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 Bill Status of SB1616  96th General Assembly


Short Description:  SCH CD-SPEC ED-EXPERT WITNESS

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Heather Steans - Pamela J. Althoff

Last Action
DateChamber Action
  1/12/2011SenateSession Sine Die

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
105 ILCS 5/14-8.02from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.02
105 ILCS 5/14-8.02a


Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that a private evaluator or expert retained by or on behalf a parent or guardian shall be afforded reasonable and unimpeded access to educational personnel, facilities, classrooms, and buildings and to the child for the purpose of conducting any appropriate interviews, observations, assessments, tests, or evaluations of the child and of the child's current or proposed educational program, placement, and educational environment. Provides that a parent or guardian shall be afforded reasonable and unimpeded access to observe the child in his or her current or proposed educational program, placement, and educational environment. Provides that a parent or guardian who is a prevailing party in an impartial due process hearing or in a civil action may recover from an opposing party reasonable expert witness costs if the expert witness contributed to the relief obtained by the parent or guardian. Effective immediately.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/19/2009SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans
  2/19/2009SenateFirst Reading
  2/19/2009SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/25/2009SenateAssigned to Education
  2/26/2009SenateAdded as Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Pamela J. Althoff
  3/5/2009SenatePostponed - Education
  3/11/2009SenatePostponed - Education
  3/13/2009SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
  1/12/2011SenateSession Sine Die

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