SB 1740
Sch cd-mandates-reorganize
Sch CD-Mandates-Reorganize
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Bill overview
Amends the Illinois Grant Funds Recovery Act to make a change concerning school maintenance project grants. Amends the Soybean Ink Act to make a change concerning school districts. Amends the School Code. Removes outdated provisions regarding social science learning standards and provisions regarding meeting minimum higher education preparation and admission requirements. Removes language providing that students who do not take the State's final accountability assessment or its approved alternate assessment may not receive a regular high school diploma unless the student is exempted from taking the State assessments. Prohibits a school board from discriminating against, punishing, or penalizing a student because the student's parents or guardians are unable to pay any required fees or fines for the loss of school property. Removes the requirement that all paper purchased by a board of education, public schools, and attendance centers for publication of student newspapers be recycled newsprint. Increases the age for when an individualized education program must include transition services. Removes the minimum hour requirements for training on concussions and on issues related to domestic and sexual violence. Removes the requirement that a police training academy job training program be open to all students and that participation be tracked. Creates the School Code Mandate Reduction Council. Makes changes concerning commemorative holidays. Renumbers and reorganizes the Course of Study Article and other provisions. Makes conforming and other changes in various Acts. Repeals various Sections of the School Code, the Voting by Minors Act, and the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Effective immediately.
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