97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
HB5575

 

Introduced 2/15/2012, by Rep. Roger L. Eddy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/14-2

    Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. With respect to any State statute or administrative rule that defines a general education classroom to be composed of a certain percentage of students with individualized education programs (IEPs), provides that students with individualized education programs shall exclude students for whom instruction in the general education classroom does not require modification to the content of the general education curriculum (instead of excluding students receiving only speech services outside of the general education classroom, provided that the instruction the students receive in the general education classroom does not require modification). 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 changing Section
514-2 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/14-2)
7    Sec. 14-2. Definition of general education classroom for
8special education students receiving services in the general
9education classroom.
10    (a) With respect to any State statute or administrative
11rule that defines a general education classroom to be composed
12of a certain percentage of students with individualized
13education programs (IEPs), students with individualized
14education programs shall exclude students for whom instruction
15receiving only speech services outside of the general education
16classroom, provided that the instruction the students receive
17in the general education classroom does not require
18modification to the content of the general education
19curriculum.
20    (b) In every instance, a school district must ensure that
21composition of the general education classroom does not
22interfere with the provision of a free and appropriate public
23education to any student.

 

 

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1(Source: P.A. 97-284, eff. 8-9-11.)
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.