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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 adding Section
534-18.67 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new)
7    Sec. 34-18.67. Parental notification of student
8discipline.
9    (a) In this Section, "misconduct" means an incident that
10involves offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the
11use of violence.
12    (b) If a student commits an act or acts of misconduct
13involving offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the
14use of violence, the student's school shall provide written
15notification of that misconduct to the parent or guardian of
16the student.
17    (c) If a student makes a written statement to a school
18employee relating to an act or acts of misconduct, whether the
19student is engaging in the act or acts or is targeted by the
20act or acts, the school shall provide the written statement to
21the student's parent or guardian, upon request and in
22accordance with federal and State laws and rules governing
23school student records.

 

 

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1    (d) If the parent or guardian of a student involved in an
2act or acts of misconduct, whether the student is engaging in
3the act or acts or is targeted by the act or acts, requests a
4synopsis of any statement made by the parent's or guardian's
5child, the school shall provide any existing records
6responsive to that request, in accordance with federal and
7State laws and rules governing school student records.
8    (e) A school shall make reasonable attempts to provide a
9copy of any disciplinary report resulting from an
10investigation into a student's act or acts of misconduct to
11the parent or guardian of the student receiving disciplinary
12action, including any and all restorative justice measures,
13within 2 school days after the completion of the report. The
14disciplinary report shall include all of the following:
15        (1) A description of the student's act or acts of
16    misconduct that resulted in disciplinary action. The names
17    and any identifying information of any other student or
18    students involved must be redacted from or not included in
19    the report, in accordance with federal and State student
20    privacy laws and rules.
21        (2) A description of the disciplinary action, if any,
22    imposed on the parent's or guardian's child, including the
23    duration of the disciplinary action.
24        (3) The school's justification and rationale for the
25    disciplinary action imposed on the parent's or guardian's
26    child, including reference to the applicable student

 

 

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1    discipline policies, procedures, or guidelines.
2        (4) A description of the restorative justice measures,
3    if any, used on the parent's or guardian's child.
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
52021.