Bill Text: IL SB0615 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning teacher certification.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-07-19 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-1095 [SB0615 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB0615-Enrolled.html

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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Local Food, Farms, and Jobs Act is amended
by adding Section 30 as follows:
(30 ILCS 595/30 new)
Sec. 30. Farm-school database. The Department of
Agriculture shall establish, and make available on its website,
a geo-coded electronic database to facilitate the purchase of
fresh produce and food products by schools. The database shall
be developed jointly with the Local Food, Farms, and Jobs
Council and, at a minimum, contain the information necessary
for (i) schools to identify and contact agricultural producers
that are interested in supplying schools in the State with
fresh produce and food products and (ii) agricultural producers
of fresh produce and food products to identify schools in the
State that are interested in purchasing those products. The
Department of Agriculture shall adopt rules necessary to
implement this Section. The Department of Agriculture shall
also solicit federal and State funding for the purpose of
implementing this program. The requirement of the Department to
establish, and make available on its website, this database
shall become effective once the Department has secured all of

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the additional federal or State funding necessary to implement
this program.