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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 changing Section
513A-4 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/13A-4)
7    Sec. 13A-4. Administrative transfers.
8    (a) A student who is determined to be subject to
9suspension or expulsion in the manner provided by Section
1010-22.6 (or, in the case of a student enrolled in the public
11schools of a school district organized under Article 34, in
12accordance with the uniform system of discipline established
13under Section 34-19) may be immediately transferred to the
14alternative school program. At the earliest time following
15that transfer appropriate personnel from the sending school
16district and appropriate personnel of the alternative program
17shall meet to develop an alternative education plan for the
18student. The student's parent or guardian shall be invited to
19this meeting. The student may be invited. The alternative
20educational plan shall include, but not be limited to all of
21the following:
22        (1) The duration of the plan, including a date after
23    which the student may be returned to the regular

 

 

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1    educational program in the public schools of the
2    transferring district. If the parent or guardian of a
3    student who is scheduled to be returned to the regular
4    education program in the public schools of the district
5    files a written objection to the return with the principal
6    of the alternative school, the matter shall be referred by
7    the principal to the regional superintendent of the
8    educational service region in which the alternative school
9    program is located for a hearing. Notice of the hearing
10    shall be given by the regional superintendent to the
11    student's parent or guardian. After the hearing, the
12    regional superintendent may take such action as he or she
13    finds appropriate and in the best interests of the
14    student. The determination of the regional superintendent
15    shall be final.
16        (2) The specific academic and behavioral components of
17    the plan.
18        (3) A method and time frame for reviewing the
19    student's progress.
20Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, if a
21student for whom an individualized educational program has
22been developed under Article 14 is transferred to an
23alternative school program under this Article 13A, that
24individualized educational program shall continue to apply to
25that student following the transfer unless modified in
26accordance with the provisions of Article 14.

 

 

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1    (b) Before the effective date of the transfer, the
2student's parents or guardians shall receive information about
3the alternative school program, including the specific nature
4of the curriculum, the number of students in the program, any
5available services, the program's disciplinary policies, a
6typical daily schedule, and any extracurricular activities
7that may be offered at the alternative school program.
8    (c) At the earliest time following the effective date of
9the transfer, appropriate personnel from the sending school
10district and appropriate personnel of the alternative school
11program shall meet to develop an alternative educational plan
12for the student. The student and the student's parents or
13guardians shall be invited to this meeting. The alternative
14educational plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of
15the following:
16        (1) The duration of the plan, including a date after
17    which the student will be returned to the regular
18    educational program in the public schools of the
19    transferring district.
20        (2) The specific academic and behavioral components of
21    the plan.
22        (3) A method and time frame for reviewing the
23    student's progress and for transitioning the student back
24    to the regular educational program in the public schools
25    of the transferring district on the date set forth in
26    paragraph (1), including a transition meeting between the

 

 

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1    sending school district, the alternative school program,
2    and the student's parent or guardian at least 30 days
3    prior to the date after which the student will be returned
4    to the regular educational program in the public schools
5    of the transferring district.
6    (d) The date after which the student will return to the
7regular educational program in the public schools of the
8transferring district shall not be extended over the objection
9of the student's parent or guardian.
10    (e) The date after which the student will return to the
11regular educational program in the public schools of the
12transferring district may be extended upon written agreement
13by the transferring school district, the alternative school
14program, and the student's parent or guardian.
15    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
16if a student for whom an individualized education program has
17been developed under Article 14 is transferred to an
18alternative school program under this Article, that
19individualized education program shall continue to apply to
20that student following the transfer, unless modified in
21accordance with the provisions of Article 14.
22(Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96.)