Bill Text: IL SB2980 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to waive, by resolution, any statutory or regulatory curricular mandate for which the school district does not receive a separate State appropriation through the State Board of Education or reimbursement by the State to extend the school day or year (with exceptions for special education requirements, graduation requirements, and any curricular mandate directly related to an Illinois Learning Standard). Provides that if a student requests information on any curricular mandate that has been waived, then the school district shall provide the student with the requested information. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-4)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-05-03 - Sponsor Removed Sen. Michael Noland [SB2980 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB2980-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 Section
27-2.5 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/27-2.5 new)
Sec. 27-2.5. Instructional mandate discontinuance.
(a) For the purposes of this Section, "instructional
mandate" means any State law in this Article that requires a
school district to devote any amount of time to the instruction
of or engagement by students in a subject or course.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g or any other provision
of this Code, a school board may discontinue, by publicly
adopted resolution, any instructional mandate in this Article
for which the school district does not receive a separate State
appropriation through the State Board of Education or
reimbursement by the State to extend the school day or year.
This Section, however, does not permit a school board to
discontinue by resolution the requirements set forth in
Sections 27-5, 27-6, 27-7, and 27-22 of this Code and Sections
27-24 through 27-24.8 of this Code.
(c) If a student requests information on any instructional
mandate that has been discontinued under this Section, then the

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school district shall provide the student with the requested
information.
(d) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules that
it deems necessary for the implementation of this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.