105 ILCS 5/2-3.13a
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 2 - State Board of Education - Powers and Duties

 (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.13a)Sec. 2-3.13a. School records; transferring students.(a) The State  Board of Education shall establish and implement rules requiring all of the  public schools and all private or nonpublic elementary and secondary  schools located in this State, whenever any such school has a student who  is transferring to any other public elementary or secondary school located in  this or in any other state, to forward within 10 days of notice of the  student's transfer an unofficial record of that student's grades to the school  to which such student is transferring.  Each public school at the same time  also shall forward to the school to which the student is transferring the  remainder of the student's school student records as required by the Illinois  School Student Records Act.  In addition, if a student is transferring from a public school, whether  located in this or any other state, from which the  student has been suspended or expelled for knowingly possessing in a school  building or on school grounds a weapon as defined in the Gun Free Schools Act  (20 U.S.C. 8921 et seq.), for knowingly possessing, selling, or delivering in  a school building or on school grounds a controlled substance or cannabis, or  for battering a staff member of the school, and  if the period of suspension or expulsion has not expired at the time the  student attempts to transfer into another public school in the same or any  other school district: (i) any school student records required to be  transferred shall include the date and duration of the period of suspension or  expulsion; and (ii) with the exception of transfers into the Department of  Juvenile Justice school district, the student shall not be permitted to attend  class in the  public school into which he or she is transferring until the student has served  the entire period of the suspension or expulsion imposed by the school from  which the student is transferring, provided that the school board may approve  the placement of the student in an alternative school program established under  Article 13A of this Code.  A school district may adopt a policy providing that if a student is  suspended or expelled for any reason from any public or private school in  this or any other state, the student must complete the entire term of the  suspension or expulsion before being admitted into the school district.  This policy may allow placement of the student in an alternative school  program established under Article 13A of this Code, if available, for the  remainder of  the suspension or expulsion.  Each public school  and each private or nonpublic elementary or secondary school in this State  shall within 10 days after the student has paid all of his or her  outstanding fines and fees and at its own expense forward an official  transcript of the scholastic records of each student transferring from that  school in strict accordance with the provisions of this Section and the rules  established by the State Board of Education as herein provided.(b) The State Board of Education shall develop a one-page standard form that  Illinois school districts are required to provide to any student who is  moving out of  the school district and that  contains the information about whether or not the  student is "in good standing" and whether or not his or her medical records are  up-to-date and complete.  As used in this Section, "in good standing" means  that the student is not being disciplined by a suspension or expulsion, but is  entitled to attend classes.  No school district is required to admit a new  student who is transferring from another Illinois school district unless he  or she can produce the standard form from the student's  previous school district enrollment.   No school district is required to admit a new student who is transferring  from an out-of-state public school unless the parent or guardian of the  student certifies in writing that the student is not currently serving a  suspension or expulsion imposed by the school from which the student is  transferring.(c) The State Board of Education shall, by rule, establish a system to provide for the accurate tracking of transfer students.  This system shall, at a minimum, require that a student be counted as a dropout in the calculation of a school's or school district's annual student dropout rate unless the school or school district to which the student transferred (known hereafter in this subsection (c) as the transferee school or school district) sends notification to the school or school district from which the student transferred (known hereafter in this subsection (c) as the transferor school or school district) documenting that the student has enrolled in the transferee school or school district.  This notification must occur on or before July 31 following the school year during which the student withdraws from the transferor school or school district or the student shall be counted in the calculation of the transferor school's or school district's annual student dropout rate.  A request by the transferee school or school district to the transferor school or school district seeking the student's academic transcripts or medical records shall be considered without limitation adequate documentation of enrollment.  Each transferor school or school district shall keep documentation of such transfer students for the minimum period provided in the Illinois School Student Records Act.  All records indicating the school or school district to which a student transferred are subject to the Illinois School Student Records Act.  (Source: P.A. 96-1423, eff. 8-3-10.)