Public Act 102-0514
 
HB3906 EnrolledLRB102 16808 CMG 22211 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
14-1.11a as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/14-1.11a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.11a)


    Sec. 14-1.11a. Resident district; student. The resident 
district is the school district in which the student resides 
when:


        (1) the parent has legal guardianship but the location 
    of the parent is
unknown; or


        (2) an individual guardian has been appointed but the 
    location of the
guardian is unknown; or


        (3) the student is 18 years of age or older and no 
    legal
guardian has been appointed; or


        (4) the student is legally an emancipated minor; or


        (5) an Illinois public agency has legal guardianship 
    and such agency or any court in this State has
placed the 
    student residentially outside of the school district in 
    which the
parent lives.

    In cases where an Illinois public agency has legal 
guardianship and has
placed the student residentially outside 
of Illinois, the last school
district that provided at least 
45 days of educational service to the
student shall continue 
to be the district of
residence until the student is no longer 
under guardianship of an Illinois
public agency or until the 
student is returned to Illinois.

    The resident district of a homeless student is the 
Illinois district in
which the student enrolls for educational 
services.  Homeless students
include individuals as defined in 
the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance
Act.
    The State Superintendent of Education may determine that 
the location of the parent or guardian of a student is unknown 
after considering information submitted from the school 
district that last enrolled the student or from the school or 
special education facility providing special education and 
related services to meet the needs of the student.  The 
information submitted to the State Superintendent of Education 
must include an affidavit from that school district's 
superintendent or the facility's director attesting that the 
location of the parent or guardian is unknown and 4 items of 
documentary evidence that a minimum of 4 separate attempts 
were made to locate the parent or guardian. Any determination 
by the State Superintendent of Education that the location of 
a parent or guardian is unknown is final. However, any 
determination made by the State Superintendent of Education is 
subject to review and reconsideration any time a parent's or 
guardian's location becomes known. 

(Source: P.A. 95-844, eff. 8-15-08.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law. 
  


Effective Date:  8/20/2021