Public Act 0047 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HB1366 Enrolled LRB104 05855 LNS 15886 b

Public Act 104-0047

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 adding Section 14-19 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/14-19 new)

Sec. 14-19. Parental notice of right to be accompanied to meeting and of the IEP facilitation process. The notice provided to a parent or guardian prior to a meeting pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 14-8.02 shall inform the parent or guardian of the parent's or guardian's right to invite other individuals to the meeting to assist the parent or guardian, including individuals who have knowledge or special expertise regarding the child, and advocates for the parent, guardian, or child. The notice shall include a request that the parent or guardian inform the school prior to the meeting if the parent or guardian plans to bring other individuals to the meeting so arrangements can be made to accommodate the additional participants.

The State Board of Education shall prepare and distribute to each school district written informational material about the individualized education program (IEP) facilitation process. The material may consist of a one-page document that briefly describes the process and how to request IEP facilitation. The informational material on IEP facilitation shall be disseminated to parents and guardians by schools using the same distribution methods employed to transmit other documents and information related to an IEP meeting to a parent or guardian.