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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 14-13.01 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/14-13.01)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01)
7     Sec. 14-13.01. Reimbursement payable by State; Amounts.
8 Reimbursement for furnishing special educational facilities in
9 a recognized school to the type of children defined in Section
10 14-1.02 shall be paid to the school districts in accordance
11 with Section 14-12.01 for each school year ending June 30 by
12 the State Comptroller out of any money in the treasury
13 appropriated for such purposes on the presentation of vouchers
14 by the State Board of Education.
15     The reimbursement shall be limited to funds expended for
16 construction and maintenance of special education facilities
17 designed and utilized to house instructional programs,
18 diagnostic services, other special education services for
19 children with disabilities and reimbursement as provided in
20 Section 14-13.01. There shall be no reimbursement for
21 construction and maintenance of any administrative facility
22 separated from special education facilities designed and
23 utilized to house instructional programs, diagnostic services

 

 

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1 and other special education services for children with
2 disabilities.
3     (a) For staff working on behalf of children who have not
4 been identified as eligible for special education and for
5 eligible children with physical disabilities, including all
6 eligible children whose placement has been determined under
7 Section 14-8.02 in hospital or home instruction, 1/2 of the
8 teacher's salary but not more than $1,000 annually per child or
9 $8,000 per teacher for the 1985-1986 school year through the
10 2005-2006 school year, $3,300 per child or $9,000 per teacher
11 for the 2006-2007 school year, $3,800 per child or $10,000 per
12 teacher for the 2007-2008 school year, $4,300 per child or
13 $11,000 per teacher for the 2008-2009 school year, $4,800 per
14 child or $12,000 per teacher for the 2009-2010 school year,
15 $5,300 per child or $13,000 per teacher for the 2010-2011
16 school year, $5,800 per child or $14,000 per teacher for the
17 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year thereafter, the
18 amount from the previous school year increased by a percentage
19 increase equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the
20 Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for all line items
21 published by the United States Department of Labor for the 12
22 months ending on the previous December 31 and thereafter,
23 whichever is less. Children to be included in any reimbursement
24 under this paragraph must regularly receive a minimum of one
25 hour of instruction each school day, or in lieu thereof of a
26 minimum of 5 hours of instruction in each school week in order

 

 

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1 to qualify for full reimbursement under this Section. If the
2 attending physician for such a child has certified that the
3 child should not receive as many as 5 hours of instruction in a
4 school week, however, reimbursement under this paragraph on
5 account of that child shall be computed proportionate to the
6 actual hours of instruction per week for that child divided by
7 5.
8     (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 4/5 of the
9 cost of transportation for each such child, whom the State
10 Superintendent of Education determined in advance requires
11 special transportation service in order to take advantage of
12 special educational facilities. Transportation costs shall be
13 determined in the same fashion as provided in Section 29-5. For
14 purposes of this subsection (b), the dates for processing
15 claims specified in Section 29-5 shall apply.
16     (c) (Blank). For each professional worker excluding those
17 included in subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of this
18 Section, the annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year
19 and thereafter.
20     (d) (Blank). For one full time qualified director of the
21 special education program of each school district which
22 maintains a fully approved program of special education the
23 annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year and
24 thereafter. Districts participating in a joint agreement
25 special education program shall not receive such reimbursement
26 if reimbursement is made for a director of the joint agreement

 

 

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1 program.
2     (e) (Blank). For each school psychologist as defined in
3 Section 14-1.09 the annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986
4 school year and thereafter.
5     (f) (Blank). For each qualified teacher working in a fully
6 approved program for children of preschool age who are deaf or
7 hard-of-hearing the annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986
8 school year and thereafter.
9     (g) (Blank). For readers, working with blind or partially
10 seeing children 1/2 of their salary but not more than $400
11 annually per child. Readers may be employed to assist such
12 children and shall not be required to be certified but prior to
13 employment shall meet standards set up by the State Board of
14 Education.
15     (g-5) For each certificated employee who works with or on
16 behalf of students with disabilities full time, $8,000 for each
17 school year through the 2005-2006 school year, $9,000 for the
18 2006-2007 school year, $10,000 for the 2007-2008 school year,
19 $11,000 for the 2008-2009 school year, $12,000 for the
20 2009-2010 school year, $13,000 for the 2010-2011 school year,
21 $14,000 for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year
22 thereafter, the amount from the previous school year increased
23 by a percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if
24 any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for
25 all items published by the United States Department of Labor
26 for the 12 months ending on the previous December 31.

 

 

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1     (h) For necessary non-certified employees working in any
2 class or program for children defined in this Article, 1/2 of
3 the salary paid or $2,800 annually per employee through the
4 2005-2006 school year, $3,300 per employee for the 2006-2007
5 school year, $3,800 per employee for the 2007-2008 school year,
6 $4,300 per employee for the 2008-2009 school year, $4,800 for
7 the 2009-2010 school year, $5,300 for the 2010-2011 school
8 year, $5,800 for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school
9 year thereafter, the amount from the previous school year
10 increased by a percentage increase equal to the percentage
11 increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban
12 Consumers for all items published by the United States
13 Department of Labor for the 12 months ending on the previous
14 December 31 , whichever is less.
15     The State Board of Education shall set standards and
16 prescribe rules for determining the allocation of
17 reimbursement under this section on less than a full time basis
18 and for less than a school year.
19     When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
20 this Section operates a school or program approved by the State
21 Superintendent of Education for a number of days in excess of
22 the adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235 school days,
23 such reimbursement shall be increased by 1/185 of the amount or
24 rate paid hereunder for each day such school is operated in
25 excess of 185 days per calendar year.
26     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school

 

 

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1 district receiving a payment under this Section or under
2 Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or 29-5 of this Code may classify
3 all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a particular
4 fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to Section
5 18-8.05 of this Code as funds received in connection with any
6 funding program for which it is entitled to receive funds from
7 the State in that fiscal year (including, without limitation,
8 any funding program referenced in this Section), regardless of
9 the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
10 classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
11 funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
12 that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a
13 district must be made by a resolution of its board of
14 education. The resolution must identify the amount of any
15 payments or general State aid to be classified under this
16 paragraph and must specify the funding program to which the
17 funds are to be treated as received in connection therewith.
18 This resolution is controlling as to the classification of
19 funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the resolution
20 must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education. The
21 resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the
22 resolution has not been sent to the State Superintendent of
23 Education in a timely manner. No classification under this
24 paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount or timing
25 of money the district is entitled to receive under this Code.
26 No classification under this paragraph by a district shall in

 

 

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1 any way relieve the district from or affect any requirements
2 that otherwise would apply with respect to that funding
3 program, including any accounting of funds by source, reporting
4 expenditures by original source and purpose, reporting
5 requirements, or requirements of providing services.
6 (Source: P.A. 92-568, eff. 6-26-02; 93-1022, eff. 8-24-04.)
 
7     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
8 becoming law.