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91_HB0497

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning computers for children, amending  named
 2    Acts.

 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:

 5        Section 5.  The School Code is amended by adding  Section
 6    2-3.126 as follows:

 7        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.126 new)
 8        Sec. 2-3.126.  Computers for children program.
 9        (a)  The  General  Assembly  finds  that future jobs will
10    require computer skills, and the  State  of  Illinois  should
11    assist  in  providing  schools,  park  district programs, and
12    community centers with the computer  equipment  necessary  to
13    assure technological literacy and a better trained workforce.
14        (b)  The State Board of Education shall create a program,
15    to  be  known as the "Cdrives for Kids Program", to refurbish
16    and upgrade donated computers as high quality  computers  for
17    use  by  children  in  schools,  park  district programs, and
18    community centers.  To implement and administer this program,
19    the State Board of Education shall do all  of  the  following
20    within available appropriations allocated for this program:
21             (1)  Establish   and  annually  revise  the  minimum
22        standards for computers that  will  be  accepted  by  the
23        program   and   the   minimum   specifications   for  the
24        refurbishment  of  donated  computers  as  high   quality
25        computers  that will be able to access online educational
26        resources and perform multi-media functions.
27             (2)  Contract  with  one  or   more   not-for-profit
28        organizations   to  handle  arrangements  for  marketing,
29        receipt, storage, and delivery of donated and refurbished
30        computers to designated sites.
31             (3)  Contract with the Department of Corrections  to
 
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 1        refurbish  donated computers pursuant to this program and
 2        with any other schools, community colleges, universities,
 3        or not-for-profit organizations as are  needed,  provided
 4        that   security   measures   are   instituted  to  remove
 5        confidential information from donated computers prior  to
 6        access  by prisoners, students, or any other unauthorized
 7        persons.
 8             (4)  Allocate high quality computers after they  are
 9        refurbished, based on an application process, to schools,
10        park district programs, and community centers, as defined
11        by the State Board of Education, at no or a low cost.
12        (c)  The  State  Board  of  Education  may  utilize funds
13    appropriated by the General Assembly and  any  other  private
14    funding  available  for  this  program  for  the  purchase of
15    computer  supplies  and  parts;  the  purchase  of   computer
16    software;   reasonable   costs   associated  with  marketing,
17    receipt, storage, and delivery  of  donated  and  refurbished
18    computers; and reasonable administrative expenses incurred by
19    the  State Board of Education, Department of Corrections, and
20    organizations contracting with the State Board  of  Education
21    pursuant to subsection (b) of this Section.
22        (d)  The  State  Board  of  Education may adopt any rules
23    necessary to implement and administer this program.

24        Section 10.  The Unified Code of Corrections  is  amended
25    by adding Section 3-2-10 as follows:

26        (730 ILCS 5/3-2-10 new)
27        Sec.    3-2-10.  The   Department   shall   establish   a
28    correctional   industry   whereby   donated   computers   are
29    refurbished by prisoners pursuant to  the  Cdrives  for  Kids
30    Program created under Section 2-3.126 of the School Code.

31        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 
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 1    becoming law.

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