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Full Text of HB0015  102nd General Assembly

HB0015ham001 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II

Filed: 4/15/2021

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 15

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 15 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
510-20.75 and 34-18.67 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.75 new)
7    Sec. 10-20.75. Parental notification of student
8discipline.
9    (a) In this Section, "misconduct" means an incident that
10involves offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the
11use of violence.
12    (b) If a student commits an act or acts of misconduct
13involving offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the
14use of violence, the student's school shall provide written
15notification of that misconduct to the parent or guardian of
16the student.

 

 

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1    (c) If a student makes a written statement to a school
2employee relating to an act or acts of misconduct, whether the
3student is engaging in the act or acts or is targeted by the
4act or acts, the school shall provide the written statement to
5the student's parent or guardian, upon request and in
6accordance with federal and State laws and rules governing
7school student records.
8    (d) If the parent or guardian of a student involved in an
9act or acts of misconduct, whether the student is engaging in
10the act or acts or is targeted by the act or acts, requests a
11synopsis of any statement made by the parent's or guardian's
12child, the school shall provide any existing records
13responsive to that request, in accordance with federal and
14State laws and rules governing school student records.
15    (e) A school shall make reasonable attempts to provide a
16copy of any disciplinary report resulting from an
17investigation into a student's act or acts of misconduct to
18the parent or guardian of the student receiving disciplinary
19action, including any and all restorative justice measures,
20within 2 school days after the completion of the report. The
21disciplinary report shall include all of the following:
22        (1) A description of the student's act or acts of
23    misconduct that resulted in disciplinary action. The names
24    and any identifying information of any other student or
25    students involved must be redacted from or not included in
26    the report, in accordance with federal and State student

 

 

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1    privacy laws and rules.
2        (2) A description of the disciplinary action, if any,
3    imposed on the parent's or guardian's child, including the
4    duration of the disciplinary action.
5        (3) The school's justification and rationale for the
6    disciplinary action imposed on the parent's or guardian's
7    child, including reference to the applicable student
8    discipline policies, procedures, or guidelines.
9        (4) A description of the restorative justice measures,
10    if any, used on the parent's or guardian's child.
 
11    (105 ILCS 5/34-18.67 new)
12    Sec. 34-18.67. Parental notification of student
13discipline.
14    (a) In this Section, "misconduct" means an incident that
15involves offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the
16use of violence.
17    (b) If a student commits an act or acts of misconduct
18involving offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the
19use of violence, the student's school shall provide written
20notification of that misconduct to the parent or guardian of
21the student.
22    (c) If a student makes a written statement to a school
23employee relating to an act or acts of misconduct, whether the
24student is engaging in the act or acts or is targeted by the
25act or acts, the school shall provide the written statement to

 

 

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1the student's parent or guardian, upon request and in
2accordance with federal and State laws and rules governing
3school student records.
4    (d) If the parent or guardian of a student involved in an
5act or acts of misconduct, whether the student is engaging in
6the act or acts or is targeted by the act or acts, requests a
7synopsis of any statement made by the parent's or guardian's
8child, the school shall provide any existing records
9responsive to that request, in accordance with federal and
10State laws and rules governing school student records.
11    (e) A school shall make reasonable attempts to provide a
12copy of any disciplinary report resulting from an
13investigation into a student's act or acts of misconduct to
14the parent or guardian of the student receiving disciplinary
15action, including any and all restorative justice measures,
16within 2 school days after the completion of the report. The
17disciplinary report shall include all of the following:
18        (1) A description of the student's act or acts of
19    misconduct that resulted in disciplinary action. The names
20    and any identifying information of any other student or
21    students involved must be redacted from or not included in
22    the report, in accordance with federal and State student
23    privacy laws and rules.
24        (2) A description of the disciplinary action, if any,
25    imposed on the parent's or guardian's child, including the
26    duration of the disciplinary action.

 

 

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1        (3) The school's justification and rationale for the
2    disciplinary action imposed on the parent's or guardian's
3    child, including reference to the applicable student
4    discipline policies, procedures, or guidelines.
5        (4) A description of the restorative justice measures,
6    if any, used on the parent's or guardian's child.
 
7    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
82021.".