HB6227 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2013 and 2014
HB6227

Introduced , by Rep. La Shawn K. Ford

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-20.56 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.49 new

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board shall require its schools to either connect at-risk students with anger management classes offered in the community or conduct their own anger management classes for at-risk students. Provides that if the school board requires a school to conduct these classes, the classes do not have to be implemented until the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year. 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 Sections 10-20.56 and 34-18.49 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.56 new)

Sec. 10-20.56. Anger management classes. A school board shall require its schools to either connect at-risk students with anger management classes offered in the community or conduct their own anger management classes for at-risk students. If the school board requires a school to conduct these classes, the classes do not have to be implemented until the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year.

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.49 new)

Sec. 34-18.49. Anger management classes. The board shall require its schools to either connect at-risk students with anger management classes offered in the community or conduct their own anger management classes for at-risk students. If the board requires a school to conduct these classes, the classes do not have to be implemented until the beginning of the 2016-2017 school year.

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