Illinois House Bill 5617 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 16)
Status: Introduced on February 9 2016 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2016-04-22 - House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
Pending: House Rules Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education is, subject to appropriation, authorized to award competitive grants under a Safe Schools and Healthy Learning Environments Program. Provides that under the program, selected school districts must reallocate funding for school-based law enforcement personnel in some or all of their schools to other evidence-based and promising practices designed to promote school safety and healthy learning environments, including, but not limited to, restorative justice programs; increased use of school psychologists, social workers, and other mental and behavioral health specialists; drug and alcohol treatment services; wraparound services for youth; and training for school staff on conflict resolution techniques and other disciplinary alternatives. Provides that the program shall match the amount that is reallocated from school-based law enforcement personnel to alternative methods of addressing student behavior on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Prohibits grant funds from being used to increase the use of school-based security personnel. Provides for an annual report to update progress on the Program. Prohibits arrest or being otherwise cited for a criminal offense committed during school hours while on school grounds, in school vehicles, or at school activities or sanctioned events except in certain circumstances. Effective August 1, 2016.

SCH CD-UNNECESSARY ARRESTS

Rep. Emanuel Welch [D]	Rep. Arthur Turner [D]	Rep. LaShawn Ford [D]	Rep. Kelly Cassidy [D]
Rep. William Davis [D]	Rep. Linda LaVia [D]	Rep. Will Guzzardi [D]	Rep. Camille Lilly [D]
Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez [D]	Rep. Rita Mayfield [D]	Rep. Gregory Harris [D]	Rep. Kenneth Dunkin [D]
Sen. Laura Fine [D]	Rep. Jaime Andrade [D]	Rep. Robyn Gabel [D]	Rep. Sonya Harper [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-04-22	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2016-04-22	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
2016-04-15	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Sonya M. Harper
2016-04-14	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Robyn Gabel
2016-04-08	House	Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) April 22, 2016
2016-04-07	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. La Shawn K. Ford
2016-04-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr.
2016-04-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Laura Fine
2016-04-06	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kenneth Dunkin
2016-04-05	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Gregory Harris
2016-04-04	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Rules Refers to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
2016-03-23	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Referred to Rules Committee
2016-03-23	House	House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch
2016-03-23	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education: School Curriculum & Policies Committee
2016-03-03	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Rita Mayfield
2016-03-03	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Hernandez
2016-03-03	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Camille Y. Lilly
2016-03-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Will Guzzardi
2016-03-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Linda Chapa LaVia
2016-03-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. William Davis
2016-03-02	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy
2016-03-01	House	Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Arthur Turner
2016-02-10	House	Referred to Rules Committee
2016-02-10	House	First Reading
2016-02-09	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Emanuel Chris Welch

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
105	5	10-22.6	Amended Code	Citation Text
105	5	2-3.167	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=5617&GAID=13&DocTypeID=HB&SessionID=88&GA=99
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB5617.htm
Amendment	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/99/HB/09900HB5617ham001.htm