Bill Text: IL HB5229 | 2025-2026 | 104th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. For websites that are blocked from being accessed by a student on a school-issued electronic device, requires each school board to develop an appeal process by which a student, at the request of the student's parent or guardian, may access a blocked website if the website is reasonably related to the student's education or pursuit of work opportunities during or after high school.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2026-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5229 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2025-HB5229-Introduced.html

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026HB5229 Introduced , by Rep. Jaime M. Andrade, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new
Amends the School Code. For websites that are blocked from being accessed by a student on a school-issued electronic device, requires each school board to develop an appeal process by which a student, at the request of the student's parent or guardian, may access a blocked website if the website is reasonably related to the student's education or pursuit of work opportunities during or after high school.
LRB104 18004 LNS 31441 b
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENTMAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
HB5229 LRB104 18004 LNS 31441 b
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
10-20.88 and 34-18.88 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new)
Sec. 10-20.88. Appeal process to access blocked websites.
For websites that are blocked from being accessed by a student
on a school-issued electronic device, each school board shall
develop an appeal process by which a student, at the request of
the student's parent or guardian, may access a blocked website
if the website is reasonably related to the student's
education or pursuit of work opportunities during or after
high school.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new)
Sec. 34-18.88. Appeal process to access blocked websites.
For websites that are blocked from being accessed by a student
on a school-issued electronic device, the board shall develop
an appeal process by which a student, at the request of the
student's parent or guardian, may access a blocked website if
the website is reasonably related to the student's education
or pursuit of work opportunities during or after high school.