.
Amends the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Provides that a student who takes a College Board Advanced Placement examination and receives a score of 3 or higher on the examination is entitled to receive postsecondary level course credit at a public institution of higher education. Requires each public institution of higher education to comply with the same standard of awarding course credit to any student receiving a score of 3 or higher on a College Board Advanced Placement examination and applying the credit to meet a corresponding course requirement for degree completion at that institution of higher education. Effective immediately.
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Provides that State's Attorneys are authorized to receive unfounded reports of child abuse or neglect for the purpose of screening and prosecuting a petition filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 requesting an Order of Protection. Provides that an unfounded report shall not be admissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding or action "except for the purpose of screening and prosecuting a petition filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 requesting an Order of Protection" (rather than an unfounded report shall not be admissible in any judicial or administrative proceeding or action).
Amends the Child Care Act of 1969. Provides that it is a violation of the Act for any person to smoke tobacco in any area of a day care center, day care home, or group day care home (removing qualifying language regarding services being provided or children being present). Effective immediately.
Amends the Charter Schools Law of the School Code. Requires a charter school to comply with all (instead of all applicable) health and safety requirements applicable to public schools under the laws of this State. Provides that a charter school is not exempt from local school board health, safety, and wellness policies. Makes technical changes having a revisory function. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Code. Adds the subjects of consumer debt, higher education student loans, and identity-theft security to the list of subjects that are required to be included in the financial literacy component of consumer education. Effective July 1, 2015.
Amends the Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the admission of minors to a mental health facility.
Amends the Public Community College Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning armed forces recruiting and training.
Amends the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code. Provides that any museum in this State that, as of the effective date of the amendatory Act, has provided professional development and is approved by the State Superintendent of Education shall be designated as approved to provide professional development activities for the renewal of Professional Educator Licenses. Makes a technical correction. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Eliminates mandatory sentences of natural life imprisonment for persons convicted of offenses committed before they attain 18 years of age. Provides that on or after the effective date of the amendatory Act, when a person was under 18 years of age at the time of the commission of an offense, the court, at the sentencing hearing, shall consider specified factors in determining the appropriate sentence and be given greater discretion in determining an appropriate sentence.
