Sen. Laura M. Murphy

Filed: 3/24/2023

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 183

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 183, AS AMENDED,
3by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4following:
 
5    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
613A-4 as follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/13A-4)
8    Sec. 13A-4. Administrative transfers.
9    (a) A student who is determined to be subject to
10suspension or expulsion in the manner provided by Section
1110-22.6 (or, in the case of a student enrolled in the public
12schools of a school district organized under Article 34, in
13accordance with the uniform system of discipline established
14under Section 34-19) may be immediately transferred to the
15alternative school program. At the earliest time following
16that transfer appropriate personnel from the sending school

 

 

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1district and appropriate personnel of the alternative program
2shall meet to develop an alternative education plan for the
3student. The student's parent or guardian shall be invited to
4this meeting. The student may be invited. The alternative
5educational plan shall include, but not be limited to all of
6the following:
7        (1) The duration of the plan, including a date after
8    which the student may be returned to the regular
9    educational program in the public schools of the
10    transferring district. If the parent or guardian of a
11    student who is scheduled to be returned to the regular
12    education program in the public schools of the district
13    files a written objection to the return with the principal
14    of the alternative school, the matter shall be referred by
15    the principal to the regional superintendent of the
16    educational service region in which the alternative school
17    program is located for a hearing. Notice of the hearing
18    shall be given by the regional superintendent to the
19    student's parent or guardian. After the hearing, the
20    regional superintendent may take such action as he or she
21    finds appropriate and in the best interests of the
22    student. The determination of the regional superintendent
23    shall be final.
24        (2) The specific academic and behavioral components of
25    the plan.
26        (3) A method and time frame for reviewing the

 

 

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1    student's progress.
2Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, if a
3student for whom an individualized educational program has
4been developed under Article 14 is transferred to an
5alternative school program under this Article 13A, that
6individualized educational program shall continue to apply to
7that student following the transfer unless modified in
8accordance with the provisions of Article 14.
9    (b) Before the effective date of the transfer, the
10student's parents or guardians shall receive information about
11the alternative school program, including the specific nature
12of the curriculum, the number of students in the program, any
13available services, the program's disciplinary policies, a
14typical daily schedule, and any extracurricular activities
15that may be offered at the alternative school program.
16    (c) At the earliest time following the effective date of
17the transfer, appropriate personnel from the sending school
18district and appropriate personnel of the alternative school
19program shall meet to develop an alternative educational plan
20for the student. The student and the student's parents or
21guardians shall be invited to this meeting. The alternative
22educational plan shall include, but not be limited to, all of
23the following:
24        (1) The duration of the plan, including a date after
25    which the student will be returned to the regular
26    educational program in the public schools of the

 

 

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1    transferring district.
2        (2) The specific academic and behavioral components of
3    the plan.
4        (3) A method and time frame for reviewing the
5    student's progress and for transitioning the student back
6    to the regular educational program in the public schools
7    of the transferring district on the date set forth in
8    paragraph (1), including a transition meeting between the
9    sending school district, the alternative school program,
10    and the student's parent or guardian at least 30 days
11    prior to the date after which the student will be returned
12    to the regular educational program in the public schools
13    of the transferring district.
14    (d) The date after which the student will return to the
15regular educational program in the public schools of the
16transferring district shall not be extended over the objection
17of the student's parent or guardian.
18    (e) The date after which the student will return to the
19regular educational program in the public schools of the
20transferring district may be extended upon written agreement
21by the transferring school district, the alternative school
22program, and the student's parent or guardian.
23    (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article,
24if a student for whom an individualized education program has
25been developed under Article 14 is transferred to an
26alternative school program under this Article, that

 

 

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1individualized education program shall continue to apply to
2that student following the transfer, unless modified in
3accordance with the provisions of Article 14.
4(Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96.)".