Sen. Melinda Bush

Filed: 5/5/2014

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3939

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 3939 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections
510-20.12 and 27-8.1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12)
7    Sec. 10-20.12. School year - School age. To establish and
8keep in operation in each year during a school term of at least
9the minimum length required by Section 10-19, a sufficient
10number of free schools for the accommodation of all persons in
11the district who are 5 years of age or older but under 21 years
12of age, and to secure for all such persons the right and
13opportunity to an equal education in such schools; provided
14that (i) children who will attain the age of 5 years on or
15before September 1 of the year of the 1990-1991 school term and
16each school term thereafter may attend school upon the

 

 

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1commencement of such term and (ii) based upon an assessment of
2the child's readiness, children who have attended a non-public
3preschool and continued their education at that school through
4kindergarten, were taught in kindergarten by an appropriately
5certified teacher, and will attain the age of 6 years on or
6before December 31 of the year of the 2009-2010 school term and
7each school term thereafter may attend first grade upon
8commencement of such term. However, Section 33 of the
9Educational Opportunity for Military Children Act shall apply
10to children of active duty military personnel. Based upon an
11assessment of a child's readiness to attend school, a school
12district may permit a child to attend school prior to the dates
13contained in this Section. In any school district operating on
14a full year school basis children who will attain age 5 within
1530 days after the commencement of a term may attend school upon
16the commencement of such term and, based upon an assessment of
17the child's readiness, children who have attended a non-public
18preschool and continued their education at that school through
19kindergarten, were taught in kindergarten by an appropriately
20certified teacher, and will attain age 6 within 4 months after
21the commencement of a term may attend first grade upon the
22commencement of such term. The school district may, by
23resolution of its board, allow for a full year school plan.
24(Source: P.A. 96-864, eff. 1-21-10.)
 
25    (105 ILCS 5/27-8.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 27-8.1)

 

 

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1    Sec. 27-8.1. Health examinations and immunizations.
2    (1) In compliance with rules and regulations which the
3Department of Public Health shall promulgate, and except as
4hereinafter provided, all children in Illinois shall have a
5health examination as follows: within one year prior to
6entering kindergarten or the first grade of any public,
7private, or parochial elementary school; upon entering the
8sixth and ninth grades of any public, private, or parochial
9school; prior to entrance into any public, private, or
10parochial nursery school; and, irrespective of grade,
11immediately prior to or upon entrance into any public, private,
12or parochial school or nursery school, each child shall present
13proof of having been examined in accordance with this Section
14and the rules and regulations promulgated hereunder. Any child
15who received a health examination within one year prior to
16entering the fifth grade for the 2007-2008 school year is not
17required to receive an additional health examination in order
18to comply with the provisions of Public Act 95-422 when he or
19she attends school for the 2008-2009 school year, unless the
20child is attending school for the first time as provided in
21this paragraph.
22    A tuberculosis skin test screening shall be included as a
23required part of each health examination included under this
24Section if the child resides in an area designated by the
25Department of Public Health as having a high incidence of
26tuberculosis. Additional health examinations of pupils,

 

 

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1including eye examinations, may be required when deemed
2necessary by school authorities. Parents are encouraged to have
3their children undergo eye examinations at the same points in
4time required for health examinations.
5    (1.5) In compliance with rules adopted by the Department of
6Public Health and except as otherwise provided in this Section,
7all children in kindergarten and the second and sixth grades of
8any public, private, or parochial school shall have a dental
9examination. Each of these children shall present proof of
10having been examined by a dentist in accordance with this
11Section and rules adopted under this Section before May 15th of
12the school year. If a child in the second or sixth grade fails
13to present proof by May 15th, the school may hold the child's
14report card until one of the following occurs: (i) the child
15presents proof of a completed dental examination or (ii) the
16child presents proof that a dental examination will take place
17within 60 days after May 15th. The Department of Public Health
18shall establish, by rule, a waiver for children who show an
19undue burden or a lack of access to a dentist. Each public,
20private, and parochial school must give notice of this dental
21examination requirement to the parents and guardians of
22students at least 60 days before May 15th of each school year.
23    (1.10) Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all
24children enrolling in kindergarten in a public, private, or
25parochial school on or after the effective date of this
26amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly and any student

 

 

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1enrolling for the first time in a public, private, or parochial
2school on or after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
3the 95th General Assembly shall have an eye examination. Each
4of these children shall present proof of having been examined
5by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all of its
6branches or a licensed optometrist within the previous year, in
7accordance with this Section and rules adopted under this
8Section, before October 15th of the school year. If the child
9fails to present proof by October 15th, the school may hold the
10child's report card until one of the following occurs: (i) the
11child presents proof of a completed eye examination or (ii) the
12child presents proof that an eye examination will take place
13within 60 days after October 15th. The Department of Public
14Health shall establish, by rule, a waiver for children who show
15an undue burden or a lack of access to a physician licensed to
16practice medicine in all of its branches who provides eye
17examinations or to a licensed optometrist. Each public,
18private, and parochial school must give notice of this eye
19examination requirement to the parents and guardians of
20students in compliance with rules of the Department of Public
21Health. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to allow a
22school to exclude a child from attending because of a parent's
23or guardian's failure to obtain an eye examination for the
24child.
25    (2) The Department of Public Health shall promulgate rules
26and regulations specifying the examinations and procedures

 

 

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1that constitute a health examination, which shall include the
2collection of data relating to obesity (including at a minimum,
3date of birth, gender, height, weight, blood pressure, and date
4of exam), and a dental examination and may recommend by rule
5that certain additional examinations be performed. The rules
6and regulations of the Department of Public Health shall
7specify that a tuberculosis skin test screening shall be
8included as a required part of each health examination included
9under this Section if the child resides in an area designated
10by the Department of Public Health as having a high incidence
11of tuberculosis. The Department of Public Health shall specify
12that a diabetes screening as defined by rule shall be included
13as a required part of each health examination. Diabetes testing
14is not required.
15    Physicians licensed to practice medicine in all of its
16branches, advanced practice nurses who have a written
17collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician which
18authorizes them to perform health examinations, or physician
19assistants who have been delegated the performance of health
20examinations by their supervising physician shall be
21responsible for the performance of the health examinations,
22other than dental examinations, eye examinations, and vision
23and hearing screening, and shall sign all report forms required
24by subsection (4) of this Section that pertain to those
25portions of the health examination for which the physician,
26advanced practice nurse, or physician assistant is

 

 

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1responsible. If a registered nurse performs any part of a
2health examination, then a physician licensed to practice
3medicine in all of its branches must review and sign all
4required report forms. Licensed dentists shall perform all
5dental examinations and shall sign all report forms required by
6subsection (4) of this Section that pertain to the dental
7examinations. Physicians licensed to practice medicine in all
8its branches or licensed optometrists shall perform all eye
9examinations required by this Section and shall sign all report
10forms required by subsection (4) of this Section that pertain
11to the eye examination. For purposes of this Section, an eye
12examination shall at a minimum include history, visual acuity,
13subjective refraction to best visual acuity near and far,
14internal and external examination, and a glaucoma evaluation,
15as well as any other tests or observations that in the
16professional judgment of the doctor are necessary. Vision and
17hearing screening tests, which shall not be considered
18examinations as that term is used in this Section, shall be
19conducted in accordance with rules and regulations of the
20Department of Public Health, and by individuals whom the
21Department of Public Health has certified. In these rules and
22regulations, the Department of Public Health shall require that
23individuals conducting vision screening tests give a child's
24parent or guardian written notification, before the vision
25screening is conducted, that states, "Vision screening is not a
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1doctor. Your child is not required to undergo this vision
2screening if an optometrist or ophthalmologist has completed
3and signed a report form indicating that an examination has
4been administered within the previous 12 months."
5    (3) Every child shall, at or about the same time as he or
6she receives a health examination required by subsection (1) of
7this Section, present to the local school proof of having
8received such immunizations against preventable communicable
9diseases as the Department of Public Health shall require by
10rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to this Section and
11the Communicable Disease Prevention Act.
12    (4) The individuals conducting the health examination,
13dental examination, or eye examination shall record the fact of
14having conducted the examination, and such additional
15information as required, including for a health examination
16data relating to obesity (including at a minimum, date of
17birth, gender, height, weight, blood pressure, and date of
18exam), on uniform forms which the Department of Public Health
19and the State Board of Education shall prescribe for statewide
20use. The examiner shall summarize on the report form any
21condition that he or she suspects indicates a need for special
22services, including for a health examination factors relating
23to obesity. The individuals confirming the administration of
24required immunizations shall record as indicated on the form
25that the immunizations were administered.
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1the health examination or the immunization as required, then
2the child shall be examined or receive the immunization, as the
3case may be, and present proof by October 15 of the current
4school year, or by an earlier date of the current school year
5established by a school district. To establish a date before
6October 15 of the current school year for the health
7examination or immunization as required, a school district must
8give notice of the requirements of this Section 60 days prior
9to the earlier established date. If for medical reasons one or
10more of the required immunizations must be given after October
1115 of the current school year, or after an earlier established
12date of the current school year, then the child shall present,
13by October 15, or by the earlier established date, a schedule
14for the administration of the immunizations and a statement of
15the medical reasons causing the delay, both the schedule and
16the statement being issued by the physician, advanced practice
17nurse, physician assistant, registered nurse, or local health
18department that will be responsible for administration of the
19remaining required immunizations. If a child does not comply by
20October 15, or by the earlier established date of the current
21school year, with the requirements of this subsection, then the
22local school authority shall exclude that child from school
23until such time as the child presents proof of having had the
24health examination as required and presents proof of having
25received those required immunizations which are medically
26possible to receive immediately. During a child's exclusion

 

 

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1from school for noncompliance with this subsection, the child's
2parents or legal guardian shall be considered in violation of
3Section 26-1 and subject to any penalty imposed by Section
426-10. This subsection (5) does not apply to dental
5examinations and eye examinations. If Until June 30, 2015, if
6the student is an out-of-state transfer student and does not
7have the proof required under this subsection (5) before
8October 15 of the current year or whatever date is set by the
9school district, then he or she may only attend classes (i) if
10he or she has proof that an appointment for the required
11vaccinations has been scheduled with a party authorized to
12submit proof of the required vaccinations. If the proof of
13vaccination required under this subsection (5) is not submitted
14within 30 days after the student is permitted to attend
15classes, then the student is not to be permitted to attend
16classes until proof of the vaccinations has been properly
17submitted. No school district or employee of a school district
18shall be held liable for any injury or illness to another
19person that results from admitting an out-of-state transfer
20student to class that has an appointment scheduled pursuant to
21this subsection (5).
22    (6) Every school shall report to the State Board of
23Education by November 15, in the manner which that agency shall
24require, the number of children who have received the necessary
25immunizations and the health examination (other than a dental
26examination or eye examination) as required, indicating, of

 

 

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1those who have not received the immunizations and examination
2as required, the number of children who are exempt from health
3examination and immunization requirements on religious or
4medical grounds as provided in subsection (8). On or before
5December 1 of each year, every public school district and
6registered nonpublic school shall make publicly available the
7immunization data they are required to submit to the State
8Board of Education by November 15. The immunization data made
9publicly available must be identical to the data the school
10district or school has reported to the State Board of
11Education.
12    Every school shall report to the State Board of Education
13by June 30, in the manner that the State Board requires, the
14number of children who have received the required dental
15examination, indicating, of those who have not received the
16required dental examination, the number of children who are
17exempt from the dental examination on religious grounds as
18provided in subsection (8) of this Section and the number of
19children who have received a waiver under subsection (1.5) of
20this Section.
21    Every school shall report to the State Board of Education
22by June 30, in the manner that the State Board requires, the
23number of children who have received the required eye
24examination, indicating, of those who have not received the
25required eye examination, the number of children who are exempt
26from the eye examination as provided in subsection (8) of this

 

 

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1Section, the number of children who have received a waiver
2under subsection (1.10) of this Section, and the total number
3of children in noncompliance with the eye examination
4requirement.
5    The reported information under this subsection (6) shall be
6provided to the Department of Public Health by the State Board
7of Education.
8    (7) Upon determining that the number of pupils who are
9required to be in compliance with subsection (5) of this
10Section is below 90% of the number of pupils enrolled in the
11school district, 10% of each State aid payment made pursuant to
12Section 18-8.05 to the school district for such year may be
13withheld by the State Board of Education until the number of
14students in compliance with subsection (5) is the applicable
15specified percentage or higher.
16    (8) Parents or legal guardians who object to health,
17dental, or eye examinations or any part thereof, or to
18immunizations, on religious grounds shall not be required to
19submit their children or wards to the examinations or
20immunizations to which they so object if such parents or legal
21guardians present to the appropriate local school authority a
22signed statement of objection, detailing the grounds for the
23objection. If the physical condition of the child is such that
24any one or more of the immunizing agents should not be
25administered, the examining physician, advanced practice
26nurse, or physician assistant responsible for the performance

 

 

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1of the health examination shall endorse that fact upon the
2health examination form. Exempting a child from the health,
3dental, or eye examination does not exempt the child from
4participation in the program of physical education training
5provided in Sections 27-5 through 27-7 of this Code.
6    (9) For the purposes of this Section, "nursery schools"
7means those nursery schools operated by elementary school
8systems or secondary level school units or institutions of
9higher learning.
10(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10; 97-216, eff. 1-1-12;
1197-910, eff. 1-1-13.)
 
12    Section 10. The Illinois School Student Records Act is
13amended by changing Section 8.1 as follows:
 
14    (105 ILCS 10/8.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 50-8.1)
15    Sec. 8.1. (a) No school may refuse to admit or enroll a
16student because of that student's failure to present his
17student permanent or temporary record from a school previously
18attended.
19    (b) When a new student applies for admission to a school
20and does not present his school student record, such school may
21notify the school or school district last attended by such
22student, requesting that the student's school student record be
23copied and sent to it; such request shall be honored within 10
24days after it is received. Within 10 days after receiving a

 

 

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1request from the Department of Children and Family Services,
2the school district last attended by the student shall send the
3student's school student record to the receiving school
4district.
5    (c) In the case of a transfer between school districts of a
6student who is eligible for special education and related
7services, when the parent or guardian of the student presents a
8copy of the student's then current individualized education
9program (IEP) to the new school, the student shall be placed in
10a special education program in accordance with that described
11in the student's IEP.
12    (d) Out-of-state Until June 30, 2015, out-of-state
13transfer students, including children of military personnel
14that transfer into this State, may use unofficial transcripts
15for admission to a school until official transcripts are
16obtained from his or her last school district, including
17children of military personnel that transfer into this State,
18subject to Section 32 of the Educational Opportunity for
19Military Children Act.
20(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10; 97-216, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
21    Section 15. The Educational Opportunity for Military
22Children Act is amended by changing Sections 5, 10, 20, 25, 35,
23and 40 and by adding Sections 32 and 33 as follows:
 
24    (105 ILCS 70/5)

 

 

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1    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
2    Sec. 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to remove
3barriers to educational success imposed on children of active
4duty military personnel families because of frequent moves and
5deployment of their parents by:
6        (1) facilitating the timely enrollment of children of
7    active duty military personnel families and ensuring that
8    they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in
9    the transfer of educational records from the previous
10    school district;
11        (2) facilitating the student placement process through
12    which children of active duty military personnel families
13    are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance
14    requirements, scheduling, sequencing, or assessment;
15        (3) facilitating the qualification and eligibility for
16    enrollment and educational programs of children of active
17    duty military personnel;
18        (4) facilitating the on-time graduation of children of
19    active duty military personnel families; and
20        (5) promoting flexibility and cooperation between the
21    educational system, parents, and the student in order to
22    achieve educational success for the student.
23(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10.)
 
24    (105 ILCS 70/10)
25    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)

 

 

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1    Sec. 10. Findings; authority to enter into compact. The
2General Assembly finds and declares that this State recognizes
3that there is created an Interstate Commission on Educational
4Opportunity for Military Children through the Council of State
5Governments, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense
6Office of Personnel and Readiness, for addressing the needs of
7students in transition. The Interstate Commission on
8Educational Opportunity for Military Children is a group of
9member states who have joined to create laws easing the
10transition of children of active duty military personnel
11families. The Governor of this State is authorized and directed
12to enter into a compact governed by this Act on behalf of this
13State with any of the United States legally joining therein.
14(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10.)
 
15    (105 ILCS 70/20)
16    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
17    Sec. 20. Definitions. For purposes of this Act:
18    "Active duty military personnel" means active duty members
19of the uniformed military services, including any of the
20following:
21        (1) Members of the National Guard and Reserve that are
22    on active duty pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1209 and 10 U.S.C.
23    1211.
24        (2) Members or veterans of the uniformed services who
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1    for a period of one year after medical discharge or
2    retirement.
3        (3) Members of the uniformed services who die on active
4    duty for a period of one year after death.
5    "Non-custodial parent" means a person who has temporary
6custody of the child of any active duty military personnel and
7who is responsible for making decisions for that child.
8    "State Council" means the Illinois P-20 Council and
9additional representatives appointed by the Illinois P-20
10Council as provided under Section 40 of this Act.
11(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10.)
 
12    (105 ILCS 70/25)
13    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
14    Sec. 25. Tuition for children of active duty military
15personnel who are transfer students. (a) For purposes of this
16Section, "non-custodial parent" means a person who has
17temporary custody of the child of active duty military
18personnel and who is responsible for making decisions for that
19child. (b) If a student who is a child of active duty military
20personnel is (i) placed with a non-custodial parent and (ii) as
21a result of placement, must attend a non-resident school
22district, then the student must not be charged the tuition of
23the school that the student attends as a result of placement
24with the non-custodial parent and the student must be counted
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118-8.05 of the School Code.
2(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10.)
 
3    (105 ILCS 70/32 new)
4    Sec. 32. Educational records for children of active duty
5military personnel.
6    (a) In the event that official educational records cannot
7be released to parents for the purpose of transfer, the
8custodian of the records in the sending state shall prepare and
9furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial educational
10records to the extent feasible. Upon receipt of the unofficial
11educational records by a school in the receiving state, the
12school shall enroll and appropriately place the student based
13on the information provided in the unofficial records, pending
14validation by the official records as quickly as possible. This
15subsection (a) does not preclude the school in the receiving
16state from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure
17appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the student
18in a course or courses.
19    (b) Simultaneous with the enrollment and conditional
20placement of a student, the school in the receiving state shall
21request the student's official educational record from the
22school in the sending state. Upon receipt of this request, the
23school in the sending state shall process and furnish the
24official educational records to the receiving state within 15
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1    (105 ILCS 70/33 new)
2    Sec. 33. Enrollment and entrance age for children of active
3duty military personnel. Students must be allowed to continue
4their enrollment at grade level in the receiving state
5commensurate with their grade level (including kindergarten)
6at the school in the sending state at the time of transition. A
7student who has satisfactorily completed the requisite grade
8level in the school in the sending state is eligible for
9enrollment in the next highest grade level in the receiving
10state. A student transferring after the start of the school
11year in the receiving state shall enter the school in the
12receiving state at his or her validated grade level at an
13accredited school in the sending state. This Section does not
14preclude the school in the receiving state from performing
15subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the
16student.
 
17    (105 ILCS 70/35)
18    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
19    Sec. 35. Course placement; program placement; placement
20flexibility; graduation; extracurricular activities; absences
21related to deployment activities for children of active duty
22military personnel Required courses for transfer students;
23pre-requisites; credit transfer; graduation.
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1year, the school in the receiving state shall initially honor
2placement of the student in educational courses based on the
3student's enrollment in the school in the sending state or
4educational assessments conducted at the school in the sending
5state if the courses are offered and space is available. Course
6placement includes, but is not limited to, honors,
7International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, vocational,
8and technical and career pathways courses. Continuing the
9student's academic program from the school in the sending state
10and promoting placement in academically and career-challenging
11courses must be paramount when considering placement. This
12subsection (a) does not preclude the school in the receiving
13state from performing subsequent evaluations to ensure
14appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the student
15in the course or courses. A student that transfers to a new
16school district may transfer into a comparable course to
17continue credit work for a course from which the student
18transferred out of only if the new school district offers the
19course and space is available. This subsection (a) includes
20courses offered for gifted and talented children pursuant to
21Article 14A of the School Code and courses for English as a
22Second Language program.
23    (b) The receiving school shall initially honor the
24placement of the student in educational programs based on
25current educational assessments conducted at the school in the
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1the school in the sending state. Such programs include, but are
2not limited to, gifted and talented programs and English as a
3Second Language (ESL). This subsection (b) does not preclude
4the school in the receiving state from performing subsequent
5evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the student. The
6school district of a school may determine if courses taken by a
7transfer student at his or her old school satisfy the
8pre-requisite course requirements for any courses that the
9transfer student wishes to take at his or her current school.
10The school district may determine a current and future schedule
11that is appropriate for the student that satisfies any
12pre-requisite course requirements in order for that student to
13take any courses that he or she wishes to attend.
14    (c) The school district of a school shall have flexibility
15in waiving course or program prerequisites or other
16preconditions for placement in offered courses or programs. The
17school district of a school shall may work with a transfer
18student to determine an appropriate schedule that ensures that
19a student will graduate, provided that the student has met the
20district's minimal graduation requirements, which may be
21modified provided that the modifications are a result of
22scheduling issues and not a result of the student's academic
23failure.
24    (d) If a student transfers to a new school district during
25his or her senior year and the receiving school district cannot
26make reasonable adjustments under this Section to ensure

 

 

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1graduation, then the school district shall make every
2reasonable effort to ensure that the school district from where
3the student transfers issues the student a diploma.
4    (e) Schools shall facilitate the opportunity for
5transitioning military children's inclusion in extracurricular
6activities, to the extent the children are otherwise qualified
7and space is available as determined by the school principal.
8    (f) A student whose parent or legal guardian is an active
9duty member of the uniformed services and has been called to
10duty for, is on leave from, or has immediately returned from
11deployment to a combat zone or combat-support posting must be
12granted additional absences, at the discretion of the school
13district's superintendent, to visit with his or her parent or
14legal guardian relative to such leave or deployment of the
15parent or guardian.
16(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10.)
 
17    (105 ILCS 70/40)
18    (Section scheduled to be repealed on June 30, 2015)
19    Sec. 40. State coordination.
20    (a) Each member state of the Interstate Commission on
21Educational Opportunity for Military Children shall, through
22the creation of a State Council or use of an existing body or
23board, provide for the coordination among its agencies of
24government, local education agencies, and military
25installations concerning the State's participation in and

 

 

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1compliance with the compact and Interstate Commission
2activities. The State Council shall be comprised of the
3Illinois P-20 Council, a representative from a school district
4associated with U.S. Army Garrison - Rock Island Arsenal having
5the highest percentage of students who are children of active
6duty military personnel, a representative from a school
7district associated with Scott Air Force Base having the
8highest percentage of students who are children of active duty
9military personnel, a representative from a school district
10associated with Naval Station Great Lakes having the highest
11percentage of students who are children of active duty military
12personnel, a representative from the school district with the
13highest percentage of students who are children of active duty
14military personnel not already represented in the State
15Council, representatives appointed by the Illinois P-20
16Council from the 3 school districts in this State with the
17highest percentage of children from military families, and a
18one non-voting representative appointed by each active-duty
19military installation commander in this State.
20    (b) The compact commissioner responsible for the
21administration and management of the State's participation in
22the compact shall be appointed by the State Council.
23(Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10; 97-216, eff. 1-1-12.)
 
24    (105 ILCS 70/995 rep.)
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1Children Act is amended by repealing Section 995.
 
2    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
3becoming law.".