GA96HB628 96 HB 628 SCH CD-SPEC ED-EXPERT WITNESS Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that a private evaluator or expert retained by or on behalf a parent or guardian shall be afforded reasonable and unimpeded access to educational personnel, facilities, classrooms, and buildings and to the child for the purpose of conducting any appropriate interviews, observations, assessments, tests, or evaluations of the child and of the child's current or proposed educational program, placement, and educational environment. Provides that a parent or guardian shall be afforded reasonable and unimpeded access to observe the child in his or her current or proposed educational program, placement, and educational environment. Provides that a parent or guardian who is a prevailing party in an impartial due process hearing or in a civil action may recover from an opposing party reasonable expert witness costs if the expert witness contributed to the relief obtained by the parent or guardian. Effective immediately. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=628&GAID=10&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=41403&SessionID=76&GA=96 2009-05-28 00:00:00 House Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 House Concurs 117-000-000 0 59 2009-05-28 00:00:00 House Passed Both Houses 0 60 2009-06-26 00:00:00 House Sent to the Governor 0 61 2009-08-25 00:00:00 House Governor Approved 0 62 2009-08-25 00:00:00 House Effective Date August 25, 2009 0 63 2009-08-25 00:00:00 House Public Act . . . . . . . . . 96-0657 1 64 2009-05-20 00:00:00 House Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Referred to Rules Committee 0 57 HRUL 2009-05-26 00:00:00 House Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion to Concur Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 004-000-000 0 58 HRUL 2009-05-19 00:00:00 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading 0 52 2009-05-19 00:00:00 Senate Third Reading - Passed; 057-000-000 1 53 2009-05-20 00:00:00 House Arrived in House 0 54 2009-05-20 00:00:00 House Placed on Calendar Order of Concurrence Senate Amendment(s) 2 0 55 2009-05-20 00:00:00 House Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Motion Filed Concur Rep. Harry Osterman 0 56 2009-05-19 00:00:00 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted; Steans 0 51 2009-05-19 00:00:00 Senate Recalled to Second Reading 0 50 2009-05-18 00:00:00 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Tabled in Education; by Senator Steans 0 47 SESE 2009-05-18 00:00:00 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommend Do Adopt Education; 009-000-000 0 48 SESE 2009-05-19 00:00:00 Senate Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Jacqueline Y. Collins 0 49 2009-05-17 00:00:00 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Assignments Refers to Education 0 46 SESE 2009-05-17 00:00:00 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Education 0 45 SESE 2009-05-14 00:00:00 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments 0 42 SCOA 2009-05-15 00:00:00 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Assignments 0 44 SCOA 2009-05-15 00:00:00 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans 0 43 2009-05-14 00:00:00 Senate Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Heather Steans 0 41 2009-05-07 00:00:00 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading May 12, 2009 0 39 2009-05-12 00:00:00 Senate Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Susan Garrett 0 40 2009-05-06 00:00:00 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading May 7, 2009 0 37 2009-05-07 00:00:00 Senate Second Reading 1 38 2009-05-06 00:00:00 Senate Do Pass Education; 010-000-000 0 36 SESE 2009-04-29 00:00:00 Senate Held in Education 0 34 SESE 2009-05-05 00:00:00 Senate Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Iris Y. Martinez 0 35 2009-04-22 00:00:00 Senate Assigned to Education 0 32 SESE 2009-04-22 00:00:00 Senate Alternate Chief Sponsor Changed to Sen. Heather Steans 0 33 2009-04-15 00:00:00 Senate Referred to Assignments 0 31 SCOA 2009-04-15 00:00:00 Senate First Reading 1 30 2009-04-15 00:00:00 Senate Added as Alternate Chief Co-Sponsor Sen. Don Harmon 0 29 2009-04-15 00:00:00 Senate Chief Senate Sponsor Sen. John J. Cullerton 0 28 2009-04-15 00:00:00 Senate Placed on Calendar Order of First Reading 0 27 2009-04-02 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Deborah L. Graham 0 24 2009-04-02 00:00:00 House Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 079-035-000 1 25 2009-04-15 00:00:00 Senate Arrive in Senate 0 26 2009-04-02 00:00:00 House Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate 0 23 2009-04-02 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Naomi D. Jakobsson 0 21 2009-04-02 00:00:00 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Adopted by Voice Vote 0 22 2009-04-01 00:00:00 House Held on Calendar Order of Second Reading - Short Debate 0 20 2009-03-30 00:00:00 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Recommends Be Adopted Rules Committee; 003-000-000 0 18 HRUL 2009-03-10 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth Coulson 0 14 2009-04-01 00:00:00 House Second Reading - Short Debate 1 19 2009-03-26 00:00:00 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Referred to Rules Committee 0 17 HRUL 2009-03-26 00:00:00 House House Floor Amendment No. 2 Filed with Clerk by Rep. Harry Osterman 0 16 2009-03-26 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Kathleen A. Ryg 0 15 2009-03-04 00:00:00 House Do Pass as Amended / Short Debate Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; 011-002-001 0 12 HELM 2009-03-04 00:00:00 House Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate 0 13 2009-03-04 00:00:00 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote 0 11 HELM 2009-03-04 00:00:00 House House Committee Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee 0 10 HELM 2009-02-20 00:00:00 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang 0 7 2009-02-11 00:00:00 House Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee 0 3 HELM 2009-03-03 00:00:00 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Marlow H. Colvin 0 9 2009-03-03 00:00:00 House Added Chief Co-Sponsor Rep. Karen May 0 8 2009-02-20 00:00:00 House Removed Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang 0 6 2009-02-18 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Lou Lang 0 4 2009-02-19 00:00:00 House Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Esther Golar 0 5 2009-02-06 00:00:00 House Referred to Rules Committee 0 2 HRUL 2009-02-05 00:00:00 House Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Harry Osterman 0 0 2009-02-06 00:00:00 House First Reading 1 1 DeborahLGraham House Co-Sponsor NaomiDJakobsson House Co-Sponsor KathleenARyg House Co-Sponsor ElizabethCoulson House Co-Sponsor EstherGolar House Co-Sponsor JacquelineYCollins Senate Chief Co-Sponsor SusanGarrett Senate Chief Co-Sponsor IrisYMartinez Senate Chief Co-Sponsor DonHarmon Senate Chief Co-Sponsor MarlowHColvin House Chief Co-Sponsor KarenMay House Chief Co-Sponsor LouLang House Chief Co-Sponsor HarryOsterman House Chief Sponsor HeatherSteans Senate Chief Sponsor