Bill Text: IL HB5896 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the Chicago school district only and within one month of the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year, the school board shall develop a one-page summation of the State Board of Education's public inquiry findings of the school district's special education policies and any corrective action plans. Requires the summation to be distributed to the parent or guardian of every student enrolled in the school district. Requires the State Board to approve the content of the summation before distribution by the school district. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5896 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5896-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5896 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/14-17 new
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the Chicago school district only and within one month of the beginning of the 2018-2019 school year, the school board shall develop a one-page summation of the State Board of Education's public inquiry findings of the school district's special education policies and any corrective action plans. Requires the summation to be distributed to the parent or guardian of every student enrolled in the school district. Requires the State Board to approve the content of the summation before distribution by the school district. Effective immediately.
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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
14-17 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/14-17 new)
Sec. 14-17. Special education policy; city with more than
500,000 inhabitants.
(a) This Section applies only to school districts organized
under Article 34 of this Code.
(b) Within one month of the beginning of the 2018-2019
school year, a school board shall develop a one-page summation
of the State Board of Education's public inquiry findings of
the school district's special education policies and any
corrective action plans. The summation must be distributed to
the parent or guardian of every student enrolled in the school
district. The State Board must approve the content of the
summation before distribution by the school district.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.