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| AN ACT concerning courts.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Court |
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| Grandparent Awareness Training Act.
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| Section 5. Course development. The Administrative Office |
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| of the Illinois Courts shall develop and approve a training |
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| course that addresses and sensitizes judges and judicial |
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| personnel to the unique problems and issues faced by |
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| grandparents who are raising their grandchildren. The training |
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| course shall be reviewed at least every 2 years and modified by |
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| the Administrative Office of the Illinois Courts from time to |
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| time as needed.
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| Section 10. Attendance. The Administrative Office of the |
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| Illinois Courts shall be responsible for ensuring that all |
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| judges and judicial personnel attend initial training within 90 |
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| days after the effective date of this Act or within 90 days |
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| after their appointment or transfer or date of hire, as |
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| appropriate, as well as an annual in-service training.
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| Section 15. Course contents. The training course shall, at |
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| a minimum, include training that would: |
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| (1) increase the awareness on the part of judges and |
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| judicial personnel of the social, psychological, |
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| financial, and physical problems and issues faced by |
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| grandparents who are raising their grandchildren; and |
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| (2) provide judges and judicial personnel with |
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| guidelines for dealing with these grandparents sensitively |
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| and in a manner that facilitates their gaining access to |
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| the legal rights and remedies available to them through the |
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| judicial system.
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