HB5375ham001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Elementary & Secondary Education Committee

Filed: 2/15/2006

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5375

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5375 on page 2, by replacing lines 14 through 18 with the following:

"If an allegation is raised to a school board member during the course of an open or closed school board meeting that a child who is enrolled in the school district of which he or she is a board member is an abused child as defined in Section 3 of this Act, the member shall direct or cause the school board to direct the superintendent of the school district or other equivalent school administrator to comply with the requirements of this Act concerning the reporting of child abuse. For purposes of this paragraph, a school board member is granted the authority in his or her individual capacity to direct the superintendent of the school district or other equivalent school administrator to comply with the requirements of this Act concerning the reporting of child abuse."; and

on page 4, by replacing lines 8 through 14 with the following: "first violation and a Class 4 felony for a second or subsequent violation; except that if the person acted as part of a plan".