Illinois Compiled Statutes 730 ILCS 120 — Probation Challenge Program Act.

This Article shall be known as the Probation Challenge Program Act

This Article shall be known as the Probation Challenge Program Act. (Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

The purpose of this Act is to provide an intensive program of educational instruction, as well as social and vocational counseling, to certain convicted criminal defendants in an effort to afford them a realistic opportunity to employ their latent talents and abilities and become contributing members of the society in…

For the purposes of this Act, the following words have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section

For the purposes of this Act, the following words have the meanings ascribed to them in this Section. (1) "Board" refers to the Board of City College of Chicago District 508. (2) "Client" refers to a person whose participation in the Program has been required as a condition of probation pursuant to the Unified Code of…

There is created in each county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, for the purpose of operating on an experimental basis, a Probation Challenge Program

There is created in each county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants, for the purpose of operating on an experimental basis, a Probation Challenge Program. The State shall bear the costs necessary to carry out the functions of the Program. (Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

The Program shall be governed by the Board of City College of Chicago

The Program shall be governed by the Board of City College of Chicago. The Board shall prescribe such rules as may be necessary to assure the efficient and effective operation of the Program, including but not limited to rules establishing qualifications for Program employees. (Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

To the fullest extent practicable, the Board shall provide for the utilization of the facilities of community colleges within each county having a population of 2,000,000 or more inhabitants in the administration of this Act. (Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

The Board shall appoint a Program Director who shall act as a chief operating officer and shall devote his full time to supervising the overall operation and fiscal affairs of the Program

The Board shall appoint a Program Director who shall act as a chief operating officer and shall devote his full time to supervising the overall operation and fiscal affairs of the Program. The Program Director's duties as supervisor of the Program include but are not limited to the hiring of an Educational Coordinator,…

(a) The Educational Coordinator shall be responsible for the overall planning, development and operation of the educational training of clients of the Program and the hiring and supervision of instructors for the Program. (b) The Counselor Supervisor shall be responsible for the hiring and supervision of counselors for…

The salaries of the Program Director and all supervisors and employees of the Program shall be determined by the Board

The salaries of the Program Director and all supervisors and employees of the Program shall be determined by the Board. (Source: P.A. 84-1426.)

At his initial meeting with the client, the Counselor Supervisor shall arrange meetings between the client and the Educational Coordinator and between the client and a counselor whom the Counselor Supervisor shall assign to the client. The Counselor Supervisor shall also arrange a private meeting between the client and…

(a) The duties of a counselor as to a client are (1) To become as thoroughly familiar as is practicable with the client, utilizing all available sources of information, including but not limited to consultations with the Program Psychologist and the client's instructor, examination of the records of the judicial procee…

The Board shall promulgate rules governing client performance in the Program

The Board shall promulgate rules governing client performance in the Program. Those rules shall include but need not be limited to requirements that (1) The client meet with his counselor for at least 3 hours each week during his participation in the Program; (2) The client meet with his instructor for at least 9 hours…

(a) Each client's instructor and counselor shall meet together as often as is necessary for the purpose of exchanging information and ideas which may be of use in assisting the client in attaining the goals which have been established for him. (b) Each client's counselor and instructor shall, at the end of every 3-mont…

All files of the Program regarding a client shall be confidential

All files of the Program regarding a client shall be confidential. Access to such files shall be limited to personnel of the Program, personnel of the court which required the client's participation in the Program, the county Adult Probation Department and other persons and entities to whom the Board may by rule grant…