Bill Amendment: IL SB0998 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: EDUCATION-TECH

Status: 2025-01-07 - Session Sine Die [SB0998 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB0998-Senate_Amendment_001.html

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Sen. Dan McConchie

Filed: 4/16/2024

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 998
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 998 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
22-87 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/22-87)
Sec. 22-87. Graduation requirements; Free Application for
Federal Student Aid.
(a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, in addition
to any other requirements under this Code, as a prerequisite
to receiving a high school diploma from a public high school,
the parent or guardian of each student or, if a student is at
least 18 years of age or legally emancipated, the student must
comply with either of the following:
(1) File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid
with the United States Department of Education or, if

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applicable, an application for State financial aid.
(2) On a form created by the State Board of Education,
file a waiver with the student's school district
indicating that the parent or guardian or, if applicable,
the student understands what the Free Application for
Federal Student Aid and application for State financial
aid are and has chosen not to file an application under
paragraph (1).
(b) Each school district with a high school must require
each high school student to comply with this Section and must
provide to each high school student and, if applicable, his or
her parent or guardian any support or assistance necessary to
comply with this Section. A school district must award a high
school diploma to a student who is unable to meet the
requirements of subsection (a) due to extenuating
circumstances, as determined by the school district, if (i)
the student has met all other graduation requirements under
this Code and (ii) the principal attests that the school
district has made a good faith effort to assist the student or,
if applicable, his or her parent or guardian in filing an
application or a waiver under subsection (a).
(c) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to
implement this Section.
(d) For the 2023-2024 school year, this Section does not
apply.
(Source: P.A. 101-180, eff. 6-1-20; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21.)

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