HB2168 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB103 26326 RJT 52687 b

103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB2168

Introduced 2/7/2023, by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board of a school district with 275,000 students or more shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections 10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)

Sec. 10-20.85. Selective admissions; standardized testing. A school board in a school district with 275,000 students or more shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)

Sec. 34-18.82. Selective admissions; standardized testing. The board shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.