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105 ILCS 5/14-17

(105 ILCS 5/14-17)
Sec. 14-17. (Repealed).

(Source: P.A. 102-894, eff. 5-20-22. Repealed internally, eff. 12-31-22.)

105 ILCS 5/14-18

(105 ILCS 5/14-18)

Sec. 14-18. COVID-19 recovery post-secondary transition recovery eligibility.

(a) If a student with an individualized education program (IEP) reaches the age of 22 during the time in which the student's in-person instruction, services, or activities are suspended for a period of 3 months or more during the school year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the student is eligible for such services up to the end of the regular 2021-2022 school year.

(b) This Section does not apply to any student who is no longer a resident of the school district that was responsible for the student's IEP at the time the student reached the student's 22nd birthday.

(c) The IEP goals in effect when the student reached the student's 22nd birthday shall be resumed unless there is an agreement that the goals should be revised to appropriately meet the student's current transition needs.

(d) If a student was in a private therapeutic day or residential program when the student reached the student's 22nd birthday, the school district is not required to resume that program for the student if the student has aged out of the program or the funding for supporting the student's placement in the facility is no longer available.

(e) Within 30 days after July 28, 2021 (the effective date of Public Act 102-173), each school district shall provide notification of the availability of services under this Section to each student covered by this Section by regular mail sent to the last known address of the student or the student's parent or guardian.

(Source: P.A. 102-173, eff. 7-28-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)

105 ILCS 5/Art. 14A

(105 ILCS 5/Art. 14A heading) ARTICLE 14A. GIFTED AND TALENTED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR ACCELERATED PLACEMENT

(Source: P.A. 100-421, eff. 7-1-18.)

105 ILCS 5/14A-5

(105 ILCS 5/14A-5)

Sec. 14A-5. Applicability. This Article applies beginning with the 2006-2007 school year.

(Source: P.A. 94-151, eff. 7-8-05; 94-410, eff. 8-2-05.)

105 ILCS 5/14A-10

(105 ILCS 5/14A-10)

Sec. 14A-10. Legislative findings. The General Assembly finds the following:
(1) that gifted and talented children (i) exhibit

high performance capabilities in intellectual, creative, and artistic areas, (ii) possess an exceptional leadership potential, (iii) excel in specific academic fields, and (iv) have the potential to be influential in business, government, health care, the arts, and other critical sectors of our economic and cultural environment;

(2) that gifted and talented children require

services and activities that are not ordinarily provided by schools;

(3) that outstanding talents are present in children

and youth from all cultural groups, across all economic strata, and in all areas of human endeavor; and

(4) that inequitable access to advanced coursework

and enrollment in accelerated placement programs exists between children enrolled in different school districts and even within the same school district and more must be done to eliminate the barriers to access to advanced coursework and enrollment in accelerated placement programs for all children.

(Source: P.A. 101-654, eff. 3-8-21.)

105 ILCS 5/14A-15

(105 ILCS 5/14A-15)
Sec. 14A-15. Purpose.

The purpose of this Article is to provide encouragement, assistance, and guidance to school districts in the development and improvement of educational programs for gifted and talented children and children eligible for accelerated placement as defined in Sections 14A-20 and 14A-17 of this Code.  School districts shall continue to have the authority and flexibility to design education programs for gifted and talented children in response to community needs, but these programs must comply with the requirements established in Section 14A-30 of this Code by no later than September 1, 2006 in order to merit approval by the State Board of Education in order to qualify for State funding for the education of gifted and talented children, should such funding become available.

(Source: P.A. 100-421, eff. 7-1-18.)