SCH CD-REPORTING MALPRACTICE

Amends the School Code. Provides that school personnel and the parents of students enrolled in a school district may file a complaint with the school board of the school district for any administrative or school board member malpractice. Requires a school board to create a process for filing complaints with the school board. Provides that if a school board receives more than one filed complaint about any one school board member or administrator of the school district, the school board shall report the complaints to the regional office of education with jurisdiction over and the State Board of Education. Provides that a school employee is immune from professional disciplinary action for submitting a complaint that is not made with willful or wanton misconduct. Provides that a student of a parent who submits a complaint may not have any disciplinary action or mistreatment made upon the student by school personnel or a school board member because the parent submitted a complaint. Provides that if school personnel have a good faith belief that a violation of the Criminal Code of 2012, the Illinois Vehicle Code, or a local ordinance has occurred on or off school grounds that is based on evidence received by school personnel on school grounds or at a school-sponsored event, the school personnel shall report the violation to the appropriate law enforcement authority. Provides that school personnel making a good faith report of a violation to the appropriate law enforcement agency are immune from criminal or civil liability or professional disciplinary action for making a good faith report that is not made with willful or wanton misconduct. Effective July 1, 2026.