SB2638 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
SB2638

Introduced 1/21/2014, by Sen. Melinda Bush

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/14-1.03a

from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.03a

Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning children with specific learning disabilities.

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 changing Section 14-1.03a as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.03a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.03a)

Sec. 14-1.03a. Children with Specific Learning Disabilities. "Children with Specific Learning Disabilities" means children between the the ages of 3 and 21 years who have a disorder in one or more of the basic psychological processes involved in understanding or in using language, spoken or written, which disorder may manifest itself in imperfect ability to listen, think, speak, read, write, spell or do mathematical calculations. Such disorders include such conditions as perceptual disabilities, brain injury, minimal brain dysfunction, dyslexia, and developmental aphasia. Such term does not include children who have learning problems which are primarily the result of visual, hearing or motor disabilities, of an intellectual disability, emotional disturbance or environmental disadvantage.

(Source: P.A. 97-227, eff. 1-1-12.)