HB4879 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4879

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/22-87

Amends the School Code. With respect to the requirement that a high school student or his or her parent or guardian file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid with the United States Department of Education or, if applicable, an application for State financial aid, requires a school district to provide notice to each student and to the parent or guardian of each student about the option to file a waiver. Effective June 1, 2020.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

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 renumbering and changing Section 22-85, as added by Public Act 101-180, as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/22-87)

(This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a delayed effective date)

Sec. 22-87 22-85. Graduation requirements; Free Application for Federal Student Aid.

(a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, in addition to any other requirements under this Code, as a prerequisite to receiving a high school diploma from a public high school, the parent or guardian of each student or, if a student is at least 18 years of age or legally emancipated, the student must comply with either of the following:

(1) File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid with the United States Department of Education or, if applicable, an application for State financial aid.

(2) On a form created by the State Board of Education, file a waiver with the student's school district indicating that the parent or guardian or, if applicable, the student understands what the Free Application for Federal Student Aid and application for State financial aid are and has chosen not to file an application under paragraph (1). The school district must provide notice to each student and to the parent or guardian of each student about the option to file a waiver under this paragraph (2).

(b) Each school district with a high school must require each high school student to comply with this Section and must provide to each high school student and, if applicable, his or her parent or guardian any support or assistance necessary to comply with this Section. A school district must award a high school diploma to a student who is unable to meet the requirements of subsection (a) due to extenuating circumstances, as determined by the school district, if (i) the student has met all other graduation requirements under this Code and (ii) the principal attests that the school district has made a good faith effort to assist the student or, if applicable, his or her parent or guardian in filing an application or a waiver under subsection (a).

(c) The State Board of Education may adopt rules to implement this Section.

(Source: P.A. 101-180, eff. 6-1-20; revised 10-21-19.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, 2020.