Bill Text: IL HB2775 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer an Inform House Grant Program to provide grants to community-based organizations that provide rehabilitative and educational services to youth involved in the criminal justice system and that have the accommodations to provide the following residential and academic services: (1) single occupancy rooms that are equipped with a private bathroom, bed, dresser, closet, window, and door without a lock; (2) a weekly meal plan consisting of 3 nutritionally balanced meals a day with a plant-based option; and (3) on-site educational programs and tutoring to assist youth in meeting the State criteria for high school graduation or for earning a high school equivalency certificate. Provides that the educational programs must include aptitude assessments to determine a youth's academic competency levels with follow-up course work that is tailored to the youth's specific academic needs. Requires the educational programs to also sufficiently prepare youth for postsecondary education by providing high-quality instruction in the following subject areas: (i) reading comprehension; (ii) writing and composition; (iii) mathematics; and (iv) any other subject areas to help youth eliminate any educational gaps or deficiencies. Permits the Department to award up to $5,000,000 in grant money to qualifying community-based organizations and to adopt any rules necessary to implement the program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-05-19 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2775 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2775-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2775 Introduced , by Rep. Cyril Nichols SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
20 ILCS 1305/1-75 new
Amends the Department of Human Services Act. Requires the Department of Human Services to establish and administer an Inform House Grant Program to provide grants to community-based organizations that provide rehabilitative and educational services to youth involved in the criminal justice system and that have the accommodations to provide the following residential and academic services: (1) single occupancy rooms that are equipped with a private bathroom, bed, dresser, closet, window, and door without a lock; (2) a weekly meal plan consisting of 3 nutritionally balanced meals a day with a plant-based option; and (3) on-site educational programs and tutoring to assist youth in meeting the State criteria for high school graduation or for earning a high school equivalency certificate. Provides that the educational programs must include aptitude assessments to determine a youth's academic competency levels with follow-up course work that is tailored to the youth's specific academic needs. Requires the educational programs to also sufficiently prepare youth for postsecondary education by providing high-quality instruction in the following subject areas: (i) reading comprehension; (ii) writing and composition; (iii) mathematics; and (iv) any other subject areas to help youth eliminate any educational gaps or deficiencies. Permits the Department to award up to $5,000,000 in grant money to qualifying community-based organizations and to adopt any rules necessary to implement the program.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning State government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Department of Human Services Act is amended
by adding Section 1-85 as follows:
(20 ILCS 1305/1-85 new)
Sec. 1-85. Inform House Grant Program.
(a) The Department of Human Services shall establish and
administer an Inform House Grant Program to provide grants to
community-based organizations that provide rehabilitative and
educational services to youth involved in the criminal justice
system and that have the accommodations to provide the
following residential and academic services:
(1) Single occupancy rooms that are equipped with a
private bathroom, bed, dresser, closet, window, and door
without a lock.
(2) A weekly meal plan consisting of 3 nutritionally
balanced meals a day with a plant-based option.
(3) On-site educational programs and tutoring to
assist youth in meeting the State criteria for high school
graduation or for earning a high school equivalency
certificate. The educational programs must include
aptitude assessments to determine a youth's academic

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competency levels with follow-up course work that is
tailored to the youth's specific academic needs. The
educational programs must also sufficiently prepare youth
for postsecondary education by providing high-quality
instruction in the following subject areas:
(A) reading comprehension;
(B) writing and composition;
(C) mathematics; and
(D) any other subject areas to help youth
eliminate any educational gaps or deficiencies.
(b) The Department may award up to $5,000,000 in grant
money to qualifying community-based organizations. To obtain a
grant under the program, community-based organizations must
apply to the Department in a form and manner prescribed by the
Department. The Department may adopt any rules necessary to
implement the program.