95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB0250


 
Introduced 1/19/2007, by Rep. Jack D. Franks
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














325 ILCS 50/5
  from Ch. 23, par. 2285







    Amends the Missing Children Records Act. Provides that a particular public or private preschool educational program, public or private child care facility, or day care home or group day care home in which a child is enrolled for the first time shall notify in writing the
person enrolling the child that within 30 days he must provide either (i)
a certified copy of the child's  birth certificate or (ii) other reliable
proof, as determined by the Department of State Police, of the child's identity and age
and an affidavit explaining the inability to produce a copy of the birth
certificate. Provides that a preschool educational program, child care facility, or day care home or group day care home must take other actions in relation to children's records.
















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    AN ACT concerning children.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Missing Children Records Act is amended  by 
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changing Section 5 as follows:
 



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    (325 ILCS 50/5)  (from Ch. 23, par. 2285)



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    Sec. 5. Duties of school or other entity
School duties. 
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    (a)  Upon notification by the Department of a
person's 
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disappearance, a school, preschool educational program, child 
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care facility, or day care home or group day care home in which 
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the person is currently or was
previously enrolled shall flag 
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the record of that person in such a manner
that whenever a copy 
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of or information regarding the record is requested,
the school 
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or other entity shall be alerted to the fact that the record is 
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that of a
missing person.  The school or other entity shall 
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immediately report to the
Department any request concerning 
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flagged records or knowledge
as to the whereabouts of any 
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missing person.  Upon notification by the
Department that the 
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missing person has been recovered, the school or other entity

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shall
remove the flag from the person's record.

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    (b) (1) Upon enrollment of a child
student for the first 
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time in a particular
elementary or secondary school, public or 
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private preschool educational program, public or private child 
 


 






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care facility licensed under the Child Care Act of 1969, or day 
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care home or group day care home licensed under the Child Care 
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Act of 1969, that school or other entity shall notify in 
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writing the
person enrolling the child
student that within 30 
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days he must provide either (i)
a certified copy of the child's

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student's birth certificate or (ii) other reliable
proof, as 
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determined by the Department, of the child's
student's identity 
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and age
and an affidavit explaining the inability to produce a 
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copy of the birth
certificate.  Other reliable proof of the 
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child's
student's identity and age shall
include a passport, 
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visa or other governmental documentation of the child's

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identity.

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    (2) Upon the failure of a person enrolling a child
student

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to
comply with subsection (b) (1), the school or other entity

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shall immediately notify the
Department or local law 
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enforcement agency of such failure, and shall
notify the person 
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enrolling the child
student in writing that he has 10

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additional days to comply.

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    (3) The school or other entity shall immediately report to 
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the Department any affidavit
received pursuant to this 
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subsection which appears inaccurate or suspicious
in form or 
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content.

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    (c) Within 14 days after enrolling a transfer student, the 
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elementary or
secondary school shall request directly from the 
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student's previous school
a certified copy of his record.  The 
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requesting school shall exercise due
diligence in obtaining the 
 


 






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copy of the record requested.  Any elementary
or secondary 
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school requested to forward a copy of a transferring student's

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record to the new school shall comply within 10 days of receipt 
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of the
request unless the record has been flagged pursuant to 
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subsection (a), in
which case the copy shall not be forwarded 
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and the requested school shall
notify the Department or local 
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law enforcement authority of the request.

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(Source: P.A. 84-1430.)