Bill Text: IL HB4205 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require its schools to connect at-risk students in need of behavioral health support and all students with an individualized education program to either community-based or in-school behavioral health support. If the school board requires in-school support to be provided, provides that such support does not have to be implemented until the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year. Effective immediately.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB4205 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB4205-Engrossed.html

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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
10-20.67 and 34-18.60 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 new)
Sec. 10-20.67. Academic support; at-risk student.
(a) In this Section, "at-risk student" means a student who
meets any of the following:
(1) He or she has failed 2 or more classes in the
immediately preceding school semester.
(2) He or she is experiencing a decline in his or her
grade point average of more than 2 points on a 4.0 scale,
or its equivalent on another scale, compared to the
immediately preceding school semester.
(3) He or she is a chronic truant, as defined under
Section 26-2a of this Code.
(4) He or she has been suspended more than 3 times from
a school pursuant to Section 10-22.6 or 34-19 of this Code.
(5) He or she is homeless or at-risk of becoming
homeless.
(6) He or she is under the legal custody of the
Department of Children and Family Services.

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(7) He or she is the subject of an investigation
conducted by the Department of Children and Family
Services.
(8) He or she displays recurring violent behaviors,
including, but not limited to, fighting or threatening
other students or school personnel.
(b) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, a school
board shall require its schools to connect at-risk students in
need of academic support to either community-based or in-school
academic support. The academic support may include, but is not
limited to, any of the following:
(1) Individual or small-group tutoring.
(2) A summer school program.
(3) A mentoring program.
(4) An evaluation for the purpose of placing the
student in an individualized education program or a federal
Section 504 plan.
(5) Meeting with an academic advisor.
Each school district shall inform the parent or guardian of
an at-risk student about the community-based or in-school
academic support available in that school district or the
community in which the school district is located.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.60 new)
Sec. 34-18.60. Academic support; at-risk student.
(a) In this Section, "at-risk student" means a student who

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meets any of the following:
(1) He or she has failed 2 or more classes in the
immediately preceding school semester.
(2) He or she is experiencing a decline in his or her
grade point average of more than 2 points on a 4.0 scale,
or its equivalent on another scale, compared to the
immediately preceding school semester.
(3) He or she is a chronic truant, as defined under
Section 26-2a of this Code.
(4) He or she has been suspended more than 3 times from
a school pursuant to Section 10-22.6 or 34-19 of this Code.
(5) He or she is homeless or at-risk of becoming
homeless.
(6) He or she is under the legal custody of the
Department of Children and Family Services.
(7) He or she is the subject of an investigation
conducted by the Department of Children and Family
Services.
(8) He or she displays recurring violent behaviors,
including, but not limited to, fighting or threatening
other students or school personnel.
(b) Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the board
shall require its schools to connect at-risk students in need
of academic support to either community-based or in-school
academic support. The academic support may include, but is not
limited to, any of the following:

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(1) Individual or small-group tutoring.
(2) A summer school program.
(3) A mentoring program.
(4) An evaluation for the purpose of placing the
student in an individualized education program or a federal
Section 504 plan.
(5) Meeting with an academic advisor.
The school district shall inform the parent or guardian of
an at-risk student about the community-based or in-school
academic support available in that school district or the
community in which the school district is located.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.