Bill Text: IL HB5191 | 2017-2018 | 100th 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 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5191 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5191-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5191 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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)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 Code; the

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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.