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Public Act 098-0673 | ||||
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||
represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||
10-20.12 and 27-8.1 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.12) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12)
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Sec. 10-20.12. School year - School age. To establish and | ||||
keep in
operation in each year during a school term of at least | ||||
the minimum length
required by Section 10-19, a sufficient | ||||
number of free schools for the
accommodation of all persons in | ||||
the district who are 5 years of age or
older but under 21 years | ||||
of age, and to secure for all such persons the
right and | ||||
opportunity to an equal education in such schools; provided | ||||
that (i)
children who will attain the age of 5 years on or | ||||
before September 1 of the
year of the 1990-1991 school term and | ||||
each school term thereafter may
attend school upon the | ||||
commencement of such term and (ii) based upon an assessment of | ||||
the child's readiness, children who have attended a non-public | ||||
preschool and continued their education at that school through | ||||
kindergarten, were taught in kindergarten by an appropriately | ||||
certified teacher, and will attain the age of 6 years on or | ||||
before December 31 of the year of the 2009-2010 school term and | ||||
each school term thereafter may attend first grade upon |
commencement of such term. However, Section 33 of the | ||
Educational Opportunity for Military Children Act shall apply | ||
to children of active duty military personnel. Based upon an | ||
assessment
of a child's readiness to attend school, a school | ||
district may permit a
child to attend school prior to the dates | ||
contained in this Section. In any
school district operating on | ||
a full year school basis children who will
attain age 5 within | ||
30 days after the commencement of a term may attend
school upon | ||
the commencement of such term and, based upon an assessment of | ||
the child's readiness, children who have attended a non-public | ||
preschool and continued their education at that school through | ||
kindergarten, were taught in kindergarten by an appropriately | ||
certified teacher, and will attain age 6 within 4 months after | ||
the commencement of a term may attend first grade upon the | ||
commencement of such term. The school district may, by
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resolution of its board, allow for a full year school plan.
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(Source: P.A. 96-864, eff. 1-21-10.)
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(105 ILCS 5/27-8.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-8.1) | ||
Sec. 27-8.1. Health examinations and immunizations. | ||
(1) In compliance with rules and regulations which the | ||
Department of Public
Health shall promulgate, and except as | ||
hereinafter provided, all children in
Illinois shall have a | ||
health examination as follows: within one year prior to
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entering kindergarten or the first grade of any public, | ||
private, or parochial
elementary school; upon entering the |
sixth and ninth grades of any public,
private, or parochial | ||
school; prior to entrance into any public, private, or
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parochial nursery school; and, irrespective of grade, | ||
immediately prior to or
upon entrance into any public, private, | ||
or parochial school or nursery school,
each child shall present | ||
proof of having been examined in accordance with this
Section | ||
and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. Any child | ||
who received a health examination within one year prior to | ||
entering the fifth grade for the 2007-2008 school year is not | ||
required to receive an additional health examination in order | ||
to comply with the provisions of Public Act 95-422 when he or | ||
she attends school for the 2008-2009 school year, unless the | ||
child is attending school for the first time as provided in | ||
this paragraph. | ||
A tuberculosis skin test screening shall be included as a | ||
required part of
each health examination included under this | ||
Section if the child resides in an
area designated by the | ||
Department of Public Health as having a high incidence
of | ||
tuberculosis. Additional health examinations of pupils, | ||
including eye examinations, may be required when deemed | ||
necessary by school
authorities. Parents are encouraged to have | ||
their children undergo eye examinations at the same points in | ||
time required for health
examinations. | ||
(1.5) In compliance with rules adopted by the Department of | ||
Public Health and except as otherwise provided in this Section, | ||
all children in kindergarten and the second and sixth grades of |
any public, private, or parochial school shall have a dental | ||
examination. Each of these children shall present proof of | ||
having been examined by a dentist in accordance with this | ||
Section and rules adopted under this Section before May 15th of | ||
the school year. If a child in the second or sixth grade fails | ||
to present proof by May 15th, the school may hold the child's | ||
report card until one of the following occurs: (i) the child | ||
presents proof of a completed dental examination or (ii) the | ||
child presents proof that a dental examination will take place | ||
within 60 days after May 15th. The Department of Public Health | ||
shall establish, by rule, a waiver for children who show an | ||
undue burden or a lack of access to a dentist. Each public, | ||
private, and parochial school must give notice of this dental | ||
examination requirement to the parents and guardians of | ||
students at least 60 days before May 15th of each school year.
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(1.10) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all | ||
children enrolling in kindergarten in a public, private, or | ||
parochial school on or after the effective date of this | ||
amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly and any student | ||
enrolling for the first time in a public, private, or parochial | ||
school on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of | ||
the 95th General Assembly shall have an eye examination. Each | ||
of these children shall present proof of having been examined | ||
by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its | ||
branches or a licensed optometrist within the previous year, in | ||
accordance with this Section and rules adopted under this |
Section, before October 15th of the school year. If the child | ||
fails to present proof by October 15th, the school may hold the | ||
child's report card until one of the following occurs: (i) the | ||
child presents proof of a completed eye examination or (ii) the | ||
child presents proof that an eye examination will take place | ||
within 60 days after October 15th. The Department of Public | ||
Health shall establish, by rule, a waiver for children who show | ||
an undue burden or a lack of access to a physician licensed to | ||
practice medicine in all of its branches who provides eye | ||
examinations or to a licensed optometrist. Each public, | ||
private, and parochial school must give notice of this eye | ||
examination requirement to the parents and guardians of | ||
students in compliance with rules of the Department of Public | ||
Health. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to allow a | ||
school to exclude a child from attending because of a parent's | ||
or guardian's failure to obtain an eye examination for the | ||
child.
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(2) The Department of Public Health shall promulgate rules | ||
and regulations
specifying the examinations and procedures | ||
that constitute a health examination, which shall include the | ||
collection of data relating to obesity
(including at a minimum, | ||
date of birth, gender, height, weight, blood pressure, and date | ||
of exam),
and a dental examination and may recommend by rule | ||
that certain additional examinations be performed.
The rules | ||
and regulations of the Department of Public Health shall | ||
specify that
a tuberculosis skin test screening shall be |
included as a required part of each
health examination included | ||
under this Section if the child resides in an area
designated | ||
by the Department of Public Health as having a high incidence | ||
of
tuberculosis.
The Department of Public Health shall specify | ||
that a diabetes
screening as defined by rule shall be included | ||
as a required part of each
health examination.
Diabetes testing | ||
is not required. | ||
Physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its | ||
branches, advanced
practice nurses who have a written | ||
collaborative agreement with
a collaborating physician which | ||
authorizes them to perform health
examinations, or physician | ||
assistants who have been delegated the
performance of health | ||
examinations by their supervising physician
shall be
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responsible for the performance of the health examinations, | ||
other than dental
examinations, eye examinations, and vision | ||
and hearing screening, and shall sign all report forms
required | ||
by subsection (4) of this Section that pertain to those | ||
portions of
the health examination for which the physician, | ||
advanced practice nurse, or
physician assistant is | ||
responsible.
If a registered
nurse performs any part of a | ||
health examination, then a physician licensed to
practice | ||
medicine in all of its branches must review and sign all | ||
required
report forms. Licensed dentists shall perform all | ||
dental examinations and
shall sign all report forms required by | ||
subsection (4) of this Section that
pertain to the dental | ||
examinations. Physicians licensed to practice medicine
in all |
its branches or licensed optometrists shall perform all eye | ||
examinations
required by this Section and shall sign all report | ||
forms required by
subsection (4) of this Section that pertain | ||
to the eye examination. For purposes of this Section, an eye | ||
examination shall at a minimum include history, visual acuity, | ||
subjective refraction to best visual acuity near and far, | ||
internal and external examination, and a glaucoma evaluation, | ||
as well as any other tests or observations that in the | ||
professional judgment of the doctor are necessary. Vision and
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hearing screening tests, which shall not be considered | ||
examinations as that
term is used in this Section, shall be | ||
conducted in accordance with rules and
regulations of the | ||
Department of Public Health, and by individuals whom the
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Department of Public Health has certified.
In these rules and | ||
regulations, the Department of Public Health shall
require that | ||
individuals conducting vision screening tests give a child's
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parent or guardian written notification, before the vision | ||
screening is
conducted, that states, "Vision screening is not a | ||
substitute for a
complete eye and vision evaluation by an eye | ||
doctor. Your child is not
required to undergo this vision | ||
screening if an optometrist or
ophthalmologist has completed | ||
and signed a report form indicating that
an examination has | ||
been administered within the previous 12 months." | ||
(3) Every child shall, at or about the same time as he or | ||
she receives
a health examination required by subsection (1) of | ||
this Section, present
to the local school proof of having |
received such immunizations against
preventable communicable | ||
diseases as the Department of Public Health shall
require by | ||
rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this Section and | ||
the
Communicable Disease Prevention Act. | ||
(4) The individuals conducting the health examination,
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dental examination, or eye examination shall record the
fact of | ||
having conducted the examination, and such additional | ||
information as
required, including for a health examination
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data relating to obesity
(including at a minimum, date of | ||
birth, gender, height, weight, blood pressure, and date of | ||
exam), on uniform forms which the Department of Public Health | ||
and the State
Board of Education shall prescribe for statewide | ||
use. The examiner shall
summarize on the report form any | ||
condition that he or she suspects indicates a
need for special | ||
services, including for a health examination factors relating | ||
to obesity. The individuals confirming the administration of
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required immunizations shall record as indicated on the form | ||
that the
immunizations were administered. | ||
(5) If a child does not submit proof of having had either | ||
the health
examination or the immunization as required, then | ||
the child shall be examined
or receive the immunization, as the | ||
case may be, and present proof by October
15 of the current | ||
school year, or by an earlier date of the current school year
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established by a school district. To establish a date before | ||
October 15 of the
current school year for the health | ||
examination or immunization as required, a
school district must |
give notice of the requirements of this Section 60 days
prior | ||
to the earlier established date. If for medical reasons one or | ||
more of
the required immunizations must be given after October | ||
15 of the current school
year, or after an earlier established | ||
date of the current school year, then
the child shall present, | ||
by October 15, or by the earlier established date, a
schedule | ||
for the administration of the immunizations and a statement of | ||
the
medical reasons causing the delay, both the schedule and | ||
the statement being
issued by the physician, advanced practice | ||
nurse, physician assistant,
registered nurse, or local health | ||
department that will
be responsible for administration of the | ||
remaining required immunizations. If
a child does not comply by | ||
October 15, or by the earlier established date of
the current | ||
school year, with the requirements of this subsection, then the
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local school authority shall exclude that child from school | ||
until such time as
the child presents proof of having had the | ||
health examination as required and
presents proof of having | ||
received those required immunizations which are
medically | ||
possible to receive immediately. During a child's exclusion | ||
from
school for noncompliance with this subsection, the child's | ||
parents or legal
guardian shall be considered in violation of | ||
Section 26-1 and subject to any
penalty imposed by Section | ||
26-10. This subsection (5) does not apply to dental | ||
examinations and eye examinations. If Until June 30, 2015, if | ||
the student is an out-of-state transfer student and does not | ||
have the proof required under this subsection (5) before |
October 15 of the current year or whatever date is set by the | ||
school district, then he or she may only attend classes (i) if | ||
he or she has proof that an appointment for the required | ||
vaccinations has been scheduled with a party authorized to | ||
submit proof of the required vaccinations. If the proof of | ||
vaccination required under this subsection (5) is not submitted | ||
within 30 days after the student is permitted to attend | ||
classes, then the student is not to be permitted to attend | ||
classes until proof of the vaccinations has been properly | ||
submitted. No school district or employee of a school district | ||
shall be held liable for any injury or illness to another | ||
person that results from admitting an out-of-state transfer | ||
student to class that has an appointment scheduled pursuant to | ||
this subsection (5). | ||
(6) Every school shall report to the State Board of | ||
Education by November
15, in the manner which that agency shall | ||
require, the number of children who
have received the necessary | ||
immunizations and the health examination (other than a dental | ||
examination or eye examination) as
required, indicating, of | ||
those who have not received the immunizations and
examination | ||
as required, the number of children who are exempt from health
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examination and immunization requirements on religious or | ||
medical grounds as
provided in subsection (8). On or before | ||
December 1 of each year, every public school district and | ||
registered nonpublic school shall make publicly available the | ||
immunization data they are required to submit to the State |
Board of Education by November 15. The immunization data made | ||
publicly available must be identical to the data the school | ||
district or school has reported to the State Board of | ||
Education. | ||
Every school shall report to the State Board of Education | ||
by June 30, in the manner that the State Board requires, the | ||
number of children who have received the required dental | ||
examination, indicating, of those who have not received the | ||
required dental examination, the number of children who are | ||
exempt from the dental examination on religious grounds as | ||
provided in subsection (8) of this Section and the number of | ||
children who have received a waiver under subsection (1.5) of | ||
this Section. | ||
Every school shall report to the State Board of Education | ||
by June 30, in the manner that the State Board requires, the | ||
number of children who have received the required eye | ||
examination, indicating, of those who have not received the | ||
required eye examination, the number of children who are exempt | ||
from the eye examination as provided in subsection (8) of this | ||
Section, the number of children who have received a waiver | ||
under subsection (1.10) of this Section, and the total number | ||
of children in noncompliance with the eye examination | ||
requirement. | ||
The reported information under this subsection (6) shall be | ||
provided to the
Department of Public Health by the State Board | ||
of Education. |
(7) Upon determining that the number of pupils who are | ||
required to be in
compliance with subsection (5) of this | ||
Section is below 90% of the number of
pupils enrolled in the | ||
school district, 10% of each State aid payment made
pursuant to | ||
Section 18-8.05 to the school district for such year may be | ||
withheld
by the State Board of Education until the number of | ||
students in compliance with
subsection (5) is the applicable | ||
specified percentage or higher. | ||
(8) Parents or legal guardians who object to health,
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dental, or eye examinations or any part thereof, or to | ||
immunizations, on religious grounds
shall not be required to | ||
submit their children or wards to the examinations
or | ||
immunizations to which they so object if such parents or legal | ||
guardians
present to the appropriate local school authority a | ||
signed statement of
objection, detailing the grounds for the | ||
objection. If the physical condition
of the child is such that | ||
any one or more of the immunizing agents should not
be | ||
administered, the examining physician, advanced practice | ||
nurse, or
physician assistant responsible for the performance | ||
of the
health examination shall endorse that fact upon the | ||
health examination form.
Exempting a child from the health,
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dental, or eye examination does not exempt the child from
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participation in the program of physical education training | ||
provided in
Sections 27-5 through 27-7 of this Code. | ||
(9) For the purposes of this Section, "nursery schools" | ||
means those nursery
schools operated by elementary school |
systems or secondary level school units
or institutions of | ||
higher learning. | ||
(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10; 97-216, eff. 1-1-12; | ||
97-910, eff. 1-1-13.) | ||
Section 10. The Illinois School Student Records Act is | ||
amended by changing Section 8.1 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 10/8.1) (from Ch. 122, par. 50-8.1) | ||
Sec. 8.1. (a) No school may refuse to admit or enroll a | ||
student
because of that student's failure to present his | ||
student permanent or
temporary record from a school previously | ||
attended. | ||
(b) When a new student applies for admission to a school | ||
and does not
present his school student record, such school may | ||
notify the school or
school district last attended by such | ||
student, requesting that the
student's school student record be | ||
copied and sent to it; such request
shall be honored within 10 | ||
days after it is received. Within
10 days after receiving a | ||
request from the Department of Children and
Family Services, | ||
the school district last attended by the student shall
send the | ||
student's school student record to the receiving school | ||
district. | ||
(c) In the case of a transfer between school districts of a | ||
student
who is eligible for special education and related | ||
services, when the parent
or guardian of the student presents a |
copy of the student's then current
individualized education | ||
program (IEP) to the new school, the student shall
be placed in | ||
a special education program in accordance with that described
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in the student's IEP. | ||
(d) Out-of-state Until June 30, 2015, out-of-state | ||
transfer students , including children of military personnel | ||
that transfer into this State, may use unofficial transcripts | ||
for admission to a school until official transcripts are | ||
obtained from his or her last school district , including | ||
children of military personnel that transfer into this State, | ||
subject to Section 32 of the Educational Opportunity for | ||
Military Children Act . | ||
(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10; 97-216, eff. 1-1-12.) | ||
Section 15. The Educational Opportunity for Military | ||
Children Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 20, 25, 35, | ||
and 40 and by adding Sections 32 and 33 as follows: | ||
(105 ILCS 70/5) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
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Sec. 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to remove | ||
barriers to educational success imposed on children of active | ||
duty military personnel families because of frequent moves and | ||
deployment of their parents by: | ||
(1) facilitating the timely enrollment of children of | ||
active duty military personnel families and ensuring that |
they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in | ||
the transfer of educational records from the previous | ||
school district; | ||
(2) facilitating the student placement process through | ||
which children of active duty military personnel families | ||
are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance | ||
requirements, scheduling, sequencing, or assessment; | ||
(3) facilitating the qualification and eligibility for | ||
enrollment and educational programs of children of active | ||
duty military personnel ; | ||
(4) facilitating the on-time graduation of children of | ||
active duty military personnel families ; and | ||
(5) promoting flexibility and cooperation between the | ||
educational system, parents, and the student in order to | ||
achieve educational success for the student.
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(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10 .) | ||
(105 ILCS 70/10) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
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Sec. 10. Findings; authority to enter into compact. The | ||
General Assembly finds and declares that this State recognizes | ||
that there is created an Interstate Commission on Educational | ||
Opportunity for Military Children through the Council of State | ||
Governments, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense | ||
Office of Personnel and Readiness, for addressing the needs of | ||
students in transition. The Interstate Commission on |
Educational Opportunity for Military Children is a group of | ||
member states who have joined to create laws easing the | ||
transition of children of active duty military personnel | ||
families . The Governor of this State is authorized and directed | ||
to enter into a compact governed by this Act on behalf of this | ||
State with any of the United States legally joining therein.
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(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10 .) | ||
(105 ILCS 70/20) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
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Sec. 20. Definitions. For purposes of this Act: | ||
"Active duty military personnel" means active duty members | ||
of the uniformed military services, including any of the | ||
following: | ||
(1) Members of the National Guard and Reserve that are | ||
on active duty pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1209 and 10 U.S.C. | ||
1211. | ||
(2) Members or veterans of the uniformed services who | ||
are severely injured and medically discharged or retired | ||
for a period of one year after medical discharge or | ||
retirement. | ||
(3) Members of the uniformed services who die on active | ||
duty for a period of one year after death. | ||
"Non-custodial parent" means a person who has temporary | ||
custody of the child of any active duty military personnel and | ||
who is responsible for making decisions for that child. |
"State Council" means the Illinois P-20 Council and | ||
additional representatives appointed by the Illinois P-20 | ||
Council as provided under Section 40 of this Act.
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(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10 .) | ||
(105 ILCS 70/25) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
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Sec. 25. Tuition for children of active duty military | ||
personnel who are transfer students. (a) For purposes of this | ||
Section, "non-custodial parent" means a person who has | ||
temporary custody of the child of active duty military | ||
personnel and who is responsible for making decisions for that | ||
child. (b) If a student who is a child of active duty military | ||
personnel is (i) placed with a non-custodial parent and (ii) as | ||
a result of placement, must attend a non-resident school | ||
district, then the student must not be charged the tuition of | ||
the school that the student attends as a result of placement | ||
with the non-custodial parent and the student must be counted | ||
in the calculation of average daily attendance under Section | ||
18-8.05 of the School Code.
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(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10 .) | ||
(105 ILCS 70/32 new) | ||
Sec. 32. Educational records for children of active duty | ||
military personnel. | ||
(a) In the event that official educational records cannot |
be released to parents for the purpose of transfer, the | ||
custodian of the records in the sending state shall prepare and | ||
furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial educational | ||
records to the extent feasible. Upon receipt of the unofficial | ||
educational records by a school in the receiving state, the | ||
school shall enroll and appropriately place the student based | ||
on the information provided in the unofficial records, pending | ||
validation by the official records as quickly as possible. This | ||
subsection (a) does not preclude the school in the receiving | ||
state from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure | ||
appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the student | ||
in a course or courses. | ||
(b) Simultaneous with the enrollment and conditional | ||
placement of a student, the school in the receiving state shall | ||
request the student's official educational record from the | ||
school in the sending state. Upon receipt of this request, the | ||
school in the sending state shall process and furnish the | ||
official educational records to the receiving state within 15 | ||
days. | ||
(105 ILCS 70/33 new) | ||
Sec. 33. Enrollment and entrance age for children of active | ||
duty military personnel. Students must be allowed to continue | ||
their enrollment at grade level in the receiving state | ||
commensurate with their grade level (including kindergarten) | ||
at the school in the sending state at the time of transition. A |
student who has satisfactorily completed the requisite grade | ||
level in the school in the sending state is eligible for | ||
enrollment in the next highest grade level in the receiving | ||
state. A student transferring after the start of the school | ||
year in the receiving state shall enter the school in the | ||
receiving state at his or her validated grade level at an | ||
accredited school in the sending state. This Section does not | ||
preclude the school in the receiving state from performing | ||
subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the | ||
student. | ||
(105 ILCS 70/35) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
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Sec. 35. Course placement; program placement; placement | ||
flexibility; graduation; extracurricular activities; absences | ||
related to deployment activities for children of active duty | ||
military personnel Required courses for transfer students; | ||
pre-requisites; credit transfer; graduation . | ||
(a) If a student transfers before or during the school | ||
year, the school in the receiving state shall initially honor | ||
placement of the student in educational courses based on the | ||
student's enrollment in the school in the sending state or | ||
educational assessments conducted at the school in the sending | ||
state if the courses are offered and space is available. Course | ||
placement includes, but is not limited to, honors, | ||
International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, vocational, |
and technical and career pathways courses. Continuing the | ||
student's academic program from the school in the sending state | ||
and promoting placement in academically and career-challenging | ||
courses must be paramount when considering placement. This | ||
subsection (a) does not preclude the school in the receiving | ||
state from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure | ||
appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the student | ||
in the course or courses. A student that transfers to a new | ||
school district may transfer into a comparable course to | ||
continue credit work for a course from which the student | ||
transferred out of only if the new school district offers the | ||
course and space is available. This subsection (a) includes | ||
courses offered for gifted and talented children pursuant to | ||
Article 14A of the School Code and courses for English as a | ||
Second Language program. | ||
(b) The receiving school shall initially honor the | ||
placement of the student in educational programs based on | ||
current educational assessments conducted at the school in the | ||
sending state or participation or placement in like programs in | ||
the school in the sending state. Such programs include, but are | ||
not limited to, gifted and talented programs and English as a | ||
Second Language (ESL). This subsection (b) does not preclude | ||
the school in the receiving state from performing subsequent | ||
evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the student. The | ||
school district of a school may determine if courses taken by a | ||
transfer student at his or her old school satisfy the |
pre-requisite course requirements for any courses that the | ||
transfer student wishes to take at his or her current school. | ||
The school district may determine a current and future schedule | ||
that is appropriate for the student that satisfies any | ||
pre-requisite course requirements in order for that student to | ||
take any courses that he or she wishes to attend. | ||
(c) The school district of a school shall have flexibility | ||
in waiving course or program prerequisites or other | ||
preconditions for placement in offered courses or programs. The | ||
school district of a school shall may work with a transfer | ||
student to determine an appropriate schedule that ensures that | ||
a student will graduate, provided that the student has met the | ||
district's minimal graduation requirements, which may be | ||
modified provided that the modifications are a result of | ||
scheduling issues and not a result of the student's academic | ||
failure. | ||
(d) If a student transfers to a new school district during | ||
his or her senior year and the receiving school district cannot | ||
make reasonable adjustments under this Section to ensure | ||
graduation, then the school district shall make every | ||
reasonable effort to ensure that the school district from where | ||
the student transfers issues the student a diploma. | ||
(e) Schools shall facilitate the opportunity for | ||
transitioning military children's inclusion in extracurricular | ||
activities, to the extent the children are otherwise qualified | ||
and space is available as determined by the school principal. |
(f) A student whose parent or legal guardian is an active | ||
duty member of the uniformed services and has been called to | ||
duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately returned from | ||
deployment to a combat zone or combat-support posting must be | ||
granted additional absences, at the discretion of the school | ||
district's superintendent, to visit with his or her parent or | ||
legal guardian relative to such leave or deployment of the | ||
parent or guardian.
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(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10 .) | ||
(105 ILCS 70/40) | ||
(Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
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Sec. 40. State coordination. | ||
(a) Each member state of the Interstate Commission on | ||
Educational Opportunity for Military Children shall, through | ||
the creation of a State Council or
use of an existing body or | ||
board, provide for the coordination among its
agencies of | ||
government, local education agencies, and military
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installations concerning the State's participation in and | ||
compliance
with the compact and Interstate Commission | ||
activities. The State Council shall be comprised of the | ||
Illinois P-20 Council, a representative from a school district | ||
associated with U.S. Army Garrison - Rock Island Arsenal having | ||
the highest percentage of students who are children of active | ||
duty military personnel, a representative from a school | ||
district associated with Scott Air Force Base having the |
highest percentage of students who are children of active duty | ||
military personnel, a representative from a school district | ||
associated with Naval Station Great Lakes having the highest | ||
percentage of students who are children of active duty military | ||
personnel, a representative from the school district with the | ||
highest percentage of students who are children of active duty | ||
military personnel not already represented in the State | ||
Council, representatives appointed by the Illinois P-20 | ||
Council from the 3 school districts in this State with the | ||
highest percentage of children from military families, and a | ||
one non-voting representative appointed by each active-duty | ||
military installation commander in this State. | ||
(b) The compact commissioner responsible for the | ||
administration and
management of the State's participation in | ||
the compact shall be
appointed by the State Council.
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(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10; 97-216, eff. 1-1-12.) | ||
(105 ILCS 70/995 rep.) | ||
Section 20. The Educational Opportunity for Military | ||
Children Act is amended by repealing Section 995.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||
becoming law. |