Rep. Rich Brauer
Filed: 3/22/2010
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5688




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5688 as follows:


 
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on page 29, by replacing lines 19 through 26 with the 
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following: 
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    "(y) Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act 
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of the 96th General Assembly, a child with a disability who 
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receives residential and educational services from the 
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Department shall be eligible to receive transition services in 
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accordance with Article 14 of the School Code from the age of 
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14.5 through age 21, inclusive, notwithstanding the child's 
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residential services arrangement. For purposes of this 
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subsection, "child with a disability" means a child with a 
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disability as defined by the federal Individuals with 
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Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004."; and 
 
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on page 30, by deleting lines 1 through 12; and
 
 


 






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on page 30, by replacing lines 22 through 24 with the 
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following:
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"disabilities.  A child with a disability who receives 
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residential and educational services directly from or paid by 
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the Department shall be eligible to receive transition services 
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in accordance with Article 14 of the School Code from the age 
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of 14.5 through age 21, inclusive, notwithstanding the child's 
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residential services arrangement.  Beginning on the effective 
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date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly, the 
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Department shall review its policies and regulations that 
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create obstacles to the provision of these services and within 
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the constraint of existing federal or State law change or 
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modify the policies and regulations to support the provision of 
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transition services in accordance with Article 14 of the School 
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Code.  For the purposes of this Section, "child with a 
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disability" means a child with a disability as defined by the 
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federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement 
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Act of 2004."; and
 
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on page 31, by deleting lines 1 through 17.