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| Public Act 099-0650 | ||||
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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 Adult Education Act is amended by changing | ||||
Section 2-4 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 405/2-4) (from Ch. 122, par. 202-4)
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Sec. 2-4. Area Planning Councils. On or before October 15, | ||||
1982, an Area
Planning Council shall be established within the | ||||
boundaries of each
community college district. A | ||||
representative of each approved adult education provider is | ||||
required to participate on the Area Planning Council. Other | ||||
members may include: | ||||
(1) regional superintendents of schools; | ||||
(2) representatives of school districts; | ||||
(3) representatives of the community college | ||||
district's career and technical education program; | ||||
(4) representatives of the community college | ||||
district's financial aid office; | ||||
(5) representatives of the community college | ||||
district's student services office; | ||||
(6) representatives of local workforce boards under | ||||
the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act; | ||||
(7) persons with an interest in adult education | ||||
services provided within the community college district; | ||
and | ||
(8) persons with an interest in adult education | ||
services provided within the Area Planning Council | ||
district, including, but not limited to, representatives | ||
of social service agencies, businesses and employers, | ||
vocational rehabilitation services of the Department of | ||
Human Services, and the Department of Employment Security. | ||
Each Area Planning Council must elect officers and develop | ||
bylaws that indicate the membership of the Council. The Area | ||
Planning Council chairperson must be a representative of an | ||
adult education provider approved by the Board. In areas where | ||
large multiple-provider Area Planning Councils exist, the | ||
Board may designate sub-areas within an Area Planning Council | ||
district to ensure maximum representation of need. The Board | ||
shall determine the guidelines for the bylaws and operation of | ||
the Area Planning Council. Each school district included within | ||
the
boundaries
of the community college district maintaining | ||
either grades kindergarten
through 12 or grades 9 through 12; | ||
each regional superintendent of schools,
the majority of whose | ||
region
is included within the boundaries of the community | ||
college district; and
the community college district shall be | ||
entitled to one representative on
the Area Planning Council. | ||
Area Planning Councils may elect to form a joint
Area Planning | ||
Council consisting of 2 or more community college
districts
as | ||
approved by the Board. School districts which are not included | ||
within
the boundaries of a community college district may elect | ||
to participate
in an Area Planning Council associated with a | ||
community college district
with the approval of the Board; or | ||
they may elect to establish an
Area Planning Council which is | ||
not associated with a community college district
with the | ||
approval of the Board.
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On or before March 1 of each year each Area Planning | ||
Council shall submit
an annual Adult Education Plan for the | ||
area. The Area Adult Education Plan
shall provide for the | ||
development and coordination of adult education programs
in the | ||
area as prescribed by the Board. The Area Adult Education Plan | ||
must be aligned with Title II of the federal Workforce | ||
Innovation and Opportunity Act, the State Unified Plan, local | ||
workforce boards, and one-stop activities and must include | ||
involvement of the local Board-approved adult education | ||
workforce board representative. The local adult education | ||
workforce board representative is responsible for convening | ||
Area Planning Council chairpersons in a local workforce area to | ||
provide information
regarding the development of the Area Adult | ||
Education Plans and related federal Workforce Innovation and | ||
Opportunity Act activities. If the Board finds that the annual | ||
Area Adult Education
Plan submitted by the Area Planning | ||
Council meets the requirements of this
amendatory
Act of 1982 | ||
and the established standards and guidelines, the Board shall | ||
approve the Plan. The approval of adult education
programs
by | ||
the Board for reimbursement under Section
10-22.20
of the | ||
School Code shall be based on the Adult Education Plan approved | ||
for the
Area. The Area Adult Education Plan must be approved | ||
prior to funding being made available to an Area Planning | ||
Council district.
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On or before March 1, 2002 and each year thereafter, the | ||
Board shall submit
an annual report to the Governor and the | ||
General
Assembly for adult education for the preceding school | ||
year. The annual
report shall include a summary of adult | ||
education needs and programs; the
number of students served, | ||
federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act activities, | ||
high school equivalency information, credit hours or units of | ||
instruction, performance data, total adult education | ||
allocations
costs, and State reimbursement for adult basic | ||
education, adult secondary education, English language | ||
acquisition, integrated English literacy, civics education, | ||
bridge and integrated education
and training programs, and | ||
vocational
skills programs; the criteria used for program | ||
approval; and any
recommendations.
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(Source: P.A. 91-830, eff. 7-1-01.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law.
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