SB 463 — GED TESTING-TRANSFER TO ICCB

SB0463 EngrossedEnrolled LRB094 09484 NHT 39735 b AN ACT regarding education.

(e) a male 17 SB0463 EngrossedEnrolled - 2 - LRB094 09484 NHT 39735 b years of age or older who is unable to attend school because he is a father of one or more children;

Any applicant who has achieved the minimum passing standards as established by the Illinois Community College Board State Board of Education shall be notified in writing by the regional superintendent and shall be issued a high school equivalency certificate on the forms provided by the Illinois Community College Board State Superintendent of Education.

The regional superintendent shall then certify to the OfficeIllinois of the State Superintendent of SB0463 EngrossedEnrolled - 3 - LRB094 09484 NHT 39735 b Community College Board Office of the State Superintendent of Education the score of the applicant and such other and additional information that may be required by the Illinois Community College Board State Superintendent of Education.

Any applicant who has attained the age of 18 years and maintained residence in the State of Illinois and is not a high school graduate but whose high school class has graduatedgraduated, or any ward of the Department of Corrections who has attained the age of 17 years, any inmate confined in any branch of the Illinois State Penitentiary or in a county correctional facility who has attained the age of 17 years, or any member of the armed forces of the United States on active duty who has attained the age of 17 years and who is stationed in Illinois or is a legal resident of Illinois, or any female who has attained the age of 17 years and is either pregnant or the mother of one or more children, or any male who has attained the age of 17 years and is the father of one or more children, or any person who has successfully completed an alternative education program under Section 2-3.81, Article 13A, or Article 13B and meets the requirements prescribed by the State Board of Education, is eligible to apply for a high school equivalency certificate (if he or she meets the requirements prescribed by the Illinois Community College Board) upon showing evidence that he or she has completed, successfully, the high school level General Educational Development Tests, administered by the United States Armed Forces Institute, official GED Centers established in other states, or at Veterans’ Administration Hospitals or the office of the State Superintendent of Education administered for the Illinois State Penitentiary System and the Department of Corrections.

Such applicant shall apply to the regional superintendent of the region wherein he has maintained residence, and upon payment of a fee established by the Illinois Community College Board State Board of Education the regional superintendent shall issue a high school SB0463 Enrolled - 4 - LRB094 09484 NHT 39735 b equivalency certificate, and immediately thereafter certify to the Illinois Community College Board State Superintendent of Education the score of the applicant and such other and additional SB0463 Engrossed - 4 - LRB094 09484 NHT 39735 b information as may be required by the Illinois Community College Board State Superintendent of Education.

The regional superintendent shall administer such test and the applicant shall be notified in writing that he is eligible to receive the Illinois High School Equivalency Certificate upon reaching age 18, provided he meets the standards established by the Illinois Community College Board State Board of Education.

In counties of over 3,000,000 population a GED certificate issued on or after July 1, 1994 shall contain the signatures of the President of the Illinois Community College Board State Superintendent of Education, the superintendent, president or other chief executive officer of the institution where GED SB0463 Enrolled - 5 - LRB094 09484 NHT 39735 b instruction occurred and any other signatures authorized by the Illinois Community College Board State Superintendent of Education.

The regional superintendent of schools shall furnish the Illinois Community College Board with any information that the Illinois Community College Board requests with regard to SB0463testing Engrossedand -certificates 5 - LRB094 09484 NHT 39735 b testing under this Section.

The Public Community College Act is amended by adding SectionSections 2-21 and 2-22 as follows:

(110 ILCS 805/2-22 new) Sec.

2-22.

High school equivalency certificates.

On the SB0463 Enrolled - 6 - LRB094 09484 NHT 39735 b effective date of this amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly, all powers and duties of the State Board of Education and State Superintendent of Education with regard to high school equivalency certificates under the School Code shall be transferred to the Illinois Community College Board.

Within a reasonable period of time after that date, all assets, liabilities, contracts, property, records, pending business, and unexpended appropriations of the State Board of Education with regard to high school equivalency certificates shall be transferred to the Illinois Community College Board.

The Illinois Community College Board may adopt any rules necessary to carry out its responsibilities under the School Code with regard to high school equivalency certificates and to carry into efficient and uniform effect the provisions for the issuance of high school equivalency certificates in this State.

All rules, standards, and procedures adopted by the State Board of Education under the School Code with regard to high school equivalency certificates shall continue in effect as the rules, standards, and procedures of the Illinois Community College Board, until they are modified by the Illinois Community College Board.

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.34 rep.) (from Ch.

122, par.

2-3.34) Section 15.

The School Code is amended by repealing Section 2-3.34.

Section 99.

Effective date.

This Act takes effect upon becoming law.