103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB1072

 

Introduced 1/12/2023, by Rep. Chris Miller

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new

    Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to ensure parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district are free to petition the school board and provide public comment at all public and regularly scheduled meetings, have access to certain information, are well-informed on specified subject matters, and have the right to meet with a pupil's teacher at least twice per school year. Requires a school board to ensure curriculum and learning materials are posted on the school district's Internet website. Effective immediately.


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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
510-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.85. Parents' rights. Notwithstanding any other
8law or rule to the contrary, each school board shall ensure all
9of the following:
10        (1) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
11    enrolled in the school district are free to petition the
12    school board and provide public comment at all public and
13    regularly scheduled school board meetings.
14        (2) That all curriculum and learning materials used by
15    the schools of the school district are posted on the
16    school district's Internet website if the school district
17    maintains a website, disaggregated by grade level. If the
18    school district does not maintain an Internet website, all
19    parents and guardians of pupils shall be informed of their
20    right to review all curriculum and learning materials used
21    by the schools of the school district at any time during
22    the school year.
23        (3) That the parents and guardians of all pupils

 

 

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1    enrolled in the school district have the ability to
2    request and review all budgetary documents of the school
3    district, including documents outlining the school
4    district's revenues and expenditures.
5        (4) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
6    enrolled in the school district are well-informed of all
7    parent-school engagement opportunities to ensure parents
8    and guardians are engaged in their children's education.
9        (5) That the school district shares with the parents
10    and guardians of pupils information on the Illinois
11    Learning Standards and any changes made to the Illinois
12    Learning Standards throughout the school year.
13        (6) That each parent or guardian of a pupil has the
14    right to meet with the pupil's teacher at least twice per
15    school year, which may include parent-teacher conferences.
16        (7) That the libraries of each school of the school
17    district maintain a list of reading materials contained in
18    the library so that the parents and guardians of pupils
19    are able to request to review the reading materials
20    contained at each school.
21        (8) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
22    enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
23    the educational opportunities provided to pupils within
24    the school district, including, but not limited to, the
25    curriculum, gifted education programs, advanced placement
26    courses, special education needs, the needs of English

 

 

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1    learners, child nutritional programs and services, and
2    career and technical education.
3        (9) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
4    enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
5    violent activity in a pupil's school and on school
6    grounds, subject to student privacy rights, and are
7    well-informed on the school district's policy to protect
8    children during the school day.
9        (10) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
10    enrolled in the school district are well-informed on the
11    school district's policies and procedures on protecting
12    students' privacy.
 
13    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
14    Sec. 34-18.82. Parents' rights. Notwithstanding any other
15law or rule to the contrary, the board shall ensure all of the
16following:
17        (1) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
18    enrolled in the school district are free to petition the
19    board and provide public comment at all public and
20    regularly scheduled board meetings.
21        (2) That all curriculum and learning materials used by
22    the schools of the school district are posted on the
23    school district's Internet website, disaggregated by grade
24    level.
25        (3) That the parents and guardians of all pupils

 

 

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1    enrolled in the school district have the ability to
2    request and review all budgetary documents of the school
3    district, including documents outlining the school
4    district's revenues and expenditures.
5        (4) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
6    enrolled in the school district are well-informed of all
7    parent-school engagement opportunities to ensure parents
8    and guardians are engaged in their children's education.
9        (5) That the school district shares with the parents
10    and guardians of pupils information on the Illinois
11    Learning Standards and any changes made to the Illinois
12    Learning Standards throughout the school year.
13        (6) That each parent or guardian of a pupil has the
14    right to meet with the pupil's teacher at least twice per
15    school year, which may include parent-teacher conferences.
16        (7) That the libraries of each school of the school
17    district maintain a list of reading materials contained in
18    the library so that the parents and guardians of pupils
19    are able to request to review the reading materials
20    contained at each school.
21        (8) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
22    enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
23    the educational opportunities provided to pupils within
24    the school district, including, but not limited to, the
25    curriculum, gifted education programs, advanced placement
26    courses, special education needs, the needs of English

 

 

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1    learners, child nutritional programs and services, and
2    career and technical education.
3        (9) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
4    enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
5    violent activity in a pupil's school and on school
6    grounds, subject to student privacy rights, and are
7    well-informed on the school district's policy to protect
8    children during the school day.
9        (10) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
10    enrolled in the school district are well-informed on the
11    school district's policies and procedures on protecting
12    students' privacy.
 
13    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
14becoming law.