102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2812

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Brad Halbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new

    Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to allow the parent or guardian of twins or higher order multiples to request that his or her children be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms if the children are (i) in the same grade level, (ii) in any of grades kindergarten through 5, and (iii) attending the same school. Provides that the principal of the school may request a meeting with the parent or guardian to recommend classroom placement and if the parent or guardian and the principal, in consultation with the children's assigned classroom teacher or teachers, do not agree on classroom placement after the meeting is held, the principal must request a school board hearing to determine classroom placement. Provides that if the principal does not request a meeting with the parent or guardian, the school must provide the classroom placement requested by the parent or guardian. Provides for the school board to make a classroom placement determination during the school year, after a hearing, if the principal determines that the original placement is disruptive to the classroom environment or is otherwise academically, behaviorally, or mentally not beneficial to the children. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

 

 

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 34-18.67 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.73. Classroom placement; multiples.
8    (a) In this Section, "higher order multiples" means
9triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more.
10    (b) A school district shall allow the parent or guardian
11of twins or higher order multiples to request that his or her
12children be placed in the same classroom or in separate
13classrooms if the children are (i) in the same grade level,
14(ii) in any of grades kindergarten through 5, and (iii)
15attending the same school. The parent or guardian shall
16request the classroom placement upon school registration for
17the upcoming school year or, if the children transfer to the
18school after the school year commences, at the time of
19registration at that school. The principal of the school may
20request a meeting with the parent or guardian to recommend
21classroom placement. If the parent or guardian and the
22principal, in consultation with the children's assigned
23classroom teacher or teachers, do not agree on the classroom

 

 

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1placement after the meeting is held, the principal must
2request a school board hearing to determine classroom
3placement. The hearing shall take place at the next regularly
4scheduled school board meeting prior to the school year
5commencing or, if transferring, after the children are
6registered. After the hearing, the school board shall make a
7classroom placement determination. If the principal does not
8request a meeting with the parent or guardian, the school must
9provide the classroom placement requested by the parent or
10guardian.
11    (c) After the school year commences, if the principal, in
12consultation with the children's classroom teacher or
13teachers, determines that the classroom placement is
14disruptive to the classroom environment or is otherwise
15academically, behaviorally, or mentally not beneficial to the
16children, the principal may request a school board hearing to
17determine a change in the classroom placement. No less than 10
18days prior to the school board hearing to determine classroom
19placement, the school board shall notify the parent or
20guardian in writing that the principal has requested a
21hearing. The principal, classroom teacher or teachers, and
22parent or guardian of the children may provide testimony,
23including professional or expert testimony, to the school
24board in relation to the classroom placement determination.
25The school board's classroom placement determination shall be
26the children's classroom placement for the remainder of the

 

 

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1school year. Nothing in this subsection (c) prohibits a parent
2or guardian from requesting a classroom placement upon
3registration for the following school year.
 
4    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new)
5    Sec. 34-18.67. Classroom placement; multiples.
6    (a) In this Section, "higher order multiples" means
7triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more.
8    (b) The school district shall allow the parent or guardian
9of twins or higher order multiples to request that his or her
10children be placed in the same classroom or in separate
11classrooms if the children are (i) in the same grade level,
12(ii) in any of grades kindergarten through 5, and (iii)
13attending the same school. The parent or guardian shall
14request the classroom placement upon school registration for
15the upcoming school year or, if the children transfer to the
16school after the school year commences, at the time of
17registration at that school. The principal of the school may
18request a meeting with the parent or guardian to recommend
19classroom placement. If the parent or guardian and the
20principal, in consultation with the children's assigned
21classroom teacher or teachers, do not agree on the classroom
22placement after the meeting is held, the principal must
23request a board hearing to determine classroom placement. The
24hearing shall take place at the next regularly scheduled board
25meeting prior to the school year commencing or, if

 

 

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1transferring, after the children are registered. After the
2hearing, the board shall make a classroom placement
3determination. If the principal does not request a meeting
4with the parent or guardian, the school must provide the
5classroom placement requested by the parent or guardian.
6    (c) After the school year commences, if the principal, in
7consultation with the children's classroom teacher or
8teachers, determines that the classroom placement is
9disruptive to the classroom environment or is otherwise
10academically, behaviorally, or mentally not beneficial to the
11children, the principal may request a board hearing to
12determine a change in the classroom placement. No less than 10
13days prior to the board hearing to determine classroom
14placement, the board shall notify the parent or guardian in
15writing that the principal has requested a hearing. The
16principal, classroom teacher or teachers, and parent or
17guardian of the children may provide testimony, including
18professional or expert testimony, to the board in relation to
19the classroom placement determination. The board's classroom
20placement determination shall be the children's classroom
21placement for the remainder of the school year. Nothing in
22this subsection (c) prohibits a parent or guardian from
23requesting a classroom placement upon registration for the
24following school year.
 
25    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
26becoming law.