102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB0013

 

Introduced 1/14/2021, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new

    Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately.


LRB102 02635 CMG 12638 b

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

HB0013LRB102 02635 CMG 12638 b

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
510-20.73 and 34-18.67 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.73. Selective admissions; standardized testing.
8A school board shall prohibit any school of the district that
9has selective admission requirements from requiring a student
10in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a
11standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.
 
12    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new)
13    Sec. 34-18.67. Selective admissions; standardized testing.
14The board shall prohibit any school of the district that has
15selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a
16pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a
17standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.