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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB4301

Introduced 1/14/2026, by Rep. Daniel Didech

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 10/2

from Ch. 122, par. 50-2

Amends the Illinois School Student Records Act. Provides that "school
student record" also means any written or electronic communications and
any accompanying attachments in whole or in part sent to or from a parent,
guardian, or other family member of a student that are maintained by a
school or at its direction or by an employee of the school and that relate
to the education, health, safety, discipline, or well-being of the
student, regardless of whether the student may be individually identified.
LRB104 17064 LNS 30479 b

A BILL FOR

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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 Illinois School Student Records Act is
5
amended by changing Section 2 as follows:

6

(105 ILCS 10/2)

(from Ch. 122, par. 50-2)
7

(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 104-356
)
8

Sec. 2.
As used in this Act:
9

(a) "Student" means any person enrolled or previously
10
enrolled in a school.
11

(b) "School" means any public preschool, day care center,
12
kindergarten, nursery, elementary or secondary educational
13
institution, vocational school, special educational facility
14
or any other elementary or secondary educational agency or
15
institution and any person, agency or institution which
16
maintains school student records from more than one school,
17
but does not include a private or non-public school.
18

(c) "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
19

(d) "School Student Record" means any writing or other
20
recorded information concerning a student and by which a
21
student may be individually identified, maintained by a school
22
or at its direction or by an employee of a school, regardless
23
of how or where the information is stored. The following shall

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not be deemed school student records under this Act: writings
2
or other recorded information maintained by an employee of a
3
school or other person at the direction of a school for his or
4
her exclusive use; provided that all such writings and other
5
recorded information are destroyed not later than the
6
student's graduation or permanent withdrawal from the school;
7
and provided further that no such records or recorded
8
information may be released or disclosed to any person except
9
a person designated by the school as a substitute unless they
10
are first incorporated in a school student record and made
11
subject to all of the provisions of this Act. School student
12
records shall not include information maintained by law
13
enforcement professionals working in the school.
14

(e) "Student Permanent Record" means the minimum personal
15
information necessary to a school in the education of the
16
student and contained in a school student record. Such
17
information may include the student's name, birth date,
18
address, grades and grade level, parents' names and addresses,
19
attendance records, and such other entries as the State Board
20
may require or authorize.
21

(f) "Student Temporary Record" means all information
22
contained in a school student record but not contained in the
23
student permanent record. Such information may include family
24
background information, intelligence test scores, aptitude
25
test scores, psychological and personality test results,
26
teacher evaluations, and other information of clear relevance

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to the education of the student, all subject to regulations of
2
the State Board. The information shall include all of the
3
following:
4

(1) Information provided under Section 8.6 of the
5

Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and information
6

contained in service logs maintained by a local education
7

agency under subsection (d) of Section 14-8.02f of the
8

School Code.
9

(2) Information regarding serious disciplinary
10

infractions that resulted in expulsion, suspension, or the
11

imposition of punishment or sanction. For purposes of this
12

provision, serious disciplinary infractions means:
13

infractions involving drugs, weapons, or bodily harm to
14

another.
15

(3) Information concerning a student's status and
16

related experiences as a parent, expectant parent, or
17

victim of domestic or sexual violence, as defined in
18

Article 26A of the School Code, including a statement of
19

the student or any other documentation, record, or
20

corroborating evidence and the fact that the student has
21

requested or obtained assistance, support, or services
22

related to that status. Enforcement of this paragraph (3)
23

shall follow the procedures provided in Section 26A-40 of
24

the School Code.
25

(g) "Parent" means a person who is the natural parent of
26
the student or other person who has the primary responsibility

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for the care and upbringing of the student. All rights and
2
privileges accorded to a parent under this Act shall become
3
exclusively those of the student upon his 18th birthday,
4
graduation from secondary school, marriage or entry into
5
military service, whichever occurs first. Such rights and
6
privileges may also be exercised by the student at any time
7
with respect to the student's permanent school record.
8

(h) "Department" means the Department of Children and
9
Family Services.
10
(Source: P.A. 101-515, eff. 8-23-19; 102-199, eff. 7-1-22;
11
102-466, eff. 7-1-25; 102-558, eff. 8-20-21; 102-813, eff.
12
5-13-22.)

13

(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 104-356
)
14

Sec. 2.
As used in this Act:
15

(a) "Student" means any person enrolled or previously
16
enrolled in a school.
17

(b) "School" means any public preschool, day care center,
18
kindergarten, nursery, elementary or secondary educational
19
institution, vocational school, special educational facility
20
or any other elementary or secondary educational agency or
21
institution and any person, agency or institution which
22
maintains school student records from more than one school,
23
but does not include a private or non-public school.
24

(c) "State Board" means the State Board of Education.
25

(d) "School Student Record" means any writing or other

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recorded information concerning a student and by which a
2
student may be individually identified, maintained by a school
3
or at its direction or by an employee of a school, regardless
4
of how or where the information is stored
, and any written or
5
electronic communications and any accompanying attachments in
6
whole or in part sent to or from a parent, guardian, or other
7
family member of a student that are maintained by the school or
8
at its direction or by an employee of the school and that
9
relate to the education, health, safety, discipline, or
10
well-being of the student, regardless of whether the student
11
may be individually identified
. The following shall not be
12
deemed school student records under this Act: writings or
13
other recorded information maintained by an employee of a
14
school or other person at the direction of a school for his or
15
her exclusive use; provided that all such writings and other
16
recorded information are destroyed not later than the
17
student's graduation or permanent withdrawal from the school;
18
and provided further that no such records or recorded
19
information may be released or disclosed to any person except
20
a person designated by the school as a substitute unless they
21
are first incorporated in a school student record and made
22
subject to all of the provisions of this Act. School student
23
records shall not include information maintained by law
24
enforcement professionals working in the school.
25

(e) "Student Permanent Record" means the minimum personal
26
information necessary to a school in the education of the

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student and contained in a school student record. Such
2
information may include the student's name, birth date,
3
address, grades and grade level; parents' or guardians' names
4
and addresses, attendance records; a summary of performance
5
for students that received special education services; and
6
such other entries as the State Board may require or
7
authorize. A summary of performance shall be substantially
8
similar to the summary of performance form developed by the
9
State Board. Any summary of performance maintained as part of
10
a Student Permanent Record shall be kept confidential and not
11
be disclosed except as authorized by paragraph (1) or (14) of
12
subsection (a) of Section 6. A summary of performance may be
13
excluded from a Student Permanent Record if, after being
14
notified in writing that (i) school districts do not keep
15
special education records beyond 5 years and (ii) if a summary
16
of performance record is not kept in a student's permanent
17
file, the student may not have the documentation necessary to
18
qualify for State or federal benefits in the future, the
19
student and parents or guardians consent in writing to the
20
exclusion of a summary of performance.
21

(f) "Student Temporary Record" means all information
22
contained in a school student record but not contained in the
23
student permanent record. Such information may include family
24
background information, intelligence test scores, aptitude
25
test scores, psychological and personality test results,
26
teacher evaluations, and other information of clear relevance

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1
to the education of the student, all subject to regulations of
2
the State Board. The information shall include all of the
3
following:
4

(1) Information provided under Section 8.6 of the
5

Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act and information
6

contained in service logs maintained by a local education
7

agency under subsection (d) of Section 14-8.02f of the
8

School Code.
9

(2) Information regarding serious disciplinary
10

infractions that resulted in expulsion, suspension, or the
11

imposition of punishment or sanction. For purposes of this
12

provision, serious disciplinary infractions means:
13

infractions involving drugs, weapons, or bodily harm to
14

another.
15

(3) Information concerning a student's status and
16

related experiences as a parent, expectant parent, or
17

victim of domestic or sexual violence, as defined in
18

Article 26A of the School Code, including a statement of
19

the student or any other documentation, record, or
20

corroborating evidence and the fact that the student has
21

requested or obtained assistance, support, or services
22

related to that status. Enforcement of this paragraph (3)
23

shall follow the procedures provided in Section 26A-40 of
24

the School Code.
25

(g) "Parent" means a person who is the natural parent of
26
the student or other person who has the primary responsibility

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for the care and upbringing of the student. All rights and
2
privileges accorded to a parent under this Act shall become
3
exclusively those of the student upon his 18th birthday,
4
graduation from secondary school, marriage or entry into
5
military service, whichever occurs first. Such rights and
6
privileges may also be exercised by the student at any time
7
with respect to the student's permanent school record.
8

(h) "Department" means the Department of Children and
9
Family Services.
10
(Source: P.A. 104-356, eff. 7-1-26.)

11

Section 95.
No acceleration or delay.
Where this Act makes
12
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text
13
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section
14
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does
15
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes
16
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other
17
Public Act.

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