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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
SB1886
Introduced 1/10/2008, by Sen. Christine Radogno - M. Maggie Crotty - A. J. Wilhelmi SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
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Amends the Education for Homeless Children Act. Changes the definition of "school of origin" from the school that the child attended when permanently
housed or the school in which the child was last enrolled to the school last legally attended by the child.
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A BILL FOR
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SB1886 |
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LRB095 15495 NHT 41488 b |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Education for Homeless Children Act is |
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| amended by changing Section 1-5 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 45/1-5)
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| Sec. 1-5. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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| "School of origin" means the school last legally attended |
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| by the child that the child attended when permanently
housed or |
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| the school in which the child was last enrolled.
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| "Parent" means the parent or guardian having legal or |
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| physical
custody of a child.
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| "Homeless person, child, or youth" includes, but is not |
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| limited to, any
of the following:
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| (1) An individual who lacks a fixed, regular, and |
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| adequate nighttime place
of abode.
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| (2) An individual who has a primary nighttime place of |
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| abode that is:
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| (A) a supervised publicly or privately operated |
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| shelter designed to
provide temporary living |
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| accommodations (including welfare hotels, congregate
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| shelters, and transitional housing);
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| (B) an institution that provides a temporary |