Bill Amendment: IL HB3302 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-SPECIAL ED COMPLAINTS
Status: 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0507 [HB3302 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3302-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-SPECIAL ED COMPLAINTS
Status: 2019-08-23 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 101-0507 [HB3302 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3302-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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| 1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3302
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| 2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3302 as follows:
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| 3 | on page 1, by replacing line 7 with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "Sec. 14-8.02e. State complaint procedures. | ||||||
| 5 | (a) The State Board"; and
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| 6 | on page 2, immediately below line 5, by inserting the | ||||||
| 7 | following: | ||||||
| 8 | "(b) For a complaint made under procedures authorized under | ||||||
| 9 | this Section alleging a delay or denial of special education or | ||||||
| 10 | related services in the 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 school year by a | ||||||
| 11 | school district organized under Article 34 as a result of the | ||||||
| 12 | adoption of policies and procedures identified by the State | ||||||
| 13 | Board of Education as unlawful, the complaint must be filed on | ||||||
| 14 | or before September 30, 2021. This filing deadline must be | ||||||
| 15 | included in the written notification sent by the school | ||||||
| 16 | district under subsection (b) of Section 14-8.02g."; and
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| 1 | on page 2, by replacing line 8 with the following: | ||||||
| 2 | "Sec. 14-8.02g. Written notification required for"; and
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| 3 | on page 2, by replacing lines 12 through 23 with the following: | ||||||
| 4 | "(b) With respect to a student enrolled in the school | ||||||
| 5 | district for or to whom appropriate special education or | ||||||
| 6 | related services may have been delayed or denied in the | ||||||
| 7 | 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 school year as a result of the adoption | ||||||
| 8 | of policies and procedures identified by the State Board of | ||||||
| 9 | Education as unlawful, the school district must provide a | ||||||
| 10 | separate written notification no later than 30 days after the | ||||||
| 11 | first school day of the 2019-2020 school year to (i) the parent | ||||||
| 12 | or guardian of the student, (ii) a designated representative of | ||||||
| 13 | the student, (iii) the student if he or she is an emancipated | ||||||
| 14 | minor, or (iv) the student if he or she has reached the age of | ||||||
| 15 | majority and does not have a designated representative that | ||||||
| 16 | states that appropriate relief may be available through a State | ||||||
| 17 | complaint procedure authorized under Section 14-8.02e, | ||||||
| 18 | State-sponsored mediation, or an impartial due process hearing | ||||||
| 19 | under Section 14-8.02a. The written notification must include | ||||||
| 20 | contact information for the State Board of Education, a list of | ||||||
| 21 | organizations that provide free or low-cost legal services, | ||||||
| 22 | advocacy, and advice on special education matters, and the | ||||||
| 23 | filing deadline under subsection (b) of Section 14-8.02e. The | ||||||
| 24 | written notification must be posted on the home page of the | ||||||
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| 1 | school district's public website and must, at least once, be | ||||||
| 2 | included with any written informational materials for parents | ||||||
| 3 | sent home with the student."; and
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| 4 | on page 2, by replacing lines 24 and 25 with the following: | ||||||
| 5 | "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 6 | becoming law.".
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