TITLE 23: EDUCATION AND CULTURAL RESOURCES
SUBTITLE A: EDUCATION
CHAPTER I: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER f: INSTRUCTION FOR SPECIFIC STUDENT POPULATIONS
PART 226 SPECIAL EDUCATION
SECTION 226.690 TRANSFER OF PARENTAL RIGHTS


 

Section 226.690  Transfer of Parental Rights

 

This Section implements 34 CFR 300.520 and Section 14-6.10 of the School Code [105 ILCS 5/14-6.10].

 

a)         When a student with a disability reaches the age of majority (18 years of age; see 755 ILCS 5/11-1) or becomes an emancipated minor pursuant to the Emancipation of Minors Act [750 ILCS 30] (except for a student with a disability who has been adjudged as a disabled person pursuant to 755 ILCS 5/11a-2 or who has executed a Delegation of Rights that is in effect as provided in Section 14-6.10 of the School Code):

 

1)         The school district shall provide any notice required by this Part to both the individual and the parents, and all other rights accorded to parents under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the implementing regulations at 34 CFR 300, and this Part shall transfer to the student; and

 

2)         All rights accorded to parents under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the implementing regulations at 34 CFR 300, and this Part shall transfer to a child who is incarcerated in an adult or juvenile, State, or local correctional institution.

 

b)         Whenever rights are transferred to a student pursuant to this Section, the district shall notify the student and the parents of the transfer of rights.

 

c)         All notices that are required under this Part and 34 CFR 300 shall be provided to the student and the parent after the student reaches the age of majority.

 

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 4828, effective March 21, 2008)