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90_HB3483

      105 ILCS 5/14-7.03        from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.03
      105 ILCS 5/14-7.03a rep.
          Amends  the  School  Code.   Repeals  a  provision   that
      authorizes  a school district to claim combined reimbursement
      for children with disabilities  from  orphanages,  children's
      homes,  foster  family homes, or State housing units who must
      be  placed  in  a  nonpublic  facility.   Provides  that  the
      nonpublic facility in which such  children  are  placed  must
      meet   the   programmatic  requirements  applicable  to  such
      nonpublic facilities but that the educational services are to
      be funded only in accordance with the provisions relating  to
      orphanages,  children's homes, foster family homes, and State
      housing units.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  School  Code  by  changing  Section
 2    14-7.03.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 6    Section 14-7.03 as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/14-7.03) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.03)
 8        Sec. 14-7.03. Special Education Classes for Children from
 9    Orphanages,  Foster  Family  Homes,  Children's  Homes, or in
10    State Housing Units.  If a school district maintains  special
11    education  classes  on  the site of orphanages and children's
12    homes, or if children from the orphanages, children's  homes,
13    foster   family   homes,   other  State  agencies,  or  State
14    residential units for children attend  classes  for  children
15    with   disabilities   in  which  the  school  district  is  a
16    participating member of a joint agreement, or if the children
17    from the orphanages, children's homes, foster  family  homes,
18    other  State  agencies,  or  State  residential  units attend
19    classes for the children with disabilities maintained by  the
20    school district, then reimbursement shall be paid to eligible
21    districts  in  accordance with the provisions of this Section
22    by the Comptroller as directed by the State Superintendent of
23    Education.
24        The  amount  of  tuition  for  such  children  shall   be
25    determined  by  the  actual cost of maintaining such classes,
26    using the per  capita  cost  formula  set  forth  in  Section
27    14-7.01,  such  program  and  cost  to be pre-approved by the
28    State Superintendent of Education.
29        On  forms  prepared  by  the  State   Superintendent   of
30    Education,   the  district  shall  certify  to  the  regional
31    superintendent the following:
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 1             (1)  The name of the home or State residential  unit
 2        with  the  name of the owner or proprietor and address of
 3        those maintaining it;
 4             (2)  That  no  service  charges  or  other  payments
 5        authorized  by  law  were  collected  in  lieu  of  taxes
 6        therefrom or on account  thereof  during  either  of  the
 7        calendar  years  included  in  the  school year for which
 8        claim is being made;
 9             (3)  The number of children  qualifying  under  this
10        Act  in  special education classes for instruction on the
11        site of the orphanages and children's homes;
12             (4)  The  number  of  children   attending   special
13        education classes for children with disabilities in which
14        the  district  is  a  participating  member  of a special
15        education joint agreement;
16             (5)  The  number  of  children   attending   special
17        education   classes   for   children   with  disabilities
18        maintained by the district;
19             (6)  The computed amount of tuition payment  claimed
20        as  due,  as  approved  by  the  State  Superintendent of
21        Education, for maintaining these classes.
22        If a school district  makes  a  claim  for  reimbursement
23    under  Section  18-3 or 18-4 of this Act it shall not include
24    in any claim filed  under  this  Section  a  claim  for  such
25    children.   Payments  authorized  by  law, including State or
26    federal grants for education of  children  included  in  this
27    Section, shall be deducted in determining the tuition amount.
28        Nothing  in this Act shall be construed so as to prohibit
29    reimbursement for the  tuition  of  children  placed  in  for
30    profit facilities.  Private facilities shall provide adequate
31    space  at the facility for special education classes provided
32    by a school district or joint  agreement  for  children  with
33    disabilities  who are residents of the facility at no cost to
34    the school district or joint agreement upon  request  of  the
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 1    school  district  or  joint  agreement.   If  such  a private
 2    facility provides space at no cost to the district  or  joint
 3    agreement  for special education classes provided to children
 4    with disabilities who are  residents  of  the  facility,  the
 5    district  or  joint agreement shall not include any costs for
 6    the use of those facilities in its claim for reimbursement.
 7        Reimbursement  for  tuition  may  include  the  cost   of
 8    providing summer school programs for children with severe and
 9    profound  disabilities  served under this Section. Claims for
10    that reimbursement shall be filed by November 1 and shall  be
11    paid  on  or  before December 15 from appropriations made for
12    the purposes of this Section.
13        The State Board of Education shall establish  such  rules
14    and   regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  implement  the
15    provisions of this Section.
16        Claims filed on behalf of programs  operated  under  this
17    Section  housed  in a jail or detention center shall be on an
18    individual student basis  only  for  eligible  students  with
19    disabilities.   These  claims  shall  be  in  accordance with
20    applicable rules.
21        Each  district  claiming  reimbursement  for  a   program
22    operated  as a group program shall have an approved budget on
23    file  with  the  State  Board  of  Education  prior  to   the
24    initiation  of  the  program's  operation.   On September 30,
25    December 31, and March 31, the State Board of Education shall
26    voucher payments to group programs based  upon  the  approved
27    budget  during the year of operation.  Final claims for group
28    payments shall be filed on or before July 15.   Final  claims
29    for  group  programs received at the State Board of Education
30    on or before June 15 shall be vouchered by  June  30.   Final
31    claims  received at the State Board of Education between June
32    16 and July 15 shall be vouchered by August 30.   Claims  for
33    group programs received after July 15 shall not be honored.
34        Each   district  claiming  reimbursement  for  individual
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 1    students  shall  have  the  eligibility  of  those   students
 2    verified  by  the State Board of Education.  On September 30,
 3    December 31, and March 31, the State Board of Education shall
 4    voucher  payments  for  individual  students  based  upon  an
 5    estimated cost calculated from the prior year's claim.  Final
 6    claims for individual students for the  regular  school  term
 7    must  be received at the State Board of Education by July 15.
 8    Claims for individual students received after July  15  shall
 9    not be honored. Final claims for individual students shall be
10    vouchered by August 30.
11        Reimbursement  shall  be  made  based upon approved group
12    programs or individual students. The State Superintendent  of
13    Education  shall  direct  the  Comptroller to pay a specified
14    amount  to  the  district  by  the  30th  day  of  September,
15    December, March,  June,  or  August,  respectively.  However,
16    notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Section or the
17    School Code, beginning with Fiscal Year 1994 and each  fiscal
18    year  thereafter,  if  the amount appropriated for any fiscal
19    year is less than the amount required for  purposes  of  this
20    Section,  the  amount  required to eliminate any insufficient
21    reimbursement for each  district  claim  under  this  Section
22    shall  be  reimbursed  on  August 30 of the next fiscal year.
23    Payments required to eliminate any  insufficiency  for  prior
24    fiscal  year  claims shall be made before any claims are paid
25    for the current fiscal year.
26        The claim of a school district otherwise eligible  to  be
27    reimbursed  in  accordance  with  Section  14-12.01  for  the
28    1976-77 school year but for this amendatory Act of 1977 shall
29    not  be  paid  unless  the  district  ceases to maintain such
30    classes for one entire school year.
31        If a school district's current reimbursement payment  for
32    the  1977-78  school  year only is less than the prior year's
33    reimbursement payment owed, the district shall  be  paid  the
34    amount  of the difference between the payments in addition to
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 1    the current reimbursement payment, and  the  amount  so  paid
 2    shall   be   subtracted  from  the  amount  of  prior  year's
 3    reimbursement payment owed to the district.
 4        Regional superintendents may  operate  special  education
 5    classes  for  children  from orphanages, foster family homes,
 6    children's homes or State housing units  located  within  the
 7    educational  services region upon consent of the school board
 8    otherwise so obligated.  In electing to assume the powers and
 9    duties of a school district in providing and maintaining such
10    a special education program, the regional superintendent  may
11    enter  into  joint  agreements  with  other districts and may
12    contract with public or private  schools  or  the  orphanage,
13    foster family home, children's home or State housing unit for
14    provision  of  the  special  education  program. The regional
15    superintendent  exercising  the  powers  granted  under  this
16    Section shall claim  the  reimbursement  authorized  by  this
17    Section directly from the State Board of Education.
18        Any child who is not a resident of Illinois who is placed
19    in  a  child  welfare  institution,  private facility, foster
20    family home, State operated program, orphanage or  children's
21    home  shall  have the payment for his educational tuition and
22    any related services assured by the placing agent.
23        Commencing July 1, 1992, for each disabled student who is
24    placed residentially by a State agency or the courts for care
25    or custody or both care  and  custody,  welfare,  medical  or
26    mental  health  treatment  or  both medical and mental health
27    treatment, rehabilitation,  and  protection,  whether  placed
28    there  on,  before,  or  after  July  1,  1992, the costs for
29    educating the student are eligible  for  reimbursement  under
30    this  Section  providing  the  placing  agency  or  court has
31    notified the appropriate school district authorities  of  the
32    status of student residency where applicable prior to or upon
33    placement.
34        The  district  of  residence  of the parent, guardian, or
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 1    disabled student as defined in Sections 14-1.11 and  14-1.11a
 2    is  responsible for the actual costs of the student's special
 3    education program and is  eligible  for  reimbursement  under
 4    this  Section when placement is made by a State agency or the
 5    courts. Payments shall be made by the  resident  district  to
 6    the  district  wherein  the  facility is located no less than
 7    once per quarter unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the
 8    parties.
 9        When a dispute  arises  over  the  determination  of  the
10    district  of  residence, the district or districts may appeal
11    the decision  in  writing  to  the  State  Superintendent  of
12    Education.   The  decision  of  the  State  Superintendent of
13    Education shall be final.
14        In the event a district does not make a  tuition  payment
15    to  another  district that is providing the special education
16    program and services, the  State  Board  of  Education  shall
17    immediately  withhold  125%  of  the  then  remaining  annual
18    tuition  cost  from  the State aid or categorical aid payment
19    due to the school district  that  is  determined  to  be  the
20    resident  school  district.   All funds withheld by the State
21    Board of Education shall  immediately  be  forwarded  to  the
22    school district where the student is being served.
23        When  a  child  eligible  for services under this Section
24    14-7.03 must be placed in a nonpublic facility, that facility
25    shall meet the programmatic requirements of  Section  14-7.02
26    and  its  regulations,  and the educational services shall be
27    funded only in accordance with this Section 14-7.03.
28    (Source: P.A. 89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-397,  eff.  8-20-95;
29    89-698, eff. 1-14-97; 90-463, eff. 8-17-97.)
30        (105 ILCS 5/14-7.03a rep.)
31        Section  10.   The  School  Code  is amended by repealing
32    Section 14-7.03a.
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 1        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 2    becoming law.

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