Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Filed: 5/26/2010

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2254

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2254, AS AMENDED, by
3 replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 14-17 as follows:
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/14-17 new)
8     Sec. 14-17. Additional procedures for children suspected
9 of having a specific learning disability.
10     (a) A school district may, but is not required to, begin
11 implementing the use of a process that determines how the child
12 responds to scientific, research-based interventions as part
13 of the evaluation procedures described in 34 CFR 300.304. When
14 a district implements the use of a process of this type, the
15 district shall not use a child's participation in the process
16 as the basis for denying a parent's request for an evaluation.

 

 

09600HB2254sam003 - 2 - LRB096 11079 NHT 41755 a

1     (b) No later than the beginning of the 2012-2013 school
2 year, a school district shall begin implementing the use of a
3 process that determines how the child responds to scientific,
4 research-based interventions as part of the evaluation
5 procedures described in 34 CFR 300.304. When a district
6 implements the use of a process of this type, the district
7 shall not use a child's participation in the process as the
8 basis for denying a parent's request for an evaluation.
 
9     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
10 becoming law.".