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SB1393sam003 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
Sen. Scott M. Bennett
Filed: 4/20/2015

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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1393
2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1393 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:

4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 2-3.163 as follows:

6     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.163 new)
7     Sec. 2-3.163. Career and technical education incentive
8 grants.
9     (a) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose,
10 the State Board of Education shall:
11         (1) annually confer and reach agreement with the
12     Illinois Community College Board and the Department of
13     Employment Security to identify industries and occupations
14     within this State that face workforce shortages or
15     shortages of adequately trained, entry-level workers;
16         (2) annually notify school districts of the identified

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1     industries and occupations and make this information
2     available on its Internet website; and
3         (3) approve industry-recognized certification programs
4     designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the
5     industries or occupations identified under item (1) of this
6     subsection (a).
7     (b) Subject to a separate appropriation for this purpose,
8 the Illinois Community College Board shall:
9         (1) annually confer and reach agreement with the State
10     Board of Education and the Department of Employment
11     Security to identify industries and occupations within
12     this State that face workforce shortages or shortages of
13     adequately trained, entry-level workers;
14         (2) annually notify community college districts of the
15     identified industries and occupations and make this
16     information available on its Internet website; and
17         (3) approve industry-recognized certification programs
18     designed to mitigate workforce shortages in any of the
19     industries or occupations identified under item (1) of this
20     subsection (b).
21     (c) Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the State
22 Board of Education shall annually award incentive grants from
23 funds appropriated for that purpose to school districts and
24 community college districts in which pupils are able to enroll
25 in a certification program under item (3) of subsection (a) or
26 item (3) of subsection (b) of this Section, in the amount of

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1 $1,000 per pupil for each pupil who, in the prior school year,
2 obtained a high school diploma or a technical education high
3 school diploma from a public high school if:
4         (1) the school district has an industry-recognized
5     certification program approved under item (3) of
6     subsection (a) of this Section or the community college
7     district has an industry-recognized certification program
8     approved under item (3) of subsection (b) of this Section;
9     and
10         (2) the pupil successfully completed the
11     industry-recognized certification program in any school
12     year in which the program was approved by the State Board
13     of Education or the Illinois Community College Board.
14     (d) If the funds appropriated in any fiscal year are
15 insufficient to pay the full amount under subsection (c) of
16 this Section, the State Board of Education shall prorate the
17 amount of its payments among school districts eligible for an
18 incentive grant under this Section.

19     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
20 2016.".

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