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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 Sections
5 1D-1, 14-7.02, 14-8.01, 14-13.01, 18-4.3, and 29-5 and adding
6 Section 14-7.02b as follows:
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/1D-1)
8     Sec. 1D-1. Block grant funding.
9     (a) For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter,
10 the State Board of Education shall award to a school district
11 having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants a general
12 education block grant and an educational services block grant,
13 determined as provided in this Section, in lieu of distributing
14 to the district separate State funding for the programs
15 described in subsections (b) and (c). The provisions of this
16 Section, however, do not apply to any federal funds that the
17 district is entitled to receive. In accordance with Section
18 2-3.32, all block grants are subject to an audit. Therefore,
19 block grant receipts and block grant expenditures shall be
20 recorded to the appropriate fund code for the designated block
21 grant.
22     (b) The general education block grant shall include the
23 following programs: REI Initiative, Summer Bridges, Preschool
24 At Risk, K-6 Comprehensive Arts, School Improvement Support,
25 Urban Education, Scientific Literacy, Substance Abuse
26 Prevention, Second Language Planning, Staff Development,
27 Outcomes and Assessment, K-6 Reading Improvement, 7-12
28 Continued Reading Improvement, Truants' Optional Education,
29 Hispanic Programs, Agriculture Education, Parental Education,
30 Prevention Initiative, Report Cards, and Criminal Background
31 Investigations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
32 all amounts paid under the general education block grant from

 

 

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1 State appropriations to a school district in a city having a
2 population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants shall be appropriated
3 and expended by the board of that district for any of the
4 programs included in the block grant or any of the board's
5 lawful purposes.
6     (c) The educational services block grant shall include the
7 following programs: Bilingual, Regular and Vocational
8 Transportation, State Lunch and Free Breakfast Program,
9 Special Education (Personnel, Extraordinary, Transportation,
10 Orphanage, Private Tuition), funding for children requiring
11 special education services, Summer School, Educational Service
12 Centers, and Administrator's Academy. This subsection (c) does
13 not relieve the district of its obligation to provide the
14 services required under a program that is included within the
15 educational services block grant. It is the intention of the
16 General Assembly in enacting the provisions of this subsection
17 (c) to relieve the district of the administrative burdens that
18 impede efficiency and accompany single-program funding. The
19 General Assembly encourages the board to pursue mandate waivers
20 pursuant to Section 2-3.25g.
21     The funding program included in the educational services
22 block grant for funding for children requiring special
23 education services in each fiscal year shall be treated in that
24 fiscal year as a payment to the school district in respect of
25 services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year,
26 calculated in each case as provided in this Section. Nothing in
27 this Section shall change the nature of payments for any
28 program that, apart from this Section, would be or, prior to
29 adoption or amendment of this Section, was on the basis of a
30 payment in a fiscal year in respect of services provided or
31 costs incurred in the prior fiscal year, calculated in each
32 case as provided in this Section.
33     (d) For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter,
34 the amount of the district's block grants shall be determined
35 as follows: (i) with respect to each program that is included
36 within each block grant, the district shall receive an amount

 

 

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1 equal to the same percentage of the current fiscal year
2 appropriation made for that program as the percentage of the
3 appropriation received by the district from the 1995 fiscal
4 year appropriation made for that program, and (ii) the total
5 amount that is due the district under the block grant shall be
6 the aggregate of the amounts that the district is entitled to
7 receive for the fiscal year with respect to each program that
8 is included within the block grant that the State Board of
9 Education shall award the district under this Section for that
10 fiscal year. In the case of the Summer Bridges program, the
11 amount of the district's block grant shall be equal to 44% of
12 the amount of the current fiscal year appropriation made for
13 that program.
14     (e) The district is not required to file any application or
15 other claim in order to receive the block grants to which it is
16 entitled under this Section. The State Board of Education shall
17 make payments to the district of amounts due under the
18 district's block grants on a schedule determined by the State
19 Board of Education.
20     (f) A school district to which this Section applies shall
21 report to the State Board of Education on its use of the block
22 grants in such form and detail as the State Board of Education
23 may specify.
24     (g) This paragraph provides for the treatment of block
25 grants under Article 1C for purposes of calculating the amount
26 of block grants for a district under this Section. Those block
27 grants under Article 1C are, for this purpose, treated as
28 included in the amount of appropriation for the various
29 programs set forth in paragraph (b) above. The appropriation in
30 each current fiscal year for each block grant under Article 1C
31 shall be treated for these purposes as appropriations for the
32 individual program included in that block grant. The proportion
33 of each block grant so allocated to each such program included
34 in it shall be the proportion which the appropriation for that
35 program was of all appropriations for such purposes now in that
36 block grant, in fiscal 1995.

 

 

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1     Payments to the school district under this Section with
2 respect to each program for which payments to school districts
3 generally, as of the date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
4 General Assembly, are on a reimbursement basis shall continue
5 to be made to the district on a reimbursement basis, pursuant
6 to the provisions of this Code governing those programs.
7     (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
8 district receiving a block grant under this Section may
9 classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
10 particular fiscal year from any block grant authorized under
11 this Code or from general State aid pursuant to Section 18-8.05
12 of this Code (other than supplemental general State aid) as
13 funds received in connection with any funding program for which
14 it is entitled to receive funds from the State in that fiscal
15 year (including, without limitation, any funding program
16 referred to in subsection (c) of this Section), regardless of
17 the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
18 classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
19 funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
20 that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a
21 district must be made by a resolution of its board of
22 education. The resolution must identify the amount of any block
23 grant or general State aid to be classified under this
24 subsection (h) and must specify the funding program to which
25 the funds are to be treated as received in connection
26 therewith. This resolution is controlling as to the
27 classification of funds referenced therein. A certified copy of
28 the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
29 Education. The resolution shall still take effect even though a
30 copy of the resolution has not been sent to the State
31 Superintendent of Education in a timely manner. No
32 classification under this subsection (h) by a district shall
33 affect the total amount or timing of money the district is
34 entitled to receive under this Code. No classification under
35 this subsection (h) by a district shall in any way relieve the
36 district from or affect any requirements that otherwise would

 

 

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1 apply with respect to the block grant as provided in this
2 Section, including any accounting of funds by source, reporting
3 expenditures by original source and purpose, reporting
4 requirements, or requirements of provision of services.
5 (Source: P.A. 92-568, eff. 6-26-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02;
6 93-21, eff. 7-1-03; 93-53, eff. 7-1-03; revised 9-11-03.)
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/14-7.02)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.02)
8     Sec. 14-7.02. Children attending private schools, public
9 out-of-state schools, public school residential facilities or
10 private special education facilities. The General Assembly
11 recognizes that non-public schools or special education
12 facilities provide an important service in the educational
13 system in Illinois.
14     If because of his or her disability the special education
15 program of a district is unable to meet the needs of a child
16 and the child attends a non-public school or special education
17 facility, a public out-of-state school or a special education
18 facility owned and operated by a county government unit that
19 provides special educational services required by the child and
20 is in compliance with the appropriate rules and regulations of
21 the State Superintendent of Education, the school district in
22 which the child is a resident shall pay the actual cost of
23 tuition for special education and related services provided
24 during the regular school term and during the summer school
25 term if the child's educational needs so require, excluding
26 room, board and transportation costs charged the child by that
27 non-public school or special education facility, public
28 out-of-state school or county special education facility, or
29 $4,500 per year, whichever is less, and shall provide him any
30 necessary transportation. "Nonpublic special education
31 facility" shall include a residential facility, within or
32 without the State of Illinois, which provides special education
33 and related services to meet the needs of the child by
34 utilizing private schools or public schools, whether located on
35 the site or off the site of the residential facility.

 

 

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1     The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
2 regulations for determining when placement in a private special
3 education facility is appropriate. Such rules and regulations
4 shall take into account the various types of services needed by
5 a child and the availability of such services to the particular
6 child in the public school. In developing these rules and
7 regulations the State Board of Education shall consult with the
8 Advisory Council on Education of Children with Disabilities and
9 hold public hearings to secure recommendations from parents,
10 school personnel, and others concerned about this matter.
11     The State Board of Education shall also promulgate rules
12 and regulations for transportation to and from a residential
13 school. Transportation to and from home to a residential school
14 more than once each school term shall be subject to prior
15 approval by the State Superintendent in accordance with the
16 rules and regulations of the State Board.
17     A school district making tuition payments pursuant to this
18 Section is eligible for reimbursement from the State for the
19 amount of such payments actually made in excess of the district
20 per capita tuition charge for students not receiving special
21 education services. Such reimbursement shall be approved in
22 accordance with Section 14-12.01 and each district shall file
23 its claims, computed in accordance with rules prescribed by the
24 State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by the State
25 Superintendent of Education. Data used as a basis of
26 reimbursement claims shall be for the preceding regular school
27 term and summer school term. Each school district shall
28 transmit its claims to the State Board of Education on or
29 before August 15. The State Board of Education, before
30 approving any such claims, shall determine their accuracy and
31 whether they are based upon services and facilities provided
32 under approved programs. Upon approval the State Board shall
33 cause vouchers to be prepared showing the amount due for
34 payment of reimbursement claims to school districts, for
35 transmittal to the State Comptroller on the 30th day of
36 September, December, and March, respectively, and the final

 

 

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1 voucher, no later than June 20. If the money appropriated by
2 the General Assembly for such purpose for any year is
3 insufficient, it shall be apportioned on the basis of the
4 claims approved.
5     No child shall be placed in a special education program
6 pursuant to this Section if the tuition cost for special
7 education and related services increases more than 10 percent
8 over the tuition cost for the previous school year or exceeds
9 $4,500 per year unless such costs have been approved by the
10 Illinois Purchased Care Review Board. The Illinois Purchased
11 Care Review Board shall consist of the following persons, or
12 their designees: the Directors of Children and Family Services,
13 Public Health, Public Aid, and the Governor's Office of
14 Management and Budget Bureau of the Budget; the Secretary of
15 Human Services; the State Superintendent of Education; and such
16 other persons as the Governor may designate. The Review Board
17 shall establish rules and regulations for its determination of
18 allowable costs and payments made by local school districts for
19 special education, room and board, and other related services
20 provided by non-public schools or special education facilities
21 and shall establish uniform standards and criteria which it
22 shall follow.
23     The Review Board shall establish uniform definitions and
24 criteria for accounting separately by special education, room
25 and board and other related services costs. The Board shall
26 also establish guidelines for the coordination of services and
27 financial assistance provided by all State agencies to assure
28 that no otherwise qualified disabled child receiving services
29 under Article 14 shall be excluded from participation in, be
30 denied the benefits of or be subjected to discrimination under
31 any program or activity provided by any State agency.
32     The Review Board shall review the costs for special
33 education and related services provided by non-public schools
34 or special education facilities and shall approve or disapprove
35 such facilities in accordance with the rules and regulations
36 established by it with respect to allowable costs.

 

 

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1     The State Board of Education shall provide administrative
2 and staff support for the Review Board as deemed reasonable by
3 the State Superintendent of Education. This support shall not
4 include travel expenses or other compensation for any Review
5 Board member other than the State Superintendent of Education.
6     The Review Board shall seek the advice of the Advisory
7 Council on Education of Children with Disabilities on the rules
8 and regulations to be promulgated by it relative to providing
9 special education services.
10     If a child has been placed in a program in which the actual
11 per pupil costs of tuition for special education and related
12 services based on program enrollment, excluding room, board and
13 transportation costs, exceed $4,500 and such costs have been
14 approved by the Review Board, the district shall pay such total
15 costs which exceed $4,500. A district making such tuition
16 payments in excess of $4,500 pursuant to this Section shall be
17 responsible for an amount in excess of $4,500 equal to the
18 district per capita tuition charge and shall be eligible for
19 reimbursement from the State for the amount of such payments
20 actually made in excess of the districts per capita tuition
21 charge for students not receiving special education services.
22     If a child has been placed in an approved individual
23 program and the tuition costs including room and board costs
24 have been approved by the Review Board, then such room and
25 board costs shall be paid by the appropriate State agency
26 subject to the provisions of Section 14-8.01 of this Act. Room
27 and board costs not provided by a State agency other than the
28 State Board of Education shall be provided by the State Board
29 of Education on a current basis. In no event, however, shall
30 the State's liability for funding of these tuition costs begin
31 until after the legal obligations of third party payors have
32 been subtracted from such costs. If the money appropriated by
33 the General Assembly for such purpose for any year is
34 insufficient, it shall be apportioned on the basis of the
35 claims approved. Each district shall submit estimated claims to
36 the State Superintendent of Education. Upon approval of such

 

 

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1 claims, the State Superintendent of Education shall direct the
2 State Comptroller to make payments on a monthly basis. The
3 frequency for submitting estimated claims and the method of
4 determining payment shall be prescribed in rules and
5 regulations adopted by the State Board of Education. Such
6 current state reimbursement shall be reduced by an amount equal
7 to the proceeds which the child or child's parents are eligible
8 to receive under any public or private insurance or assistance
9 program. Nothing in this Section shall be construed as
10 relieving an insurer or similar third party from an otherwise
11 valid obligation to provide or to pay for services provided to
12 a disabled child.
13     If it otherwise qualifies, a school district is eligible
14 for the transportation reimbursement under Section 14-13.01
15 and for the reimbursement of tuition payments under this
16 Section whether the non-public school or special education
17 facility, public out-of-state school or county special
18 education facility, attended by a child who resides in that
19 district and requires special educational services, is within
20 or outside of the State of Illinois. However, a district is not
21 eligible to claim transportation reimbursement under this
22 Section unless the district certifies to the State
23 Superintendent of Education that the district is unable to
24 provide special educational services required by the child for
25 the current school year.
26     Nothing in this Section authorizes the reimbursement of a
27 school district for the amount paid for tuition of a child
28 attending a non-public school or special education facility,
29 public out-of-state school or county special education
30 facility unless the school district certifies to the State
31 Superintendent of Education that the special education program
32 of that district is unable to meet the needs of that child
33 because of his disability and the State Superintendent of
34 Education finds that the school district is in substantial
35 compliance with Section 14-4.01.
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1 this Section in a non-public school or special education
2 facility or a special education facility owned and operated by
3 a county government unit shall be at no cost to the parent or
4 guardian of the child. However, current law and practices
5 relative to contributions by parents or guardians for costs
6 other than educational or related services are not affected by
7 this amendatory Act of 1978.
8     Reimbursement for children attending public school
9 residential facilities shall be made in accordance with the
10 provisions of this Section.
11     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
12 district receiving a payment under this Section or under
13 Section 14-7.02b 14-7.02a, 14-13.01, or 29-5 of this Code may
14 classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
15 particular fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to
16 Section 18-8.05 of this Code as funds received in connection
17 with any funding program for which it is entitled to receive
18 funds from the State in that fiscal year (including, without
19 limitation, any funding program referenced in this Section),
20 regardless of the source or timing of the receipt. The district
21 may not classify more funds as funds received in connection
22 with the funding program than the district is entitled to
23 receive in that fiscal year for that program. Any
24 classification by a district must be made by a resolution of
25 its board of education. The resolution must identify the amount
26 of any payments or general State aid to be classified under
27 this paragraph and must specify the funding program to which
28 the funds are to be treated as received in connection
29 therewith. This resolution is controlling as to the
30 classification of funds referenced therein. A certified copy of
31 the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
32 Education. The resolution shall still take effect even though a
33 copy of the resolution has not been sent to the State
34 Superintendent of Education in a timely manner. No
35 classification under this paragraph by a district shall affect
36 the total amount or timing of money the district is entitled to

 

 

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1 receive under this Code. No classification under this paragraph
2 by a district shall in any way relieve the district from or
3 affect any requirements that otherwise would apply with respect
4 to that funding program, including any accounting of funds by
5 source, reporting expenditures by original source and purpose,
6 reporting requirements, or requirements of providing services.
7 (Source: P.A. 91-764, eff. 6-9-00; 92-568, eff. 6-26-02;
8 revised 8-23-03.)
 
9     (105 ILCS 5/14-7.02b new)
10     Sec. 14-7.02b. Funding for children requiring special
11 education services. Payments to school districts for children
12 requiring special education services documented in their
13 individualized education program regardless of the program
14 from which these services are received, excluding children
15 claimed under Sections 14-7.02 and 14-7.03 of this Code, shall
16 be made in accordance with this Section. Funds received under
17 this Section may be used only for the provision of special
18 educational facilities and services as defined in Section
19 14-1.08 of this Code.
20     The appropriation for fiscal year 2005 and thereafter shall
21 be based upon the IDEA child count of all students in the
22 State, excluding students claimed under Sections 14-7.02 and
23 14-7.03 of this Code, on December 1 of the fiscal year 2 years
24 preceding, multiplied by 17.5% of the general State aid
25 foundation level of support established for that fiscal year
26 under Section 18-8.05 of this Code.
27     Beginning with fiscal year 2005 and through fiscal year
28 2007, individual school districts shall not receive payments
29 under this Section totaling less than they received under the
30 funding authorized under Section 14-7.02a of this Code during
31 fiscal year 2004, pursuant to the provisions of Section
32 14-7.02a as they were in effect before the effective date of
33 this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly. This base
34 level funding shall be computed first.
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1 appropriation, after subtracting any base level funding for
2 that fiscal year, shall be allocated to school districts based
3 upon the district's average daily attendance reported for
4 purposes of Section 18-8.05 of this Code for the preceding
5 school year. Fifteen percent of the funds remaining in the
6 appropriation, after subtracting any base level funding for
7 that fiscal year, shall be allocated to school districts based
8 upon the district's low income eligible pupil count used in the
9 calculation of general State aid under Section 18-8.05 of this
10 Code for the same fiscal year. One hundred percent of the funds
11 computed and allocated to districts under this Section shall be
12 distributed and paid to school districts.
13     For individual students with disabilities whose program
14 costs exceed 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate as
15 calculated under Section 10-20.12a of this Code, the costs in
16 excess of 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate shall
17 be paid by the State Board of Education from unexpended IDEA
18 discretionary funds originally designated for room and board
19 reimbursement pursuant to Section 14-8.01 of this Code. The
20 amount of tuition for these children shall be determined by the
21 actual cost of maintaining classes for these children, using
22 the per capita cost formula set forth in Section 14-7.01 of
23 this Code, with the program and cost being pre-approved by the
24 State Superintendent of Education. Reimbursement for
25 individual students with disabilities whose program costs
26 exceed 4 times the district's per capita tuition rate shall be
27 claimed beginning with costs encumbered for the 2004-2005
28 school year and thereafter.
29     The State Board of Education shall prepare vouchers equal
30 to one-fourth the amount allocated to districts, for
31 transmittal to the State Comptroller on the 30th day of
32 September, December, and March, respectively, and the final
33 voucher, no later than June 20. The Comptroller shall make
34 payments pursuant to this Section to school districts as soon
35 as possible after receipt of vouchers. If the money
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1 any year is insufficient, it shall be apportioned on the basis
2 of the payments due to school districts.
3     Nothing in this Section shall be construed to decrease or
4 increase the percentage of all special education funds that are
5 allocated annually under Article 1D of this Code or to alter
6 the requirement that a school district provide special
7 education services.
8     Nothing in this amendatory Act of the 93rd General Assembly
9 shall eliminate any reimbursement obligation owed as of the
10 effective date of this amendatory Act of the 93rd General
11 Assembly to a school district with in excess of 500,000
12 inhabitants.
 
13     (105 ILCS 5/14-8.01)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.01)
14     Sec. 14-8.01. Supervision of special education buildings
15 and facilities. All special educational facilities, building
16 programs, housing, and all educational programs for the types
17 of disabled children defined in Section 14-1.02 shall be under
18 the supervision of and subject to the approval of the State
19 Board of Education.
20     All special education facilities, building programs, and
21 housing shall comply with the building code authorized by
22 Section 2-3.12.
23     All educational programs for children with disabilities as
24 defined in Section 14-1.02 administered by any State agency
25 shall be under the general supervision of the State Board of
26 Education. Such supervision shall be limited to insuring that
27 such educational programs meet standards jointly developed and
28 agreed to by both the State Board of Education and the
29 operating State agency, including standards for educational
30 personnel.
31     Any State agency providing special educational programs
32 for children with disabilities as defined in Section 14-1.02
33 shall promulgate rules and regulations, in consultation with
34 the State Board of Education and pursuant to the Illinois
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1 insure that all such programs comply with this Section and
2 Section 14-8.02.
3     No otherwise qualified disabled child receiving special
4 education and related services under Article 14 shall solely by
5 reason of his or her disability be excluded from the
6 participation in or be denied the benefits of or be subjected
7 to discrimination under any program or activity provided by a
8 State agency.
9     State agencies providing special education and related
10 services, including room and board, either directly or through
11 grants or purchases of services shall continue to provide these
12 services according to current law and practice. Room and board
13 costs not provided by a State agency other than the State Board
14 of Education shall be provided by the State Board of Education
15 to the extent of available funds. An amount equal to one-half
16 of the State education agency's share of IDEA PART B federal
17 monies, or so much thereof as may actually be needed, shall
18 annually be appropriated to pay for the additional costs of
19 providing for room and board for those children placed pursuant
20 to Section 14-7.02 of this Code Act and, after all such room
21 and board costs are paid, for similar expenditures for children
22 served pursuant to Section 14-7.02 or 14-7.02b 14-7.02a of this
23 Code. Any such excess room and board funds must first be
24 directed to those school districts with students costing in
25 excess of 4 times the district's per capita tuition charge and
26 then to Act, based in community based programs that serve as
27 alternatives to residential placements.
28     Beginning with Fiscal Year 1997 and continuing through
29 Fiscal Year 2000, 100% of the former Chapter I, Section 89-313
30 federal funds shall be allocated by the State Board of
31 Education in the same manner as IDEA, PART B "flow through"
32 funding to local school districts, joint agreements, and
33 special education cooperatives for the maintenance of
34 instructional and related support services to students with
35 disabilities. However, beginning with Fiscal Year 1998, the
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1 Board of Education shall not exceed the maximum permissible
2 under federal law or 20% of the total federal funds available
3 to the State, whichever is less. In no case shall the aggregate
4 IDEA Part B discretionary funds received by the State Board of
5 Education exceed the amount of IDEA Part B discretionary funds
6 available to the State Board of Education for Fiscal Year 1997,
7 excluding any carryover funds from prior fiscal years,
8 increased by 3% for Fiscal Year 1998 and increased by an
9 additional 3% for each fiscal year thereafter. After all room
10 and board payments and similar expenditures are made by the
11 State Board of Education as required by this Section, the State
12 Board of Education may use the remaining funds for
13 administration and for providing discretionary activities.
14 However, the State Board of Education may use no more than 25%
15 of its available IDEA Part B discretionary funds for
16 administrative services.
17     Special education and related services included in the
18 child's individualized educational program which are not
19 provided by another State agency shall be included in the
20 special education and related services provided by the State
21 Board of Education and the local school district.
22     The State Board of Education with the advice of the
23 Advisory Council shall prescribe the standards and make the
24 necessary rules and regulations for special education programs
25 administered by local school boards, including but not limited
26 to establishment of classes, training requirements of teachers
27 and other professional personnel, eligibility and admission of
28 pupils, the curriculum, class size limitation, building
29 programs, housing, transportation, special equipment and
30 instructional supplies, and the applications for claims for
31 reimbursement. The State Board of Education shall promulgate
32 rules and regulations for annual evaluations of the
33 effectiveness of all special education programs and annual
34 evaluation by the local school district of the individualized
35 educational program for each child for whom it provides special
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1     A school district is responsible for the provision of
2 educational services for all school age children residing
3 within its boundaries excluding any student placed under the
4 provisions of Section 14-7.02 or any disabled student whose
5 parent or guardian lives outside of the State of Illinois as
6 described in Section 14-1.11.
7 (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-622, eff. 8-9-96;
8 90-547, eff. 12-1-97.)
 
9     (105 ILCS 5/14-13.01)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01)
10     Sec. 14-13.01. Reimbursement payable by State; Amounts.
11 Reimbursement for furnishing special educational facilities in
12 a recognized school to the type of children defined in Section
13 14-1.02 shall be paid to the school districts in accordance
14 with Section 14-12.01 for each school year ending June 30 by
15 the State Comptroller out of any money in the treasury
16 appropriated for such purposes on the presentation of vouchers
17 by the State Board of Education.
18     The reimbursement shall be limited to funds expended for
19 construction and maintenance of special education facilities
20 designed and utilized to house instructional programs,
21 diagnostic services, other special education services for
22 children with disabilities and reimbursement as provided in
23 Section 14-13.01. There shall be no reimbursement for
24 construction and maintenance of any administrative facility
25 separated from special education facilities designed and
26 utilized to house instructional programs, diagnostic services
27 and other special education services for children with
28 disabilities.
29     (a) For children who have not been identified as eligible
30 for special education and for eligible children with physical
31 disabilities, including all eligible children whose placement
32 has been determined under Section 14-8.02 in hospital or home
33 instruction, 1/2 of the teacher's salary but not more than
34 $1,000 annually per child or $8,000 per teacher for the
35 1985-1986 school year and thereafter, whichever is less.

 

 

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1 Children to be included in any reimbursement under this
2 paragraph must regularly receive a minimum of one hour of
3 instruction each school day, or in lieu thereof of a minimum of
4 5 hours of instruction in each school week in order to qualify
5 for full reimbursement under this Section. If the attending
6 physician for such a child has certified that the child should
7 not receive as many as 5 hours of instruction in a school week,
8 however, reimbursement under this paragraph on account of that
9 child shall be computed proportionate to the actual hours of
10 instruction per week for that child divided by 5.
11     (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 4/5 of the
12 cost of transportation for each such child, whom the State
13 Superintendent of Education determined in advance requires
14 special transportation service in order to take advantage of
15 special educational facilities. Transportation costs shall be
16 determined in the same fashion as provided in Section 29-5. For
17 purposes of this subsection (b), the dates for processing
18 claims specified in Section 29-5 shall apply.
19     (c) For each professional worker excluding those included
20 in subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of this Section, the
21 annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year and
22 thereafter.
23     (d) For one full time qualified director of the special
24 education program of each school district which maintains a
25 fully approved program of special education the annual sum of
26 $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year and thereafter. Districts
27 participating in a joint agreement special education program
28 shall not receive such reimbursement if reimbursement is made
29 for a director of the joint agreement program.
30     (e) For each school psychologist as defined in Section
31 14-1.09 the annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year
32 and thereafter.
33     (f) For each qualified teacher working in a fully approved
34 program for children of preschool age who are deaf or
35 hard-of-hearing the annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986
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1     (g) For readers, working with blind or partially seeing
2 children 1/2 of their salary but not more than $400 annually
3 per child. Readers may be employed to assist such children and
4 shall not be required to be certified but prior to employment
5 shall meet standards set up by the State Board of Education.
6     (h) For necessary non-certified employees working in any
7 class or program for children defined in this Article, 1/2 of
8 the salary paid or $2,800 annually per employee, whichever is
9 less.
10     The State Board of Education shall set standards and
11 prescribe rules for determining the allocation of
12 reimbursement under this section on less than a full time basis
13 and for less than a school year.
14     When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
15 this Section operates a school or program approved by the State
16 Superintendent of Education for a number of days in excess of
17 the adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235 school days,
18 such reimbursement shall be increased by 1/185 of the amount or
19 rate paid hereunder for each day such school is operated in
20 excess of 185 days per calendar year.
21     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
22 district receiving a payment under this Section or under
23 Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b 14-7.02a, or 29-5 of this Code may
24 classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
25 particular fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to
26 Section 18-8.05 of this Code as funds received in connection
27 with any funding program for which it is entitled to receive
28 funds from the State in that fiscal year (including, without
29 limitation, any funding program referenced in this Section),
30 regardless of the source or timing of the receipt. The district
31 may not classify more funds as funds received in connection
32 with the funding program than the district is entitled to
33 receive in that fiscal year for that program. Any
34 classification by a district must be made by a resolution of
35 its board of education. The resolution must identify the amount
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1 this paragraph and must specify the funding program to which
2 the funds are to be treated as received in connection
3 therewith. This resolution is controlling as to the
4 classification of funds referenced therein. A certified copy of
5 the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
6 Education. The resolution shall still take effect even though a
7 copy of the resolution has not been sent to the State
8 Superintendent of Education in a timely manner. No
9 classification under this paragraph by a district shall affect
10 the total amount or timing of money the district is entitled to
11 receive under this Code. No classification under this paragraph
12 by a district shall in any way relieve the district from or
13 affect any requirements that otherwise would apply with respect
14 to that funding program, including any accounting of funds by
15 source, reporting expenditures by original source and purpose,
16 reporting requirements, or requirements of providing services.
17 (Source: P.A. 92-568, eff. 6-26-02.)
 
18     (105 ILCS 5/18-4.3)  (from Ch. 122, par. 18-4.3)
19     Sec. 18-4.3. Summer school grants. Grants shall be
20 determined for pupil attendance in summer schools conducted
21 under Sections 10-22.33A and 34-18 and approved under Section
22 2-3.25 in the following manner.
23     The amount of grant for each accredited summer school
24 attendance pupil shall be obtained by dividing the total amount
25 of apportionments determined under Section 18-8.05 by the
26 actual number of pupils in average daily attendance used for
27 such apportionments. The number of credited summer school
28 attendance pupils shall be determined (a) by counting clock
29 hours of class instruction by pupils enrolled in grades 1
30 through 12 in approved courses conducted at least 60 clock
31 hours in summer sessions; (b) by dividing such total of clock
32 hours of class instruction by 4 to produce days of credited
33 pupil attendance; (c) by dividing such days of credited pupil
34 attendance by the actual number of days in the regular term as
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1 18-8.05; and (d) by multiplying by 1.25.
2     The amount of the grant for a summer school program
3 approved by the State Superintendent of Education for children
4 with disabilities, as defined in Sections 14-1.02 through
5 14-1.07, shall be determined in the manner contained above
6 except that average daily membership shall be utilized in lieu
7 of average daily attendance.
8     In the case of an apportionment based on summer school
9 attendance or membership pupils, the claim therefor shall be
10 presented as a separate claim for the particular school year in
11 which such summer school session ends. On or before November 1
12 of each year the superintendent of each eligible school
13 district shall certify to the State Superintendent of Education
14 the claim of the district for the summer session just ended.
15 Failure on the part of the school board to so certify shall
16 constitute a forfeiture of its right to such payment. The State
17 Superintendent of Education shall transmit to the Comptroller
18 no later than December 15th of each year vouchers for payment
19 of amounts due school districts for summer school. The State
20 Superintendent of Education shall direct the Comptroller to
21 draw his warrants for payments thereof by the 30th day of
22 December. If the money appropriated by the General Assembly for
23 such purpose for any year is insufficient, it shall be
24 apportioned on the basis of claims approved.
25     However, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, for
26 each fiscal year the money appropriated by the General Assembly
27 for the purposes of this Section shall only be used for grants
28 for approved summer school programs for those children with
29 disabilities served pursuant to Section Sections 14-7.02 or
30 14-7.02b and 14-7.02a of this the School Code.
31 (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 91-764, eff. 6-9-00.)
 
32     (105 ILCS 5/29-5)  (from Ch. 122, par. 29-5)
33     Sec. 29-5. Reimbursement by State for transportation. Any
34 school district, maintaining a school, transporting resident
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1 offered through a joint agreement approved by the State Board
2 of Education, as provided in Section 10-22.22 or transporting
3 its resident pupils to a school which meets the standards for
4 recognition as established by the State Board of Education
5 which provides transportation meeting the standards of safety,
6 comfort, convenience, efficiency and operation prescribed by
7 the State Board of Education for resident pupils in
8 kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12 who: (a) reside at
9 least 1 1/2 miles as measured by the customary route of travel,
10 from the school attended; or (b) reside in areas where
11 conditions are such that walking constitutes a hazard to the
12 safety of the child when determined under Section 29-3; and (c)
13 are transported to the school attended from pick-up points at
14 the beginning of the school day and back again at the close of
15 the school day or transported to and from their assigned
16 attendance centers during the school day, shall be reimbursed
17 by the State as hereinafter provided in this Section.
18     The State will pay the cost of transporting eligible pupils
19 less the assessed valuation in a dual school district
20 maintaining secondary grades 9 to 12 inclusive times a
21 qualifying rate of .05%; in elementary school districts
22 maintaining grades K to 8 times a qualifying rate of .06%; in
23 unit districts maintaining grades K to 12 times a qualifying
24 rate of .07%. To be eligible to receive reimbursement in excess
25 of 4/5 of the cost to transport eligible pupils, a school
26 district shall have a Transportation Fund tax rate of at least
27 .12%. If a school district does not have a .12% Transportation
28 Fund tax rate, the amount of its claim in excess of 4/5 of the
29 cost of transporting pupils shall be reduced by the sum arrived
30 at by subtracting the Transportation Fund tax rate from .12%
31 and multiplying that amount by the districts equalized or
32 assessed valuation, provided, that in no case shall said
33 reduction result in reimbursement of less than 4/5 of the cost
34 to transport eligible pupils.
35     The minimum amount to be received by a district is $16
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1     Any such district transporting resident pupils during the
2 school day to an area vocational school or another school
3 district's vocational program more than 1 1/2 miles from the
4 school attended, as provided in Sections 10-22.20a and
5 10-22.22, shall be reimbursed by the State for 4/5 of the cost
6 of transporting eligible pupils.
7     School day means that period of time which the pupil is
8 required to be in attendance for instructional purposes.
9     If a pupil is at a location within the school district
10 other than his residence for child care purposes at the time
11 for transportation to school, that location may be considered
12 for purposes of determining the 1 1/2 miles from the school
13 attended.
14     Claims for reimbursement that include children who attend
15 any school other than a public school shall show the number of
16 such children transported.
17     Claims for reimbursement under this Section shall not be
18 paid for the transportation of pupils for whom transportation
19 costs are claimed for payment under other Sections of this Act.
20     The allowable direct cost of transporting pupils for
21 regular, vocational, and special education pupil
22 transportation shall be limited to the sum of the cost of
23 physical examinations required for employment as a school bus
24 driver; the salaries of full or part-time drivers and school
25 bus maintenance personnel; employee benefits excluding
26 Illinois municipal retirement payments, social security
27 payments, unemployment insurance payments and workers'
28 compensation insurance premiums; expenditures to independent
29 carriers who operate school buses; payments to other school
30 districts for pupil transportation services; pre-approved
31 contractual expenditures for computerized bus scheduling; the
32 cost of gasoline, oil, tires, and other supplies necessary for
33 the operation of school buses; the cost of converting buses'
34 gasoline engines to more fuel efficient engines or to engines
35 which use alternative energy sources; the cost of travel to
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1 superintendent or the State Superintendent of Education
2 pursuant to the standards established by the Secretary of State
3 under Section 6-106 of the Illinois Vehicle Code to improve the
4 driving skills of school bus drivers; the cost of maintenance
5 of school buses including parts and materials used;
6 expenditures for leasing transportation vehicles, except
7 interest and service charges; the cost of insurance and
8 licenses for transportation vehicles; expenditures for the
9 rental of transportation equipment; plus a depreciation
10 allowance of 20% for 5 years for school buses and vehicles
11 approved for transporting pupils to and from school and a
12 depreciation allowance of 10% for 10 years for other
13 transportation equipment so used. Each school year, if a school
14 district has made expenditures to the Regional Transportation
15 Authority or any of its service boards, a mass transit
16 district, or an urban transportation district under an
17 intergovernmental agreement with the district to provide for
18 the transportation of pupils and if the public transit carrier
19 received direct payment for services or passes from a school
20 district within its service area during the 2000-2001 school
21 year, then the allowable direct cost of transporting pupils for
22 regular, vocational, and special education pupil
23 transportation shall also include the expenditures that the
24 district has made to the public transit carrier. In addition to
25 the above allowable costs school districts shall also claim all
26 transportation supervisory salary costs, including Illinois
27 municipal retirement payments, and all transportation related
28 building and building maintenance costs without limitation.
29     Special education allowable costs shall also include
30 expenditures for the salaries of attendants or aides for that
31 portion of the time they assist special education pupils while
32 in transit and expenditures for parents and public carriers for
33 transporting special education pupils when pre-approved by the
34 State Superintendent of Education.
35     Indirect costs shall be included in the reimbursement claim
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1 Such indirect costs shall include administrative costs, or any
2 costs attributable to transporting pupils from their
3 attendance centers to another school building for
4 instructional purposes. No school district which owns and
5 operates its own school buses may claim reimbursement for
6 indirect costs which exceed 5% of the total allowable direct
7 costs for pupil transportation.
8     The State Board of Education shall prescribe uniform
9 regulations for determining the above standards and shall
10 prescribe forms of cost accounting and standards of determining
11 reasonable depreciation. Such depreciation shall include the
12 cost of equipping school buses with the safety features
13 required by law or by the rules, regulations and standards
14 promulgated by the State Board of Education, and the Department
15 of Transportation for the safety and construction of school
16 buses provided, however, any equipment cost reimbursed by the
17 Department of Transportation for equipping school buses with
18 such safety equipment shall be deducted from the allowable cost
19 in the computation of reimbursement under this Section in the
20 same percentage as the cost of the equipment is depreciated.
21     On or before July 10, annually, the chief school
22 administrator for the district shall certify to the regional
23 superintendent of schools upon forms prescribed by the State
24 Superintendent of Education the district's claim for
25 reimbursement for the school year ended on June 30 next
26 preceding. The regional superintendent of schools shall check
27 all transportation claims to ascertain compliance with the
28 prescribed standards and upon his approval shall certify not
29 later than July 25 to the State Superintendent of Education the
30 regional report of claims for reimbursements. The State
31 Superintendent of Education shall check and approve the claims
32 and prepare the vouchers showing the amounts due for district
33 reimbursement claims. Beginning with the 1977 fiscal year, the
34 State Superintendent of Education shall prepare and transmit
35 the first 3 vouchers to the Comptroller on the 30th day of
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1 voucher, no later than June 15.
2     If the amount appropriated for transportation
3 reimbursement is insufficient to fund total claims for any
4 fiscal year, the State Board of Education shall reduce each
5 school district's allowable costs and flat grant amount
6 proportionately to make total adjusted claims equal the total
7 amount appropriated.
8     For purposes of calculating claims for reimbursement under
9 this Section for any school year beginning July 1, 1998, or
10 thereafter, the equalized assessed valuation for a school
11 district used to compute reimbursement shall be computed in the
12 same manner as it is computed under paragraph (2) of subsection
13 (G) of Section 18-8.05.
14     All reimbursements received from the State shall be
15 deposited into the district's transportation fund or into the
16 fund from which the allowable expenditures were made.
17     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
18 district receiving a payment under this Section or under
19 Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b 14-7.02a, or 14-13.01 of this Code
20 may classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in
21 a particular fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to
22 Section 18-8.05 of this Code as funds received in connection
23 with any funding program for which it is entitled to receive
24 funds from the State in that fiscal year (including, without
25 limitation, any funding program referenced in this Section),
26 regardless of the source or timing of the receipt. The district
27 may not classify more funds as funds received in connection
28 with the funding program than the district is entitled to
29 receive in that fiscal year for that program. Any
30 classification by a district must be made by a resolution of
31 its board of education. The resolution must identify the amount
32 of any payments or general State aid to be classified under
33 this paragraph and must specify the funding program to which
34 the funds are to be treated as received in connection
35 therewith. This resolution is controlling as to the
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1 the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
2 Education. The resolution shall still take effect even though a
3 copy of the resolution has not been sent to the State
4 Superintendent of Education in a timely manner. No
5 classification under this paragraph by a district shall affect
6 the total amount or timing of money the district is entitled to
7 receive under this Code. No classification under this paragraph
8 by a district shall in any way relieve the district from or
9 affect any requirements that otherwise would apply with respect
10 to that funding program, including any accounting of funds by
11 source, reporting expenditures by original source and purpose,
12 reporting requirements, or requirements of providing services.
13     Any school district with a population of not more than
14 500,000 must deposit all funds received under this Article into
15 the transportation fund and use those funds for the provision
16 of transportation services.
17 (Source: P.A. 92-568, eff. 6-26-02; 93-166, eff. 7-10-03;
18 93-663, eff. 2-17-04.)
 
19     (105 ILCS 5/14-7.02a rep.)
20     Section 10. The School Code is amended by repealing Section
21 14-7.02a.
 
22     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
23 becoming law.