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Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Jan 25, 2006
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| AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4251
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4251 by replacing |
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| everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections |
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| 10-20.40 and 34-18.33 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-20.40 new) |
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| Sec. 10-20.40. Multiple-birth children; classroom |
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| placement. |
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| (a) For purposes of this Section, "higher-order multiples" |
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| means triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more. |
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| (b) The school board shall allow a parent or guardian of |
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| twins or higher-order multiples to request that the children be |
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| placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms if the |
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| children are in the same grade level at the same school. The |
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| school may recommend classroom placement to the parent or |
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| guardian and provide professional educational advice to the |
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| parent or guardian to assist him or her in making the best |
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| decision for the children's education. A school must provide |
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| the placement requested by the parent or guardian, unless the |
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| school board makes a classroom placement determination |
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| following a principal's request under subsection (d) this |
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| Section. |
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| (c) The parent or guardian must request classroom placement |
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| under this Section no later than 14 days after the first day of |
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| each school year or 14 days after the first day of attendance |
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| of the children during a school year if the children are |
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| enrolled in the school after the school year commences. |
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| (d) At the end of the initial grading period, if the |
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| school's principal, in consultation with the children's |
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| classroom teacher, determines that the classroom placement |
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| requested by the parent or guardian is disruptive to the |
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| school, then the principal may request that the school board |
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| determine the children's classroom placement.
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| (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, |
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| the classroom placement of children with disabilities, as |
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| defined in Article 14 of this Code, must be determined by each |
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| child's individualized education program.
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.33 new) |
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| Sec. 34-18.33. Multiple-birth children; classroom |
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| placement. |
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| (a) For purposes of this Section, "higher-order multiples" |
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| means triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more. |
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| (b) The board shall allow a parent or guardian of twins or |
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| higher-order multiples to request that the children be placed |
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| in the same classroom or in separate classrooms if the children |
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| are in the same grade level at the same school. The school may |
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| recommend classroom placement to the parent or guardian and |
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| provide professional educational advice to the parent or |
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| guardian to assist him or her in making the best decision for |
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| the children's education. A school must provide the placement |
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| requested by the parent or guardian, unless the board makes a |
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| classroom placement determination following a principal's |
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| request under subsection (d) this Section. |
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| (c) The parent or guardian must request classroom placement |
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| under this Section no later than 14 days after the first day of |
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| each school year or 14 days after the first day of attendance |
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| of the children during a school year if the children are |
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| enrolled in the school after the school year commences. |
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| (d) At the end of the initial grading period, if the |
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| school's principal, in consultation with the children's |
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| classroom teacher, determines that the classroom placement |
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| requested by the parent or guardian is disruptive to the |
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| school, then the principal may request that the board determine |
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| the children's classroom placement. |
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| (e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section, |
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| the classroom placement of children with disabilities, as |
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| defined in Article 14 of this Code, must be determined by each |
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| child's individualized education program.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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| 2006.".
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