HB4838 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4838

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.66 new

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections 10-20.73 and 34-18.66 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.73 new)

Sec. 10-20.73. Selective admissions; standardized testing. A school board shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.66 new)

Sec. 34-18.66. Selective admissions; standardized testing. The board shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.