HB2254sam003 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Kimberly A. Lightford

Filed: 5/26/2010

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2254

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2254, AS AMENDED, by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the following:

"Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section 14-17 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/14-17 new)

Sec. 14-17. Additional procedures for children suspected of having a specific learning disability.

(a) A school district may, but is not required to, begin implementing the use of a process that determines how the child responds to scientific, research-based interventions as part of the evaluation procedures described in 34 CFR 300.304. When a district implements the use of a process of this type, the district shall not use a child's participation in the process as the basis for denying a parent's request for an evaluation.

(b) No later than the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, a school district shall begin implementing the use of a process that determines how the child responds to scientific, research-based interventions as part of the evaluation procedures described in 34 CFR 300.304. When a district implements the use of a process of this type, the district shall not use a child's participation in the process as the basis for denying a parent's request for an evaluation.

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