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1 AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 124
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend House Bill 124 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
4 "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
5 Section 2-3.13a as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a)
7 Sec. 2-3.13a. Scholastic records; transferring students.
8 The State Board of Education shall establish and implement
9 rules requiring all of the public schools and all private or
10 nonpublic elementary and secondary schools located in this
11 State, whenever any such school has a student who is
12 transferring to any other public elementary or secondary
13 school located in this or in any other state, to forward
14 within 10 days of notice of the student's transfer an
15 unofficial record of that student's grades to the school to
16 which such student is transferring. Each public school at
17 the same time also shall forward to the school to which the
18 student is transferring the remainder of the student's school
19 student records as required by the Illinois School Student
20 Records Act. In addition, if a student is transferring from a
21 public school, whether located in this or any other state,
22 from which the student has been suspended or expelled for
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1 knowingly possessing in a school building or on school
2 grounds a weapon as defined in the Gun Free Schools Act (20
3 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.), for knowingly possessing, selling, or
4 delivering in a school building or on school grounds a
5 controlled substance or cannabis, or for battering a staff
6 member of the school, and if the period of suspension or
7 expulsion has not expired at the time the student attempts to
8 transfer into another public school in the same or any other
9 school district: (i) any school student records required to
10 be transferred shall include the date and duration of the
11 period of suspension or expulsion; and (ii) with the
12 exception of transfers into the Department of Corrections
13 school district, the student shall not be permitted to attend
14 class in the public school into which he or she is
15 transferring until the student has served the entire period
16 of the suspension or expulsion imposed by the school from
17 which the student is transferring, provided that the school
18 board may approve the placement of the student in an
19 alternative school program established under Article 13A of
20 this Act. Each public school and each private or nonpublic
21 elementary or secondary school in this State shall within 10
22 days after the student has paid all of his or her outstanding
23 fines and fees and at its own expense forward an official
24 transcript of the scholastic records of each student
25 transferring from that school in strict accordance with the
26 provisions of this Section and the rules established by the
27 State Board of Education as herein provided.
28 The State Board of Education shall develop a one-page
29 standard form that Illinois school districts are required to
30 provide to any student who is moving out of the school
31 district and that contains the information about whether or
32 not the student is "in good standing" and whether or not his
33 or her medical records are up-to-date and complete. As used
34 in this Section, "in good standing" means that the student is
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1 not being disciplined by a suspension or expulsion, but is
2 entitled to attend classes. No school district is required
3 to admit a new student who is transferring from another
4 Illinois school district unless he or she can produce the
5 standard form from the student's previous school district
6 enrollment. No school district is required to admit a new
7 student who is transferring from an out-of-state public
8 school unless the parent or guardian of the student certifies
9 in writing that the student is not currently serving a
10 suspension or expulsion imposed by the school from which the
11 student is transferring.
12 (Source: P.A. 89-261, eff. 8-10-95; 89-622, eff. 8-9-96;
13 89-698, eff. 1-14-97.)
14 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
15 becoming law.".