HB5902 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5902

Introduced , by Rep. Fred Crespo

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/14-17 new

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that, for the Chicago school district only, any meetings held by the school board on special education policy changes must be conducted during a public hearing with an opportunity for public input. Requires the school board to advertise the hearing on its publicly available Internet website, in newspapers of general circulation in the district, and on social media posts. Requires the State Board of Education to approve the content and scope of the advertisements and to ensure that all public hearings have an opportunity for public input. Effective immediately.

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 adding Section 14-17 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/14-17 new)

Sec. 14-17. Special education policy changes; city with more than 500,000 inhabitants.

(a) This Section applies only to school districts organized under Article 34 of this Code.

(b) Any meetings held by a school board on special education policy changes must be conducted during a public hearing with an opportunity for public input. The school board must advertise the hearing, at a minimum, on its publicly available Internet website, in newspapers of general circulation in the district, and on social media posts. The State Board of Education must approve the content and scope of the advertisements and must ensure that all public hearings have an opportunity for public input.

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