99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB3376

 

Introduced 2/19/2016, by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/14-7.02b

    Amends the School Code. Provides that in a provision concerning funding for children requiring special education services nothing shall be construed within that provision so as to eliminate funding for school districts for payments for special education.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
514-7.02b as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/14-7.02b)
7    Sec. 14-7.02b. Funding for children requiring special
8education services. Payments to school districts for children
9requiring special education services documented in their
10individualized education program regardless of the program
11from which these services are received, excluding children
12claimed under Sections 14-7.02 and 14-7.03 of this Code, shall
13be made in accordance with this Section. Funds received under
14this Section may be used only for the provision of special
15educational facilities and services as defined in Section
1614-1.08 of this Code.
17    The appropriation for fiscal year 2005 and thereafter shall
18be based upon the IDEA child count of all students in the
19State, excluding students claimed under Sections 14-7.02 and
2014-7.03 of this Code, on December 1 of the fiscal year 2 years
21preceding, multiplied by 17.5% of the general State aid
22foundation level of support established for that fiscal year
23under Section 18-8.05 of this Code.

 

 

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1    Beginning with fiscal year 2005 and through fiscal year
22007, individual school districts shall not receive payments
3under this Section totaling less than they received under the
4funding authorized under Section 14-7.02a of this Code during
5fiscal year 2004, pursuant to the provisions of Section
614-7.02a as they were in effect before the effective date of
7this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. This base
8level funding shall be computed first.
9    Beginning with fiscal year 2008 and each fiscal year
10thereafter, individual school districts must not receive
11payments under this Section totaling less than they received in
12fiscal year 2007. This funding shall be computed last and shall
13be a separate calculation from any other calculation set forth
14in this Section. This amount is exempt from the requirements of
15Section 1D-1 of this Code.
16    An amount equal to 85% of the funds remaining in the
17appropriation shall be allocated to school districts based upon
18the district's average daily attendance reported for purposes
19of Section 18-8.05 of this Code for the preceding school year.
20Fifteen percent of the funds remaining in the appropriation
21shall be allocated to school districts based upon the
22district's low income eligible pupil count used in the
23calculation of general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this
24Code for the same fiscal year. One hundred percent of the funds
25computed and allocated to districts under this Section shall be
26distributed and paid to school districts.

 

 

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1    For individual students with disabilities whose program
2costs exceed 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate as
3calculated under Section 10-20.12a of this Code, the costs in
4excess of 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate shall
5be paid by the State Board of Education from unexpended IDEA
6discretionary funds originally designated for room and board
7reimbursement pursuant to Section 14-8.01 of this Code. The
8amount of tuition for these children shall be determined by the
9actual cost of maintaining classes for these children, using
10the per capita cost formula set forth in Section 14-7.01 of
11this Code, with the program and cost being pre-approved by the
12State Superintendent of Education. Reimbursement for
13individual students with disabilities whose program costs
14exceed 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate shall be
15claimed beginning with costs encumbered for the 2004-2005
16school year and thereafter.
17    The State Board of Education shall prepare vouchers equal
18to one-fourth the amount allocated to districts, for
19transmittal to the State Comptroller on the 30th day of
20September, December, and March, respectively, and the final
21voucher, no later than June 20. The Comptroller shall make
22payments pursuant to this Section to school districts as soon
23as possible after receipt of vouchers. If the money
24appropriated from the General Assembly for such purposes for
25any year is insufficient, it shall be apportioned on the basis
26of the payments due to school districts.

 

 

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1    Nothing in this Section shall be construed to decrease or
2increase the percentage of all special education funds that are
3allocated annually under Article 1D of this Code or to alter
4the requirement that a school district provide special
5education services. Nothing in this Section shall be construed
6to eliminate funding for school districts for payments for
7special education.
8    Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
9shall eliminate any reimbursement obligation owed as of the
10effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
11Assembly to a school district with in excess of 500,000
12inhabitants.
13(Source: P.A. 93-1022, eff. 8-24-08; 95-705, eff. 1-8-08.)