Appropriates $2,100,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois Public Health Association for the distribution of pre-exposure prophylaxis information. Effective July 1, 2020.
Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act. Provides that, upon the transfer of a film production services credit, the taxpayer shall pay to the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity 1.5% of the credit amount, which shall be deposited into the Film Workforce Training and Diversity Fund. Amends the State Finance Act to create the Film Workforce Training and Diversity Fund. Provides that moneys in the Fund shall be used to provide grants to certain organizations and institutions to administer workforce development and training programs that support efforts to recruit, hire, promote, retain, develop, and train a diverse and inclusive workforce in the film industry. Effective immediately.
Amends the School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act. In the definitions of "free breakfast program" and "free lunch program" removes references to needy children. Requires every public school to have a free breakfast program. Repeals provisions concerning a breakfast incentive program and applications for participation in programs.
Supports all efforts to make it easier for Americans in crisis to access potentially life-saving resources about suicide prevention, intervention, and mental health crisis by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Urges the FCC to establish a new hotline for those Americans experiencing suicidal thoughts or a mental health crisis. Further urges the FCC to initiate a rulemaking proceeding to consider designating 988 as the 3-digit code to be used for this purpose.
Amends the School Code. Requires school districts to provide contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and for the Crisis Text Line on the back of each student identification card issued by the school district. Provides that if the school district does not issue student identification cards to its students or to all of its students, the school district must publish this information on its website. Effective July 1, 2020.
Appropriates $6,000,000 from the General Revenue Fund to the Department on Aging for services provided under the Family Caregiver Support Program. Effective July 1, 2020.
Amends the School Code. For each school district, requires the State Board of Education to make available on its website, not later than January 1, 2022 and annually thereafter, the total number of personnel with a school support personnel endorsement. Provides that for each endorsement area, the State Board of Education must publish, among other required information, the following information about school support personnel: (i) those actively employed on a full-time basis, (ii) those actively employed on a part-time basis, and (iii) those actively employed by a special education joint agreement. Requires a school district to report the required information to the State Board of Education no later than November 16, 2021 and annually thereafter.
Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education's school report cards must include the most current data on the number and percentage of students who received direct advanced instruction (rather than direct instruction) from a teacher who holds a gifted education endorsement and the number and percentage of students who received direct advanced instruction from a teacher who does not hold a gifted education endorsement. Effective immediately.
Amends the Criminal Identification Act concerning expungement. Provides for automatic expungement of law enforcement records, criminal history records, and court records of all persons whose arrest or charge not initiated by arrest resulted in release without charging or in acquittal, dismissal, or conviction when the conviction was reversed or vacated. Provides exceptions. Effective immediately.
Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Provides that the Secretary of State shall include, in the Illinois Rules of the Road publication, information advising drivers how to safely share the road with large trucks, including how to safely pass a large truck, how to give trucks appropriate space when they are making a right-hand turn, and how to avoid the blind spots around a large truck known as the "No Zone". Senate Committee Amendment No. 5 Deletes reference to: 625 ILCS 5/2-112 Adds reference to: 625 ILCS 5/1-100 from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 1-100 Replaces everything after the enacting clause. Amends the Illinois Vehicle Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the short title.
