Bill Sponsors: IL HB1623 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly

Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to adopt a policy to (i) allow the parent or legal guardian of a child to notify the school principal or a designee in writing that the parent or legal guardian objects to the use of specific course material and (ii) allow the child to use alternative course material. Requires the alternative course material to be provided at the expense of the parent or legal guardian. Requires the content of the alternative course material to be sufficiently equivalent to the specific course material to enable the child to meet State standards in a particular subject area. Effective July 1, 2023.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-02-01 - Referred to Rules Committee [HB1623 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Sponsors

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Representative Ryan Spain [R]PrimarySponsored BillsHD-073FollowTheMoneyBallotpediaVoteSmart

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