101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3835

 

Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that no school district shall discriminate against a nonpublic school student on the basis of disability, race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, ancestry, marital status, or sexual orientation and shall not require the student to meet the school district's part-time or full-time attendance requirements for the purposes of participating in any of the district's school-sponsored, interscholastic or extracurricular activities or programs if the nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled (i) is located within the boundaries of the school district and (ii) has a student enrollment of less than 10 students. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
510-20.69 and 34-18.61 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.69. Extracurricular activities; nonpublic
8school students. No school district shall discriminate against
9a nonpublic school student on the basis of disability, race,
10creed, color, gender, national origin, religion, ancestry,
11marital status, or sexual orientation and shall not require the
12student to meet the school district's part-time or full-time
13attendance requirements for the purposes of participating in
14any of the district's school-sponsored, interscholastic or
15extracurricular activities or programs if the nonpublic school
16in which the student is enrolled (i) is located within the
17boundaries of the school district and (ii) has a student
18enrollment of less than 10 students.
 
19    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new)
20    Sec. 34-18.61. Extracurricular activities; nonpublic
21school students. The school district shall not discriminate
22against a nonpublic school student on the basis of disability,

 

 

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1race, creed, color, gender, national origin, religion,
2ancestry, marital status, or sexual orientation and shall not
3require the student to meet the school district's part-time or
4full-time attendance requirements for the purposes of
5participating in any of the district's school-sponsored,
6interscholastic or extracurricular activities or programs if
7the nonpublic school in which the student is enrolled (i) is
8located within the boundaries of the school district and (ii)
9has a student enrollment of less than 10 students.
 
10    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
11becoming law.