101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3144

 

Introduced , by Rep. Brad Halbrook

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 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 principal of the school may request a meeting with the parent or guardian to recommend classroom placement and if the parent or guardian and the principal, in consultation with the children's assigned classroom teacher or teachers, do not agree on classroom placement after the meeting is held, the principal may request a school board hearing to determine classroom placement. Provides that if the principal does not request a meeting with the parent or guardian or does not request a school board hearing to determine classroom placement, the school must provide the classroom placement requested by the parent or guardian. Provides for the school board to make a classroom placement determination during the school year, after a hearing, if the principal determines that the original placement is disruptive to the classroom environment or is otherwise academically, behaviorally, or mentally not beneficial to the children. 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
510-20.69 and 34-18.61 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.69 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.69. 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 parent or guardian shall request the classroom
15placement upon school registration for the upcoming school year
16or, if the children transfer to the school after the school
17year commences, at the time of registration at that school. The
18principal of the school may request a meeting with the parent
19or guardian to recommend classroom placement. If the parent or
20guardian and the principal, in consultation with the children's
21assigned classroom teacher or teachers, do not agree on the
22classroom placement after the meeting is held, the principal
23may request a school board hearing to determine classroom

 

 

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1placement. The hearing shall take place at the next regularly
2scheduled school board meeting prior to the school year
3commencing or, if transferring, after the children are
4registered. After the hearing, the school board shall make a
5classroom placement determination. If the principal does not
6request a meeting with the parent or guardian or does not
7request a school board hearing to determine classroom
8placement, the school must provide the classroom placement
9requested by the parent or guardian.
10    (c) After the school year commences, if the principal, in
11consultation with the children's classroom teacher or
12teachers, determines that the classroom placement is
13disruptive to the classroom environment or is otherwise
14academically, behaviorally, or mentally not beneficial to the
15children, the principal may request a school board hearing to
16determine a change in the classroom placement. No less than 10
17days prior to the school board hearing to determine classroom
18placement, the school board shall notify the parent or guardian
19in writing that the principal has requested a hearing. The
20principal, classroom teacher or teachers, and parent or
21guardian of the children may provide testimony, including
22professional or expert testimony, to the school board in
23relation to the classroom placement determination. The school
24board's classroom placement determination shall be the
25children's classroom placement for the remainder of the school
26year. Nothing in this subsection (c) prohibits a parent or

 

 

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1guardian from requesting a classroom placement upon
2registration for the following school year.
 
3    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.61 new)
4    Sec. 34-18.61. Classroom placement; multiples.
5    (a) In this Section, "higher order multiples" means
6triplets, quadruplets, quintuplets, or more.
7    (b) The school district shall allow the parent or guardian
8of twins or higher order multiples to request that his or her
9children be placed in the same classroom or in separate
10classrooms if the children are in the same grade level at the
11same school. The parent or guardian shall request the classroom
12placement upon school registration for the upcoming school year
13or, if the children transfer to the school after the school
14year commences, at the time of registration at that school. The
15principal of the school may request a meeting with the parent
16or guardian to recommend classroom placement. If the parent or
17guardian and the principal, in consultation with the children's
18assigned classroom teacher or teachers, do not agree on the
19classroom placement after the meeting is held, the principal
20may request a board hearing to determine classroom placement.
21The hearing shall take place at the next regularly scheduled
22board meeting prior to the school year commencing or, if
23transferring, after the children are registered. After the
24hearing, the board shall make a classroom placement
25determination. If the principal does not request a meeting with

 

 

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1the parent or guardian or does not request a board hearing to
2determine classroom placement, the school must provide the
3classroom placement requested by the parent or guardian.
4    (c) After the school year commences, if the principal, in
5consultation with the children's classroom teacher or
6teachers, determines that the classroom placement is
7disruptive to the classroom environment or is otherwise
8academically, behaviorally, or mentally not beneficial to the
9children, the principal may request a board hearing to
10determine a change in the classroom placement. No less than 10
11days prior to the board hearing to determine classroom
12placement, the board shall notify the parent or guardian in
13writing that the principal has requested a hearing. The
14principal, classroom teacher or teachers, and parent or
15guardian of the children may provide testimony, including
16professional or expert testimony, to the board in relation to
17the classroom placement determination. The board's classroom
18placement determination shall be the children's classroom
19placement for the remainder of the school year. Nothing in this
20subsection (c) prohibits a parent or guardian from requesting a
21classroom placement upon registration for the following school
22year.
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
24becoming law.