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Illinois House Bill HB2818

Illinois 2025-2026 Regular Session

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11 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2818 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to ensure parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district are free to petition the school board and provide public comment at all public and regularly scheduled meetings, have access to certain information, are well-informed on specified subject matters, and have the right to meet with a pupil's teacher at least twice per school year. Requires a school board to ensure curriculum and learning materials are posted on the school district's Internet website. Effective immediately. LRB104 06558 LNS 16594 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2025 and 2026 HB2818 Introduced , by Rep. Chris Miller SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new 105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new 105 ILCS 5/34-18.88 new Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to ensure parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district are free to petition the school board and provide public comment at all public and regularly scheduled meetings, have access to certain information, are well-informed on specified subject matters, and have the right to meet with a pupil's teacher at least twice per school year. Requires a school board to ensure curriculum and learning materials are posted on the school district's Internet website. Effective immediately. LRB104 06558 LNS 16594 b LRB104 06558 LNS 16594 b STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT MAY APPLY A BILL FOR
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1414 1 AN ACT concerning education.
1515 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
1616 3 represented in the General Assembly:
1717 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections
1818 5 10-20.88 and 34-18.88 as follows:
1919 6 (105 ILCS 5/10-20.88 new)
2020 7 Sec. 10-20.88. Parents' rights. Notwithstanding any other
2121 8 law or rule to the contrary, each school board shall ensure all
2222 9 of the following:
2323 10 (1) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
2424 11 enrolled in the school district are free to petition the
2525 12 school board and provide public comment at all public and
2626 13 regularly scheduled school board meetings.
2727 14 (2) That all curriculum and learning materials used by
2828 15 the schools of the school district are posted on the
2929 16 school district's Internet website if the school district
3030 17 maintains a website, disaggregated by grade level. If the
3131 18 school district does not maintain an Internet website, all
3232 19 parents and guardians of pupils shall be informed of their
3333 20 right to review all curriculum and learning materials used
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4444 Amends the School Code. Requires a school board to ensure parents and guardians of pupils enrolled in the school district are free to petition the school board and provide public comment at all public and regularly scheduled meetings, have access to certain information, are well-informed on specified subject matters, and have the right to meet with a pupil's teacher at least twice per school year. Requires a school board to ensure curriculum and learning materials are posted on the school district's Internet website. Effective immediately.
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7979 1 enrolled in the school district have the ability to
8080 2 request and review all budgetary documents of the school
8181 3 district, including documents outlining the school
8282 4 district's revenues and expenditures.
8383 5 (4) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
8484 6 enrolled in the school district are well-informed of all
8585 7 parent-school engagement opportunities to ensure parents
8686 8 and guardians are engaged in their children's education.
8787 9 (5) That the school district shares with the parents
8888 10 and guardians of pupils information on the Illinois
8989 11 Learning Standards and any changes made to the Illinois
9090 12 Learning Standards throughout the school year.
9191 13 (6) That each parent or guardian of a pupil has the
9292 14 right to meet with the pupil's teacher at least twice per
9393 15 school year, which may include parent-teacher conferences.
9494 16 (7) That the libraries of each school of the school
9595 17 district maintain a list of reading materials contained in
9696 18 the library so that the parents and guardians of pupils
9797 19 are able to request to review the reading materials
9898 20 contained at each school.
9999 21 (8) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
100100 22 enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
101101 23 the educational opportunities provided to pupils within
102102 24 the school district, including, but not limited to, the
103103 25 curriculum, gifted education programs, advanced placement
104104 26 courses, special education needs, the needs of English
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115115 1 learners, child nutritional programs and services, and
116116 2 career and technical education.
117117 3 (9) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
118118 4 enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
119119 5 violent activity in a pupil's school and on school
120120 6 grounds, subject to student privacy rights, and are
121121 7 well-informed on the school district's policy to protect
122122 8 children during the school day.
123123 9 (10) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
124124 10 enrolled in the school district are well-informed on the
125125 11 school district's policies and procedures on protecting
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128128 14 Sec. 34-18.88. Parents' rights. Notwithstanding any other
129129 15 law or rule to the contrary, the board shall ensure all of the
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131131 17 (1) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
132132 18 enrolled in the school district are free to petition the
133133 19 board and provide public comment at all public and
134134 20 regularly scheduled board meetings.
135135 21 (2) That all curriculum and learning materials used by
136136 22 the schools of the school district are posted on the
137137 23 school district's Internet website, disaggregated by grade
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139139 25 (3) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
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150150 1 enrolled in the school district have the ability to
151151 2 request and review all budgetary documents of the school
152152 3 district, including documents outlining the school
153153 4 district's revenues and expenditures.
154154 5 (4) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
155155 6 enrolled in the school district are well-informed of all
156156 7 parent-school engagement opportunities to ensure parents
157157 8 and guardians are engaged in their children's education.
158158 9 (5) That the school district shares with the parents
159159 10 and guardians of pupils information on the Illinois
160160 11 Learning Standards and any changes made to the Illinois
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162162 13 (6) That each parent or guardian of a pupil has the
163163 14 right to meet with the pupil's teacher at least twice per
164164 15 school year, which may include parent-teacher conferences.
165165 16 (7) That the libraries of each school of the school
166166 17 district maintain a list of reading materials contained in
167167 18 the library so that the parents and guardians of pupils
168168 19 are able to request to review the reading materials
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170170 21 (8) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
171171 22 enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
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186186 1 learners, child nutritional programs and services, and
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188188 3 (9) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
189189 4 enrolled in the school district are well-informed about
190190 5 violent activity in a pupil's school and on school
191191 6 grounds, subject to student privacy rights, and are
192192 7 well-informed on the school district's policy to protect
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194194 9 (10) That the parents and guardians of all pupils
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