SB1630 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2011 and 2012
SB1630

Introduced 2/9/2011, by Sen. John G. Mulroe

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/14-8.02d

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the due process hearing data provided by the State Board of Education for the Annual State Report on Special Education Performance must be submitted to the School Bullying Prevention Task Force. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 14-8.02d as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/14-8.02d)

Sec. 14-8.02d. Evaluation of due process hearing system. The State Board of Education shall monitor, review, and evaluate the impartial due process hearing system on a regular basis by a process that includes a review of written decisions and evaluations by participants in impartial due process hearings and their representatives. In conjunction with the Annual State Report on Special Education Performance, the State Board of Education shall submit data on the performance of the due process hearing system, including data on timeliness of hearings and an analysis of the issues and disability categories underlying hearing requests during the period covered by the Annual State Report. The data provided for the Annual State Report must be submitted to the members of the State Board of Education, the State Superintendent of Education, the Advisory Council on Education of Children with Disabilities, the School Bullying Prevention Task Force created under Section 27-23.9 of this Code, and the Screening Committee established under Section 14-8.02c of this Code and must be made available to the public.

(Source: P.A. 94-1100, eff. 2-2-07.)

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.