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Public Act 91-0365
HB0124 Enrolled LRB9100819NTsb
AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2-3.13a.
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 2-3.13a as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a)
Sec. 2-3.13a. Scholastic records; transferring students.
The State Board of Education shall establish and implement
rules requiring all of the public schools and all private or
nonpublic elementary and secondary schools located in this
State, whenever any such school has a student who is
transferring to any other public elementary or secondary
school located in this or in any other state, to forward
within 10 days of notice of the student's transfer an
unofficial record of that student's grades to the school to
which such student is transferring. Each public school at
the same time also shall forward to the school to which the
student is transferring the remainder of the student's school
student records as required by the Illinois School Student
Records Act. In addition, if a student is transferring from a
public school, whether located in this or any other state,
from which the student has been suspended or expelled for
knowingly possessing in a school building or on school
grounds a weapon as defined in the Gun Free Schools Act (20
U.S.C. 8921 et seq.), for knowingly possessing, selling, or
delivering in a school building or on school grounds a
controlled substance or cannabis, or for battering a staff
member of the school, and if the period of suspension or
expulsion has not expired at the time the student attempts to
transfer into another public school in the same or any other
school district: (i) any school student records required to
be transferred shall include the date and duration of the
period of suspension or expulsion; and (ii) with the
exception of transfers into the Department of Corrections
school district, the student shall not be permitted to attend
class in the public school into which he or she is
transferring until the student has served the entire period
of the suspension or expulsion imposed by the school from
which the student is transferring, provided that the school
board may approve the placement of the student in an
alternative school program established under Article 13A of
this Act. Each public school and each private or nonpublic
elementary or secondary school in this State shall within 10
days after the student has paid all of his or her outstanding
fines and fees and at its own expense forward an official
transcript of the scholastic records of each student
transferring from that school in strict accordance with the
provisions of this Section and the rules established by the
State Board of Education as herein provided.
The State Board of Education shall develop a one-page
standard form that Illinois school districts are required to
provide to any student who is moving out of the school
district and that contains the information about whether or
not the student is "in good standing" and whether or not his
or her medical records are up-to-date and complete. As used
in this Section, "in good standing" means that the student is
not being disciplined by a suspension or expulsion, but is
entitled to attend classes. No school district is required
to admit a new student who is transferring from another
Illinois school district unless he or she can produce the
standard form from the student's previous school district
enrollment. No school district is required to admit a new
student who is transferring from an out-of-state public
school unless the parent or guardian of the student certifies
in writing that the student is not currently serving a
suspension or expulsion imposed by the school from which the
student is transferring.
(Source: P.A. 89-261, eff. 8-10-95; 89-622, eff. 8-9-96;
89-698, eff. 1-14-97.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.
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