Bill Text: IL HB2748 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that if a student with an individualized education program (IEP) reaches the age of 22 during the time in which the student's in-person instruction, services, or activities are suspended for a period of 3 months or more during the school year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the student is eligible for such services up to the end of the regular 2021-2022 school year, unless the student is no longer a resident of the school district that was responsible for the student's IEP at the time the student reached the student's 22nd birthday. Provides for (i) the resumption of the IEP goals in effect when the student reached the student's 22nd birthday; an exception for a private therapeutic day or residential program, and (iii) notification. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 15-3)

Status: (Passed) 2021-07-28 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 102-0173 [HB2748 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2021-HB2748-Introduced.html

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2021 and 2022 HB2748 Introduced , by Rep. Suzanne Ness SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/14-1.02 from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.02
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that if a student turns 22 during the time in which the student's in-person instruction is suspended for a period of 3 months or more during the school year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, then the student is eligible for special education services through the end of the following school year (rather than being eligible for such services only until the day before the student's 22nd birthday). 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 changing Section
14-1.02 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/14-1.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.02)
Sec. 14-1.02. Children with disabilities. "Children with
disabilities" means children between the ages of 3 and 21 for
whom it is determined, through definitions and procedures
described in the Illinois Rules and Regulations to Govern the
Organization and Administration of Special Education, that
special education services are needed. An eligible student who
requires continued public school educational experience to
facilitate his or her successful transition and integration
into adult life is eligible for such services through age 21,
inclusive, which, for purposes of this Article, means the day
before the student's 22nd birthday, unless the student turns
22 during the time in which the student's in-person
instruction is suspended for a period of 3 months or more
during the school year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, in
which case the student is eligible for such services through
the end of the following school year. An individualized
education program must be written and agreed upon by

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appropriate school personnel and parents or their
representatives for any child receiving special education.
(Source: P.A. 95-14, eff. 7-16-07.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.