HB3009 - 104th General Assembly
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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 adding Section | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | 22-82.5 as follows: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/22-82.5 new) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Sec. 22-82.5. Parental notification of reading deficiency. | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Immediately upon the determination of a substantial deficiency | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | in reading or the characteristics of dyslexia, as defined in | |||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | subsection (a) of Section 2-3.16, based upon (i) screening, | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | diagnostic, progress monitoring, or assessment data, (ii) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | statewide assessments, or (iii) teacher observations, the | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | parent or legal guardian of a student in grades 1 through 3 who | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | exhibits a substantial deficiency in reading must be notified | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | in writing by the student's teacher of the following: | |||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | (1) that the student has been identified as having a | |||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | substantial deficiency in reading; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 18 | (2) a description of the services that the school | |||||||||||||||||||
| 19 | district currently is providing to the student; | |||||||||||||||||||
| 20 | (3) a description of the proposed supplemental | |||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | instructional services and supports that are designed to | |||||||||||||||||||
| 22 | remediate the identified area of reading deficiency which | |||||||||||||||||||
| 23 | the school district plans to provide the student; and | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | (4) strategies for parents and guardians to use in | ||||||
| 2 | helping the student to succeed in reading proficiency. | ||||||
