(105 ILCS 5/34-18.73)
    Sec. 34-18.73. Parental notification of student discipline.
    (a) In this Section, "misconduct" means an incident that involves offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the use of violence.
    (b) If a student commits an act or acts of misconduct involving offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the use of violence, the student's school shall provide written notification of that misconduct to the parent or guardian of the student.
    (c) If a student makes a written statement to a school employee relating to an act or acts of misconduct, whether the student is engaging in the act or acts or is targeted by the act or acts, the school shall provide the written statement to the student's parent or guardian, upon request and in accordance with federal and State laws and rules governing school student records.
    (d) If the parent or guardian of a student involved in an act or acts of misconduct, whether the student is engaging in the act or acts or is targeted by the act or acts, requests a synopsis of any statement made by the parent's or guardian's child, the school shall provide any existing records responsive to that request, in accordance with federal and State laws and rules governing school student records.
    (e) A school shall make reasonable attempts to provide a copy of any disciplinary report resulting from an investigation into a student's act or acts of misconduct to the parent or guardian of the student receiving disciplinary action, including any and all restorative justice measures, within 2 school days after the completion of the report. The disciplinary report shall include all of the following:
        (1) A description of the student's act or acts of
    
misconduct that resulted in disciplinary action. The names and any identifying information of any other student or students involved must be redacted from or not included in the report, in accordance with federal and State student privacy laws and rules.
        (2) A description of the disciplinary action, if any,
    
imposed on the parent's or guardian's child, including the duration of the disciplinary action.
        (3) The school's justification and rationale for the
    
disciplinary action imposed on the parent's or guardian's child, including reference to the applicable student discipline policies, procedures, or guidelines.
        (4) A description of the restorative justice
    
measures, if any, used on the parent's or guardian's child.
(Source: P.A. 102-251, eff. 8-6-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)