Bill Text: IL HB3897 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that a student whose 22nd birthday occurs during the school year is eligible for special education services through the end of the school year (rather than being eligible for services only until the day before his or her 22nd birthday). Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3897 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB3897-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 14-1.02 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/14-1.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.02)
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7 | Sec. 14-1.02. Children with disabilities.
"Children with | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | disabilities" means children
between the ages of 3 and 21 for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | whom it is determined, through definitions
and procedures
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10 | described in the Illinois Rules and Regulations to Govern the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | Organization
and Administration of Special Education, that | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | special education services
are needed. An eligible student who | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | requires continued public school educational experience to | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | facilitate his or her successful transition and integration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | into adult life is eligible for such services through age 21, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | inclusive, which, for purposes of this Article, means the day | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | before the student's 22nd birthday , unless his or her 22nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | birthday occurs during the school year, in which case he or she | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | is eligible for such services through the end of the school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | year . An individualized education program must be written and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | agreed
upon by appropriate school personnel and parents or | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | their representatives
for any child receiving special | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | education.
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1 | (Source: P.A. 95-14, eff. 7-16-07.)
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2 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
3 | becoming law.
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