Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB2486

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB2486

Introduced 2/4/2025, by Rep. Katie Stuart

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/14-1.08a

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that "separate public special education day school" does not mean any school in a school district that exceeds its Adequacy Target under the evidence-based funding formula. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

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 14-1.08a as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/14-1.08a)

Sec. 14-1.08a. Separate public special education day school. "Separate public special education day school" means a separate special education program or facility that is established by a school district, public school, regional office of education, or special education cooperative exclusively to meet the needs of special education students who cannot be educated in the general school environment and that provides services comparable to a private special education school. "Separate public special education day school" does not mean any school in a school district that exceeds its Adequacy Target, as calculated under subsection (b) of Section 18-8.15 of this Code.

(Source: P.A. 103-644, eff. 7-1-24.)

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