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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB4251
Introduced 12/15/05, by Rep. Paul D. Froehlich SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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105 ILCS 5/10-20.40 new |
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105 ILCS 5/34-18.33 new |
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Amends the School Code. Requires each school board to allow a parent or guardian of twins or higher-order multiples to request that the children be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms if the children are in the same grade level at the same school. Provides that a school must provide the placement requested by the parent or guardian, unless, at the end of the initial grading period, the school's principal, in consultation with the children's classroom teacher, determines that the classroom placement requested by the parent or guardian is disruptive to the school, in which case, the principal may request that the school board determine the children's classroom placement. Effective July 1, 2006.
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A BILL FOR
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HB4251 |
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LRB094 15263 NHT 50453 b |
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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 Sections |
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| 10-20.40 and 34-18.33 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.40 new) |
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| Sec. 10-20.40. Multiple-birth children; classroom |
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| placement. |
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| (a) For purposes of this Section, "higher-order multiples" |
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| means triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more. |
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| (b) The school board shall allow a parent or guardian of |
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| twins or higher-order multiples to request that the children be |
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| placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms if the |
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| children are in the same grade level at the same school. The |
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| school may recommend classroom placement to the parent or |
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| guardian and provide professional educational advice to the |
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| parent or guardian to assist him or her in making the best |
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| decision for the children's education. A school must provide |
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| the placement requested by the parent or guardian, unless the |
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| school board makes a classroom placement determination |
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| following a principal's request under subsection (d) this |
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| Section. |
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| (c) The parent or guardian must request classroom placement |
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| under this Section no later than 14 days after the first day of |
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| each school year or 14 days after the first day of attendance |
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| of the children during a school year if the children are |
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| enrolled in the school after the school year commences. |
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| (d) At the end of the initial grading period, if the |
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| school's principal, in consultation with the children's |
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| classroom teacher, determines that the classroom placement |
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| requested by the parent or guardian is disruptive to the |
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| school, then the principal may request that the school board |