Bill Text: IL HB4879 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. With respect to the requirement that a high school student or his or her parent or guardian file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid with the United States Department of Education or, if applicable, an application for State financial aid, requires a school district to provide notice to each student and to the parent or guardian of each student about the option to file a waiver. Effective June 1, 2020.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4879 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4879-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4879 Introduced , by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/22-87
Amends the School Code. With respect to the requirement that a high school student or his or her parent or guardian file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid with the United States Department of Education or, if applicable, an application for State financial aid, requires a school district to provide notice to each student and to the parent or guardian of each student about the option to file a waiver. Effective June 1, 2020.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
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 renumbering and
changing Section 22-85, as added by Public Act 101-180, as
follows:
(105 ILCS 5/22-87)
(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a
delayed effective date)
Sec. 22-87 22-85. Graduation requirements; Free
Application for Federal Student Aid.
(a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, in addition
to any other requirements under this Code, as a prerequisite to
receiving a high school diploma from a public high school, the
parent or guardian of each student or, if a student is at least
18 years of age or legally emancipated, the student must comply
with either of the following:
(1) File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid
with the United States Department of Education or, if
applicable, an application for State financial aid.
(2) On a form created by the State Board of Education,
file a waiver with the student's school district indicating
that the parent or guardian or, if applicable, the student

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understands what the Free Application for Federal Student
Aid and application for State financial aid are and has
chosen not to file an application under paragraph (1). The
school district must provide notice to each student and to
the parent or guardian of each student about the option to
file a waiver under this paragraph (2).
(b) Each school district with a high school must require
each high school student to comply with this Section and must
provide to each high school student and, if applicable, his or
her parent or guardian any support or assistance necessary to
comply with this Section. A school district must award a high
school diploma to a student who is unable to meet the
requirements of subsection (a) due to extenuating
circumstances, as determined by the school district, if (i) the
student has met all other graduation requirements under this
Code and (ii) the principal attests that the school district
has made a good faith effort to assist the student or, if
applicable, his or her parent or guardian in filing an
application or a waiver under subsection (a).
(c) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
implement this Section.
(Source: P.A. 101-180, eff. 6-1-20; revised 10-21-19.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1,
2020.