Bill Amendment: IL SB1821 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly

NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List

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Bill Title: SCH CD-TRANSITION ELIGIBILITY

Status: 2021-04-30 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB1821 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-SB1821-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. David Koehler

Filed: 3/18/2021

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1821
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1821 as follows:
on page 3, immediately below line 6, by inserting the
following:
"(e) The costs of the extended post-secondary transition
services provided under subsection (b) of this Section may be
funded through available federal COVID-19 relief funds
allocated to the State of Illinois."; and
on page 3, line 7, by replacing "(e)" with "(f)"; and
by replacing line 1 on page 4 through line 1 on page 5 with the
following:
"A new Illinois law gives your student/you the option to
extend the student's/your special education because COVID-19
has limited in-person transition activities and services. The
extended eligibility allows you to continue IEP services and

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activities through the 2021-2022 school year and to pursue the
goals in your IEP that were in effect before the
student's/your 22nd birthday. The student's/your IEP team,
which includes the student and the student's guardian or
designated representative, may agree to change the student's
IEP goals, services, or activities to make up for lost
progress during COVID-19 or to write new goals to address new
needs.
To qualify for extended eligibility, the student must:
1. Have reached or will reach age 22 between March 17,
2020 and the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
2. Have had an IEP in effect between March 17, 2020 and
the end of the 2021-2022 school year.
3. The student or the student's guardian or designated
representative agrees to waive any claims the student may
have for compensatory services due to events that occurred
between March 17, 2020 and the date the student's IEP
services and activities resume in the 2021-2022 school
year."; and
by replacing line 19 on page 5 through line 1 on page 6 with
the following:
"IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE IEP MEETING, YOU
MAY STILL CHECK THE BOX AND RETURN THIS DOCUMENT TO THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT ON OR BEFORE DECEMBER 1, 2021 TO RECEIVE AN EXTENSION
OF SPECIAL EDUCATION ELIGIBILITY THROUGH THE END OF THE

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2021-2022 SCHOOL YEAR.".