Bill Text: IL HB4838 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB4838 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2019-HB4838-Introduced.html

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2019 and 2020 HB4838 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.66 new
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately.
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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
10-20.73 and 34-18.66 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new)
Sec. 10-20.73. Selective admissions; standardized testing.
A school board shall prohibit any school of the district that
has selective admission requirements from requiring a student
in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a
standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.66 new)
Sec. 34-18.66. Selective admissions; standardized testing.
The board shall prohibit any school of the district that has
selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a
pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized
test in order to be admitted to that school.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.