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| 1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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| 2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| 3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
| 5 | 2-3.163 as follows: | ||||||
| 6 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.163) | ||||||
| 7 | Sec. 2-3.163. Prioritization of Urgency of Need for | ||||||
| 8 | Services database. | ||||||
| 9 | (a) The General Assembly makes all of the following | ||||||
| 10 | findings: | ||||||
| 11 | (1) The Department of Human Services maintains a | ||||||
| 12 | statewide database known as the Prioritization of Urgency | ||||||
| 13 | of Need for Services that records information about | ||||||
| 14 | individuals with developmental disabilities who are | ||||||
| 15 | potentially in need of services. | ||||||
| 16 | (2) The Department of Human Services uses the data on | ||||||
| 17 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services to select | ||||||
| 18 | individuals for services as funding becomes available, to | ||||||
| 19 | develop proposals and materials for budgeting, and to plan | ||||||
| 20 | for future needs. | ||||||
| 21 | (3) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is | ||||||
| 22 | available for children and adults with a developmental | ||||||
| 23 | disability who have an unmet service need anticipated in | ||||||
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| 1 | the next 5 years. | ||||||
| 2 | (4) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services is | ||||||
| 3 | the first step toward getting developmental disabilities | ||||||
| 4 | services in this State. If individuals are not on the | ||||||
| 5 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services waiting | ||||||
| 6 | list, they are not in queue for State developmental | ||||||
| 7 | disabilities services. | ||||||
| 8 | (5) Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services may | ||||||
| 9 | be underutilized by children and their parents or guardians | ||||||
| 10 | due to lack of awareness or lack of information. | ||||||
| 11 | (b) The State Board of Education may work with school | ||||||
| 12 | districts to inform all students with developmental | ||||||
| 13 | disabilities and their parents or guardians about the | ||||||
| 14 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services database. | ||||||
| 15 | (c) Subject to appropriation, the Department of Human | ||||||
| 16 | Services and State Board of Education shall develop and | ||||||
| 17 | implement an online, computer-based training program for at | ||||||
| 18 | least one designated employee in every public school in this | ||||||
| 19 | State to educate him or her about the Prioritization of Urgency | ||||||
| 20 | of Need for Services database and steps to be taken to ensure | ||||||
| 21 | children and adolescents are enrolled. The training shall | ||||||
| 22 | include instruction for at least one designated employee in | ||||||
| 23 | every public school in contacting the appropriate | ||||||
| 24 | developmental disabilities Independent Service Coordination | ||||||
| 25 | agency to enroll children and adolescents in the database. At | ||||||
| 26 | least one designated employee in every public school shall | ||||||
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| 1 | ensure the opportunity to enroll in the Prioritization of | ||||||
| 2 | Urgency of Need for Services database is discussed during | ||||||
| 3 | annual individualized education program (IEP) meetings for all | ||||||
| 4 | children and adolescents believed to have a developmental | ||||||
| 5 | disability. | ||||||
| 6 | (d) The State Board of Education, in consultation with the | ||||||
| 7 | Department of Human Services, shall inform parents and | ||||||
| 8 | guardians of students through school districts about the | ||||||
| 9 | Prioritization of Urgency of Need for Services waiting list, | ||||||
| 10 | including the consideration required in subsection (e) of this | ||||||
| 11 | Section.
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| 12 | (e) The Department of Human Services shall consider the | ||||||
| 13 | length of time spent on the Prioritization of Urgency of Need | ||||||
| 14 | for Services waiting list, in addition to other factors | ||||||
| 15 | considered, when selecting individuals on the list for | ||||||
| 16 | services. | ||||||
| 17 | (Source: P.A. 99-144, eff. 1-1-16.)
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