Full Text of HB0015 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections | 5 | | 10-20.75 and 34-18.67 as follows: | 6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new) | 7 | | Sec. 10-20.75. Parental notification of student | 8 | | discipline. | 9 | | (a) In this Section, "misconduct" means an incident that | 10 | | involves offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the | 11 | | use of violence. | 12 | | (b) If a student commits an act or acts of misconduct | 13 | | involving offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the | 14 | | use of violence, the student's school shall provide written | 15 | | notification of that misconduct to the parent or guardian of | 16 | | the student. | 17 | | (c) If a student makes a written statement to a school | 18 | | employee relating to an act or acts of misconduct, whether the | 19 | | student is engaging in the act or acts or is targeted by the | 20 | | act or acts, the school shall provide the written statement to | 21 | | the student's parent or guardian, upon request and in | 22 | | accordance with federal and State laws and rules governing | 23 | | school student records. |
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| 1 | | (d) If the parent or guardian of a student involved in an | 2 | | act or acts of misconduct, whether the student is engaging in | 3 | | the act or acts or is targeted by the act or acts, requests a | 4 | | synopsis of any statement made by the parent's or guardian's | 5 | | child, the school shall provide any existing records | 6 | | responsive to that request, in accordance with federal and | 7 | | State laws and rules governing school student records. | 8 | | (e) A school shall make reasonable attempts to provide a | 9 | | copy of any disciplinary report resulting from an | 10 | | investigation into a student's act or acts of misconduct to | 11 | | the parent or guardian of the student receiving disciplinary | 12 | | action, including any and all restorative justice measures, | 13 | | within 2 school days after the completion of the report. The | 14 | | disciplinary report shall include all of the following: | 15 | | (1) A description of the student's act or acts of | 16 | | misconduct that resulted in disciplinary action. The names | 17 | | and any identifying information of any other student or | 18 | | students involved must be redacted from or not included in | 19 | | the report, in accordance with federal and State student | 20 | | privacy laws and rules. | 21 | | (2) A description of the disciplinary action, if any, | 22 | | imposed on the parent's or guardian's child, including the | 23 | | duration of the disciplinary action. | 24 | | (3) The school's justification and rationale for the | 25 | | disciplinary action imposed on the parent's or guardian's | 26 | | child, including reference to the applicable student |
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| 1 | | discipline policies, procedures, or guidelines. | 2 | | (4) A description of the restorative justice measures, | 3 | | if any, used on the parent's or guardian's child. | 4 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new) | 5 | | Sec. 34-18.67. Parental notification of student | 6 | | discipline. | 7 | | (a) In this Section, "misconduct" means an incident that | 8 | | involves offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the | 9 | | use of violence. | 10 | | (b) If a student commits an act or acts of misconduct | 11 | | involving offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the | 12 | | use of violence, the student's school shall provide written | 13 | | notification of that misconduct to the parent or guardian of | 14 | | the student. | 15 | | (c) If a student makes a written statement to a school | 16 | | employee relating to an act or acts of misconduct, whether the | 17 | | student is engaging in the act or acts or is targeted by the | 18 | | act or acts, the school shall provide the written statement to | 19 | | the student's parent or guardian, upon request and in | 20 | | accordance with federal and State laws and rules governing | 21 | | school student records. | 22 | | (d) If the parent or guardian of a student involved in an | 23 | | act or acts of misconduct, whether the student is engaging in | 24 | | the act or acts or is targeted by the act or acts, requests a | 25 | | synopsis of any statement made by the parent's or guardian's |
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| 1 | | child, the school shall provide any existing records | 2 | | responsive to that request, in accordance with federal and | 3 | | State laws and rules governing school student records. | 4 | | (e) A school shall make reasonable attempts to provide a | 5 | | copy of any disciplinary report resulting from an | 6 | | investigation into a student's act or acts of misconduct to | 7 | | the parent or guardian of the student receiving disciplinary | 8 | | action, including any and all restorative justice measures, | 9 | | within 2 school days after the completion of the report. The | 10 | | disciplinary report shall include all of the following: | 11 | | (1) A description of the student's act or acts of | 12 | | misconduct that resulted in disciplinary action. The names | 13 | | and any identifying information of any other student or | 14 | | students involved must be redacted from or not included in | 15 | | the report, in accordance with federal and State student | 16 | | privacy laws and rules. | 17 | | (2) A description of the disciplinary action, if any, | 18 | | imposed on the parent's or guardian's child, including the | 19 | | duration of the disciplinary action. | 20 | | (3) The school's justification and rationale for the | 21 | | disciplinary action imposed on the parent's or guardian's | 22 | | child, including reference to the applicable student | 23 | | discipline policies, procedures, or guidelines. | 24 | | (4) A description of the restorative justice measures, | 25 | | if any, used on the parent's or guardian's child.
| 26 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, |
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