Illinois House Bill 4013 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on December 30 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Provides that a public school that has a limited open forum may not deny equal access or a fair opportunity to, or discriminate against, any students who wish to conduct or participate in a meeting or an extracurricular student group within its limited open forum on the basis of the religious, political, philosophical, or other content of the speech at the meeting. Defines terms. Describes what is deemed a fair opportunity. Provides that an extracurricular student group may be student-initiated or teacher-initiated. Provides that a teacher who initiates an extracurricular student group may not receive additional compensation for the teacher's sponsorship of the extracurricular student group, but the extracurricular student group may accept grants or donations from nonprofit organizations to support its operations and activities. Effective July 31, 2020.

SCHOOL CODE-LIMITED OPEN FORUM

Rep. Daniel Didech [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-23	House	Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2020-01-28	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
2020-01-08	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2020-01-08	House	First Reading
2019-12-30	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Daniel Didech

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	22-84	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=4013&GAID=15&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=108&GA=101
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/HB/10100HB4013.htm