Bill Text: IL HB2168 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board of a school district with 275,000 students or more shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-27 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB2168 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB2168-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB2168 Introduced , by Rep. Curtis J. Tarver, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new
Amends the School Code. Provides that a school board of a school district with 275,000 students or more shall prohibit any school of the district that has selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a standardized test in order to be admitted to that school. Effective immediately.
LRB103 26326 RJT 52687 b
A BILL FOR
HB2168 LRB103 26326 RJT 52687 b
AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
10-20.85 and 34-18.82 as follows:
(105 ILCS 5/10-20.85 new)
Sec. 10-20.85. Selective admissions; standardized testing.
A school board in a school district with 275,000 students or
more shall prohibit any school of the district that has
selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a
pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a
standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.
(105 ILCS 5/34-18.82 new)
Sec. 34-18.82. Selective admissions; standardized testing.
The board shall prohibit any school of the district that has
selective admission requirements from requiring a student in a
pre-kindergarten program of the district to take a
standardized test in order to be admitted to that school.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.