Illinois § 5

§ 5.

School duties. (a) Upon notification by the Illinois State Police of a child's disappearance, a school in which the child is currently or was previously enrolled shall flag the record of that child in such a manner that whenever a copy of or information regarding the record is requested, the school shall be alerted to the fact that the record is that of a missing child. The school shall immediately report to the local law enforcement authority any request concerning flagged records or knowledge as to the whereabouts of any missing child. Upon notification by the Illinois State Police that the missing child has been recovered, the school shall remove the flag from the person's record. (b) Upon enrollment of a student for the first time in a particular elementary or secondary school, that school shall notify in writing the person enrolling the student that within 30 days he must provide either (1) a certified copy of the student's birth certificate or (2) other reliable proof, as determined by the Illinois State Police, of the student's identity and age, and an affidavit explaining the inability to produce a copy of the birth certificate. Upon the failure of a person enrolling a student to comply with this subsection, the school shall immediately notify the local law enforcement agency and shall also notify the person enrolling the student in writing that, unless he complies within 10 days, the case shall be referred to the local law enforcement authority for investigation. If compliance is not obtained within that 10 day period, the school shall so refer the case. The school shall immediately report to the local law enforcement authority any affidavit received pursuant to this subsection which appears inaccurate or suspicious in form or content. (c) Within 14 days after enrolling a transfer student, the elementary or secondary school shall request directly from the student's previous school a certified copy of his record. The requesting school shall exercise due diligence in obtaining the copy of the record requested. Any elementary or secondary school requested to forward a copy of a transferring student's record to the new school shall comply within 10 days of receipt of such request unless the record has been flagged pursuant to subsection (a), in which case the copy shall not be forwarded and the requested school shall notify the local law enforcement authority of the request. (Source: P.A. 102-538, eff. 8-20-21.)