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 1        AN ACT concerning education.

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

 4        Section  5.  The Disabled Persons Rehabilitation  Act  is
 5    amended by changing Section 13a as follows:

 6        (20 ILCS 2405/13a) (from Ch. 23, par. 3444a)
 7        Sec.  13a.   (a)  The Department shall be responsible for
 8    coordinating the establishment of local  Transition  Planning
 9    Committees.   Members  of  the  committees  shall  consist of
10    representatives  from  special  education;   vocational   and
11    regular education; post-secondary education; parents of youth
12    with  disabilities; persons with disabilities; local business
13    or industry; the Department of  Human  Services;  public  and
14    private adult service providers; case coordination; and other
15    consumer,  school,  and  adult  services as appropriate.  The
16    Committee shall  elect  a  chair  and  shall  meet  at  least
17    quarterly.  Each Transition Planning Committee shall:
18             (1)  identify current transition services, programs,
19        and  funding  sources  provided  within the community for
20        secondary and post-secondary aged youth with disabilities
21        and  their  families  as  well  as  the  development   of
22        strategies to address unmet needs;
23             (2)  facilitate   the   development   of  transition
24        interagency  teams  to   address   present   and   future
25        transition   needs   of   individual  students  on  their
26        individual education plans;
27             (3)  develop a mission statement that emphasizes the
28        goals of integration and participation in all aspects  of
29        community life for persons with disabilities;
30             (4)  provide for the exchange of information such as
31        appropriate    data,   effectiveness   studies,   special
 
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 1        projects, exemplary programs,  and  creative  funding  of
 2        programs;
 3             (5)  develop   consumer   in-service  and  awareness
 4        training programs in the local community; and
 5             (6)  assist  in  staff   training   for   individual
 6        transition   planning   and   student   transition  needs
 7        assessment.
 8        (b)  Each Transition Planning Committee  shall  select  a
 9    chair  from  among  its members who shall serve for a term of
10    one year.  Each committee shall meet at least  quarterly,  or
11    at such other times at the call of the chair.
12        (c)  Each  Transition  Planning  Committee shall annually
13    prepare and submit to the Interagency Coordinating Council  a
14    report   summary   which  assesses  the  level  of  currently
15    available services in the community as well as the  level  of
16    unmet  needs  of  secondary students with disabilities, makes
17    recommendations to address unmet needs,  and  summarizes  the
18    steps   taken   to   address   unmet   needs   based  on  the
19    recommendations made in previous reports.
20        (d) The name and affiliation  of  each  local  Transition
21    Planning  Committee  member  and  the  annual report required
22    under subsection (c) of this Section shall be filed with  the
23    administrative  office  of each school district served by the
24    local Transition Planning Committee, be made available to the
25    public upon request, and  be  sent  to  each  member  of  the
26    General  Assembly  whose district encompasses the area served
27    by the Transition Planning Committee.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

29        Section  10.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  adding
30    Section 14-3.05 and changing Section 14-8.03 as follows:

31        (105 ILCS 5/14-3.05 new)
32        Sec.  14-3.05.  Study  on  post-school  experiences.  The
 
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 1    State  Board  of  Education  must  contract  with  an  entity
 2    experienced in applied research  to  conduct  a  longitudinal
 3    study  over  5  years,  to  be completed on or before May 31,
 4    2006,  of  the  post-school  experiences  of  children   with
 5    disabilities  who  exit  high  schools in this State in 2001,
 6    including employment,  post-secondary  education,  vocational
 7    education,   continuing   and  adult  education,  independent
 8    living, community participation,  and  adult  services.   The
 9    State  Board  of  Education must provide an interim report of
10    this study to the Governor and the  General  Assembly  on  or
11    before May 31, 2002 and on or before May 31, 2004.  The State
12    Board  of Education must provide a final report of this study
13    to the Governor and the General Assembly on or before May 31,
14    2006.

15        (105 ILCS 5/14-8.03) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.03)
16        Sec. 14-8.03. Transition goals, supports, and services.
17        (a)  A school district shall consider, and  develop  when
18    needed,  the  transition  goals  and  supports  for  eligible
19    students  with disabilities not later than by the school year
20    in which the student reaches age 14 1/2 at the individualized
21    education  plan  program  meeting  and  provide  services  as
22    identified on the  student's  individualized  education  plan
23    program.   Transition  goals  shall  be  based on appropriate
24    evaluation   procedures   and    information,    take    into
25    consideration  the  preferences of the student and his or her
26    parents  or  guardian,  be  outcome-oriented,   and   include
27    employment,  post-secondary  education,  and community living
28    alternatives. Consideration of these goals  shall  result  in
29    the  clarification  of  a school district's responsibility to
30    deliver specific  educational  services  such  as  vocational
31    training and community living skills instruction.
32        (b)  To  appropriately  assess and plan for the student's
33    transition needs, additional  individualized  education  plan
 
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 1    team  program   members  may be necessary and may be asked by
 2    the school  district  to  assist  in  the  planning  process.
 3    Additional   individualized   education   plan  team  program
 4    planning  members  may  include  a  representative  from  the
 5    Department of Human Services, a case coordinator, or  persons
 6    representing  other  community  agencies  or  services.   The
 7    individualized  education  plan  program  shall  specify each
 8    person who is responsible  for  coordinating  and  delivering
 9    transition  services.  The public school's responsibility for
10    delivering educational services does not  extend  beyond  the
11    time  the  student  leaves school or when the student reaches
12    age 21.
13        (c)  A school district shall submit annually a summary of
14    each eligible student's transition goals and needed  supports
15    resulting  from  the  multidisciplinary  staff conference and
16    individualized education plan team  program  meeting  to  the
17    appropriate local Transition Planning Committee.  If students
18    with  disabilities  who  are ineligible for special education
19    services request transition  services,  local  public  school
20    districts   shall   assist   those  students  by  identifying
21    post-secondary school goals, delivering appropriate education
22    services, and coordinating with other agencies  and  services
23    for assistance.
24    (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

25        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
26    becoming law.

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