94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB2543

 

Introduced 1/18/2006, by Sen. George P. Shadid

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a   from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12a

    Amends the School Code. Provide that through the 2010-2011 school year, any restriction on the amount of tuition a school district may charge a non-resident pupil does not apply to a school district that, during February 2005, requested a 5-year mandate waiver or modification with respect to this restriction and for which the General Assembly approved only one year of the 5-year request. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 10-20.12a as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12a)
7     Sec. 10-20.12a. Tuition for non-resident pupils. To charge
8 non-resident pupils who attend the schools of the district
9 tuition in an amount not exceeding 110% of the per capita cost
10 of maintaining the schools of the district for the preceding
11 school year.
12     Such per capita cost shall be computed by dividing the
13 total cost of conducting and maintaining the schools of the
14 district by the average daily attendance, including tuition
15 pupils. Depreciation on the buildings and equipment of the
16 schools of the district, and the amount of annual depreciation
17 on such buildings and equipment shall be dependent upon the
18 useful life of such property.
19     The tuition charged shall in no case exceed 110% of the per
20 capita cost of conducting and maintaining the schools of the
21 district attended, as determined with reference to the most
22 recent audit prepared under Section 3-7 which is available at
23 the commencement of the current school year. Non-resident
24 pupils attending the schools of the district for less than the
25 school term shall have their tuition apportioned, however
26 pupils who become non-resident during a school term shall not
27 be charged tuition for the remainder of the school term in
28 which they became non-resident pupils.
29     Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties involved and
30 where the educational services are not otherwise provided for,
31 educational services for an Illinois student under the age of
32 21 in a residential program designed to correct alcohol or

 

 

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1 other drug dependencies shall be provided by the district in
2 which the facility is located and financed as follows. The cost
3 of educational services shall be paid by the district in which
4 the student resides in an amount equal to the cost of providing
5 educational services in a treatment facility. Payments shall be
6 made by the district of the student's residence and shall be
7 made to the district wherein the facility is located no less
8 than once per month unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.
9     Through the 2010-2011 school year, any restriction on the
10 amount of tuition a school district may charge a non-resident
11 pupil does not apply to a school district that, during February
12 2005, requested a 5-year mandate waiver or modification with
13 respect to this restriction in accordance with Section 2-3.25g
14 of this Code and for which the General Assembly approved only
15 one year of the 5-year request.
16 (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 90-649, eff. 7-24-98.)
 
17     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
18 becoming law.