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HB 23 Rep. J. Mitchell – Sen. Righter
Signed into Law July 11, 2005 Public Act 94-0158
Effective immediately, this legislation amends the Criminal Code by limiting the instances when a child sex offender who is a parent or guardian of a child attending the school may be present on the school grounds to: (i) attend a conference at the school with school personnel to discuss the progress of his or her child academically or socially, (ii) participate in child review conferences in which evaluation and placement decisions may be made with respect to his or her child regarding special education services, or (iii) attend conferences to discuss other student issues concerning his or her child such as retention and promotion and notifies the principal of the school of his or her presence at the school. This legislation does not infringe upon the right of this individual to be present in the school building or on school grounds for the purpose of voting when that building is used as a polling place.
• Same language as SB 100
HB 60 Rep. Lang – Senator Maloney
Signed into Law July 14, 2005 Public Act 94-0205
This legislation amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act. The Illinois Student Assistance Commission is required to implement and administer a teacher scholarship program, to be known as the Teach Illinois Scholarship Program to award scholarships to persons preparing to teach in areas of identified staff shortages. Such scholarships awarded through this program are subject to appropriations to the Commission by the General Assembly. "Areas of identified staff shortage" is defined as a school district in which the number of teachers is insufficient to meet student or school district demand or a subject area for which the number of teachers who are qualified to teach that subject area is insufficient to meet student or school district demand, as determined by the State Board of Education. The Student Assistance commission will make tuition payments directly to the qualified institution of higher learning that the recipient attends for the prescribed courses. Furthermore, the recipient is required to accept employment to teach in an elementary or secondary school in Illinois in an area of identified staff shortage for a period of at least 5 years.
• Effective January 1, 2006
HB 112 Rep. Feigenholtz – Sen. Cullerton
Signed into Law July 28th, 2005 – PA 94-0346
Beginning July 1, 2006, diesel powered vehicles owned or operated by the State, any county or unit of local government, any school district, any community college or public college or university, or any mass transit agency must use a biodiesel bled of fuel that contains 2% biodiesel when refueling at a bulk central fueling facility. For the purpose of this legislation, a “bulk central fueling facility” means a non-commercial fueling facility whose primary purpose is the fueling of vehicles owned or operated by one of the entities mentioned above. HB 156 Rep. Moffitt – Sen. Clayborne
Signed into Law July 25, 2005 – PA 94-0309