Bill Text: IL HB1310 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Safe Schools Law of the School Code. Provides that a "disruptive student" includes suspension or expulsion eligible students and students against whom juvenile or criminal proceedings alleging the commission of a felony are pending (instead of just suspension or expulsion eligible students). Provides that a student against whom juvenile or criminal proceedings alleging the commission of a felony are pending may be immediately transferred to an alternative program. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 8-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB1310 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-HB1310-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 13A-2.5 and 13A-4 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/13A-2.5)
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7 | Sec. 13A-2.5. Disruptive student. "Disruptive student" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | includes
suspension or expulsion eligible students and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | students against whom juvenile or criminal proceedings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | alleging the commission of a felony are pending in any of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | grades 6 through 12.
" Suspension or expulsion eligible
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12 | students " are those students that have been found to be | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | eligible for suspension
or expulsion through the discipline | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | process established by a school district.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95.)
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16 | (105 ILCS 5/13A-4)
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17 | Sec. 13A-4. Administrative transfers. A student who is | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | determined to be
subject to suspension or expulsion in the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | manner provided by Section 10-22.6
(or,
in the case of a | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | student enrolled in the public schools of a school district
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21 | organized under Article 34, in accordance with the uniform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | system of discipline
established under Section 34-19) or a |
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1 | student against whom juvenile or criminal proceedings alleging | ||||||
2 | the commission of a felony are pending may be
immediately | ||||||
3 | transferred to the alternative program. At the earliest time
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4 | following that transfer appropriate personnel from the sending | ||||||
5 | school district
and appropriate personnel of the alternative | ||||||
6 | program shall meet to develop an
alternative education plan for | ||||||
7 | the student. The student's parent or guardian
shall be invited | ||||||
8 | to this meeting. The student may be invited. The alternative
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9 | educational plan shall include, but not be limited to all of | ||||||
10 | the following:
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11 | (1) The duration of the plan, including a date after | ||||||
12 | which the student may
be returned to the regular | ||||||
13 | educational program in the public schools of the
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14 | transferring district. If the parent or guardian of a | ||||||
15 | student
who is scheduled to be returned to the regular | ||||||
16 | education program in the public
schools of the district | ||||||
17 | files a written objection to the return with the
principal | ||||||
18 | of the alternative school, the matter shall be referred by | ||||||
19 | the
principal to the regional superintendent of the | ||||||
20 | educational service region in
which the alternative school | ||||||
21 | program is located for a hearing. Notice of
the hearing
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22 | shall be given by the regional superintendent to the | ||||||
23 | student's parent or
guardian. After the hearing, the | ||||||
24 | regional superintendent may take such action
as he or she | ||||||
25 | finds appropriate and in the best interests of the student. | ||||||
26 | The
determination of the regional superintendent shall be |
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1 | final.
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2 | (2) The specific academic and behavioral components of | ||||||
3 | the plan.
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4 | (3) A method and time frame for reviewing the student's | ||||||
5 | progress.
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6 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, if a | ||||||
7 | student for whom an
individualized educational program has been | ||||||
8 | developed under Article 14 is
transferred to an alternative | ||||||
9 | school program under this Article 13A, that
individualized | ||||||
10 | educational program shall continue to apply to that student
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11 | following the transfer unless modified in accordance with the | ||||||
12 | provisions of
Article 14.
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13 | (Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96.)
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14 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
15 | becoming law.
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