HB5898 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5898

Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/14-12.03 new

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. For the Chicago school district only, requires the school board to annually develop and make publicly available a report on the school district's special education expenditures and services; specifies requirements for the report. Requires the school board to post the report on its Internet website and publish it in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 14-12.03 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/14-12.03 new)

Sec. 14-12.03. Expenditure report; city with more than 500,000 inhabitants.

(a) This Section applies only to school districts organized under Article 34 of this Code.

(b) A school board must annually develop and make publicly available a report on the school district's special education expenditures and services. The school board must, at minimum, post the report on its Internet website and publish it in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. The report must include, but is not limited to, the school district's special education spending by category, the numbers of students with an individualized education program, the number of students with a federal Section 504 plan, and the aggregate service minutes for the individualized education programs of that school district, segregated by type of service.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.