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Rep. Michael Crawford
Filed: 3/10/2025
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 1366
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 1366 by replacing |
| 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
| 5 | | 14-19 as follows:
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| 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/14-19 new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 14-19. Parental notice of right to be accompanied to |
| 8 | | meeting and of the IEP facilitation process. The notice |
| 9 | | provided to a parent or guardian prior to a meeting pursuant to |
| 10 | | subsection (g) of Section 14-8.02 shall inform the parent or |
| 11 | | guardian of the parent's or guardian's right to invite other |
| 12 | | individuals to the meeting to assist the parent or guardian, |
| 13 | | including individuals who have knowledge or special expertise |
| 14 | | regarding the child, and advocates for the parent, guardian, |
| 15 | | or child. The notice shall include a request that the parent or |
| 16 | | guardian inform the school prior to the meeting if the parent |
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| 1 | | or guardian plans to bring other individuals to the meeting so |
| 2 | | arrangements can be made to accommodate the additional |
| 3 | | participants. |
| 4 | | The State Board of Education shall prepare and distribute |
| 5 | | to each school district written informational material about |
| 6 | | the individualized education program (IEP) facilitation |
| 7 | | process. The material may consist of a one-page document that |
| 8 | | briefly describes the process and how to request IEP |
| 9 | | facilitation. The informational material on IEP facilitation |
| 10 | | shall be disseminated to parents and guardians by schools |
| 11 | | using the same distribution methods employed to transmit other |
| 12 | | documents and information related to an IEP meeting to a |
| 13 | | parent or guardian.". |
