Bill Text: IL HB5093 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the Student Bill of Rights Act. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall jointly establish, no later than January 1, 2025, a student bill of rights to outline that students in public schools and public institutions of higher education have a right to educational equity and to be free from discrimination based on race, sex, gender, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical ability. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall publish the student bill of rights on their Internet websites and make a handout available. Provides that each public institution of higher education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall have on their Internet websites a link to the student bill of rights published on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-08 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB5093 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB5093-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5093 Introduced , by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
Creates the Student Bill of Rights Act. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall jointly establish, no later than January 1, 2025, a student bill of rights to outline that students in public schools and public institutions of higher education have a right to educational equity and to be free from discrimination based on race, sex, gender, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical ability. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall publish the student bill of rights on their Internet websites and make a handout available. Provides that each public institution of higher education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall have on their Internet websites a link to the student bill of rights published on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website. 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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
Student Bill of Rights Act.
Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that a
student has a right to educational equity and to be free from
discrimination based on race, sex, gender, socioeconomic
status, and mental or physical ability.
Section 10. Student bill of rights. The State Board of
Education and the Board of Higher Education shall jointly
establish, no later than January 1, 2025, a student bill of
rights to outline that students in public schools and public
institutions of higher education have a right to educational
equity and to be free from discrimination based on race, sex,
gender, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical ability.
The State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education
shall publish the student bill of rights on their Internet
websites and make a handout available. Each public institution
of higher education, the Illinois Community College Board, and
the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall have on their
Internet websites a link to the student bill of rights

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published on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website.