Bill Title: Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning bullying prevention, prohibits a student from being subjected to bullying through the transmission of information from a computer that is accessed at a nonschool-related location, activity, function, or program or from the use of technology or an electronic device that is not owned, leased, or used by a school district or school if the bullying substantially interferes with or limits the victim's ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or opportunities offered by a school or substantially disrupts the educational process or orderly operation of a school. Provides that the definition of bullying includes cyber-bullying; defines "cyber-bullying". Provides that a school district's or non-public, non-sectarian elementary or secondary school's policy on bullying shall include a process to investigate whether a reported act of bullying is within the scope of the district or school and, if not, a process for referral of such an act to the appropriate jurisdiction. Requires computers without web-filtering software or computers with web-filtering software that is disabled to be used when complaints of cyber-bullying are investigated. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-1)

Status: (Passed) 2014-08-01 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 98-0801 [HB4207 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

Revision	Date	Format	Source	View
Chaptered	2014-08-04	HTML/Text	Link	View
Enrolled	2014-05-27	HTML/Text	Link	View
Engrossed	2014-04-09	HTML/Text	Link	View
Amended	2014-04-08	HTML/Text	Link	View
Amended	2014-04-04	HTML/Text	Link	View
Amended	2014-02-20	HTML/Text	Link	View
Introduced	2014-01-15	HTML/Text	Link	View

Amendments

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No bill amendments currently on file for Illinois HB4207

Supplemental Documents

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