Full Text of SB2586 99th General Assembly
SB2586 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 SB2586 Introduced 2/16/2016, by Sen. Karen McConnaughay SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/10-20.14 | from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.14 |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning student discipline.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 | | 10-20.14 as follows:
| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.14) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.14)
| 7 | | (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 99-456 ) | 8 | | Sec. 10-20.14. Student discipline policies; parent-teacher | 9 | | advisory
committee.
| 10 | | (a) To establish and and maintain
a parent-teacher advisory | 11 | | committee to develop with the school board
policy guidelines on | 12 | | pupil discipline, including school searches, to
furnish a copy | 13 | | of the
policy to the parents or guardian of each pupil within | 14 | | 15 days after
the beginning of the school year, or within 15 | 15 | | days after starting classes
for a pupil who transfers into the | 16 | | district during the school year, and to
require that each | 17 | | school informs its pupils of the contents of its policy.
School | 18 | | boards, along with the parent-teacher advisory committee, are
| 19 | | encouraged to annually review their pupil discipline policies, | 20 | | the
implementation of those policies, and any other factors | 21 | | related to the safety
of their
schools, pupils, and staff.
| 22 | | (b) The parent-teacher advisory
committee in cooperation | 23 | | with local law enforcement agencies shall develop,
with the |
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| 1 | | school board, policy guideline procedures to
establish
and | 2 | | maintain a reciprocal reporting system between the school | 3 | | district and
local law enforcement agencies regarding criminal | 4 | | offenses committed by
students.
| 5 | | (c) The parent-teacher advisory committee, in cooperation | 6 | | with school bus
personnel, shall develop, with the school | 7 | | board, policy guideline procedures to
establish and maintain | 8 | | school bus safety procedures. These procedures shall be
| 9 | | incorporated into the district's pupil discipline policy.
| 10 | | (d) The school board, in consultation with the | 11 | | parent-teacher
advisory committee and other community-based | 12 | | organizations, must include
provisions in the student | 13 | | discipline
policy to address students who have demonstrated | 14 | | behaviors that put them at
risk for aggressive behavior, | 15 | | including without limitation bullying, as
defined in the | 16 | | policy. These provisions must include
procedures for notifying | 17 | | parents or legal guardians and
early intervention procedures
| 18 | | based upon available community-based and district resources.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 91-272, eff. 1-1-00; 92-260, eff. 1-1-02.) | 20 | | (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 99-456 ) | 21 | | Sec. 10-20.14. Student discipline policies; parent-teacher | 22 | | advisory
committee. | 23 | | (a) To establish and and maintain
a parent-teacher advisory | 24 | | committee to develop with the school board or governing body of | 25 | | a charter school
policy guidelines on pupil discipline, |
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| 1 | | including school searches and bullying prevention as set forth | 2 | | in Section 27-23.7 of this Code. School authorities shall
| 3 | | furnish a copy of the
policy to the parents or guardian of each | 4 | | pupil within 15 days after
the beginning of the school year, or | 5 | | within 15 days after starting classes
for a pupil who transfers | 6 | | into the district during the school year, and the school board | 7 | | or governing body of a charter school shall
require that a | 8 | | school inform its pupils of the contents of the policy.
School | 9 | | boards and the governing bodies of charter schools, along with | 10 | | the parent-teacher advisory committee, must annually review | 11 | | their pupil discipline policies, the
implementation of those | 12 | | policies, and any other factors related to the safety
of their
| 13 | | schools, pupils, and staff.
| 14 | | (a-5) On or before September 15, 2016, each elementary and | 15 | | secondary school and charter school shall, at a minimum, adopt | 16 | | pupil discipline policies that fulfill the requirements set | 17 | | forth in this Section, subsections (a) and (b) of Section | 18 | | 10-22.6 of this Code, Section 34-19 of this Code if applicable, | 19 | | and federal and State laws that provide special requirements | 20 | | for the discipline of students with disabilities. | 21 | | (b) The parent-teacher advisory
committee in cooperation | 22 | | with local law enforcement agencies shall develop,
with the | 23 | | school board, policy guideline procedures to
establish
and | 24 | | maintain a reciprocal reporting system between the school | 25 | | district and
local law enforcement agencies regarding criminal | 26 | | offenses committed by
students. School districts are |
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| 1 | | encouraged to create memoranda of understanding with local law | 2 | | enforcement agencies that clearly define law enforcement's | 3 | | role in schools, in accordance with Section 10-22.6 of this | 4 | | Code.
| 5 | | (c) The parent-teacher advisory committee, in cooperation | 6 | | with school bus
personnel, shall develop, with the school | 7 | | board, policy guideline procedures to
establish and maintain | 8 | | school bus safety procedures. These procedures shall be
| 9 | | incorporated into the district's pupil discipline policy.
| 10 | | (d) The school board, in consultation with the | 11 | | parent-teacher
advisory committee and other community-based | 12 | | organizations, must include
provisions in the student | 13 | | discipline
policy to address students who have demonstrated | 14 | | behaviors that put them at
risk for aggressive behavior, | 15 | | including without limitation bullying, as
defined in the | 16 | | policy. These provisions must include
procedures for notifying | 17 | | parents or legal guardians and
early intervention procedures
| 18 | | based upon available community-based and district resources.
| 19 | | (Source: P.A. 99-456, eff. 9-15-16.)
| 20 | | Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes | 21 | | changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text | 22 | | that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section | 23 | | represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does | 24 | | not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes | 25 | | made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other |
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