Bill Amendment: IL SB2039 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

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Bill Title: SCH CD-IEP MEETING-PUNS LIST

Status: 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0504 [SB2039 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-SB2039-Senate_Amendment_002.html

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Sen. Cristina H. Pacione-Zayas

Filed: 3/21/2023

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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2039
AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2039 by replacing
everything after the enacting clause with the following:
"Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
Section 2-3.163 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.163)
Sec. 2-3.163. PUNS Prioritization of Urgency of Need for
Services database information for students and parents or
guardians.
(a) The General Assembly makes all of the following
findings:
(1) Pursuant to Section 10-26 of the Department of
Human Services Act, the The Department of Human Services
maintains a statewide database known as the PUNS
Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services that
records information about individuals with intellectual

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disabilities or developmental disabilities who are
potentially in need of services.
(2) The Department of Human Services uses the data on
PUNS Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services to
select individuals for services as funding becomes
available, to develop proposals and materials for
budgeting, and to plan for future needs.
(3) The PUNS database Prioritization of Urgency of
Need for Services is available for children and adults
with intellectual disabilities or a developmental
disabilities disability who have an unmet service needs
need anticipated in the next 5 years. The PUNS database is
also available for children with intellectual disabilities
or developmental disabilities with unmet service needs.
(4) Registration to be included on the PUNS database
Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is the
first step toward receiving getting developmental
disabilities services in this State. A child or an adult
who is If individuals are not on the PUNS database, will
not be Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services
waiting list, they are not in queue for State
developmental disabilities services.
(5) Lack of awareness and information about the PUNS
database results in underutilization or delays in
registration for the PUNS database by students with
intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities

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and their parents or guardians Prioritization of Urgency
of Need for Services may be underutilized by children and
their parents or guardians due to lack of awareness or
lack of information.
(B) The purpose of this Section is to ensure that each
student who has an individualized education program and the
student's parents or guardian are informed about the PUNS
database, where to register for the PUNS database, and who
they can contact for information about the PUNS database and
the PUNS database registration process. This Section is not
intended to change the PUNS database registration process
established by the Department of Human Services or to impose
any responsibility on the State Board of Education or a school
district to register students for the PUNS database.
(b) The State Board of Education shall may work in
collaboration with the Department of Human Services and with
school districts to ensure that inform all students with
intellectual disabilities or developmental disabilities and
their parents or guardians are informed about the PUNS
Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services database, as
described in subsections (c), (d) and (e) of this Section.
As used in this Section "PUNS" means the Prioritization of
Urgency of Need for Services database or PUNS database
developed and maintained by the Department of Human Services
pursuant to Section 10-26 of the Department of Human Services
Act.

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(c) The Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human
Services and State Board of Education shall develop and
implement an online, computer-based training program for at
least one designated employee in every public school in this
State to educate the designated employee or employees him or
her about the PUNS Prioritization of Urgency of Need for
Services database and steps required to register students for
the PUNS database, including the documentation and information
the parents or guardian will need for the registration
process. to be taken to ensure children and adolescents are
enrolled. The training shall include instruction on
identifying and contacting for at least one designated
employee in every public school in contacting the appropriate
developmental disabilities Independent Service Coordination
agency ("ISC") to register students for the PUNS database.
enroll children and adolescents in the database. The training
of the designated employee or employees shall also include
information about organizations and programs available in this
State that offer assistance to families in understanding the
PUNS database and navigating the PUNS database registration
process. Each school district shall post on its public website
and include in its student handbook the names of the
designated trained employee or employees in each school within
the school district. At least one designated employee in every
public school shall ensure the opportunity to enroll in the
Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services database is

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discussed during annual individualized education program (IEP)
meetings for all children and adolescents believed to have a
developmental disability.
(c-5) During the student's annual individualized education
program (IEP) review meeting, if the student is believed to
have an intellectual disability or a developmental disability,
the student's IEP team shall determine the student's PUNS
database registration status based upon information provided
by the student's parents or guardian or by the student. If it
is determined that the student is not registered for the PUNS
database or if it is unclear whether the student is registered
for the PUNS database, the parents or guardian and the student
shall be referred to a designated employee of the public
school who has completed the training described in subsection
(c). The designated employee may, but need not be, a member of
the student's IEP team. The designated trained employee shall
provide the student's parents or guardian and the student with
the name, location and contact information of the appropriate
ISC to contact in order to register the student for the PUNS
database. The designated trained employee shall also identify
for the parents or guardian and student the information and
documentation they will need to complete the PUNS database
registration process with the ISC, and shall also provide
information to the parents or guardian and student about
organizations and programs available in this State that offer
information to families about the PUNS database and the PUNS

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database registration process.
(d) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the
Department of Human Services, through school districts, shall
provide to parents and guardians of each student with an IEP
students a copy of the latest version of the Department of
Human Services's guide titled "Understanding PUNS: A Guide to
Prioritization for Urgency of Need for Services" each year at
the annual review meeting for the student's individualized
education program, including the consideration required in
subsection (e) of this Section.
(e) (Blank). The Department of Human Services shall
consider the length of time spent on the Prioritization of
Urgency of Need for Services waiting list, in addition to
other factors considered, when selecting individuals on the
list for services.
(Source: P.A. 102-57, eff. 7-9-21.)".