101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4838

 

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.66 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.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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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 34-18.66 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 5/34-18.66 new)
13    Sec. 34-18.66. 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 standardized
17test in order to be admitted to that school.
 
18    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19becoming law.