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90_HB1620
105 ILCS 5/14-1.02b new
Amends the School Code. Requires school districts to
screen certain of their enrolled students for visual
perception disorders. Requires the screenings to be
conducted by a qualified medical professional provided by the
school district. Provides that if a student is determined to
have a visual perception disorder, the student shall be
deemed to be a child with disabilities for whom special
education services and facilities are required and for the
furnishing of which the school district is eligible to
receive reimbursement and categorical funding as provided by
law.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by adding Section
2 14-1.02b.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 14-1.02b as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.02b new)
8 Sec. 14-1.02b. Visual perception disorders. The school
9 board of each school district shall screen all students who
10 enroll in the district's schools for the first time for
11 visual perception disorders, provided that a student who
12 first enrolls in the district's schools in grade 9 or a
13 higher grade is not required to be screened for visual
14 perception disorders unless the student's parent or guardian
15 requests such a screening or unless such a screening appears
16 indicated to the student's teacher or other school officials
17 because of symptoms that the student exhibits which might be
18 consistent with a visual perception disorder. A student who
19 is screened for vision perception disorders as an enrolled
20 student in the public schools of a school district and who is
21 not found to have such a disorder is not required to again be
22 screened by that same school district unless the student's
23 parent or guardian requests such a screening or unless such a
24 screening appears indicated to the student's teacher or other
25 school officials because of symptoms that the student
26 exhibits which might be consistent with a visual perception
27 disorder.
28 All required screenings for visual perception disorders
29 under this Section shall be conducted by a qualified medical
30 professional provided by the school district.
31 If a student is found to have a visual perception
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1 disorder under this Section, the student shall be deemed to
2 be a child with disabilities for whom special education
3 services and facilities are needed and for the furnishing of
4 which services and facilities the school district is eligible
5 to receive reimbursement under Section 14-13.01 and such
6 categorical funds as are provided by law for school districts
7 which furnish those services and facilities to children with
8 disabilities.