100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB4368

 

Introduced , by Rep. Brad Halbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.60 new

    Amends the School Code. Requires a school district to allow the parent or guardian of twins or higher order multiples to request that his or her children be placed in the same classroom or in separate classrooms if the children are in the same grade level at the same school. Provides that the school may recommend classroom placement to the parent or guardian, but the school shall provide the classroom placement requested by the parent or guardian. Sets forth when the request must be made. Provides for the school board to make the classroom placement determination, after a hearing, if the principal determines that placement in the same classroom is disruptive to the classroom environment. Effective immediately.


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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 adding Sections
510-20.67 and 34-18.60 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.67 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.67. Classroom placement; multiples.
8    (a) In this Section, "higher order multiples" means
9triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more.
10    (b) A school district shall allow the parent or guardian of
11twins or higher order multiples to request that his or her
12children be placed in the same classroom or in separate
13classrooms if the children are in the same grade level at the
14same school. The school may recommend classroom placement to
15the parent or guardian, but the school shall provide the
16classroom placement requested by the parent or guardian. The
17parent or guardian shall request the classroom placement no
18later than 10 business days after the first day of each school
19year or 10 business days after the first day of the children's
20attendance during any school year in which the children are
21enrolled in the school after the school year commences.
22    (c) Prior to September 30 of the school year in which the
23parent or guardian has requested the classroom placement or no

 

 

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1more than 30 days after the first day of the children's
2attendance if the children are enrolled in the school after the
3school year commences, if the principal, in consultation with
4the children's classroom teacher, determines that placement in
5the same classroom is disruptive to the classroom environment,
6then the principal may request that the school board make a
7classroom placement determination, which shall be the
8classroom placement for the remainder of the school year. No
9less than 10 days prior to the school board hearing to
10determine classroom placement, the school district shall
11notify the parent or guardian in writing that the principal has
12requested the school board make a classroom placement
13determination. The principal, classroom teacher, and the
14parent or guardian of the children may provide testimony to the
15school board in relation to the classroom placement
16determination. Nothing in this subsection (c) prohibits a
17parent or guardian from requesting a classroom placement during
18the following school year.
 
19    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.60 new)
20    Sec. 34-18.60. Classroom placement; multiples.
21    (a) In this Section, "higher order multiples" means
22triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more.
23    (b) The school district shall allow the parent or guardian
24of twins or higher order multiples to request that his or her
25children be placed in the same classroom or in separate

 

 

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1classrooms if the children are in the same grade level at the
2same school. The school may recommend classroom placement to
3the parent or guardian, but the school shall provide the
4classroom placement requested by the parent or guardian. The
5parent or guardian shall request the classroom placement no
6later than 10 business days after the first day of each school
7year or 10 business days after the first day of the children's
8attendance during any school year in which the children are
9enrolled in the school after the school year commences.
10    (c) Prior to September 30 of the school year in which the
11parent or guardian has requested the classroom placement or no
12more than 30 days after the first day of the children's
13attendance if the children are enrolled in the school after the
14school year commences, if the principal, in consultation with
15the children's classroom teacher, determines that placement in
16the same classroom is disruptive to the classroom environment,
17then the principal may request that the board make a classroom
18placement determination, which shall be the classroom
19placement for the remainder of the school year. No less than 10
20days prior to the board hearing to determine classroom
21placement, the school district shall notify the parent or
22guardian in writing that the principal has requested the board
23make a classroom placement determination. The principal,
24classroom teacher, and the parent or guardian of the children
25may provide testimony to the board in relation to the classroom
26placement determination. Nothing in this subsection (c)

 

 

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1prohibits a parent or guardian from requesting a classroom
2placement during the following school year.
 
3    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
4becoming law.