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State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2638 Introduced 1/21/2014, by Sen. Melinda Bush SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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105 ILCS 5/14-1.03a | from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.03a |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning children with specific learning disabilities.
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| | SB2638 | | LRB098 15205 NHT 50192 b |
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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 School Code is amended by changing Section |
| 5 | | 14-1.03a as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.03a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.03a)
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| 7 | | Sec. 14-1.03a. Children with Specific Learning |
| 8 | | Disabilities. "Children with Specific Learning Disabilities" |
| 9 | | means children between
the the ages of 3 and 21 years who have |
| 10 | | a disorder in one or more of the basic
psychological processes |
| 11 | | involved in understanding or in using language,
spoken or |
| 12 | | written, which disorder may manifest itself in imperfect |
| 13 | | ability
to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or do |
| 14 | | mathematical
calculations. Such disorders include such |
| 15 | | conditions as perceptual
disabilities, brain injury, minimal |
| 16 | | brain dysfunction,
dyslexia, and
developmental aphasia. Such |
| 17 | | term does not include children who have
learning problems which |
| 18 | | are primarily the result of visual, hearing or
motor |
| 19 | | disabilities, of an intellectual disability, emotional
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| 20 | | disturbance or
environmental disadvantage.
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| 21 | | (Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)
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