Bill Text: IL HB2597 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that a qualified school that accepts scholarship students must comply with: all provisions of federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools pertaining to special education and the instruction of English learners and certain provisions of the School Code concerning charter schools; provisions of the Illinois Humans Rights Act; and specific provisions of the School Code. Effective Immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2597 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2597-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2597 Introduced , by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
35 ILCS 40/50
Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that a qualified school that accepts scholarship students must comply with: all provisions of federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools pertaining to special education and the instruction of English learners and certain provisions of the School Code concerning charter schools; provisions of the Illinois Humans Rights Act; and specific provisions of the School Code. Effective Immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning revenue.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Invest in Kids Act is amended by changing
Section 50 as follows:
(35 ILCS 40/50)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
Sec. 50. Qualified school responsibilities. A qualified
school that accepts scholarship students must do all of the
following:
(1) provide to a scholarship granting organization,
upon request, all documentation required for the student's
participation, including the non-public school's cost and
student's fee schedules;
(2) be academically accountable to the custodian for
meeting the educational needs of the student by:
(A) at a minimum, annually providing to the
custodian a written explanation of the student's
progress; and
(B) annually administering assessments required by
subsection (a) of Section 45 of this Act in the same
manner in which they are administered at public
schools pursuant to Section 2-3.64a-5 of the School

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Code; the Board shall bill participating qualified
schools for all costs associated with administering
assessments required by this paragraph; the
participating qualified schools shall ensure that all
test security and assessment administration procedures
are followed; participating qualified schools must
report individual student scores to the custodians of
the students; the independent research organization
described in subsection (b) of Section 45 of this Act
shall be provided all student score data in a secure
manner by the participating qualified school; .
(3) comply with (i) all provisions of federal and
State laws and rules applicable to public schools
pertaining to special education and the instruction of
English learners and (ii) paragraphs (1) through (12) of
subsection (g) of Section 27A-5 of the School Code;
(4) comply with Articles 5 and 5A of the Illinois
Human Rights Act;
(5) comply with the breastfeeding accommodations for
pupils as provided by Section 10-20.60 of Public Act
100-14; and
(6) comply with home instruction provisions for
pregnant pupils as provided by Section 10-22.6a of the
School Code.
The inability of a qualified school to meet the
requirements of this Section shall constitute a basis for the

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ineligibility of the qualified school to participate in the
scholarship program as determined by the Board.
(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.