SB0768sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Deanna Demuzio

Filed: 4/8/2005

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 768

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 768 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The Interagency Coordinating Council Act is amended by changing Section 3 as follows:

(20 ILCS 3970/3) (from Ch. 127, par. 3833)

Sec. 3. Scope and Functions. The Interagency Coordinating Council shall:

(a) gather and coordinate data on services for secondary age youth with disabilities in transition from school to employment, post-secondary education and training, and community living;

(b) provide information, consultation, and technical assistance to State and local agencies and local school districts involved in the delivery of services to youth with disabilities in transition from secondary school programs to employment and other post-secondary programs;

(c) assist State and local agencies and school districts, through local transition planning committees, in establishing interagency agreements to assure the necessary services for efficient and appropriate transition from school to employment, post-secondary education and training, and community living;

(d) conduct an annual statewide evaluation of student transition outcomes and needs from information collected from local transition planning committees, school districts, and other appropriate sources; indicators used to evaluate outcomes shall include (i) high school graduation or passage of the Test of General Educational Development, (ii) participation in post-secondary education, including continuing and adult education, (iii) involvement in integrated employment, supported employment, and work-based learning activities, including vocational training, and (iv) independent living, community participation, adult services, and other post-secondary activities; and

(e) provide periodic in-service training to consumers in developing and improving awareness of transition services; and .

(f) develop a comprehensive plan to increase the availability of school personnel in this State with LBS II - Transition Specialist certification and implement this plan beginning no later than September 1, 2006.

(Source: P.A. 92-452, eff. 8-21-01.)".