Full Text of SB2729 98th General Assembly
SB2729ham001 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie Filed: 5/23/2014
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2729
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2729 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 3-15.12 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/3-15.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-15.12)
| 7 | | Sec. 3-15.12. High school equivalency testing program.
The
| 8 | | The regional
superintendent of schools shall make available for | 9 | | qualified individuals
residing within the region a High School | 10 | | Equivalency Testing Program.
For that purpose the regional | 11 | | superintendent alone or with other
regional superintendents | 12 | | may establish and supervise a testing center or
centers to | 13 | | administer the secure forms of the high school level Test of
| 14 | | General Educational Development to qualified persons. Such | 15 | | centers
shall be under the supervision of the regional | 16 | | superintendent in whose
region such centers are located, |
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| 1 | | subject to the approval
of the
President of the Illinois | 2 | | Community College Board.
| 3 | | An individual is eligible to apply to the regional | 4 | | superintendent of schools
for the region in which he or she
| 5 | | resides if he or she is: (a) a person who is 17 years
of age or | 6 | | older, has maintained residence in the State of Illinois,
and | 7 | | is
not a high school graduate; (b)
a person who is successfully | 8 | | completing an
alternative education program under Section | 9 | | 2-3.81, Article 13A,
or Article 13B; or (c) a
person who is
| 10 | | enrolled in a youth education program sponsored by the Illinois | 11 | | National
Guard.
For purposes of this Section, residence is that | 12 | | abode which the applicant
considers his or her home. Applicants | 13 | | may provide as sufficient proof of such
residence and as an | 14 | | acceptable form of identification a driver's license, valid | 15 | | passport, military ID, or other form of government-issued | 16 | | national or foreign identification that shows the applicant's | 17 | | name, address, date of birth, signature, and photograph or | 18 | | other acceptable identification as may be allowed by law or as | 19 | | regulated by the Illinois Community College Board. Such | 20 | | regional superintendent shall determine if the
applicant meets | 21 | | statutory and regulatory state standards. If qualified the
| 22 | | applicant shall at the time of such application pay a fee | 23 | | established by the
Illinois Community College Board, which fee | 24 | | shall be paid into a special
fund
under the control and | 25 | | supervision of the regional superintendent. Such moneys
| 26 | | received by the regional superintendent shall be used, first, |
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| 1 | | for the
expenses incurred
in administering and scoring the | 2 | | examination, and next for other educational
programs that are | 3 | | developed and designed by the regional superintendent of
| 4 | | schools to assist those who successfully complete the high | 5 | | school level test of
General Education Development in | 6 | | furthering their academic development or
their ability to | 7 | | secure and retain gainful employment, including programs for
| 8 | | the competitive award based on test scores of college or adult | 9 | | education
scholarship grants or similar educational | 10 | | incentives. Any excess moneys shall
be paid into the institute | 11 | | fund.
| 12 | | Any applicant who has achieved the minimum passing | 13 | | standards as
established by the
Illinois Community College | 14 | | Board shall be
notified in writing by the regional | 15 | | superintendent and shall be
issued a high school equivalency | 16 | | certificate on the forms provided by the
Illinois Community | 17 | | College Board. The regional superintendent shall
then certify | 18 | | to the Illinois Community College Board
the score of the | 19 | | applicant and such other and additional information
that may be | 20 | | required by the Illinois Community College Board. The
moneys | 21 | | received therefrom shall be used in the same manner as provided
| 22 | | for in this Section.
| 23 | | Any applicant who has attained the age of 17 years and | 24 | | maintained
residence in the State of Illinois and is not a high | 25 | | school graduate, any person who has enrolled in a youth | 26 | | education program sponsored by the Illinois National Guard, or |
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| 1 | | any person who has successfully completed
an
alternative | 2 | | education program under Section 2-3.81,
Article 13A, or Article | 3 | | 13B is eligible to apply for a high school equivalency
| 4 | | certificate (if he or she meets the requirements prescribed by | 5 | | the Illinois Community College Board) upon showing evidence | 6 | | that he or she has completed, successfully, the high
school | 7 | | level General Educational Development Tests, administered by | 8 | | the United
States Armed Forces Institute, official GED Centers | 9 | | established in other
states, or at Veterans' Administration | 10 | | Hospitals or the office of the State
Superintendent of | 11 | | Education administered for the Illinois State Penitentiary
| 12 | | System and the Department of Corrections. Such applicant shall | 13 | | apply to the
regional superintendent of the region wherein he | 14 | | has maintained residence, and
upon payment of a fee established | 15 | | by the Illinois Community College Board
the regional | 16 | | superintendent shall issue a high school
equivalency | 17 | | certificate, and immediately thereafter certify to the | 18 | | Illinois Community College Board the score of the applicant and | 19 | | such other and
additional information as may be required by the | 20 | | Illinois Community College Board.
| 21 | | Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any | 22 | | applicant who has
been out of school for at least one year may | 23 | | request the regional
superintendent of schools to administer | 24 | | the restricted GED test upon
written request of: The director | 25 | | of a program who certifies to the Chief
Examiner of an official | 26 | | GED center that the applicant has completed a
program of |
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| 1 | | instruction provided by such agencies as the Job Corps, the
| 2 | | Postal Service Academy or apprenticeship training program; an | 3 | | employer
or program director for purposes of entry into | 4 | | apprenticeship programs;
another State Department of Education | 5 | | in order to meet regulations
established by that Department of | 6 | | Education, a post high school
educational institution for | 7 | | purposes of admission, the Department of
Professional | 8 | | Regulation for licensing purposes, or the Armed Forces
for | 9 | | induction purposes. The regional superintendent shall | 10 | | administer
such test and the applicant shall be notified in | 11 | | writing that he is
eligible to receive the Illinois High School | 12 | | Equivalency Certificate
upon reaching age 17, provided he meets | 13 | | the standards established by the Illinois Community College | 14 | | Board.
| 15 | | Any test administered under this Section to an applicant | 16 | | who does not
speak and understand English may at the discretion | 17 | | of the administering
agency be given and answered in any | 18 | | language in which the test is
printed. The regional | 19 | | superintendent of schools may waive any fees required
by this | 20 | | Section in case of hardship.
| 21 | | In counties of over 3,000,000 population a GED certificate
| 22 | | shall contain the signatures of the President of the Illinois | 23 | | Community College Board, the superintendent, president or | 24 | | other chief
executive officer of the institution where GED | 25 | | instruction occurred and any
other signatures authorized by the | 26 | | Illinois Community College Board.
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| 1 | | The regional superintendent of schools shall furnish the | 2 | | Illinois
Community College Board with any information that the | 3 | | Illinois
Community College Board requests with regard to | 4 | | testing and certificates under this
Section.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 94-108, eff. 7-1-05; 95-609, eff. 6-1-08 .)".
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