Bill
HB 2759
Illinois aims to publish a statewide Student Bill of Rights by 2026, guaranteeing K-12 and higher-ed students educational equity and freedom from discrimination.
Note about materials provided
- The documentation you supplied contains text from two different bills that share the identifier “HB 2759” in different states and different subject matter. To avoid confusion, this summary treats them separately:
1. Student Bill of Rights (Illinois text included)
2. Education Fundraising Special Plates (Arizona introduced version included)
1) Student Bill of Rights — summary (Illinois draft)
- Purpose and intent
- To establish a statewide "Student Bill of Rights" that affirms students’ right to educational equity and to be free from discrimination.
- Key provisions
- The State Board of Education and the Board of Higher Education must jointly develop and publish a Student Bill of Rights no later than January 1, 2026.
- The Bill of Rights will affirm that students in public K–12 schools and public institutions of higher education have a right to educational equity and to be free from discrimination based on race, sex, gender, socioeconomic status, and mental or physical ability.
- The Boards must publish the document on their websites and make a handout available.
- Each public institution of higher education, the Illinois Community College Board, and the Illinois Student Assistance Commission must include a link on their websites to the Student Bill of Rights as published by the Board of Higher Education.
- Who is affected
- Public K–12 students, students at public colleges and universities in Illinois, state education agencies and public higher-education institutions.
- Procedural / timeline aspects
- Deadline to establish and publish: January 1, 2026.
- Effective date: the bill states it takes effect upon becoming law.
- Sponsor listed in the included text: Rep. Kimberly Du Buclet. (Legislative action shown: first reading 2025-02-06 and subsequent referrals.)
- Fiscal/administrative impact
- Likely minimal direct fiscal impact (administrative costs for drafting, publishing, and outreach). The bill text does not create new enforcement mechanisms or funding streams; exact costs would depend on implementation choices.
2) Education Fundraising Special Plates — summary (Arizona introduced version)
- Purpose and intent
- To authorize a new special license plate called the “Education Fundraising Special Plate,” create a related fund/donation mechanism, and amend various license-plate design and issuance statutes.
- Key provisions
- New statutory section 28-2470.27: the Department of Transportation must issue Education Fundraising Special Plates if, by December 31, 2025, a person pays $32,000 to the department for implementation.
- The person providing the $32,000 will design the plate (design and color subject to department approval).
- The director may permit combining the plate request with a personalized special plate, with applicable additional fees.
- Of the $25 special-plate fee (original and renewal) prescribed by section 28-2402, $8 is an administrative fee and $17 is designated as an annual donation (text indicates deposit to a fund but the bill text provided is truncated before naming the fund or specifying recipients).
- The bill also amends general plate design and procurement rules (sections 28-2351, 28-2403 and related statutes), clarifying design, reflective material contracting, color/contrast, transfer rules, and where the new plate fits among enumerated special plates.
- Who is affected
- Vehicle owners who choose these special plates, the private person or entity providing the $32,000 startup payment, the Arizona Department of Transportation (administration and approval), and likely schools or educational fundraising beneficiaries (though the truncated text does not fully identify the recipient fund or distribution mechanisms).
- Procedural / timeline aspects
- Startup condition: $32,000 payment required by Dec 31, 2025.
- Administrative rulemaking and plate design approval required by the department thereafter.
- Sponsors shown in the provided materials: Representatives Julie Willoughby (primary), Stacey Travers (co-sponsor), and Jeff Weninger (co-sponsor).
- The version included is the “Introduced” version and the materials show the bill was re-referred to Rules Committee (Rule 19(a)) as of 2025-03-21.
- Fiscal/administrative impact
- An initial private-payment-funded implementation ($32,000) plus an ongoing $17-per-plate annual donation flow (destination of which is not fully visible in the truncated text). Department administrative workload to implement, collect, and distribute funds per statute.
Notes and limitations
- The Arizona text is truncated where it begins to describe the deposit/uses of the $17 annual donation; the final intended recipient(s) or fund name and distribution rules are not visible in the materials supplied.
- If you want a single, focused summary (for example, only the Student Bill of Rights), tell me which state/version to prioritize and I will expand that summary, include likely fiscal impacts, or prepare talking points or a one-page briefing.
Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.
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