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| 1 | | subject to the approval
of the
President of the Illinois |
| 2 | | Community College Board.
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| 3 | | An individual is eligible to apply to the regional |
| 4 | | superintendent of schools
for the region in which he or she
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| 5 | | resides if he or she is: (a) a person who is 17 years
of age or |
| 6 | | older, has maintained residence in the State of Illinois,
and |
| 7 | | is
not a high school graduate; (b)
a person who is successfully |
| 8 | | completing an
alternative education program under Section |
| 9 | | 2-3.81, Article 13A,
or Article 13B; or (c) a
person who is
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| 10 | | enrolled in a youth education program sponsored by the Illinois |
| 11 | | National
Guard.
For purposes of this Section, residence is that |
| 12 | | abode which the applicant
considers his or her home. Applicants |
| 13 | | may provide as sufficient proof of such
residence and as an |
| 14 | | acceptable form of identification a driver's license, valid |
| 15 | | passport, military ID, or other form of government-issued |
| 16 | | national or foreign identification that shows the applicant's |
| 17 | | name, address, date of birth, signature, and photograph or |
| 18 | | other acceptable identification as may be allowed by law or as |
| 19 | | regulated by the Illinois Community College Board. Such |
| 20 | | regional superintendent shall determine if the
applicant meets |
| 21 | | statutory and regulatory state standards. If qualified the
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| 22 | | applicant shall at the time of such application pay a fee |
| 23 | | established by the
Illinois Community College Board, which fee |
| 24 | | shall be paid into a special
fund
under the control and |
| 25 | | supervision of the regional superintendent. Such moneys
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| 26 | | received by the regional superintendent shall be used, first, |
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| 1 | | for the
expenses incurred
in administering and scoring the |
| 2 | | examination, and next for other educational
programs that are |
| 3 | | developed and designed by the regional superintendent of
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| 4 | | schools to assist those who successfully complete the high |
| 5 | | school level test of
General Education Development in |
| 6 | | furthering their academic development or
their ability to |
| 7 | | secure and retain gainful employment, including programs for
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| 8 | | the competitive award based on test scores of college or adult |
| 9 | | education
scholarship grants or similar educational |
| 10 | | incentives. Any excess moneys shall
be paid into the institute |
| 11 | | fund.
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| 12 | | Any applicant who has achieved the minimum passing |
| 13 | | standards as
established by the
Illinois Community College |
| 14 | | Board shall be
notified in writing by the regional |
| 15 | | superintendent and shall be
issued a high school equivalency |
| 16 | | certificate on the forms provided by the
Illinois Community |
| 17 | | College Board. The regional superintendent shall
then certify |
| 18 | | to the Illinois Community College Board
the score of the |
| 19 | | applicant and such other and additional information
that may be |
| 20 | | required by the Illinois Community College Board. The
moneys |
| 21 | | received therefrom shall be used in the same manner as provided
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| 22 | | for in this Section.
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| 23 | | Any applicant who has attained the age of 17 years and |
| 24 | | maintained
residence in the State of Illinois and is not a high |
| 25 | | school graduate, any person who has enrolled in a youth |
| 26 | | education program sponsored by the Illinois National Guard, or |
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| 1 | | any person who has successfully completed
an
alternative |
| 2 | | education program under Section 2-3.81,
Article 13A, or Article |
| 3 | | 13B is eligible to apply for a high school equivalency
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| 4 | | certificate (if he or she meets the requirements prescribed by |
| 5 | | the Illinois Community College Board) upon showing evidence |
| 6 | | that he or she has completed, successfully, the high
school |
| 7 | | level General Educational Development Tests, administered by |
| 8 | | the United
States Armed Forces Institute, official GED Centers |
| 9 | | established in other
states, or at Veterans' Administration |
| 10 | | Hospitals or the office of the State
Superintendent of |
| 11 | | Education administered for the Illinois State Penitentiary
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| 12 | | System and the Department of Corrections. Such applicant shall |
| 13 | | apply to the
regional superintendent of the region wherein he |
| 14 | | has maintained residence, and
upon payment of a fee established |
| 15 | | by the Illinois Community College Board
the regional |
| 16 | | superintendent shall issue a high school
equivalency |
| 17 | | certificate, and immediately thereafter certify to the |
| 18 | | Illinois Community College Board the score of the applicant and |
| 19 | | such other and
additional information as may be required by the |
| 20 | | Illinois Community College Board.
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| 21 | | Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section, any |
| 22 | | applicant who has
been out of school for at least one year may |
| 23 | | request the regional
superintendent of schools to administer |
| 24 | | the restricted GED test upon
written request of: The director |
| 25 | | of a program who certifies to the Chief
Examiner of an official |
| 26 | | GED center that the applicant has completed a
program of |
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| 1 | | instruction provided by such agencies as the Job Corps, the
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| 2 | | Postal Service Academy or apprenticeship training program; an |
| 3 | | employer
or program director for purposes of entry into |
| 4 | | apprenticeship programs;
another State Department of Education |
| 5 | | in order to meet regulations
established by that Department of |
| 6 | | Education, a post high school
educational institution for |
| 7 | | purposes of admission, the Department of
Professional |
| 8 | | Regulation for licensing purposes, or the Armed Forces
for |
| 9 | | induction purposes. The regional superintendent shall |
| 10 | | administer
such test and the applicant shall be notified in |
| 11 | | writing that he is
eligible to receive the Illinois High School |
| 12 | | Equivalency Certificate
upon reaching age 17, provided he meets |
| 13 | | the standards established by the Illinois Community College |
| 14 | | Board.
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| 15 | | Any test administered under this Section to an applicant |
| 16 | | who does not
speak and understand English may at the discretion |
| 17 | | of the administering
agency be given and answered in any |
| 18 | | language in which the test is
printed. The regional |
| 19 | | superintendent of schools may waive any fees required
by this |
| 20 | | Section in case of hardship.
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| 21 | | In counties of over 3,000,000 population a GED certificate
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| 22 | | shall contain the signatures of the President of the Illinois |
| 23 | | Community College Board, the superintendent, president or |
| 24 | | other chief
executive officer of the institution where GED |
| 25 | | instruction occurred and any
other signatures authorized by the |
| 26 | | Illinois Community College Board.
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