Bill Text: IL HB5902 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the Chicago school district only, any meetings held by the school board on special education policy changes must be conducted during a public hearing with an opportunity for public input. Requires the school board to advertise the hearing on its publicly available Internet website, in newspapers of general circulation in the district, and on social media posts. Requires the State Board of Education to approve the content and scope of the advertisements and to ensure that all public hearings have an opportunity for public input. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HB5902 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-HB5902-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 HB5902 Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/14-17 new
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the Chicago school district only, any meetings held by the school board on special education policy changes must be conducted during a public hearing with an opportunity for public input. Requires the school board to advertise the hearing on its publicly available Internet website, in newspapers of general circulation in the district, and on social media posts. Requires the State Board of Education to approve the content and scope of the advertisements and to ensure that all public hearings have an opportunity for public input. 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 Section
14-17 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/14-17 new)
Sec. 14-17. Special education policy changes; city with
more than 500,000 inhabitants.
(a) This Section applies only to school districts organized
under Article 34 of this Code.
(b) Any meetings held by a school board on special
education policy changes must be conducted during a public
hearing with an opportunity for public input. The school board
must advertise the hearing, at a minimum, on its publicly
available Internet website, in newspapers of general
circulation in the district, and on social media posts. The
State Board of Education must approve the content and scope of
the advertisements and must ensure that all public hearings
have an opportunity for public input.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.