90th General Assembly
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   105 ILCS 5/26-1           from Ch. 122, par. 26-1                           
   105 ILCS 5/26-1.5 new                                                       

        Amends the School Code.   Provides  that  the  exception  to  the      
   compulsory  public  school attendance requirements that is accorded to      
   children attending a private or parochial school where instruction  is      
   provided  in  the English language in the branches of education taught      
   to children of corresponding age or grade in the public  schools  does      
   not  extend  to  children in a home school program unless that program      
   meets the requirements for a valid home school program.  Provides that      
   a home school program in which the required instruction is provided is      
   not a valid home school program unless proper notice is given  to  the      
   regional  superintendent  of  schools  (or  chief  administrator of an      
   educational service  center  in  Chicago)  of  names,  addresses,  and      
   birthdates  of  the  children  in  the  program, unless those children      
   (subject to certain religious, constitutional, or medical  exceptions)      
   receive  the  same  immunizations and vision and hearing screenings as      
   public  school  children,  unless  those  children  who  are  in   the      
   equivalent  of  third  and  fifth  grade  take the State IGAP tests in      
   reading, writing, and mathematics, and unless appropriate arrangements      
   are made by the parent or guardian for the annual  evaluation  of  the      
   academic  progress  of  those home-school students who do not take the      
   State IGAP tests in a  particular  year,  such  evaluation  to  be  by      
   nationally  normed  student achievement tests, a detailed portfolio of      
   lesson plans and the child's completed work, or  some  other  academic      
   evaluation  mutually  agreeable  to  the  parent  or  guardian and the      
   regional superintendent  of  schools  or  chief  administrator.   Adds      
   provisions  relative  to  remediation.   Provides  that  a  parent  or      
   guardian  violates  the compulsory attendance laws of the State and is      
   subject to prosecution if the home school program in which his or  her      
   child is enrolled is not a valid home school program.                       
          FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education)                               
          State assessment program costs would increase by an estimated        
          $25,000; additional administration and test security costs           
          cannot be estimated at this time.                                    
          STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education)                
          No change from SBE fiscal note.                                      
   98-02-17  H  FILED WITH CLERK                                               
   98-02-17  H  FIRST READING                                                  
   98-02-17  H  REFERRED TO HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE        RULES                 
   98-03-09  H                         FISCAL NOTE FILED                       
   98-03-09  H  STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE FILED                               
   98-03-09  H                   COMMITTEE               RULES                 
   99-01-12  H  SESSION SINE DIE                                               

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