Public Act 102-0429
 
HB2425 EnrolledLRB102 13398 CMG 18742 b


  
    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 
14-8.02e as follows:
 
    (105 ILCS 5/14-8.02e)
    Sec. 14-8.02e. State complaint procedures. 
    (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt State 
complaint procedures, consistent with Sections 300.151, 
300.152, and 300.153 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations.  The State Board of Education, by rule, shall 
establish State complaint procedures consistent with this 
Section. A school district or other public entity shall be 
required to submit a written response to a complaint within 
the time prescribed by the State Board of Education following 
receipt of the complaint.  A copy of the response and all 
documentation submitted by the respondent to the State Board 
of Education, including corrective action compliance 
documentation, must be simultaneously provided by the 
respondent to the complainant or to the attorney for the 
complainant.   If the complaint was filed by an individual other 
than a parent of a child who is the subject of the complaint 
(or the child if the child has reached majority or is 
emancipated and has assumed responsibility  for his or her own 
educational decisions) and the complaint is about a specific 
identifiable child or children, then appropriate written 
signed releases must be obtained prior to the release of any 
documentation or information to the complainant or the 
attorney representing the complainant. 
    (b) For a complaint made under procedures authorized under 
this Section alleging a delay or denial of special education 
or related services in the 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 school year 
by a school district organized under Article 34 as a result of 
the adoption of policies and procedures identified by the 
State Board of Education as unlawful, the complaint must be 
filed on or before September 30, 2022 2021. This filing 
deadline must be included in the written notification sent by 
the school district under subsection (b) of Section 14-8.02g. 

(Source: P.A. 101-507, eff. 8-23-19.)
 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.