Bill Text: IL HB3575 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that local law enforcement agencies, in conjunction with local school districts serving grades 9-12 and local community colleges, may create Minority Internship Recruitment Programs that focus on preparing minority youth for careers in law enforcement. Provides that the internships shall provide college credit for the participants. Further provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, the State Board of Education, and the Illinois Community College Board shall determine the guidelines for the programs. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board may adopt rules to implement this Section.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3575 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB3575-Introduced.html

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99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2015 and 2016 HB3575 Introduced , by Rep. Robert Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
50 ILCS 705/10.17 new
Amends the Illinois Police Training Act. Provides that local law enforcement agencies, in conjunction with local school districts serving grades 9-12 and local community colleges, may create Minority Internship Recruitment Programs that focus on preparing minority youth for careers in law enforcement. Provides that the internships shall provide college credit for the participants. Further provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, the State Board of Education, and the Illinois Community College Board shall determine the guidelines for the programs. Provides that the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board may adopt rules to implement this Section.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning local government.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Illinois Police Training Act is amended by
adding Section 10.17 as follows:
(50 ILCS 705/10.17 new)
Sec. 10.17. Minority Internship Recruitment Program. Local
law enforcement agencies, in conjunction with local school
districts serving grades 9-12 and local community colleges, may
create Minority Internship Recruitment Programs that focus on
preparing minority youth for careers in law enforcement. The
internships shall provide college credit for the participants.
The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, in
conjunction with the State Board of Education and the Illinois
Community College Board, shall determine the guidelines for the
programs. The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards
Board may adopt rules to implement this Section.