Bill Text: IL HB1072 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to ensure parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district are free to petition the school board and provide public comment at all public and regularly scheduled meetings, have access to certain information, are well-informed on specified subject matters, and have the right to meet with a pupil's teacher at least twice per school year. Requires a school board to ensure curriculum and learning materials are posted on the school district's Internet website. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1072 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB1072-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB1072 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new
Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to ensure parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district are free to petition the school board and provide public comment at all public and regularly scheduled meetings, have access to certain information, are well-informed on specified subject matters, and have the right to meet with a pupil's teacher at least twice per school year. Requires a school board to ensure curriculum and learning materials are posted on the school district's Internet website. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
Sec. 10-20.85. Parents' rights. Notwithstanding any other
law or rule to the contrary, each school board shall ensure all
of the following:
(1) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in the school district are free to petition the
school board and provide public comment at all public and
regularly scheduled school board meetings.
(2) That all curriculum and learning materials used by
the schools of the school district are posted on the
school district's Internet website if the school district
maintains a website, disaggregated by grade level. If the
school district does not maintain an Internet website, all
parents and guardians of pupils shall be informed of their
right to review all curriculum and learning materials used
by the schools of the school district at any time during
the school year.
(3) That the parents and guardians of all pupils

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enrolled in the school district have the ability to
request and review all budgetary documents of the school
district, including documents outlining the school
district's revenues and expenditures.
(4) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in the school district are well-informed of all
parent-school engagement opportunities to ensure parents
and guardians are engaged in their children's education.
(5) That the school district shares with the parents
and guardians of pupils information on the Illinois
Learning Standards and any changes made to the Illinois
Learning Standards throughout the school year.
(6) That each parent or guardian of a pupil has the
right to meet with the pupil's teacher at least twice per
school year, which may include parent-teacher conferences.
(7) That the libraries of each school of the school
district maintain a list of reading materials contained in
the library so that the parents and guardians of pupils
are able to request to review the reading materials
contained at each school.
(8) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
the educational opportunities provided to pupils within
the school district, including, but not limited to, the
curriculum, gifted education programs, advanced placement
courses, special education needs, the needs of English

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learners, child nutritional programs and services, and
career and technical education.
(9) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
violent activity in a pupil's school and on school
grounds, subject to student privacy rights, and are
well-informed on the school district's policy to protect
children during the school day.
(10) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in the school district are well-informed on the
school district's policies and procedures on protecting
students' privacy.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
Sec. 34-18.82. Parents' rights. Notwithstanding any other
law or rule to the contrary, the board shall ensure all of the
following:
(1) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in the school district are free to petition the
board and provide public comment at all public and
regularly scheduled board meetings.
(2) That all curriculum and learning materials used by
the schools of the school district are posted on the
school district's Internet website, disaggregated by grade
level.
(3) That the parents and guardians of all pupils

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enrolled in the school district have the ability to
request and review all budgetary documents of the school
district, including documents outlining the school
district's revenues and expenditures.
(4) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in the school district are well-informed of all
parent-school engagement opportunities to ensure parents
and guardians are engaged in their children's education.
(5) That the school district shares with the parents
and guardians of pupils information on the Illinois
Learning Standards and any changes made to the Illinois
Learning Standards throughout the school year.
(6) That each parent or guardian of a pupil has the
right to meet with the pupil's teacher at least twice per
school year, which may include parent-teacher conferences.
(7) That the libraries of each school of the school
district maintain a list of reading materials contained in
the library so that the parents and guardians of pupils
are able to request to review the reading materials
contained at each school.
(8) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
the educational opportunities provided to pupils within
the school district, including, but not limited to, the
curriculum, gifted education programs, advanced placement
courses, special education needs, the needs of English

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learners, child nutritional programs and services, and
career and technical education.
(9) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
violent activity in a pupil's school and on school
grounds, subject to student privacy rights, and are
well-informed on the school district's policy to protect
children during the school day.
(10) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
enrolled in the school district are well-informed on the
school district's policies and procedures on protecting
students' privacy.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.