730 ILCS 120/ Probation Challenge Program Act.

(730 ILCS 120/1) (from Ch. 38, par. 1501)

Sec. 1. This Article shall be known as the Probation Challenge Program Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/2) (from Ch. 38, par. 1502)

Sec. 2. The purpose of this Act is to provide an intensive program of educational instruction, as well as social and vocational counseling, to certain convicted criminal defendants in an effort to afford them a realistic opportunity to employ their latent talents and abilities and become contributing members of the society in which they live.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/3) (from Ch. 38, par. 1503)

Sec. 3. For the purposes of this Act, the following words have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section.

(1) "Board" refers to the Board of City College of Chicago District 508.

(2) "Client" refers to a person whose participation in the Program has been required as a condition of probation pursuant to the Unified Code of Corrections.

(3) "Program" refers to the Probation Challenge Program.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/4) (from Ch. 38, par. 1504)

Sec. 4. There is created in each county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, for the purpose of operating on an experimental basis, a Probation Challenge Program. The State shall bear the costs necessary to carry out the functions of the Program.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 1505)

Sec. 5. The Program shall be governed by the Board of City College of Chicago. The Board shall prescribe such rules as may be necessary to assure the efficient and effective operation of the Program, including but not limited to rules establishing qualifications for Program employees.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/6) (from Ch. 38, par. 1506)

Sec. 6. To the fullest extent practicable, the Board shall provide for the utilization of the facilities of community colleges within each county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants in the administration of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/7) (from Ch. 38, par. 1507)

Sec. 7. The Board shall appoint a Program Director who shall act as a chief operating officer and shall devote his full time to supervising the overall operation and fiscal affairs of the Program. The Program Director's duties as supervisor of the Program include but are not limited to the hiring of an Educational Coordinator, a Counselor Supervisor, a Psychologist and an Administrator for the Program, and acting as a liaison between the Program and the county Adult Probation Department in an effort to foster cooperation between the Program and such Department in accomplishing the purposes of this Act and to avoid the Program's duplicating services already being adequately provided by such Department.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/8) (from Ch. 38, par. 1508)

Sec. 8. (a) The Educational Coordinator shall be responsible for the overall planning, development and operation of the educational training of clients of the Program and the hiring and supervision of instructors for the Program.

(b) The Counselor Supervisor shall be responsible for the hiring and supervision of counselors for the Program and for initially meeting with new clients of the Program.

(c) The Program Psychologist shall be responsible for conducting an educational and psychological evaluation of all clients upon their entering the Program and upon his receiving requests for such evaluations from the Educational Coordinator or Counselor Supervisor, and for making recommendations to educational or counseling personnel based upon those evaluations.

(d) The Administrator shall be responsible for supervising the daily business affairs of the Program, including but not limited to the hiring and management of clerical personnel, the maintenance of all records, books and accounts of the Program, and the procurement of office and other necessary space, supplies and equipment.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/9) (from Ch. 38, par. 1509)

Sec. 9. The salaries of the Program Director and all supervisors and employees of the Program shall be determined by the Board.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/10) (from Ch. 38, par. 1510)

Sec. 10. At his initial meeting with the client, the Counselor Supervisor shall arrange meetings between the client and the Educational Coordinator and between the client and a counselor whom the Counselor Supervisor shall assign to the client. The Counselor Supervisor shall also arrange a private meeting between the client and the Program Psychologist.

At his initial meeting with the client, the Educational Coordinator shall arrange a meeting between the client and an instructor whom the Educational Coordinator shall assign to the client.

The client's failure to punctually appear at any meeting scheduled between him and any personnel of the Program shall be promptly reported by the person with whom the client was to meet to the client's probation officer and to the court which required the client's participation in the Program.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/11) (from Ch. 38, par. 1511)

Sec. 11. (a) The duties of a counselor as to a client are

(1) To become as thoroughly familiar as is practicable with the client, utilizing all available sources of information, including but not limited to consultations with the Program Psychologist and the client's instructor, examination of the records of the judicial proceeding the disposition of which required the client's participation in the Program, and consultation with any available court personnel involved with the client;

(2) To assist the client in establishing vocational and social goals to be accomplished by the client as the result of the client's participation in the Program, which goals shall include the client's successfully procuring and retaining employment;

(3) To establish a weekly schedule for meetings with the client in compliance with the rules prescribed pursuant to Section 12;

(4) To provide advice, counseling and supervision to the client, with due regard for the particular social and economic circumstances surrounding that client's case, in an effort to fully and efficiently assist the client in accomplishing the goals which have been established for him;

(5) To keep such records as the Counselor Supervisor may require of each client's progress in attaining the goals which have been established for him;

(6) To assist each client in establishing such contacts with businesses and social and civic organizations as the counselor deems will best enable the client to accomplish the goals which have been established for him; and

(7) To perform such other functions as the Board may by regulation require.

(b) The duties of an instructor as to a client are

(1) To become as thoroughly familiar as is practicable with the client through consultation with the client's counselor and the Program Psychologist and utilization of all other available sources of information which would be of use to the instructor in helping the client to attain his educational goals;

(2) To assist each client in establishing educational goals to be accomplished by the client as a result of the client's participation in the Program, which goals shall include the client's earning a General Education Diploma;

(3) To establish a weekly schedule of instruction for the client in compliance with the rules prescribed pursuant to Section 12;

(4) To provide each client with individualized instruction in subjects which shall include but need not be limited to English, history, reading, mathematics, science and ethics;

(5) To keep such records as the Educational Coordinator may require of each client's progress in attaining the educational goals which have been established for him; and

(6) To perform such other functions as the Board may by regulation require.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/12) (from Ch. 38, par. 1512)

Sec. 12. The Board shall promulgate rules governing client performance in the Program. Those rules shall include but need not be limited to requirements that

(1) The client meet with his counselor for at least 3 hours each week during his participation in the Program;

(2) The client meet with his instructor for at least 9 hours each week during his participation in the Program;

(3) The client meet, during his participation in the Program, for at least 2 hours each week with other clients, under the supervision of their respective counselors, for the purpose of conducting general discussion groups; and

(4) The client cooperate with his probation officer or any other agent designated by the court to monitor the client's compliance with the conditions of his probation.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/13) (from Ch. 38, par. 1513)

Sec. 13. (a) Each client's instructor and counselor shall meet together as often as is necessary for the purpose of exchanging information and ideas which may be of use in assisting the client in attaining the goals which have been established for him.

(b) Each client's counselor and instructor shall, at the end of every 3-month period during which the client participates in the Program, jointly prepare and file with the county Adult Probation Department and court which required the client's participation in the Program a report evaluating the client's progress in the Program. Such report shall include a determination as to whether continued participation in the Program by the client would be beneficial to the client and the public interest.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

(730 ILCS 120/14) (from Ch. 38, par. 1514)

Sec. 14. All files of the Program regarding a client shall be confidential. Access to such files shall be limited to personnel of the Program, personnel of the court which required the client's participation in the Program, the county Adult Probation Department and other persons and entities to whom the Board may by rule grant such access.

(Source: P.A. 84-1426.)