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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 839

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 839 on page 1,  by
 3    replacing lines 4 through 6 with the following:

 4        "Section  5.   The Illinois School Student Records Act is
 5    amended by changing Section 4 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 10/4) (from Ch. 122, par. 50-4)
 7        Sec. 4.  (a)  Each school  shall  designate  an  official
 8    records  custodian  who  is  responsible for the maintenance,
 9    care and security of all school student records,  whether  or
10    not such records are in his personal custody or control.
11        (b)  The   official  records  custodian  shall  take  all
12    reasonable measures to  prevent  unauthorized  access  to  or
13    dissemination of school student records.
14        (c)  Information  contained  in  or  added  to  a  school
15    student  record  shall  be limited to information which is of
16    clear relevance to the education of  the  student  but  shall
17    include  information provided under Section 8.6 of the Abused
18    and Neglected Child Reporting Act.
19        (d)  Information added  to  a  student  temporary  record
20    after  the effective date of this Act shall include the name,
21    signature and position of  the  person  who  has  added  such
22    information and the date of its entry into the record.
 
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 1        (e)  Each school shall maintain student permanent records
 2    and  the  information  contained therein for not less than 60
 3    years  after  the  student  has  transferred,  graduated   or
 4    otherwise permanently withdrawn from the school.
 5        (f)  Each school shall maintain student temporary records
 6    and  the  information contained in those records for not less
 7    than 5 years after the student has transferred, graduated, or
 8    otherwise  withdrawn  from  the  school.   However,   student
 9    temporary  records  shall not be disclosed except as provided
10    in Section 5 or 6 or by court order.  A school  may  maintain
11    indefinitely  anonymous  information  from  student temporary
12    records for authorized  research,  statistical  reporting  or
13    planning  purposes, provided that no student or parent can be
14    individually identified from the information maintained.
15        (g)  The principal of each school or the person with like
16    responsibilities or his or her designate  shall  periodically
17    review  each  student  temporary  record  for verification of
18    entries and elimination  or  correction  of  all  inaccurate,
19    misleading, unnecessary or irrelevant information.  The State
20    Board  shall  issue regulations to govern the periodic review
21    of the student temporary  records  and  length  of  time  for
22    maintenance of entries to such records.
23        (h)  Before  any  school  student  record is destroyed or
24    information deleted therefrom,  the  parent  shall  be  given
25    reasonable  prior  notice at his or her last known address in
26    accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board and an
27    opportunity to copy the record and information proposed to be
28    destroyed or deleted.
29        (i)  No school shall be required  to  separate  permanent
30    and  temporary  school  student  records  of  a  student  not
31    enrolled  in  such  school  on or after the effective date of
32    this Act or to destroy any such records, or comply  with  the
33    provisions  of  paragraph (g) of this Section with respect to
34    such records, except (1) in accordance with  the  request  of
 
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 1    the  parent  that  any  or  all  of  such actions be taken in
 2    compliance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Act  or  (2)  in
 3    accordance with regulations adopted by the State Board.
 4    (Source: P.A. 90-590, eff. 1-1-00; 90-811, eff. 1-26-99.)

 5        Section 10.  The Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act
 6    is amended by changing Sections 7.8, 7.9, and 11.2 and adding
 7    Sections 8.6 and 11.2a as follows:

 8        (325 ILCS 5/7.8) (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.8)
 9        Sec. 7.8.  Upon receiving an oral or  written  report  of
10    suspected  child  abuse  or  neglect,  the  Department  shall
11    immediately  notify,  either  orally  or  electronically, the
12    Child Protective Service Unit of a previous report concerning
13    a  subject  of  the  present  report   or   other   pertinent
14    information.  In  addition,  upon satisfactory identification
15    procedures, to be established by Department  regulation,  any
16    person  authorized  to  have  access to records under Section
17    11.1 relating to child  abuse and  neglect  may  request  and
18    shall  be  immediately  provided the information requested in
19    accordance with this Act.  However, no information  shall  be
20    released   unless   it   prominently  states  the  report  is
21    "indicated", and only information  from  "indicated"  reports
22    shall be released, except that information concerning pending
23    reports  may  be  released  to  any  person  authorized under
24    paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (11), and (12) of Section 11.1.
25    In addition, State's  Attorneys  are  authorized  to  receive
26    unfounded  reports  for  prosecution  purposes related to the
27    transmission of false reports of child abuse  or  neglect  in
28    violation of subsection (a), paragraph (7) of Section 26-1 of
29    the  Criminal  Code  of 1961 and guardians ad litem appointed
30    under Article II of the Juvenile  Court  Act  of  1987  shall
31    receive  the  classified reports set forth in Section 7.14 of
32    this Act in conformance with paragraph (19) of  Section  11.1
 
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 1    and Section 7.14 of this Act. The names and other identifying
 2    data  and  the  dates  and  the  circumstances of any persons
 3    requesting or receiving information from the central register
 4    shall be entered in the register record.
 5    (Source: P.A. 86-904; 86-1293; 87-649.)

 6        (325 ILCS 5/7.9) (from Ch. 23, par. 2057.9)
 7        Sec. 7.9.   The  Department  shall  prepare,  print,  and
 8    distribute initial, preliminary, and final reporting forms to
 9    each  Child Protective Service Unit.  Initial written reports
10    from  the  reporting  source  shall  contain  the   following
11    information  to  the  extent  known at the time the report is
12    made:  (1) the names and  addresses  of  the  child  and  his
13    parents  or  other persons responsible for his welfare; (1.5)
14    the name and address of the school that the child attends (or
15    the school that the child last attended,  if  the  report  is
16    written during the summer when school is not in session), and
17    the  name  of  the  school  district  in  which the school is
18    located, if applicable; (2) the child's age, sex,  and  race;
19    (3)  the  nature  and extent of the child's abuse or neglect,
20    including any evidence of prior injuries, abuse,  or  neglect
21    of  the  child  or his siblings; (4) the names of the persons
22    apparently responsible for the abuse or neglect;  (5)  family
23    composition, including names, ages, sexes, and races of other
24    children  in  the home; (6) the name of the person making the
25    report, his occupation, and where he can be reached; (7)  the
26    actions  taken  by the reporting source, including the taking
27    of photographs and x-rays, placing  the  child  in  temporary
28    protective  custody,  or  notifying  the  medical examiner or
29    coroner; (8) and any other information the person making  the
30    report  believes  might  be helpful in the furtherance of the
31    purposes of this Act.
32    (Source: P.A. 84-611.)
 
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 1        (325 ILCS 5/8.6 new)
 2        Sec. 8.6. Reports to child's school. Within 10 days after
 3    completing an investigation of alleged abuse or neglect under
 4    this Act, the Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy
 5    of its final report on the investigation to the  school  that
 6    the  child  who  is the subject of the report attends (or the
 7    school that the child last attended, if the  report  is  sent
 8    during the summer when school is not in session)."; and

 9    on page 1, after line 23, by inserting the following:

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

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