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| | 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB3260 Introduced , by Rep. David Harris SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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| 105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 new | | 105 ILCS 5/34-18.53 new | |
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Amends the School Code. Requires school boards to develop a policy for determining the classroom placement of children from the same family in the same grade at school. Requires the policy to state that determining placement of children of the same grade from the same family shall be handled on a case-by-case basis by the school, and the school shall involve both teachers and parents or legal guardians in the determination of class placement. Requires the policy to make the parent's or legal guardian's preference on placement a determinative factor. Effective immediately.
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| | HB3260 | | LRB100 10910 MLM 21146 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections |
| 5 | | 10-20.60 and 34-18.53 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.60 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 10-20.60. Multiple child placement. Each school board |
| 8 | | shall develop a policy for determining the classroom placement |
| 9 | | of children from the same family in the same grade at school. |
| 10 | | The policy shall state that determining placement of children |
| 11 | | of the same grade from the same family shall be handled on a |
| 12 | | case-by-case basis by the school, and the school shall involve |
| 13 | | both teachers and parents or legal guardians in the |
| 14 | | determination of class placement. The policy shall also make |
| 15 | | the parent's or legal guardian's preference on placement a |
| 16 | | determinative factor.
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| 17 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.53 new) |
| 18 | | Sec. 34-18.53. Multiple child placement. The board shall |
| 19 | | develop a policy for determining the classroom placement of |
| 20 | | children from the same family in the same grade at school. The |
| 21 | | policy shall state that determining placement of children of |
| 22 | | the same grade from the same family shall be handled on a |