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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2980
Introduced 2/3/2010, by Sen. Edward D. Maloney SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the School Code. Allows a school board to waive, by resolution, any statutory or regulatory curricular mandate for which the school district does not receive a separate State appropriation through the State Board of Education or reimbursement by the State to extend the school day or year (with exceptions for special education requirements, graduation requirements, and any curricular mandate directly related to an Illinois Learning Standard). Provides that if a student requests information on any curricular mandate that has been waived, then the school district shall provide the student with the requested information. Effective immediately.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2980 |
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LRB096 19654 NHT 35051 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 Section |
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| 27-2.5 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-2.5 new) |
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| Sec. 27-2.5. Curricular mandate waivers. |
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| (a) Notwithstanding Section 2-3.25g or any other provision |
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| of this Code, a school board may waive, by resolution, any |
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| statutory or regulatory curricular mandate for which the school |
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| district does not receive a separate State appropriation |
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| through the State Board of Education or reimbursement by the |
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| State to extend the school day or year. This Section does not |
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| apply to special education requirements, graduation |
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| requirements, or any curricular mandate directly related to an |
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| Illinois Learning Standard. |
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| (b) If a student requests information on any curricular |
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| mandate that has been waived under this Section, then the |
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| school district shall provide the student with the requested |
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| information. |
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| (c) The State Board of Education may adopt any rules that |
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| it deems necessary for the implementation of this Section.
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