Date	Chamber	Action
1/12/2011	Senate	Session Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance

105 ILCS 5/14-8.02

from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.02

105 ILCS 5/14-8.02a

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that a private evaluator or expert retained by or on behalf a parent or guardian shall be afforded reasonable and unimpeded access to educational personnel, facilities, classrooms, and buildings and to the child for the purpose of conducting any appropriate interviews, observations, assessments, tests, or evaluations of the child and of the child's current or proposed educational program, placement, and educational environment. Provides that a parent or guardian shall be afforded reasonable and unimpeded access to observe the child in his or her current or proposed educational program, placement, and educational environment. Provides that a parent or guardian who is a prevailing party in an impartial due process hearing or in a civil action may recover from an opposing party reasonable expert witness costs if the expert witness contributed to the relief obtained by the parent or guardian. Effective immediately.

Actions 

Date	Chamber	Action
2/19/2009	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans
2/19/2009	Senate	First Reading
2/19/2009	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2/25/2009	Senate	Assigned to Education
2/26/2009	Senate	Added as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
3/5/2009	Senate	Postponed - Education
3/11/2009	Senate	Postponed - Education
3/13/2009	Senate	Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
1/12/2011	Senate	Session Sine Die

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