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1 | | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections |
5 | | 10-20.13 and 34-21.6 as follows:
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6 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.13) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.13)
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7 | | Sec. 10-20.13. Textbooks for children of parents unable to |
8 | | buy them
and other fees. |
9 | | (a) To purchase, at the
expense of the district, a |
10 | | sufficient number of
textbooks for children whose parents are |
11 | | unable to buy them, including
but not limited to children |
12 | | living in households that meet the free lunch or breakfast |
13 | | eligibility guidelines established by the federal government |
14 | | pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal Richard B. Russell |
15 | | National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et |
16 | | seq.), subject to verification as set forth in subsection (c) |
17 | | of this Section. Such textbooks
shall be loaned only, and the |
18 | | directors shall require the teacher to see
that they are |
19 | | properly cared for and returned at the end of each term of
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20 | | school.
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21 | | (b) To waive all fees assessed by the district on children |
22 | | whose parents
are unable to afford them, including but not |
23 | | limited to children living in households that meet the free |
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1 | | lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines established by the |
2 | | federal government pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal |
3 | | Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; |
4 | | 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) and students whose parents are veterans |
5 | | or active duty military personnel with income at or below 200% |
6 | | of the federal poverty line , subject to verification as set |
7 | | forth in subsection (c) of this Section.
The school board
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8 | | shall adopt written policies and procedures for such waiver of |
9 | | fees in
accordance with regulations promulgated by the State |
10 | | Board of Education.
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11 | | (c) Any school board that participates in a federally |
12 | | funded, school-based child nutrition program and uses a |
13 | | student's application for, eligibility for, or participation |
14 | | in the federally funded, school-based child nutrition program |
15 | | (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving |
16 | | fees assessed by the school district must follow the |
17 | | verification requirements of the federally funded, |
18 | | school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. |
19 | | 245.6a). |
20 | | A school board that establishes a process for the |
21 | | determination of eligibility for waiver of fees assessed by |
22 | | the school district that is completely independent of a |
23 | | student's application for, eligibility for, or participation |
24 | | in a federally funded, school-based child nutrition program |
25 | | may provide for fee waiver verification no more often than |
26 | | every 60 calendar days. Information obtained during the |
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1 | | independent, fee waiver verification process indicating that |
2 | | the student does not meet free lunch or breakfast eligibility |
3 | | guidelines may be used to deny the waiver of the student's |
4 | | fees, provided that any information obtained through this |
5 | | independent process for determining or verifying eligibility |
6 | | for fee waivers shall not be used to determine or verify |
7 | | eligibility for any federally funded, school-based child |
8 | | nutrition program. |
9 | | (Source: P.A. 96-360, eff. 9-1-09.)
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10 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-21.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-21.6)
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11 | | Sec. 34-21.6. Waiver of fees. |
12 | | (a) The board shall waive all fees assessed by the |
13 | | district
on children whose parents are unable to afford them, |
14 | | including but not limited
to children living in households |
15 | | that meet the free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines |
16 | | established by the federal government pursuant to Section 1758 |
17 | | of the federal Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act |
18 | | (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) and students whose |
19 | | parents are veterans or active duty military personnel with |
20 | | income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level , subject |
21 | | to verification as set forth in subsection (b) of this |
22 | | Section. The board shall develop written
policies and |
23 | | procedures implementing this Section in accordance with
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24 | | regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
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25 | | (b) If the board participates in a federally funded, |
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1 | | school-based child nutrition program and uses a student's |
2 | | application for, eligibility for, or participation in the |
3 | | federally funded, school-based child nutrition program (42 |
4 | | U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving |
5 | | fees assessed by the district, then the board must follow the |
6 | | verification requirements of the federally funded, |
7 | | school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. |
8 | | 245.6a). |
9 | | If the board establishes a process for the determination |
10 | | of eligibility for waiver of fees assessed by the district |
11 | | that is completely independent of a student's application for, |
12 | | eligibility for, or participation in a federally funded, |
13 | | school-based child nutrition program, the board may provide |
14 | | for fee waiver verification no more often than every 60 |
15 | | calendar days. Information obtained during the independent, |
16 | | fee waiver verification process indicating that the student |
17 | | does not meet free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines |
18 | | may be used to deny the waiver of the student's fees, provided |
19 | | that any information obtained through this independent process |
20 | | for determining or verifying eligibility for fee waivers shall |
21 | | not be used to determine or verify eligibility for any |
22 | | federally funded, school-based child nutrition program. |
23 | | (Source: P.A. 96-360, eff. 9-1-09.)
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24 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
25 | | becoming law.
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