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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB1838 Introduced 1/29/2025, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new | | 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new | |
| Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board of a school district with 275,000 students or more 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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| | HB1838 | | LRB104 08911 LNS 18966 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections |
| 5 | | 10-20.88 and 34-18.88 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10-20.88. Selective admissions; standardized testing. |
| 8 | | A school board in a school district with 275,000 students or |
| 9 | | more shall prohibit any school of the district that has |
| 10 | | selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a |
| 11 | | pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a |
| 12 | | standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.
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| 13 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new) |
| 14 | | Sec. 34-18.88. Selective admissions; standardized testing. |
| 15 | | The board shall prohibit any school of the district that has |
| 16 | | selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a |
| 17 | | pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a |
| 18 | | standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.
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| 19 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
| 20 | | becoming law. |