102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2597

 

Introduced 2/19/2021, by Rep. Kelly M. Cassidy

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
35 ILCS 40/50

    Amends the Invest in Kids Act. Provides that a qualified school that accepts scholarship students must comply with: all provisions of federal and State laws and rules applicable to public schools pertaining to special education and the instruction of English learners and certain provisions of the School Code concerning charter schools; provisions of the Illinois Humans Rights Act; and specific provisions of the School Code. Effective Immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning revenue.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Invest in Kids Act is amended by changing
5Section 50 as follows:
 
6    (35 ILCS 40/50)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2024)
8    Sec. 50. Qualified school responsibilities. A qualified
9school that accepts scholarship students must do all of the
10following:
11        (1) provide to a scholarship granting organization,
12    upon request, all documentation required for the student's
13    participation, including the non-public school's cost and
14    student's fee schedules;
15        (2) be academically accountable to the custodian for
16    meeting the educational needs of the student by:
17            (A) at a minimum, annually providing to the
18        custodian a written explanation of the student's
19        progress; and
20            (B) annually administering assessments required by
21        subsection (a) of Section 45 of this Act in the same
22        manner in which they are administered at public
23        schools pursuant to Section 2-3.64a-5 of the School

 

 

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1        Code; the Board shall bill participating qualified
2        schools for all costs associated with administering
3        assessments required by this paragraph; the
4        participating qualified schools shall ensure that all
5        test security and assessment administration procedures
6        are followed; participating qualified schools must
7        report individual student scores to the custodians of
8        the students; the independent research organization
9        described in subsection (b) of Section 45 of this Act
10        shall be provided all student score data in a secure
11        manner by the participating qualified school; .
12        (3) comply with (i) all provisions of federal and
13    State laws and rules applicable to public schools
14    pertaining to special education and the instruction of
15    English learners and (ii) paragraphs (1) through (12) of
16    subsection (g) of Section 27A-5 of the School Code;
17        (4) comply with Articles 5 and 5A of the Illinois
18    Human Rights Act;
19        (5) comply with the breastfeeding accommodations for
20    pupils as provided by Section 10-20.60 of Public Act
21    100-14; and
22        (6) comply with home instruction provisions for
23    pregnant pupils as provided by Section 10-22.6a of the
24    School Code.
25    The inability of a qualified school to meet the
26requirements of this Section shall constitute a basis for the

 

 

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1ineligibility of the qualified school to participate in the
2scholarship program as determined by the Board.
3(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)
 
4    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
5becoming law.