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94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006 HB0643
Introduced 1/28/2005, by Rep. Mary E. Flowers SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/10-21.3a |
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105 ILCS 5/34-18.24 |
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30 ILCS 805/8.29 new |
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Amends the School Code. Provides that if a student must be
transferred from one attendance center to another within a school
district because the attendance center the student is currently attending
exceeds its attendance capacity, then the attendance center the student
is to be transferred to must not be an attendance center that is on the
academic watch list. Amends the State Mandates Act to require
implementation without reimbursement. Effective July 1, 2005.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY | |
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT |
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A BILL FOR
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HB0643 |
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LRB094 06860 MKM 36967 b |
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| AN ACT regarding schools.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
Sections |
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| 10-21.3a and 34-18.24 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-21.3a)
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| Sec. 10-21.3a. Transfer of students.
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| (a) Each school board shall establish and
implement a
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| policy governing the transfer of a student from one attendance |
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| center to
another within the
school district upon the request |
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| of the student's parent or guardian.
Any request by a parent or |
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| guardian to transfer his or her child from one
attendance
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| center to another
within the school district pursuant to |
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| Section 1116 of the federal Elementary
and
Secondary Education
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| Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 6317) must be made no later than 30 |
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| days after the
parent or guardian
receives notice of the right |
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| to transfer pursuant to that law.
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student may not transfer to |
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| any of the following attendance centers, except by
change in
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| residence if the policy authorizes enrollment based on |
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| residence in an
attendance area
or unless approved by the board |
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| on an individual basis:
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| (1) An attendance center that exceeds or as a result of |
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| the
transfer would
exceed its attendance capacity.
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| (2) An attendance center for which the board has |
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| established
academic
criteria for enrollment if the |
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| student does not meet the criteria, provided
that the |
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| transfer must be permitted if the attendance center is the |
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| only
attendance center serving the student's grade
that has |
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| not been identified for school
improvement, corrective |
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| action, or restructuring under Section
1116 of the federal |
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| Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
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| Sec. 6317).
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