101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4879
 
Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Stephanie A. Kifowit
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
105 ILCS 5/22-87

     Amends the School Code. With respect to the requirement that a high school student or his or her parent or guardian file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid with the United States Department of Education or, if applicable, an application for State financial aid, requires a school district to provide notice to each student and to the parent or guardian of each student about the option to file a waiver. Effective June 1, 2020.
  


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
 
 
A BILL FOR
 

  
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by renumbering and 
5changing Section 22-85, as added by Public Act 101-180, as 
6follows:
 
7    (105 ILCS 5/22-87)
8    (This Section may contain text from a Public Act with a 
9delayed effective date)
10    Sec. 22-87 22-85. Graduation requirements; Free 
11Application for Federal Student Aid. 
12    (a) Beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, in addition 
13to any other requirements under this Code, as a prerequisite to 
14receiving a high school diploma from a public high school, the 
15parent or guardian of each student or, if a student is at least 
1618 years of age or  legally emancipated, the student must comply 
17with either of the following:
18        (1) File a Free Application for Federal Student Aid 
19    with the United States Department of Education or, if 
20    applicable, an application for State financial aid.
21        (2) On a form created by the State Board of Education, 
22    file a waiver with the student's school district indicating 
23    that the parent or guardian or, if applicable, the student 
 
 
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1    understands what the Free Application for Federal Student 
2    Aid and application for State financial aid are and has 
3    chosen not to file an application under paragraph (1). The 
4    school district must provide notice to each student and to 
5    the parent or guardian of each student about the option to 
6    file a waiver under this  paragraph (2).
7    (b) Each school district with a high school must require 
8each high school student to comply with this Section and must 
9provide to each high school student and, if applicable, his or 
10her parent or guardian any support or assistance necessary to 
11comply with this Section. A school district must award a high 
12school diploma to a student who is unable to meet the 
13requirements of subsection (a) due to extenuating 
14circumstances, as determined by the school district, if (i) the 
15student has met all other graduation requirements under this 
16Code and (ii) the principal attests that the school district 
17has made a good faith effort to assist the student or, if 
18applicable, his or her parent or guardian in filing an 
19application or a waiver under subsection (a).
20    (c)  The State Board of Education may adopt rules to 
21implement this Section.

22(Source: P.A. 101-180, eff. 6-1-20; revised 10-21-19.)
  
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect June 1, 
242020.