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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Section 
514-8.02e as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/14-8.02e)
7    Sec. 14-8.02e. State complaint procedures. 
8    (a) The State Board of Education shall adopt State 
9complaint procedures, consistent with Sections 300.151, 
10300.152, and 300.153 of Title 34 of the Code of Federal 
11Regulations.  The State Board of Education, by rule, shall 
12establish State complaint procedures consistent with this 
13Section. A school district or other public entity shall be 
14required to submit a written response to a complaint within 
15the time prescribed by the State Board of Education following 
16receipt of the complaint.  A copy of the response and all 
17documentation submitted by the respondent to the State Board 
18of Education, including corrective action compliance 
19documentation, must be simultaneously provided by the 
20respondent to the complainant or to the attorney for the 
21complainant.   If the complaint was filed by an individual other 
22than a parent of a child who is the subject of the complaint 
23(or the child if the child has reached majority or is 
 
 
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1emancipated and has assumed responsibility  for his or her own 
2educational decisions) and the complaint is about a specific 
3identifiable child or children, then appropriate written 
4signed releases must be obtained prior to the release of any 
5documentation or information to the complainant or the 
6attorney representing the complainant. 
7    (b) For a complaint made under procedures authorized under 
8this Section alleging a delay or denial of special education 
9or related services in the 2016-2017 or 2017-2018 school year 
10by a school district organized under Article 34 as a result of 
11the adoption of policies and procedures identified by the 
12State Board of Education as unlawful, the complaint must be 
13filed on or before September 30, 2022 2021. This filing 
14deadline must be included in the written notification sent by 
15the school district under subsection (b) of Section 14-8.02g. 

16(Source: P.A. 101-507, eff. 8-23-19.)
 
 
17    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
18becoming law.