Sen. David Koehler
Filed: 5/16/2019
 
 


 




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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3586 




2 AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3586 as follows:


3on page 1, line 5, after "14-8.02f", by inserting the 
4following:

5"and by adding Section 14-8.02g"; and


6on page 8, line 8, by replacing "5" with "3 5"; and

7on page 8, by replacing lines 10 through 24 with the following:

8"meeting to review a child's individualized education program, 
9or as soon as possible if an individualized education program 
10meeting is scheduled within 3 school days with the written 
11consent of the child's parent or guardian, the local education 
12agency must provide the child's parent or guardian with copies 
13of all written material that will be considered by the 
14individualized education program team at the meeting so that 
15the parent or guardian may participate in the meeting as a 
 
 
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1fully-informed team member. The written material must include, 
2but is not limited to, all evaluations and collected data that 
3will be considered at the meeting and, for a child who already 
4has an individualized education program, a copy of all 
5individualized education program components that will be 
6discussed by the individualized education program team, other 
7than the components related to the educational and related 
8service minutes proposed for the child and the child's 
9educational placement. as soon as"; and


10on page 11, immediately below line 6, by inserting the 
11following:

12 "(105 ILCS 5/14-8.02g new)
13 Sec. 14-8.02g. Response to scientific, research-based 
14intervention.
15 (a) In this Section, "response to scientific, 
16research-based intervention" or "multi-tiered systems of 
17support" means a tiered process of school support that utilizes 
18differentiated instructional strategies for students, provides 
19students with scientific, research-based interventions, 
20continuously monitors student performance using 
21scientifically, research-based progress monitoring 
22instruments, and makes educational decisions based on a 
23student's response to the interventions. Response to 
24scientific, research-based intervention or multi-tiered 
 
 
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1systems of support use a problem-solving method to define the 
2problem, analyze the problem using data to determine why there 
3is a discrepancy between what is expected and what is 
4occurring, establish one or more student performance goals, 
5develop an intervention plan to address the performance goals, 
6and delineate how the student's progress will be monitored and 
7how implementation integrity will be ensured.
8 (b) A school district must utilize response to scientific, 
9research-based intervention or multi-tiered systems of support 
10as part of an evaluation procedure to determine if a child is 
11eligible for special education services due to a specific 
12learning disability. A school district may utilize the data 
13generated during the response to scientific, research-based 
14intervention or multi-tiered systems of support process in an 
15evaluation to determine if a child is eligible for special 
16education services due to any category of disability.
17 (c) The response to scientific, research-based 
18intervention or multi-tiered systems of support process must 
19involve a collaborative team approach, with the parent or 
20guardian of a student being part of the collaborative team. The 
21parent or guardian of a student must be involved in the data 
22sharing and decision-making processes of support under this 
23Section. The State Board of Education may provide guidance to a 
24school district and identify available resources related to 
25facilitating parental or guardian participation in the 
26response to scientific, research-based intervention or 
 
 
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1multi-tiered systems of support process.
2 (d) Nothing in this Section affects the responsibility of a 
3school district to identify, locate, and evaluate children with 
4disabilities who are in need of special education services in 
5accordance with the federal Individuals with Disabilities 
6Education Improvement Act of 2004, this Code, or any applicable 
7federal or State rules."; and

8on page 13, by replacing lines 24 and 25 with the following:
9 "Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
10becoming law.".