Full Text of HB3935 101st General Assembly
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State of Illinois
2019 and 2020 HB3935 Introduced 10/29/2019, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the School Code. In provisions requiring parental notification of law enforcement detainment and questioning of a student on school grounds, specifies that notification and other actions must be made by a law enforcement officer, a school resource officer, or other school security personnel even if the detainment and questioning is made by another person in the presence of the law enforcement officer, school resource officer, or other school security personnel. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by renumbering and | 5 | | changing Section 22-85, as added by Public Act 101-478, as | 6 | | follows: | 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/22-88) | 8 | | Sec. 22-88 22-85 . Parental notification of law enforcement | 9 | | detainment and questioning on school grounds. | 10 | | (a) In this Section, "school grounds" means the real | 11 | | property comprising an active and operational elementary or | 12 | | secondary school during the regular hours in which school is in | 13 | | session and when students are present. | 14 | | (b) Before detaining and questioning a student on school | 15 | | grounds who is under 18 years of age and who is suspected of | 16 | | committing a criminal act is detained and questioned by a law | 17 | | enforcement officer, a school resource officer, or other school | 18 | | security personnel or by any person in the presence of a law | 19 | | enforcement officer, a school resource officer, or other school | 20 | | security personnel, the , a law enforcement officer, school | 21 | | resource officer, or other school security personnel must do | 22 | | all of the following: | 23 | | (1) Ensure that notification or attempted notification |
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| 1 | | of the student's parent or guardian is made. | 2 | | (2) Document the time and manner in which the | 3 | | notification or attempted notification under paragraph (1) | 4 | | occurred. | 5 | | (3) Make reasonable efforts to ensure that the | 6 | | student's parent or guardian is present during the | 7 | | questioning or, if the parent or guardian is not present, | 8 | | ensure that school personnel, including, but not limited | 9 | | to, a school social worker, a school psychologist, a school | 10 | | nurse, a school guidance counselor, or any other mental | 11 | | health professional, are present during the questioning. | 12 | | (4) If practicable, make reasonable efforts to ensure | 13 | | that a law enforcement officer trained in promoting safe | 14 | | interactions and communications with youth is present | 15 | | during the questioning. An officer who received training in | 16 | | youth investigations approved or certified by his or her | 17 | | law enforcement agency or under Section 10.22 of the Police | 18 | | Training Act or a juvenile police officer, as defined under | 19 | | Section 1-3 of the Juvenile Court Act of 1987, satisfies | 20 | | the requirement under this paragraph. | 21 | | (c) This Section does not limit the authority of a law | 22 | | enforcement officer to make an arrest on school grounds. This | 23 | | Section does not apply to circumstances that would cause a | 24 | | reasonable person to believe that urgent and immediate action | 25 | | is necessary to do any of the following: | 26 | | (1) Prevent bodily harm or injury to the student or any |
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| 1 | | other person. | 2 | | (2) Apprehend an armed or fleeing suspect. | 3 | | (3) Prevent the destruction of evidence. | 4 | | (4) Address an emergency or other dangerous situation.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 101-478, eff. 8-23-19; revised 10-21-19.)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.
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