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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 Illinois Administrative Procedure Act is | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | amended by adding Section 5-170 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
6 | (5 ILCS 100/5-170 new)
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7 | Sec. 5-170. Illinois State Board of Education special | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | education rules. Notwithstanding any other provision of this | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Act or any other law to the contrary, the following special | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | education rule of the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | in Part 226 of Title 23 of the Illinois Administrative Code is | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | amended to read as follows by operation of law. This rule, as | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | set forth in this Section, takes effect on the effective date | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly and may be | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | amended by ISBE only by general rulemaking as provided in | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | Section 5-40 of this Act.
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17 | Section 226.655. Expedited Due Process Hearing. Requests | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | for expedited due process hearings shall be made in accordance | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | with Section 14-8.02b of the School Code. | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | (a) The State Board of Education shall arrange for an | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | expedited hearing when: | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | (1) The local school district requests such a hearing | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | because school personnel maintain that it is dangerous for | |||||||||||||||||||
24 | the child to be in the current placement. | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | (2) The parent requests such a hearing because the | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | parent disagrees with the district's placement decision | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | when a child is moved to an interim alternative educational | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | setting for a weapon or drug violation. | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | (3) The parent requests such a hearing because the | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | parent disagrees with the district's determination that a | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | child's behavior was not a manifestation of the child's |
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1 | disability. | ||||||
2 | (b) During the pendency of an expedited hearing, the | ||||||
3 | child's placement shall be the interim alternative educational | ||||||
4 | setting that was determined appropriate by the IEP Team. | ||||||
5 | (c) The hearing officer shall determine: | ||||||
6 | (1) In a case where a school district has requested the | ||||||
7 | hearing because school personnel maintain it is dangerous | ||||||
8 | for the child to be in the current placement, whether the | ||||||
9 | child shall be placed in the proposed alternative | ||||||
10 | educational setting; | ||||||
11 | (2) In a case where a parent requests a hearing because | ||||||
12 | the parent disagrees with the district's placement | ||||||
13 | decision when a child is moved to an interim alternative | ||||||
14 | educational setting for a weapon or drug violation, whether | ||||||
15 | the interim alternative educational placement: (A) is | ||||||
16 | selected so as to enable the child to continue to progress | ||||||
17 | in the general curriculum, although in another setting, and | ||||||
18 | to continue to receive those services and modifications, | ||||||
19 | including those services described in the child's current | ||||||
20 | IEP, that will enable the child to meet the goals set out | ||||||
21 | in that IEP; and (B) includes services and modifications | ||||||
22 | that address the behavior and are designed to prevent the | ||||||
23 | behavior from reoccurring; or | ||||||
24 | (3) When the parent requests such a hearing because the | ||||||
25 | parent disagrees with the district's determination that | ||||||
26 | the child's behavior was not a manifestation of the child's | ||||||
27 | disability, whether the local school district has | ||||||
28 | demonstrated that the child's behavior was not a | ||||||
29 | manifestation of the child's disability. (See Section | ||||||
30 | 226.410 of this Part). | ||||||
31 | (d) The hearing officer shall consider the following | ||||||
32 | factors in determining whether an interim alternative | ||||||
33 | placement is appropriate: | ||||||
34 | (1) Whether the local school district has demonstrated | ||||||
35 | by substantial evidence (i.e., beyond a preponderance of | ||||||
36 | the evidence) that maintaining the current placement of the |
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1 | child is substantially likely to result in injury to the | ||||||
2 | child or to others; | ||||||
3 | (2) Whether the child's current placement is | ||||||
4 | appropriate; | ||||||
5 | (3) Whether the district has made reasonable efforts to | ||||||
6 | minimize the risk of harm in the child's current placement, | ||||||
7 | including the use of supplementary aids and services; and | ||||||
8 | (4) Whether the interim alternative educational | ||||||
9 | setting will permit full implementation of the student's | ||||||
10 | IEP and includes services and modifications designed to | ||||||
11 | prevent the undesired behavior from recurring. | ||||||
12 | (e) If all the conditions set forth in subsection (d) of | ||||||
13 | this Section are met, the hearing officer shall order a change | ||||||
14 | in the child's
placement to an appropriate interim alternative | ||||||
15 | educational setting for not more than 45 days. | ||||||
16 | (1) This new alternative educational setting shall be | ||||||
17 | identified by the IEP Team as provided in Section | ||||||
18 | 226.400(h) of this Part. | ||||||
19 | (2) If the district demonstrates that the student is | ||||||
20 | substantially likely to injure himself or herself or others | ||||||
21 | if returned to the placement that was used prior to the | ||||||
22 | student's removal, the hearing officer may order that the | ||||||
23 | student remain in the interim setting for subsequent | ||||||
24 | periods of up to 45 days each. | ||||||
25 | (f) An expedited hearing shall result in a decision within | ||||||
26 | ten school days after the request for the hearing, unless the | ||||||
27 | parents and the local school district agree otherwise.
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28 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect January | ||||||
29 | 1, 2005.
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