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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The Department of Commerce and Economic | ||||||
| 5 | Opportunity Law of the
Civil Administrative Code of Illinois | ||||||
| 6 | is amended by adding Section 605-1110 as follows:
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| 7 | (20 ILCS 605/605-1110 new) | ||||||
| 8 | Sec. 605-1110. Student Career Development Liability | ||||||
| 9 | Insurance Advisory Committee. | ||||||
| 10 | (a) The Student Career Development Liability Insurance | ||||||
| 11 | Advisory Committee is hereby created within the Department of | ||||||
| 12 | Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The Committee shall issue a | ||||||
| 13 | report to the Governor and the General Assembly containing | ||||||
| 14 | recommendations for providing liability insurance to (i) | ||||||
| 15 | public high school students who participate in a career | ||||||
| 16 | development experience or apprenticeship program and community | ||||||
| 17 | college students who participate in a career development | ||||||
| 18 | experience or apprenticeship program and (ii) public school | ||||||
| 19 | teachers who participate in externship programs and community | ||||||
| 20 | college faculty who participate in externship programs. The | ||||||
| 21 | report shall be submitted to the Governor and the General | ||||||
| 22 | Assembly no later than December 31, 2023. The Department of | ||||||
| 23 | Commerce and Economic Opportunity shall provide administrative | ||||||
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| 1 | support to the Committee. | ||||||
| 2 | (b) The Student Career Development Liability Insurance | ||||||
| 3 | Advisory Committee shall consist of the following members: | ||||||
| 4 | (1) the Director of Commerce and Economic Opportunity | ||||||
| 5 | or his or her designee; | ||||||
| 6 | (2) one member representing the State Board of | ||||||
| 7 | Education, appointed by the State Superintendent of | ||||||
| 8 | Education; | ||||||
| 9 | (3) one member representing the Illinois Community | ||||||
| 10 | College Board, appointed by the Chairman of the Illinois | ||||||
| 11 | Community College Board; | ||||||
| 12 | (4) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | ||||||
| 13 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives; | ||||||
| 14 | (5) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | ||||||
| 15 | the House Minority Leader; | ||||||
| 16 | (6) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | ||||||
| 17 | the Senate President; | ||||||
| 18 | (7) one member of the General Assembly, appointed by | ||||||
| 19 | the Senate Minority Leader; | ||||||
| 20 | (8) 2 members of a statewide association representing | ||||||
| 21 | manufacturers, appointed by the Governor; | ||||||
| 22 | (9) 2 members of a statewide association representing | ||||||
| 23 | the insurance industry, appointed by the Governor; and | ||||||
| 24 | (10) 2 members who represent unionized State | ||||||
| 25 | employees, appointed by the Governor. | ||||||
| 26 | Members of the Committee shall serve without compensation | ||||||
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| 1 | but may be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the | ||||||
| 2 | performance of their duties. Vacancies on the Committee shall | ||||||
| 3 | be filled by the original appointing authority. | ||||||
| 4 | (c) This Section is repealed on January 1, 2025.
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