Bill Text: IL HB3681 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to create an Equity for Autistic Students Commission to research, recommend, and review policies that affect autistic students to ensure fair access to resources, therapies, education, and equity with a focused lens on historically marginalized groups. Provides that the Commission shall review different therapies and practices used or recommended for autistic students and, with the help of experts appointed to the Commission, decide if those therapies and practices are still the best therapies and practices. Provides that the Commission shall consist of members appointed by the State Board of Education and shall include experts in the field of autism in children and students. Provides that at least one member appointed to the Commission by the State Board of Education shall have autism. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative assistance and necessary staff support services. Provides for meetings and reporting.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3681 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3681-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3681 Introduced , by Rep. Harry Benton SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new
Amends the State Board of Education Article of the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to create an Equity for Autistic Students Commission to research, recommend, and review policies that affect autistic students to ensure fair access to resources, therapies, education, and equity with a focused lens on historically marginalized groups. Provides that the Commission shall review different therapies and practices used or recommended for autistic students and, with the help of experts appointed to the Commission, decide if those therapies and practices are still the best therapies and practices. Provides that the Commission shall consist of members appointed by the State Board of Education and shall include experts in the field of autism in children and students. Provides that at least one member appointed to the Commission by the State Board of Education shall have autism. Provides that the State Board of Education shall provide administrative assistance and necessary staff support services. Provides for meetings and reporting.
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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 Section
2-3.196 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new)
Sec. 2-3.196. Equity for Autistic Students Commission.
(a) The State Board of Education shall create an Equity
for Autistic Students Commission. The purpose of the
Commission shall be to research, recommend, and review
policies that affect autistic students to ensure fair access
to resources, therapies, education, and equity with a focused
lens on historically marginalized groups, such as persons who
are considered Black, Indigenous, or people of color, girls,
low-income, or English learners. The Commission shall review
different therapies and practices used or recommended for
autistic students and, with the help of experts appointed to
the Commission, decide if those therapies and practices are
still the best therapies and practices.
(b) The Commission shall consist of members appointed by
the State Board of Education and shall include experts in the
field of autism in children and students. At least one member
appointed to the Commission by the State Board of Education

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shall have autism.
Members of the Commission shall serve without
compensation.
(c) The State Board of Education shall provide
administrative assistance and necessary staff support
services.
(d) The Commission shall meet at the call of the State
Board of Education and shall report its findings and
recommendations to the State Board of Education.