105 ILCS 5/10-21.8
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-21.8)(Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 102-199)Sec. 10-21.8.     Correspondence and Reports.     In the absence of any  court order to the contrary to require that, upon the  request of either parent of a pupil whose parents are divorced, copies of  the following:  reports or records which reflect the pupil's academic  progress, reports of the pupil's emotional and physical health, notices of  school-initiated parent-teacher conference, notices of major  school-sponsored events, such as open houses, which involve pupil-parent  interaction, and copies of the school calendar regarding the child which  are furnished by the school district to one parent be furnished by mail to  the other parent. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this  Section a school board shall not, under the authority of this Section, refuse  to mail copies of reports, records, notices or other documents regarding a  pupil to a parent of the pupil as provided by this Section, unless the  school board first has been furnished with a certified copy of the court  order prohibiting the release of such reports, records, notices or other  documents to that parent.  No such reports or records with respect to a  pupil shall be provided to a parent who has been prohibited by an order of  protection from inspecting or obtaining school records of that pupil  pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, as now or hereafter amended.    (Source: P.A. 86-966.)(Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 102-199)Sec. 10-21.8. Correspondence and Reports. In the absence of any  court order to the contrary to require that, upon the  request of either parent of a pupil whose parents are divorced or, if the student is in the legal custody of the Department of Children and Family Services, the Department's Office of Education and Transition Services, copies of  the following:  reports or records which reflect the pupil's academic  progress, reports of the pupil's emotional and physical health, notices of  school-initiated parent-teacher conference, notices of major  school-sponsored events, such as open houses, which involve pupil-parent  interaction, and copies of the school calendar regarding the child which  are furnished by the school district to one parent be furnished by mail to  the other parent or, if applicable, the Department's Office of Education and Transition Services. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this  Section a school board shall not, under the authority of this Section, refuse  to mail copies of reports, records, notices or other documents regarding a  pupil to a parent of the pupil as provided by this Section, unless the  school board first has been furnished with a certified copy of the court  order prohibiting the release of such reports, records, notices or other  documents to that parent.  No such reports or records with respect to a  pupil shall be provided to a parent who has been prohibited by an order of  protection from inspecting or obtaining school records of that pupil  pursuant to the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986, as now or hereafter amended.  (Source: P.A. 102-199, eff. 7-1-22.)