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| Public Act 102-0251 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||
34-18.67 as follows: | ||||
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new) | ||||
Sec. 34-18.67. Parental notification of student | ||||
discipline. | ||||
(a) In this Section, "misconduct" means an incident that | ||||
involves offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the | ||||
use of violence. | ||||
(b) If a student commits an act or acts of misconduct | ||||
involving offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the | ||||
use of violence, the student's school shall provide written | ||||
notification of that misconduct to the parent or guardian of | ||||
the student. | ||||
(c) If a student makes a written statement to a school | ||||
employee relating to an act or acts of misconduct, whether the | ||||
student is engaging in the act or acts or is targeted by the | ||||
act or acts, the school shall provide the written statement to | ||||
the student's parent or guardian, upon request and in | ||||
accordance with federal and State laws and rules governing | ||||
school student records. | ||||
(d) If the parent or guardian of a student involved in an | ||
act or acts of misconduct, whether the student is engaging in | ||
the act or acts or is targeted by the act or acts, requests a | ||
synopsis of any statement made by the parent's or guardian's | ||
child, the school shall provide any existing records | ||
responsive to that request, in accordance with federal and | ||
State laws and rules governing school student records. | ||
(e) A school shall make reasonable attempts to provide a | ||
copy of any disciplinary report resulting from an | ||
investigation into a student's act or acts of misconduct to | ||
the parent or guardian of the student receiving disciplinary | ||
action, including any and all restorative justice measures, | ||
within 2 school days after the completion of the report. The | ||
disciplinary report shall include all of the following: | ||
(1) A description of the student's act or acts of | ||
misconduct that resulted in disciplinary action. The names | ||
and any identifying information of any other student or | ||
students involved must be redacted from or not included in | ||
the report, in accordance with federal and State student | ||
privacy laws and rules. | ||
(2) A description of the disciplinary action, if any, | ||
imposed on the parent's or guardian's child, including the | ||
duration of the disciplinary action. | ||
(3) The school's justification and rationale for the | ||
disciplinary action imposed on the parent's or guardian's | ||
child, including reference to the applicable student | ||
discipline policies, procedures, or guidelines. | ||
(4) A description of the restorative justice measures, | ||
if any, used on the parent's or guardian's child.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||
2021.
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