Bill Title: Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Requires an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State to allow a student for whom it is determined that special education services are needed under the School Code to participate in interscholastic athletics and other forms of athletic competition for as long as the student is eligible for such special education services, which, for purposes of the School Code, means through the day before the student's 22nd birthday.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 11-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-23 - Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. Karina Villa [SB1686 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Senator Laura Murphy [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	SD-028	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Cristina Castro [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-022	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Julie Morrison [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Robert Martwick [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Michael Halpin [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-036	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Meg Loughran Cappel [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-049	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Paul Faraci [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-052	FollowTheMoney	N/A	N/A
Senator Ann Gillespie [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-027	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Laura Fine [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-009	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Elgie Sims [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Karina Villa [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-025	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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