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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 5. The School Code is amended by adding Section
5 34-18.73 as follows:
6 (105 ILCS 5/34-18.73)
7 Sec. 34-18.73. Parental notification of student
8 discipline.
9 (a) In this Section, "misconduct" means an incident that
10 involves offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the
11 use of violence.
12 (b) If a student commits an act or acts of misconduct
13 involving offensive touching, a physical altercation, or the
14 use of violence, the student's school shall provide written
15 notification of that misconduct to the parent or guardian of
16 the student.
17 (c) If a student makes a written statement to a school
18 employee relating to an act or acts of misconduct, whether the
19 student is engaging in the act or acts or is targeted by the
20 act or acts, the school shall provide the written statement to
21 the student's parent or guardian, upon request and in
22 accordance with federal and State laws and rules governing
23 school student records.
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1 (d) If the parent or guardian of a student involved in an
2 act or acts of misconduct, whether the student is engaging in
3 the act or acts or is targeted by the act or acts, requests a
4 synopsis of any statement made by the parent's or guardian's
5 child, the school shall provide any existing records
6 responsive to that request, in accordance with federal and
7 State laws and rules governing school student records.
8 (e) A school shall make reasonable attempts to provide a
9 copy of any disciplinary report resulting from an
10 investigation into a student's act or acts of misconduct to
11 the parent or guardian of the student receiving disciplinary
12 action and to the parent or guardian of the student against
13 whom the misconduct was committed, including any and all
14 restorative justice measures, within 2 school days after the
15 completion of the report. The disciplinary report shall
16 include all of the following:
17 (1) A description of the student's act or acts of
18 misconduct that resulted in disciplinary action. The names
19 and any identifying information of any other student or
20 students involved must be redacted from or not included in
21 the report, in accordance with federal and State student
22 privacy laws and rules.
23 (2) A description of the disciplinary action, if any,
24 imposed on the parent's or guardian's child, including the
25 duration of the disciplinary action.
26 (3) The school's justification and rationale for the
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1 disciplinary action imposed on the parent's or guardian's
2 child, including reference to the applicable student
3 discipline policies, procedures, or guidelines.
4 (4) A description of the restorative justice measures,
5 if any, used on the parent's or guardian's child.
6 (Source: P.A. 102-251, eff. 8-6-21; 102-813, eff. 5-13-22.)
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