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 1        AN ACT relating to school students.

 2        Be it enacted by the People of  the  State  of  Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section  5.  The  Department  of  State Police Law of the
 5    Civil Administrative Code of Illinois is amended by  changing
 6    Section 2605-360 as follows:

 7        (20 ILCS 2605/2605-360) (was 20 ILCS 2605/55a in part)
 8        Sec.  2605-360.  Rules  for  confidentiality  of juvenile
 9    records.  To develop rules that guarantee the confidentiality
10    of the individually identifiable juvenile  records  described
11    in  Section  2605-355  except  to  juvenile  authorities  who
12    request  information  concerning the minor and who certify in
13    writing that the information will not  be  disclosed  to  any
14    other  party  except as provided under law or order of court.
15    For purposes of this Section, "juvenile authorities" means:
16             (1)  A judge of the circuit court and members of the
17        staff of the court designated by the judge.
18             (2)  Parties to the proceedings under  the  Juvenile
19        Court Act of 1987 and their attorneys.
20             (3)  Probation    officers   and   court   appointed
21        advocates  for  the  juvenile  authorized  by  the  judge
22        hearing the case.
23             (4)  Any individual  or  public  or  private  agency
24        having custody of the child pursuant to court order.
25             (5)  Any  individual  or  public  or  private agency
26        providing education, medical, or mental  health  services
27        to  the child when the requested information is needed to
28        determine the appropriate service or  treatment  for  the
29        minor.
30             (5.5)  If the child is enrolled in public school and
31        has a propensity for violence, an employee or official of
 
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 1        the  school  or school district with current demonstrable
 2        educational or administrative interest in the student, in
 3        furtherance of this interest.
 4             (5.10)  If the child is enrolled  in  public  school
 5        and   has   a   propensity   for  violence,  the  child's
 6        psychiatrist,   clinical   psychologist,   or    clinical
 7        professional counselor, if any.
 8             (6)  Any   potential  placement  provider  when  the
 9        release is  authorized  by  the  court  for  the  limited
10        purpose   of   determining  the  appropriateness  of  the
11        potential placement.
12             (7)  Law enforcement officers and prosecutors.
13             (8)  Adult and juvenile prisoner review boards.
14             (9)  Authorized military personnel.
15             (10)  Individuals authorized by court.
16             (11)  The Illinois General Assembly or any committee
17        or commission of the General Assembly.
18    (Source:  P.A.  90-18,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-130,  eff.  1-1-98;
19    90-372,  eff.  7-1-98;  90-590,  eff.  1-1-00;  90-655,  eff.
20    7-30-98; 90-793, eff. 8-14-98; 91-239, eff. 1-1-00.)

21        Section  10.   The Illinois School Student Records Act is
22    amended by changing Section 6 as follows:

23        (105 ILCS 10/6) (from Ch. 122, par. 50-6)
24        Sec. 6.  (a)  No school student  records  or  information
25    contained  therein may be released, transferred, disclosed or
26    otherwise disseminated, except as follows:
27             (1)  To a parent or student or  person  specifically
28        designated  as  a representative by a parent, as provided
29        in paragraph (a) of Section 5;
30             (2)  To an employee or official  of  the  school  or
31        school  district or State Board with current demonstrable
32        educational or administrative interest in the student, in
 
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 1        furtherance of such interest;
 2             (3)  To the official records  custodian  of  another
 3        school  within  Illinois  or  an  official  with  similar
 4        responsibilities  of  a school outside Illinois, in which
 5        the student has enrolled, or intends to enroll, upon  the
 6        request of such official or student;
 7             (4)  To  any  person  for  the  purpose of research,
 8        statistical  reporting  or  planning,  provided  that  no
 9        student or parent can be identified from the  information
10        released  and  the  person  to  whom  the  information is
11        released signs an affidavit agreeing to comply  with  all
12        applicable   statutes  and  rules  pertaining  to  school
13        student records;
14             (5)  Pursuant to a court order,  provided  that  the
15        parent  shall be given prompt written notice upon receipt
16        of such order of the terms of the order, the  nature  and
17        substance  of  the information proposed to be released in
18        compliance with such order and an opportunity to  inspect
19        and  copy  the  school  student  records and to challenge
20        their contents pursuant to Section 7;
21             (6)  To any person as specifically required by State
22        or federal law;
23             (6.5)  To juvenile authorities  when  necessary  for
24        the  discharge  of  their  official  duties  who  request
25        information  prior to adjudication of the student and who
26        certify in writing  that  the  information  will  not  be
27        disclosed to any other party except as provided under law
28        or   order  of  court.   For  purposes  of  this  Section
29        "juvenile authorities" means: (i) a judge of the  circuit
30        court and members of the staff of the court designated by
31        the  judge;  (ii)  parties  to  the proceedings under the
32        Juvenile Court Act of  1987  and  their  attorneys;  (ii)
33        (iii)  probation  officers  and court appointed advocates
34        for the juvenile authorized  by  the  judge  hearing  the
 
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 1        case;   (iii)  (iv)  any  individual,  public  or private
 2        agency having custody of  the  child  pursuant  to  court
 3        order;  (iv) (v) any individual, public or private agency
 4        providing education, medical or mental health service  to
 5        the  child  when  the  requested information is needed to
 6        determine the appropriate service or  treatment  for  the
 7        minor;  (v)  (vi)  any  potential placement provider when
 8        such release is authorized by the court for  the  limited
 9        purpose   of   determining  the  appropriateness  of  the
10        potential placement; (vi) (vii) law enforcement  officers
11        and prosecutors; (vii) (viii) adult and juvenile prisoner
12        review boards; (viii) (ix) authorized military personnel;
13        (ix) (x) individuals authorized by court;
14             (6.10)  To a law enforcement officer, when necessary
15        for  the  discharge  of  his  or her official duties, who
16        requests information and who certifies  in  writing  that
17        the  information will not be disclosed to any other party
18        except as provided under law or order of court;
19             (6.15)  To a judge  of  the  circuit  court  or  any
20        member of the staff of the court designated by the judge,
21        when  necessary for the discharge of the judge's official
22        duties, who requests information  and  who  certifies  in
23        writing that the information will not be disclosed to any
24        other  party  except  as  provided  under law or order of
25        court;
26             (6.20)  If  the  student  has   a   propensity   for
27        violence,   to   the   student's  psychiatrist,  clinical
28        psychologist, or clinical professional counselor if  that
29        therapist  requests  information and certifies in writing
30        that the information will not be disclosed to  any  other
31        party except as provided under law or order of court;
32             (7)  Subject  to  regulations of the State Board, in
33        connection with an emergency, to appropriate  persons  if
34        the knowledge of such information is necessary to protect
 
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 1        the health or safety of the student or other persons;
 2             (8)  To  any  person,  with the prior specific dated
 3        written consent of the parent designating the  person  to
 4        whom  the  records  may be released, provided that at the
 5        time any such  consent  is  requested  or  obtained,  the
 6        parent  shall be advised in writing that he has the right
 7        to inspect and  copy  such  records  in  accordance  with
 8        Section 5, to challenge their contents in accordance with
 9        Section  7  and  to  limit any such consent to designated
10        records  or  designated  portions  of   the   information
11        contained therein;
12             (9)  To  a  governmental  agency,  or social service
13        agency  contracted   by   a   governmental   agency,   in
14        furtherance  of  an  investigation  of a student's school
15        attendance pursuant to the compulsory student  attendance
16        laws  of  this  State,  provided  that  the  records  are
17        released  to  the  employee  or  agent  designated by the
18        agency; or
19             (10)  To those SHOCAP  committee  members  who  fall
20        within  the  meaning  of  "state  and local officials and
21        authorities", as those terms are used within the  meaning
22        of the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act,
23        for the purposes of identifying serious habitual juvenile
24        offenders  and  matching  those  offenders with community
25        resources pursuant to Section 5-145 of the Juvenile Court
26        Act of 1987, but only to the  extent  that  the  release,
27        transfer, disclosure, or dissemination is consistent with
28        the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
29        (b)  No   information   may   be   released  pursuant  to
30    subparagraphs  (3) or (6) of paragraph (a) of this Section  6
31    unless the parent receives prior written notice of the nature
32    and substance of the information proposed to be released, and
33    an opportunity to inspect and copy such records in accordance
34    with  Section 5 and to challenge their contents in accordance
 
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 1    with Section 7.  Provided, however, that such notice shall be
 2    sufficient if published  in  a  local  newspaper  of  general
 3    circulation  or  other  publication directed generally to the
 4    parents involved where the proposed release of information is
 5    pursuant to subparagraph 6 of paragraph (a) in this Section 6
 6    and relates to more than 25 students.
 7        (c)  A record of any release of information  pursuant  to
 8    this  Section  must  be made and kept as a part of the school
 9    student record and subject to the access granted  by  Section
10    5. Such record of release shall be maintained for the life of
11    the school student records and shall be available only to the
12    parent  and  the  official  records custodian. Each record of
13    release shall also include:
14             (1)  The nature and  substance  of  the  information
15        released;
16             (2)  The  name and signature of the official records
17        custodian releasing such information;
18             (3)  The  name  of  the   person   requesting   such
19        information,  the  capacity  in  which such a request has
20        been made, and the purpose of such request;
21             (4)  The date of the release; and
22             (5)  A copy of any consent to such release.
23        (d)  Except for the student and his parents, no person to
24    whom information is released pursuant to this Section and  no
25    person  specifically  designated  as  a  representative  by a
26    parent may permit any other person to  have  access  to  such
27    information without a prior consent of the parent obtained in
28    accordance  with  the  requirements  of  subparagraph  (8) of
29    paragraph (a) of this Section.
30        (e)  Nothing contained in this  Act  shall  prohibit  the
31    publication  of student directories which list student names,
32    addresses  and  other  identifying  information  and  similar
33    publications which comply  with  regulations  issued  by  the
34    State Board.
 
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 1    (Source:  P.A.  90-566,  eff.  1-2-98;  90-590,  eff. 1-1-00;
 2    91-357, eff. 7-29-99; 91-665, eff. 12-22-99.)

 3        Section  15.  The   Mental   Health   and   Developmental
 4    Disabilities Confidentiality Act is amended by adding Section
 5    9.5 as follows:

 6        (740 ILCS 110/9.5 new)
 7        Sec.  9.5.  Disclosure  without  consent;  student with a
 8    propensity for violence.
 9        (a)  If  the  therapist  is  a   psychiatrist,   clinical
10    psychologist,  or  clinical  professional  counselor  and the
11    recipient is enrolled in public school and has  a  propensity
12    for   violence,   then   the  therapist  shall  disclose  the
13    recipient's record or communications without consent  to  any
14    of  the following persons if that person requests information
15    and certifies in writing that the  information  will  not  be
16    disclosed  to any other party except as provided under law or
17    order of court:
18             (1)  An employee or official of the school or school
19        district  with  current   demonstrable   educational   or
20        administrative interest in the student, in furtherance of
21        this interest.
22             (2)  A  law  enforcement officer, when necessary for
23        the discharge of his or her official duties.
24             (3)  A judge of the circuit court or any  member  of
25        the  staff  of  the  court  designated by the judge, when
26        necessary for  the  discharge  of  the  judge's  official
27        duties.
28        (b)  Information may be disclosed under this Section only
29    to  the extent that knowledge of the record or communications
30    is essential to the purpose for which disclosure is made  and
31    only  after  the recipient is informed that the disclosure is
32    to be made.
 
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 1        (c)  Any therapist participating in  good  faith  in  the
 2    disclosure  of  records and communications under this Section
 3    has  immunity  from  any  liability,  civil,   criminal,   or
 4    otherwise, that might result by reason of the action. For the
 5    purposes of any proceeding, civil or criminal, arising out of
 6    a  report or disclosure under this Section, the good faith of
 7    the therapist shall be rebuttably presumed.

 8        Section 90.  The State Mandates Act is amended by  adding
 9    Section 8.26 as follows:

10        (30 ILCS 805/8.26 new)
11        Sec.  8.26.  Exempt  mandate.  Notwithstanding Sections 6
12    and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is  required
13    for  the  implementation  of  any  mandate  created  by  this
14    amendatory Act of the 92nd General Assembly.

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