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| Public Act 100-0331 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The State Finance Act is amended by adding | ||||
Sections 5.878 and 6z-102 as follows: | ||||
(30 ILCS 105/5.878 new) | ||||
Sec. 5.878. The Police Training Academy Job Training | ||||
Program and Scholarship Fund. | ||||
(30 ILCS 105/6z-102 new) | ||||
Sec. 6z-102. The Police Training Academy Job Training | ||||
Program and Scholarship Fund. | ||||
(a) A Police Training Academy Job Training Program and | ||||
Scholarship Fund is created as a special fund in the State | ||||
treasury and shall be used to support program and scholarship | ||||
activities of the police training academy job training and | ||||
scholarship programs established under Section 22-83 of the | ||||
School Code and Section 65.95 of the Higher Education Student | ||||
Assistance Act. Moneys from fees, gifts, grants, and donations | ||||
received by the State Board of Education and Illinois Student | ||||
Assistance Commission for purposes of supporting these | ||||
programs and scholarships shall be deposited into the Police | ||||
Training Academy Job Training Program and Scholarship Fund. | ||||
(b) The State Board of Education; the Illinois Student | ||
Assistance Commission; and participating counties, school | ||
districts, and law enforcement partners may seek federal, | ||
State, and private funds to support the police training academy | ||
job training and scholarship programs established under | ||
Section 22-83 of the School Code and Section 65.95 of the | ||
Higher Education Student Assistance Act. | ||
Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||
22-83 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 5/22-83 new) | ||
Sec. 22-83. Police training academy job training program. | ||
(a) In a county of 175,000 or more inhabitants, any school | ||
district with a high school may establish one or more | ||
partnerships with a local police department, county sheriff, or | ||
police training academy to establish a jobs training program | ||
for high school students. The school district shall establish | ||
its partnership or partnerships on behalf of all of the high | ||
schools in the district; no high school shall establish a | ||
partnership for this purpose separate from the school | ||
district's partnership under this Section. The jobs training | ||
program shall be open to all students, regardless of prior | ||
academic history. However, to encourage and maintain | ||
successful program participation and partnerships, the school | ||
districts and their partner agencies may impose specific | ||
program requirements. | ||
(b) The State Board of Education shall track participation | ||
and the success of students participating in the jobs training | ||
program established under this Section and annually publish a | ||
report on its website examining the program and its success. | ||
Section 15. The Higher Education Student Assistance Act is | ||
amended by adding Section 65.95 as follows: | ||
(110 ILCS 947/65.95 new) | ||
Sec. 65.95. Police training academy job training | ||
scholarship program. | ||
(a) The Commission shall, each year, receive applications | ||
for scholarships under this Section. An applicant is eligible | ||
for a scholarship under this Section if the Commission finds | ||
that the applicant has successfully completed the police | ||
training academy job training program established under | ||
Section 22-83 of the School Code and been accepted to a public | ||
institution of higher learning in the State. | ||
(b) Applicants who are determined to be eligible for | ||
assistance under this Section shall receive, subject to | ||
appropriation from the Police Training Academy Job Training | ||
Program and Scholarship Fund, a renewable scholarship to be | ||
applied to tuition and mandatory fees and paid directly to the | ||
public institution of higher learning at which the applicant is | ||
enrolled. However, the total amount of assistance awarded by | ||
the Commission under this Section to an individual in any | ||
fiscal year, when added to other financial assistance awarded | ||
by the Commission to that individual for that fiscal year, must | ||
not exceed the cost of attendance at the institution of higher | ||
learning at which the student is enrolled. | ||
(c) A scholarship awarded under this Section may be renewed | ||
for a total of up to 4 years of full-time enrollment. The | ||
Commission may by rule set the academic requirements necessary | ||
to maintain participation in the program. | ||
(d) Students granted a scholarship under this Section shall | ||
be granted access to any needed noncredit remedial courses in | ||
order to ensure academic success at the public institution of | ||
higher learning. Students granted a scholarship under this | ||
Section shall also be admitted to a student retention program | ||
offered by the public institution of higher learning, | ||
including, but not limited to, any CHANCE program the public | ||
institution may have established. | ||
(e) The Commission shall make all necessary and proper | ||
rules not inconsistent with this Section for its effective | ||
implementation.
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