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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1957
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 1957 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Sections 10-21.3a and 34-18.24 and adding Section 2-3.131 as
6 follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.131 new)
8 Sec. 2-3.131. Persistently dangerous schools. The State
9 Board of Education shall maintain data and publish a list of
10 persistently dangerous schools on an annual basis.
11 (105 ILCS 5/10-21.3a)
12 Sec. 10-21.3a. Transfer of students.
13 (a) Each school board shall establish and implement a
14 policy governing the transfer of a student from one
15 attendance center to another within the school district upon
16 the request of the student's parent or guardian. Any request
17 by a parent or guardian to transfer his or her child from one
18 attendance center to another within the school district
19 pursuant to Section 1116 of the federal Elementary and
20 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6317) must be
21 made no later than 30 days after the parent or guardian
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1 receives notice of the right to transfer pursuant to that
2 law. A student may not transfer to any of the following
3 attendance centers, except by change in residence if the
4 policy authorizes enrollment based on residence in an
5 attendance area or unless approved by the board on an
6 individual basis:
7 (1) An attendance center that exceeds or as a
8 result of the transfer would exceed its attendance
9 capacity.
10 (2) An attendance center for which the board has
11 established academic criteria for enrollment if the
12 student does not meet the criteria, provided that the
13 transfer must be permitted if the attendance center is
14 the only attendance center serving the student's grade
15 that has not been identified for school improvement,
16 corrective action, or restructuring under Section 1116 of
17 the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
18 1965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6317).
19 (3) Any attendance center if the transfer would
20 prevent the school district from meeting its obligations
21 under a State or federal law, court order, or consent
22 decree applicable to the school district.
23 (b) Each school board shall establish and implement a
24 policy governing the transfer of students within a school
25 district from a persistently dangerous school to another
26 public school in that district that is not deemed to be
27 persistently dangerous. In order to be considered a
28 persistently dangerous school, the school must meet all of
29 the following criteria for 2 consecutive years:
30 (1) Have greater than 3% of the students enrolled
31 in the school expelled for violence-related conduct.
32 (2) Have one or more students expelled for bringing
33 a firearm to school as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921.
34 (3) Have at least 3% of the students enrolled in
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1 the school exercise the individual option to transfer
2 schools pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section.
3 (c) A student may transfer from one public school to
4 another public school in that district if the student is a
5 victim of a violent crime as defined in Section 3 of the
6 Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. The violent crime
7 must have occurred on school grounds during regular school
8 hours or during a school-sponsored event.
9 (d) Transfers made pursuant to subsections (b) and (c)
10 of this Section shall be made in compliance with the federal
11 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110).
12 (Source: P.A. 92-604, eff. 7-1-02.)
13 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.24)
14 Sec. 34-18.24 34-18.23. Transfer of students.
15 (a) The board shall establish and implement a policy
16 governing the transfer of a student from one attendance
17 center to another within the school district upon the request
18 of the student's parent or guardian. Any request by a parent
19 or guardian to transfer his or her child from one attendance
20 center to another within the school district pursuant to
21 Section 1116 of the federal Elementary and Secondary
22 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6317) must be made no
23 later than 30 days after the parent or guardian receives
24 notice of the right to transfer pursuant to that law. A
25 student may not transfer to any of the following attendance
26 centers, except by change in residence if the policy
27 authorizes enrollment based on residence in an attendance
28 area or unless approved by the board on an individual basis:
29 (1) An attendance center that exceeds or as a
30 result of the transfer would exceed its attendance
31 capacity.
32 (2) An attendance center for which the board has
33 established academic criteria for enrollment if the
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1 student does not meet the criteria, provided that the
2 transfer must be permitted if the attendance center is
3 the only attendance center serving the student's grade
4 that has not been identified for school improvement,
5 corrective action, or restructuring under Section 1116 of
6 the federal Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
7 1965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6317).
8 (3) Any attendance center if the transfer would
9 prevent the school district from meeting its obligations
10 under a State or federal law, court order, or consent
11 decree applicable to the school district.
12 (b) The board shall establish and implement a policy
13 governing the transfer of students within the school district
14 from a persistently dangerous attendance center to another
15 attendance center in that district that is not deemed to be
16 persistently dangerous. In order to be considered a
17 persistently dangerous attendance center, the attendance
18 center must meet all of the following criteria for 2
19 consecutive years:
20 (1) Have greater than 3% of the students enrolled
21 in the attendance center expelled for violence-related
22 conduct.
23 (2) Have one or more students expelled for bringing
24 a firearm to school as defined in 18 U.S.C. 921.
25 (3) Have at least 3% of the students enrolled in
26 the attendance center exercise the individual option to
27 transfer attendance centers pursuant to subsection (c) of
28 this Section.
29 (c) A student may transfer from one attendance center to
30 another attendance center within the district if the student
31 is a victim of a violent crime as defined in Section 3 of the
32 Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. The violent crime
33 must have occurred on school grounds during regular school
34 hours or during a school-sponsored event.
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1 (d) Transfers made pursuant to subsections (b) and (c)
2 of this Section shall be made in compliance with the federal
3 No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-110).
4 (Source: P.A. 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; revised 9-3-02.)
5 Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding
6 Section 8.27 as follows:
7 (30 ILCS 805/8.27 new)
8 Sec. 8.27. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6
9 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required
10 for the implementation of any mandate created by this
11 amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly.
12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13 becoming law.".