Illinois HB 1861: SCH CD-SPEC ED-RESIDENT DIST

Status: Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0202 (as of 2025-08-15)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HB 1861

Sponsors: Meg Loughran Cappel, William "Will" Davis, Camille Y. Lilly, Diane Blair-Sherlock, Michelle Mussman

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HB1861 EnrolledLRB104 07629 LNS 17673 b

1 AN ACT concerning education.

2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 

3represented in the General Assembly:

4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections 

514-1.11, 14-1.11a, and 14-7.05 as follows:

6 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.11)

7 Sec. 14-1.11. Resident district; parent; legal guardian. 

8The resident district is the school district in which the 

9parent or guardian, or both parent and guardian, of the 

10student reside when: 

11 (1) the parent has legal guardianship of the student 

12 and resides within Illinois; or 

13 (2) an individual guardian has been appointed by the 

14 courts and resides within Illinois; or 

15 (3) an Illinois public agency has legal guardianship 

16 and the student resides either in the home of the parent or 

17 within the same district as the parent; or 

18 (4) an Illinois court orders a residential placement 

19 but the parents retain any legal rights or guardianship 

20 and have not been subject to a termination of parental 

21 rights order.

22 In cases of divorced or separated parents, when only one 

23parent has legal guardianship or custody, the district in 

HB1861 Enrolled- 2 -LRB104 07629 LNS 17673 b

1which the parent having legal guardianship or custody resides 

2is the resident district. When both parents retain legal 

3guardianship or custody, the resident district is the district 

4in which either parent who provides the student's primary 

5regular fixed night-time abode resides; provided, that the 

6election of resident district may be made only one tim

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