Bill
HB 2455
Expands the Illinois Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities to include the Secretary of Early Childhood and creates a committee to ensure all 3–5 year-olds
Note on source documents: The materials provided appear to combine two different bills that both use the identifier “HB 2455” in different states. This summary highlights the version matching the title you gave (SCH CD‑SPEC ED ADVIS COUNCIL — an education / special‑education advisory council change) and also briefly summarizes a separate appropriations bill (law‑enforcement records/records‑management pilot) that was included in the same packet.
Purpose and intent
- To amend the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities to broaden membership and strengthen the Council’s role in assuring access to inclusive, high‑quality early‑childhood services for young children with disabilities.
Key provisions
- Adds the Secretary of Early Childhood (or designee) as an ex‑officio voting member of the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities.
- Directs the Council to establish a committee specifically charged with ensuring that all children aged 3–5 with disabilities have access to high‑quality, inclusive early‑childhood services delivered in the least‑restrictive environment across all early‑learning settings.
- Amends membership language (the text shows adjustments to the Council’s composition and ex‑officio members; the bill stresses representation from parents, individuals with disabilities, educators, and state agency designees).
- Effective immediately upon enactment.
Who is affected
- The Advisory Council (its membership and internal committee structure).
- State education agencies (State Board of Education) and other agencies who consult with or receive recommendations from the Council.
- Early‑childhood providers, school districts, and local programs serving children ages 3–5 with disabilities.
- Children ages 3–5 with disabilities and their families, through policy, planning and oversight improvements intended to increase access to inclusive early learning.
Procedural / timeline notes
- Text shows standard amendments to Section 14‑3.01 of the Illinois School Code.
- Sponsor listed in the packet: Rep. Maura Hirschauer. The packet includes typical legislative language that makes this effective immediately.
Purpose and intent
- Appropriates FY2025‑2026 state general‑fund dollars to the Arizona Department of Administration to expand participation in a law‑enforcement data‑sharing software pilot created by Laws 2024, ch. 209.
Key provisions
- Provides line‑item allocations to many municipal police departments, county sheriff’s offices, university police, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety (e.g., Phoenix PD $343,000; DPS $574,000; Pinal County Sheriff varied between drafts at $600,000 and $400,000).
- House engrossed version adds several additional agencies and adjusts some amounts.
- Appropriations are made exempt from the state lapse statute (ARS §35‑190), i.e., funds do not lapse at fiscal year end.
Who is affected
- Recipient law‑enforcement agencies and the Department of Administration (as distributing agency).
- The existing pilot program and local participation in law‑enforcement records management / data‑sharing.
Procedural / timeline notes
- The packet includes both introduced and engrossed versions with differing recipient lists/amounts.
- The bill text includes an exemption from lapsing; enacted timing and ultimate enactment status would depend on each state’s legislative process.
If you want, I can:
- Produce a clean, standalone summary just for the Illinois bill (for use in a legislative memo or stakeholder briefing), or
- Produce a detailed table of the Arizona appropriations with totals and per‑agency amounts comparing the introduced and engrossed versions.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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