SCH CD-SPECIAL ED-CHICAGO

Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the State Board of Education may create a telephone hotline to address complaints regarding the special education services or lack of special education services of the Chicago school district (rather than any school district). Provides that the Chicago school district (rather than any school district) may not use a measure that would prevent or delay an individualized education program team from adding a service to the program or create a time restriction in which a service is prohibited from being added to the program, build functions into its computer software that would remove any services from a student's individualized education program without the approval of the program team, or prohibit the program team from adding a service to the program. Makes changes concerning the provision to a parent or guardian of copies of all written material that will be considered by an individualized education program team at a meeting. Makes changes concerning the administration of related services and logs of those services. Specifies that nothing in provisions concerning the response to scientific, research-based intervention process shall be construed as an additional instructional mandate above and beyond what is required by the Code and applicable federal laws. Effective immediately.