HB5053 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5053

Introduced 2/18/2020, by Rep. Randy E. Frese

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new

Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to allow a student who is not a resident of this State to take Illinois Virtual School courses if (i) the student is a dependent of a member of the United States military who has been deployed or transferred to this State after the start of the school year and (ii) the student will be enrolling in a school district in this State in the immediately following school year. Provides that upon enrollment in a school district in this State, the district shall grant the student credit for the completion or partial completion of an Illinois Virtual School course if the course corresponds, as closely as possible, to a course offered by the district and if the student's performance in that course meets district standards. Effective immediately.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

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 Section 2-3.182 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/2-3.182 new)

Sec. 2-3.182. Virtual school program for military dependents.

(a) Notwithstanding any other rule or law to the contrary, the State Board of Education shall allow a student who is not a resident of this State to take Illinois Virtual School courses if the student meets both of the following qualifications:

(1) The student is a dependent of a member of the United States military who has been deployed or transferred to this State after the start of the school year.

(2) The student will be enrolling in a school district in this State in the immediately following school year.

Upon enrollment in a school district in this State, the district shall grant the student credit for the completion or partial completion of an Illinois Virtual School course if the course corresponds, as closely as possible to, a course offered by the district and if the student's performance in that course meets district standards.

(b) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to implement this Section.

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