103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1056
 
Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. Rita Mayfield
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
105 ILCS 10/8.1  from Ch. 122, par. 50-8.1

     Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that when a student transfers to a new school, the school or school district last attended may not refuse the new school's request to provide a copy of the student's school student record on the grounds that the student owes a debt.
  


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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 Illinois School Student Records Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 8.1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 10/8.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 50-8.1)
7    Sec. 8.1. (a) No school may refuse to admit or enroll a 
8student
because of that student's failure to present his 
9student permanent or
temporary record from a school previously 
10attended.
11    (b) When a new student applies for admission to a school 
12and does not
present his school student record, such school 
13may notify the school or
school district last attended by such 
14student, requesting that the
student's school student record 
15be copied and sent to it; such request
shall be honored within 
1610 days after it is received, and under no circumstances may 
17the school or school district last attended refuse the request 
18on the grounds that the student owes a debt.  Within
10 days 
19after receiving a request from the Department of Children and

20Family Services, the school district last attended by the 
21student shall
send the student's school student record to the 
22receiving school district.
23    (c) In the case of a transfer between school districts of a 
 
 
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1student
who is eligible for special education and related 
2services, when the parent
or guardian of the student presents 
3a copy of the student's then current
individualized education 
4program (IEP) to the new school, the student shall
be placed in 
5a special education program in accordance with that described

6in the student's IEP.
7    (d) Out-of-state transfer students may use unofficial 
8transcripts for admission to a school until official 
9transcripts are obtained from his or her last school district, 
10including children of military personnel that transfer into 
11this State, subject to Section 32 of the Educational 
12Opportunity for Military Children Act. 
13(Source: P.A. 97-216, eff. 1-1-12; 98-673, eff. 6-30-14.)