Ill. Admin. Code tit. 20, § 107.525
High School Equivalency (HSE) Earned Program Sentence Credit
Effective Mar 1, 201943 Ill. Reg. 3217AUTHORITY: Implementing Sections 3-2-2, 3-3-2, 3-5-1, 3-5-2, 3-6-3, 3-8-1, 5-4-1, 5-4.5-100 and 5-8-6 of the Unified Code of Corrections [730 ILCS 5] and Section 1-7 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 [705 ILCS 405] and authorized by Section 3-7-1 of the Unified Code of Corrections [730 ILCS 5]. Subparts B and F are also implementing two Supreme Court rulings (Barger v. Peters, 163 Ill.2d 357, 645 N.E.2d 175, 1994 and State of Illinois v. Jameson, 162 Ill.2d 282, 642 N.E.2d 1207, 1994. Subpart D is also implementing two Consent Decrees (Beavers vs. Sielaff, #75 C 317, N.D. Ill., 1977, and Lower vs. Franzen, #78 C 1870, N.D. Ill., 1980) and Section 8-802 of the Code of Civil Procedure [735 ILCS 5].DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Offenders who are eligible for earned program sentence credit in accordance with Section 107.520 and who have not graduated from high school or passed a test of HSE shall be awarded 90 days of HSE earned program sentence credit if he or she passes HSE test of high school equivalency while committed to the Department or while held in pre-trial detention prior to his or her current incarceration in the Department. The award of HSE earned program sentence credit shall be in addition to other awards of earned sentence credit.
(Source: Amended at 43 Ill. Reg. 3217, effective March 1, 2019)