Bill Title: Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the Chicago school district only, any meetings held by the school board on special education policy changes must be conducted during a public hearing with an opportunity for public input. Requires the school board to advertise the hearing on its publicly available Internet website, in newspapers of general circulation in the district, and on social media posts. Requires the State Board of Education to approve the content and scope of the advertisements and to ensure that all public hearings have an opportunity for public input. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5902 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Fred Crespo [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-044	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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