104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2759 Introduced , by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act Creates the Student Bill of Rights Act. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall jointly establish, no later than January 1, 2026, a student bill of rights to outline that students in public schools and public institutions of higher education have a right to educational equity and to be free from discrimination based on race, sex, gender, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical ability. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall publish the student bill of rights on their Internet websites and make a handout available. Provides that each public institution of higher education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall have on their Internet websites a link to the student bill of rights published on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website. Effective immediately. LRB104 08479 LNS 18531 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2759 Introduced , by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: New Act New Act Creates the Student Bill of Rights Act. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall jointly establish, no later than January 1, 2026, a student bill of rights to outline that students in public schools and public institutions of higher education have a right to educational equity and to be free from discrimination based on race, sex, gender, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical ability. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall publish the student bill of rights on their Internet websites and make a handout available. Provides that each public institution of higher education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall have on their Internet websites a link to the student bill of rights published on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website. Effective immediately. LRB104 08479 LNS 18531 b LRB104 08479 LNS 18531 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2759 Introduced , by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Student Bill of Rights Act. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall jointly establish, no later than January 1, 2026, a student bill of rights to outline that students in public schools and public institutions of higher education have a right to educational equity and to be free from discrimination based on race, sex, gender, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical ability. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall publish the student bill of rights on their Internet websites and make a handout available. Provides that each public institution of higher education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall have on their Internet websites a link to the student bill of rights published on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website. Effective immediately.
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1 AN ACT concerning education.
2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
4 Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
5 Student Bill of Rights Act.
6 Section 5. Findings. The General Assembly finds that a
7 student has a right to educational equity and to be free from
8 discrimination based on race, sex, gender, socioeconomic
9 status, and mental or physical ability.
10 Section 10. Student bill of rights. The State Board of
11 Education and the Board of Higher Education shall jointly
12 establish, no later than January 1, 2026, a student bill of
13 rights to outline that students in public schools and public
14 institutions of higher education have a right to educational
15 equity and to be free from discrimination based on race, sex,
16 gender, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical ability.
17 The State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education
18 shall publish the student bill of rights on their Internet
19 websites and make a handout available. Each public institution
20 of higher education, the Illinois Community College Board, and
21 the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall have on their
22 Internet websites a link to the student bill of rights
104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026 HB2759 Introduced , by Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act New Act
New Act
Creates the Student Bill of Rights Act. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall jointly establish, no later than January 1, 2026, a student bill of rights to outline that students in public schools and public institutions of higher education have a right to educational equity and to be free from discrimination based on race, sex, gender, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical ability. Provides that the State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education shall publish the student bill of rights on their Internet websites and make a handout available. Provides that each public institution of higher education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission shall have on their Internet websites a link to the student bill of rights published on the Board of Higher Education's Internet website. Effective immediately.
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STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
New Act
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