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90_SB1070

      105 ILCS 5/14-8.05        from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05
          Amends the School Code.  Eliminates a requirement that  a
      school  district  furnish  a  copy  of its local policies and
      procedures relating to the use of behavioral interventions to
      parents  and  guardians  of  students   with   individualized
      education plans at the beginning of each school year and adds
      a requirement for furnishing such copies within 15 days after
      the  school  board  amends  those  policies  and  procedures.
      Effective immediately.
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 1        AN  ACT  to  amend  the  School  Code by changing Section
 2    14-8.05.
 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 changing
 6    Section 14-8.05 as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/14-8.05) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.05)
 8        Sec. 14-8.05.  Behavioral intervention.
 9        (a)  The  General  Assembly  finds  and   declares   that
10    principals and teachers of students with disabilities require
11    training   and   guidance   that  provide  ways  for  working
12    successfully with children who have  difficulties  conforming
13    to  acceptable  behavioral  patterns  in  order to provide an
14    environment in which learning can occur.  It is the intent of
15    the General Assembly:
16             (1)  That when behavioral  interventions  are  used,
17        they  be  used  in  consideration of the pupil's physical
18        freedom and social interaction, and be administered in  a
19        manner  that  respects human dignity and personal privacy
20        and that ensures a pupil's  right  to  placement  in  the
21        least restrictive educational environment.
22             (2)  That  behavioral  management plans be developed
23        and used, to the extent possible, in a consistent  manner
24        when a local educational agency has placed the pupil in a
25        day or residential setting for education purposes.
26             (3)  That  a statewide study be conducted of the use
27        of   behavioral   interventions   with   students    with
28        disabilities  receiving  special  education  and  related
29        services.
30             (4)  That   training   programs   be  developed  and
31        implemented in  institutions  of  higher  education  that
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 1        train  teachers, and that in-service training programs be
 2        made available  as  necessary  in  school  districts,  in
 3        educational    service    centers,    and   by   regional
 4        superintendents of  schools  to  assure  that  adequately
 5        trained  staff are available to work effectively with the
 6        behavioral   intervention   needs   of   students    with
 7        disabilities.
 8        (b)  On   or   before   September  30,  1993,  the  State
 9    Superintendent of Education shall conduct a  statewide  study
10    of  the  use  of  behavioral interventions with students with
11    disabilities  receiving   special   education   and   related
12    services.   The  study  shall include, but not necessarily be
13    limited to identification of the  frequency  in  the  use  of
14    behavioral   interventions;  the  number  of  districts  with
15    policies  in  place  for  working  with  children  exhibiting
16    continuous serious behavioral problems; how policies,  rules,
17    or  regulations within districts differ between emergency and
18    routine  behavioral  interventions  commonly  practiced;  the
19    nature and extent of costs for training provided to personnel
20    for  implementing  a  program   of   nonaversive   behavioral
21    interventions;  and  the  nature  and  extent  of  costs  for
22    training  provided  to  parents of students with disabilities
23    who would be receiving behavioral interventions.   The  scope
24    of  the  study  shall  be  developed  by  the  State Board of
25    Education,  in  consultation  with  individuals  and   groups
26    representing    parents,    teachers,   administrators,   and
27    advocates.  On or before June 30, 1994, the  State  Board  of
28    Education   shall  issue  guidelines  based  on  the  study's
29    findings.  The guidelines shall address, but not  be  limited
30    to, the following:  (i) appropriate behavioral interventions,
31    and  (ii)  how  to  properly document the need for and use of
32    behavioral  interventions  in  the  process   of   developing
33    individualized    education    plans    for   students   with
34    disabilities.  The guidelines shall be used as a reference to
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 1    assist  school  boards  in  developing  local  policies   and
 2    procedures  in accordance with this Section.  The State Board
 3    of Education, with the advice of  parents  of  students  with
 4    disabilities  and  other  parents,  teachers, administrators,
 5    advocates for persons with disabilities, and individuals with
 6    knowledge or expertise in the development and  implementation
 7    of  behavioral  interventions  for persons with disabilities,
 8    shall review its behavioral intervention guidelines at  least
 9    once   every   3   years   to   determine   their  continuing
10    appropriateness  and  effectiveness  and  shall   make   such
11    modifications in the guidelines as it deems necessary.
12        (c)  Each  school  board  must  establish  and maintain a
13    committee to develop policies and procedures on  the  use  of
14    behavioral  interventions  for students with disabilities who
15    require behavioral intervention.  The policies and procedures
16    shall be adopted and implemented by school boards by  January
17    1,  1996  and  shall:  (i)  be  developed  with the advice of
18    parents with students with disabilities  and  other  parents,
19    teachers,   administrators,   advocates   for   persons  with
20    disabilities, and individuals with knowledge or expertise  in
21    the    development    and    implementation   of   behavioral
22    interventions for persons with disabilities;  (ii)  emphasize
23    positive  interventions  that  are  designed  to  develop and
24    strengthen desirable behaviors; (iii) incorporate  procedures
25    and  methods  consistent  with generally accepted practice in
26    the field of behavioral intervention; (iv)  include  criteria
27    for  determining when a student with disabilities may require
28    a  behavioral  intervention  plan;  (v)  reflect   that   the
29    guidelines of the State Board of Education have been reviewed
30    and  considered and provide the address of the State Board of
31    Education so that copies of  the  State  Board  of  Education
32    behavioral  guidelines  may  be  requested;  and (vi) include
33    procedures for monitoring the use of  restrictive  behavioral
34    interventions.  Each school board shall (i) furnish a copy of
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 1    its local policies and procedures to parents and guardians of
 2    all students with individualized education  plans  within  15
 3    days  after  the policies and procedures have been adopted by
 4    the school board, or within 15 days after  the  school  board
 5    has  amended  its  policies and procedures, or at the time an
 6    individualized education plan is first  implemented  for  the
 7    student  and at the beginning of each school year thereafter,
 8    and  (ii) require that each school inform its students of the
 9    existence of the policies and procedures annually.
10        (d)  The State Superintendent of Education shall  consult
11    with  representatives of institutions of higher education and
12    the State  Teacher  Certification  Board  in  regard  to  the
13    current  training  requirements  for  teachers to ensure that
14    sufficient training is available  in  appropriate  behavioral
15    interventions   consistent   with   professionally   accepted
16    practices  and  standards  for  people  entering the field of
17    education.
18    (Source: P.A. 89-191, eff. 7-21-95.)
19        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
20    becoming law.

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