IL HB2806

Changes school board appointment of Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) liaisons from optional ("may") to mandatory ("shall"), requiring at least one employee per school board to facilitate enrollment and record transfers for students in DCFS legal custody.

Prioritizes appointment of employees with relevant experience including those who have worked with foster care students, mobile populations, enrollment processes, administrators, counselors, child welfare knowledge, and school social workers.

Outlines 12 encouraged liaison responsibilities including streamlining foster care enrollment, implementing student data tracking, ensuring access to meal programs, coordinating record transfers, becoming foster care system experts, and supporting student transitions to post-secondary opportunities.

Removes the 2017-2018 school year deadline encouragement for designating liaisons, making the requirement effective immediately upon passage.

Specifies that licensed employees acting as liaisons must perform liaison duties in addition to their existing contractual obligations.