Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that, for the Chicago school district only, the State Board of Education must employ at least one full-time staff member to monitor and oversee any corrective action taken by the school district on its policy regarding reporting and addressing sexual abuse or sexual assault by a member of school personnel. Provides that the monitor may control the school district's policy and any budget actions taken by the school district in relation to sexual abuse or sexual assault prevention or reporting. Requires the State Board to hire at least 3 full-time staff members to oversee the regional office of education duties of the school district. Provides that the school district's report cards must include the number of incidents of sexual abuse or sexual assault by a member of school personnel, segregated by the types of abuse or assault. Provides that the school board must designate at least one employee at each school to receive sexual abuse or sexual assault reports from a student attending that school. Amends the Criminal Code of 2012 to create the criminal offense of sexual relations with a student by an authority figure. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5922 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Fred Crespo [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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