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91_HB0124enr HB0124 Enrolled LRB9100819NTsb 1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 2 2-3.13a. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 6 Section 2-3.13a as follows: 7 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a) 8 Sec. 2-3.13a. Scholastic records; transferring students. 9 The State Board of Education shall establish and implement 10 rules requiring all of the public schools and all private or 11 nonpublic elementary and secondary schools located in this 12 State, whenever any such school has a student who is 13 transferring to any other public elementary or secondary 14 school located in this or in any other state, to forward 15 within 10 days of notice of the student's transfer an 16 unofficial record of that student's grades to the school to 17 which such student is transferring. Each public school at 18 the same time also shall forward to the school to which the 19 student is transferring the remainder of the student's school 20 student records as required by the Illinois School Student 21 Records Act. In addition, if a student is transferring from a 22 public school, whether located in this or any other state, 23 from which the student has been suspended or expelled for 24 knowingly possessing in a school building or on school 25 grounds a weapon as defined in the Gun Free Schools Act (20 26 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.), for knowingly possessing, selling, or 27 delivering in a school building or on school grounds a 28 controlled substance or cannabis, or for battering a staff 29 member of the school, and if the period of suspension or 30 expulsion has not expired at the time the student attempts to 31 transfer into another public school in the same or any other HB0124 Enrolled -2- LRB9100819NTsb 1 school district: (i) any school student records required to 2 be transferred shall include the date and duration of the 3 period of suspension or expulsion; and (ii) with the 4 exception of transfers into the Department of Corrections 5 school district, the student shall not be permitted to attend 6 class in the public school into which he or she is 7 transferring until the student has served the entire period 8 of the suspension or expulsion imposed by the school from 9 which the student is transferring, provided that the school 10 board may approve the placement of the student in an 11 alternative school program established under Article 13A of 12 this Act. Each public school and each private or nonpublic 13 elementary or secondary school in this State shall within 10 14 days after the student has paid all of his or her outstanding 15 fines and fees and at its own expense forward an official 16 transcript of the scholastic records of each student 17 transferring from that school in strict accordance with the 18 provisions of this Section and the rules established by the 19 State Board of Education as herein provided. 20 The State Board of Education shall develop a one-page 21 standard form that Illinois school districts are required to 22 provide to any student who is moving out of the school 23 district and that contains the information about whether or 24 not the student is "in good standing" and whether or not his 25 or her medical records are up-to-date and complete. As used 26 in this Section, "in good standing" means that the student is 27 not being disciplined by a suspension or expulsion, but is 28 entitled to attend classes. No school district is required 29 to admit a new student who is transferring from another 30 Illinois school district unless he or she can produce the 31 standard form from the student's previous school district 32 enrollment. No school district is required to admit a new 33 student who is transferring from an out-of-state public 34 school unless the parent or guardian of the student certifies HB0124 Enrolled -3- LRB9100819NTsb 1 in writing that the student is not currently serving a 2 suspension or expulsion imposed by the school from which the 3 student is transferring. 4 (Source: P.A. 89-261, eff. 8-10-95; 89-622, eff. 8-9-96; 5 89-698, eff. 1-14-97.) 6 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 7 becoming law.