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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | ||||||
| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section | ||||||
| 5 | 2-3.163 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.163 new) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-3.163. Prioritization of Urgency of Need for | ||||||
| 8 | Services database. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The General Assembly makes all of the following | ||||||
| 10 | findings: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) The Department of Human Services maintains a | ||||||
| 12 | statewide database known as the Prioritization of Urgency | ||||||
| 13 | of Need for Services that records information about | ||||||
| 14 | individuals with developmental disabilities who are | ||||||
| 15 | potentially in need of services. | ||||||
| 16 | (2) The Department of Human Services uses the data on | ||||||
| 17 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services to select | ||||||
| 18 | individuals for services as funding becomes available, to | ||||||
| 19 | develop proposals and materials for budgeting, and to plan | ||||||
| 20 | for future needs. | ||||||
| 21 | (3) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services | ||||||
| 22 | exists in order to provide assistance with services of | ||||||
| 23 | needs. | ||||||
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| 1 | (4) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is | ||||||
| 2 | available for infants, children, and adults with a | ||||||
| 3 | developmental disability who have an unmet service need | ||||||
| 4 | anticipated in the next 5 years. | ||||||
| 5 | (5) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is | ||||||
| 6 | the first step toward getting services in this State. If | ||||||
| 7 | individuals are not on the Prioritization of Urgency of | ||||||
| 8 | Need for Services waiting list, they are not in queue for | ||||||
| 9 | State services. | ||||||
| 10 | (6) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services may | ||||||
| 11 | be underutilized by children and their parents or guardians | ||||||
| 12 | due to lack of awareness or lack of information. | ||||||
| 13 | (b) The State Board of Education may work with school | ||||||
| 14 | districts to inform all students with developmental | ||||||
| 15 | disabilities and their parents or guardians about the | ||||||
| 16 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services database. | ||||||
| 17 | (c) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human | ||||||
| 18 | Services and State Board of Education shall develop and | ||||||
| 19 | implement a training program for pre-admission screening and | ||||||
| 20 | independent service coordination agencies to train and provide | ||||||
| 21 | all resources necessary for case workers in every public school | ||||||
| 22 | in this State to register eligible students with the | ||||||
| 23 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services waiting list for | ||||||
| 24 | services. If training is not provided to case workers, then the | ||||||
| 25 | school district, working with the Department of Human Services, | ||||||
| 26 | shall provide yearly opportunities for individuals to sign up | ||||||
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| 1 | for the Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services waiting | ||||||
| 2 | list. | ||||||
| 3 | (d) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
| 4 | Department of Human Services, shall inform parents and | ||||||
| 5 | guardians of students through school districts on the | ||||||
| 6 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services waiting list. | ||||||