Bill Amendment: IL SB0183 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly
NOTE: For additional amemendments please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: SCH CD-TRANSFER ALT SCHOOL
Status: 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0473 [SB0183 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0183-Senate_Amendment_001.html
Bill Title: SCH CD-TRANSFER ALT SCHOOL
Status: 2023-08-04 - Public Act . . . . . . . . . 103-0473 [SB0183 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-SB0183-Senate_Amendment_001.html
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1 | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 183
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 183 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||
5 | 13A-4 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/13A-4)
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7 | Sec. 13A-4. Administrative transfers. | ||||||
8 | (a) A student who is determined to be
subject to | ||||||
9 | suspension or expulsion in the manner provided by Section | ||||||
10 | 10-22.6
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in the case of a student enrolled in the public | ||||||
11 | schools of a school district
organized under Article 34, in | ||||||
12 | accordance with the uniform system of discipline
established | ||||||
13 | under Section 34-19) may be
immediately transferred to the | ||||||
14 | alternative school program. At the earliest time
following | ||||||
15 | that transfer appropriate personnel from the sending school | ||||||
16 | district
and appropriate personnel of the alternative program |
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1 | shall meet to develop an
alternative education plan for the | ||||||
2 | student. The student's parent or guardian
shall be invited to | ||||||
3 | this meeting. The student may be invited. The alternative
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4 | educational plan shall include, but not be limited to all of | ||||||
5 | the following:
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6 | (1) The duration of the plan, including a date after | ||||||
7 | which the student may
be returned to the regular | ||||||
8 | educational program in the public schools of the
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9 | transferring district. If the parent or guardian of a | ||||||
10 | student
who is scheduled to be returned to the regular | ||||||
11 | education program in the public
schools of the district | ||||||
12 | files a written objection to the return with the
principal | ||||||
13 | of the alternative school, the matter shall be referred by | ||||||
14 | the
principal to the regional superintendent of the | ||||||
15 | educational service region in
which the alternative school | ||||||
16 | program is located for a hearing. Notice of
the hearing
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17 | shall be given by the regional superintendent to the | ||||||
18 | student's parent or
guardian. After the hearing, the | ||||||
19 | regional superintendent may take such action
as he or she | ||||||
20 | finds appropriate and in the best interests of the | ||||||
21 | student. The
determination of the regional superintendent | ||||||
22 | shall be final.
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23 | (2) The specific academic and behavioral components of | ||||||
24 | the plan.
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25 | (3) A method and time frame for reviewing the | ||||||
26 | student's progress.
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1 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, if a | ||||||
2 | student for whom an
individualized educational program has | ||||||
3 | been developed under Article 14 is
transferred to an | ||||||
4 | alternative school program under this Article 13A, that
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5 | individualized educational program shall continue to apply to | ||||||
6 | that student
following the transfer unless modified in | ||||||
7 | accordance with the provisions of
Article 14.
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8 | (b) Before the effective date of the transfer, the | ||||||
9 | student's parents or guardians shall receive information about | ||||||
10 | the alternative school program including the specific nature | ||||||
11 | of the curriculum, number of students in the program, any | ||||||
12 | available services, the program's disciplinary policies, a | ||||||
13 | typical daily schedule, and extracurricular activities offered | ||||||
14 | at the alternative school program. | ||||||
15 | (c) At the earliest time following the effective date of | ||||||
16 | the transfer appropriate personnel from the sending school | ||||||
17 | district and appropriate personnel of the alternative school | ||||||
18 | program shall meet to develop an alternative education plan | ||||||
19 | for the student. The student and the student's parents or | ||||||
20 | guardians shall be invited to this meeting. The alternative | ||||||
21 | educational plan shall include, but not be limited to all of | ||||||
22 | the following: | ||||||
23 | (1) The duration of the plan, including a date after | ||||||
24 | which the student will may be returned to the regular | ||||||
25 | educational program in the public schools of the | ||||||
26 | transferring district. |
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1 | (2) The specific academic and behavioral components of | ||||||
2 | the plan. | ||||||
3 | (3) A method and time frame for reviewing the | ||||||
4 | student's progress and for transitioning the student back | ||||||
5 | to the regular education program in the public schools of | ||||||
6 | the transferring district on the date set forth in | ||||||
7 | paragraph (1). A transition meeting between the sending | ||||||
8 | school district, the alternative school program, and the | ||||||
9 | student's parent or guardian at least 3 days prior to the | ||||||
10 | date after which the student will be returned to the | ||||||
11 | regular education program in the public schools of the | ||||||
12 | transferring district. | ||||||
13 | (d) The date after which the student will return to the | ||||||
14 | regular educational program in the public schools of the | ||||||
15 | transferring district shall not be extended over the objection | ||||||
16 | of the student's parent or guardian. | ||||||
17 | (e) The date after which the student will return to the | ||||||
18 | regular educational program in the public schools of the | ||||||
19 | transferring district may be extended upon written agreement | ||||||
20 | by the transferring school district, alternative school | ||||||
21 | program, and the student's parent or guardian. | ||||||
22 | (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article, | ||||||
23 | if a student for whom an individualized educational program | ||||||
24 | has been developed under Article 14 is transferred to an | ||||||
25 | alternative school program under this Article 13A, that | ||||||
26 | individualized educational program shall continue to apply to |
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1 | that student following the transfer unless modified in | ||||||
2 | accordance with the provisions of Article 14. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 89-383, eff. 8-18-95; 89-629, eff. 8-9-96.)".
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