Bill Text: IL HB0013 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-21 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [HB0013 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-HB0013-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | ||||||
| 5 | 10-20.73 and 34-18.67 as follows:
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| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 10-20.73. Selective admissions; standardized testing. | ||||||
| 8 | A school board in a school district with 275,000 students or | ||||||
| 9 | more shall prohibit any school of the district that has | ||||||
| 10 | selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a | ||||||
| 11 | pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a | ||||||
| 12 | standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.
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| 13 | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new) | ||||||
| 14 | Sec. 34-18.67. Selective admissions; standardized testing. | ||||||
| 15 | The board shall prohibit any school of the district that has | ||||||
| 16 | selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a | ||||||
| 17 | pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a | ||||||
| 18 | standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.
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| 19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
| 20 | becoming law.
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