CD CORR-GED House SponsorsRep. Deborah L. Graham 1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die 730 ILCS 5/5-5-3from Ch. 38, par. 1005-5-3 Amends the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a defendant at least 17 years of age who does not have a high school diploma or GED certificate, who is mentally capable, who is convicted of a felony, and who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections (rather than a felon who has not been previously convicted of a misdemeanor or felony) shall as a condition of his or her sentence be required by the court to attend educational courses designed to prepare the defendant for a high school diploma and to work toward a high school diploma or to work toward passing the high school level Test of General Educational Development (GED) and to obtain a high school diploma or pass the GED test. Eliminates the provision that working toward completing a vocational training program offered by the Department of Corrections satisfies the educational requirements. 2/17/2005HouseFiled with the Clerk by Rep. Deborah L. Graham 2/17/2005HouseFirst Reading 2/17/2005HouseReferred to Rules Committee 2/18/2005HouseAssigned to Judiciary II - Criminal Law Committee 3/10/2005HouseRule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee 1/9/2007HouseSession Sine Die