Bill Text: IL HB4066 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. By December 31, 2023, requires the State Board of Education to create a Parent Advisory Committee for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations to the State Board with respect to the State Board's process of adopting new teaching or learning standards. Requires the State Board to review and consider the recommendations made by the committee prior to adopting a proposed teaching or learning standard, but does not require the State Board to accept any of the recommendations. Sets forth the membership of the committee; requires all committee members to be the parent of a student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in this State. Provides that members shall serve without compensation. Sets forth provisions concerning vacancies on the committee and committee meetings. Requires the State Board to provide administrative support to the committee. In provisions concerning school boards, requires a school board to adopt a policy to ensure that the parent or guardian of a student is provided with an opportunity to review the curricula and learning material used in the student's classroom at any point during the school year if the parent or guardian requests to review the curricula and learning material. Requires the policy to be published in the student handbook and on the school district's Internet website if one is maintained. Effective July 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-04-26 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Tony M. McCombie [HB4066 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4066-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4066 Introduced , by Rep. Travis Weaver SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new
105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new
Amends the School Code. By December 31, 2023, requires the State Board of Education to create a Parent Advisory Committee for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations to the State Board with respect to the State Board's process of adopting new teaching or learning standards. Requires the State Board to review and consider the recommendations made by the committee prior to adopting a proposed teaching or learning standard, but does not require the State Board to accept any of the recommendations. Sets forth the membership of the committee; requires all committee members to be the parent of a student enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in this State. Provides that members shall serve without compensation. Sets forth provisions concerning vacancies on the committee and committee meetings. Requires the State Board to provide administrative support to the committee. In provisions concerning school boards, requires a school board to adopt a policy to ensure that the parent or guardian of a student is provided with an opportunity to review the curricula and learning material used in the student's classroom at any point during the school year if the parent or guardian requests to review the curricula and learning material. Requires the policy to be published in the student handbook and on the school district's Internet website if one is maintained. Effective July 1, 2023.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
2-3.196, 10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.196 new)
Sec. 2-3.196. Parent Advisory Committee.
(a) By December 31, 2023, the State Board of Education
shall establish a Parent Advisory Committee. The Parent
Advisory Committee is created for the purpose of reviewing and
making recommendations to the State Board with respect to the
State Board's process of adopting new teaching standards
pursuant to paragraph (1) of subsection (a) of Section 21B-5
of this Code or learning standards pursuant to Section 27-1 of
this Code.
(b) The committee shall consist of all of the following
members, each of whom shall be the parent of a student who is
enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school in this
State:
(1) Three members who are appointed by the President
of the Senate.
(2) Three members who are appointed by the Minority
Leader of the Senate.

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(3) Three members who are appointed by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives.
(4) Three members who are appointed by the Minority
Leader of the House of Representatives.
(c) The members of the committee shall serve without
compensation. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as
the original appointments.
(d) Prior to adopting any new teaching standard or
learning standard, the State Board shall convene the committee
and submit the proposed teaching standard or learning standard
to the committee for review. Following the committee's review
of the proposed teaching or learning standard, the committee
shall provide its recommendations on the proposed standard to
the State Board. The State Board is not required to accept any
of the committee's recommendations, but the State Board must
review and consider the recommendations made by the committee
prior to adopting the proposed teaching or learning standard.
(e) At the first meeting of the committee for the review of
a new teaching standard or learning standard proposed by the
State Board, the members of the committee shall elect a
chairperson from among its members to serve for the duration
of the committee's work on the proposed teaching or learning
standard. The committee shall meet at least once to review
each new teaching standard or learning standard proposed by
the State Board. The committee may meet at additional times
for the further review of a proposed teaching standard or

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learning standard at the call of the chairperson or upon being
reconvened by the State Board.
(f) The State Board shall provide administrative support
to the committee. The committee shall be a standing committee
within the State Board, but the committee shall be required to
meet only if convened under subsection (d) or (e) of this
Section.
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
Sec. 10-20.85. Parental review of learning material.
(a) A school board shall adopt a policy to ensure that the
parent or guardian of a student is provided with an
opportunity to review the curricula and learning material used
in the student's classroom at any point during the school year
if the parent or guardian requests to review the curricula and
learning material.
(b) The policy adopted under subsection (a) must be
published in the student handbook and on the school district's
Internet website if one is maintained.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
Sec. 34-18.82. Parental review of learning material.
(a) The board shall adopt a policy to ensure that the
parent or guardian of a student is provided with an
opportunity to review the curricula and learning material used
in the student's classroom at any point during the school year

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if the parent or guardian requests to review the curricula and
learning material.
(b) The policy adopted under subsection (a) must be
published in the student handbook and on the school district's
Internet website.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2023.