HB 2108 Summary

• Amends parental involvement policies to require school districts to inform parents about their rights regarding sex education curricula, open enrollment, immunization opt-outs, and access to instructional materials and school report cards.

• Modifies teacher evaluation and contract renewal procedures by changing references from "his" to gender-neutral language and adjusting timeline requirements for offering contracts to administrators and school psychologists.

• Updates third-grade reading retention requirements to define "dyslexia" and clarify exemption procedures for English learners and students with significant reading impairments.

• Changes school report card requirements to update references to law enforcement incident reporting standards and adjust paragraph numbering for school council composition.

• Clarifies tuition and state aid provisions for nonresident students, including retroactive recalculation of student counts for union high school districts and reimbursement procedures for previously paid tuition.