101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB4255

 

Introduced 1/27/2020, by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 40/50

    Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that a qualified school that accepts scholarship students must comply with: all provisions of federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools pertaining to special education and the instruction of English learners and certain provisions of the School Code concerning charter schools; provisions of the Illinois Humans Rights Act; and specific provisions of the School Code. 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 revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Invest in Kids Act is amended by changing
5Section 50 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 40/50)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
8    Sec. 50. Qualified school responsibilities. A qualified
9school that accepts scholarship students must do all of the
10following:
11        (1) provide to a scholarship granting organization,
12    upon request, all documentation required for the student's
13    participation, including the non-public school's cost and
14    student's fee schedules;
15        (2) be academically accountable to the custodian for
16    meeting the educational needs of the student by:
17            (A) at a minimum, annually providing to the
18        custodian a written explanation of the student's
19        progress; and
20            (B) annually administering assessments required by
21        subsection (a) of Section 45 of this Act in the same
22        manner in which they are administered at public schools
23        pursuant to Section 2-3.64a-5 of the School Code; the

 

 

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1        Board shall bill participating qualified schools for
2        all costs associated with administering assessments
3        required by this paragraph; the participating
4        qualified schools shall ensure that all test security
5        and assessment administration procedures are followed;
6        participating qualified schools must report individual
7        student scores to the custodians of the students; the
8        independent research organization described in
9        subsection (b) of Section 45 of this Act shall be
10        provided all student score data in a secure manner by
11        the participating qualified school; .
12        (3) comply with (i) all provisions of federal and State
13    laws and rules applicable to public schools pertaining to
14    special education and the instruction of English learners
15    and (ii) paragraphs (1) through (12) of subsection (g) of
16    Section 27A-5 of the School Code;
17        (4) comply with Articles 5 and 5A of the Illinois Human
18    Rights Act;
19        (5) comply with the breastfeeding accommodations for
20    pupils as provided by Section 10-20.60 of Public Act
21    100-14; and
22        (6) comply with home instruction provisions for
23    pregnant pupils as provided by Section 10-22.6a of the
24    School Code.
25    The inability of a qualified school to meet the
26requirements of this Section shall constitute a basis for the

 

 

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1ineligibility of the qualified school to participate in the
2scholarship program as determined by the Board.
3(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.