HB3535 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB3535

Introduced 2/22/2021, by Rep. Lamont J. Robinson, Jr.

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/22-19.5 new

Amends the School Code. Provides that no student attending a public school in any of grades kindergarten through 12 may be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socioeconomic status, or mental, physical, developmental, or sensory disability or by association with an individual or group who has or is perceived to have one or more of such characteristics. 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 Section 22-19.5 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/22-19.5 new)

Sec. 22-19.5. Students' bill of rights. No student attending a public school in any of grades kindergarten through 12 may be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, socioeconomic status, or mental, physical, developmental, or sensory disability or by association with an individual or group who has or is perceived to have one or more of such characteristics.

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