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92_SB0292
LRB9207557NTtm
1 AN ACT relating to 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
5 Section 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
9 in a recognized school to the type of children defined in
10 Section 14-1.02 shall be paid to the school districts in
11 accordance with Section 14-12.01 for each school year ending
12 June 30 by the State Comptroller out of any money in the
13 treasury appropriated for such purposes on the presentation
14 of vouchers 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
24 and other special education services for children with
25 disabilities.
26 (a) For children who have not been identified as
27 eligible for special education and for eligible children with
28 physical disabilities, including all eligible children whose
29 placement has been determined under Section 14-8.02 in
30 hospital or home instruction, 1/2 of the teacher's salary but
31 not more than $1,000 annually per child or $13,000 $8,000 per
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1 teacher for the 2001-2002 1985-1986 school year, with a 2%
2 increase in this maximum amount per teacher each school year
3 and thereafter, whichever is less. Children to be included
4 in any reimbursement under this paragraph must regularly
5 receive a minimum of one hour of instruction each school day,
6 or in lieu thereof of a minimum of 5 hours of instruction in
7 each school week in order to qualify for full reimbursement
8 under this Section. If the attending physician for such a
9 child has certified that the child should not receive as many
10 as 5 hours of instruction in a school week, however,
11 reimbursement under this paragraph on account of that child
12 shall be computed proportionate to the actual hours of
13 instruction per week for that child divided by 5.
14 (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 4/5 of
15 the cost of transportation for each such child, whom the
16 State Superintendent of Education determined in advance
17 requires special transportation service in order to take
18 advantage of special educational facilities. Transportation
19 costs shall be determined in the same fashion as provided in
20 Section 29-5. For purposes of this subsection (b), the dates
21 for processing claims specified in Section 29-5 shall apply.
22 (c) For each professional worker excluding those
23 included in subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of this
24 Section, the annual sum of $13,000 $8,000 for the 2001-2002
25 1985-1986 school year, with a 2% increase in this amount each
26 school year and thereafter.
27 (d) For one full time qualified director of the special
28 education program of each school district which maintains a
29 fully approved program of special education the annual sum of
30 $13,000 $8,000 for the 2001-2002 1985-1986 school year, with
31 a 2% increase in this amount each school year and thereafter.
32 Districts participating in a joint agreement special
33 education program shall not receive such reimbursement if
34 reimbursement is made for a director of the joint agreement
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1 program.
2 (e) For each school psychologist as defined in Section
3 14-1.09 the annual sum of $13,000 $8,000 for the 2001-2002
4 1985-1986 school year, with a 2% increase in this amount each
5 school year and thereafter.
6 (f) For each qualified teacher working in a fully
7 approved program for children of preschool age who are deaf
8 or hard-of-hearing the annual sum of $13,000 $8,000 for the
9 2001-2002 1985-1986 school year, with a 2% increase in this
10 amount each school year and thereafter.
11 (g) For readers, working with blind or partially seeing
12 children 1/2 of their salary but not more than $628 $400
13 annually per child for the 2001-2002 school year, with a 2%
14 increase in this maximum amount each school year thereafter.
15 Readers may be employed to assist such children and shall not
16 be required to be certified but prior to employment shall
17 meet standards set up by the State Board of Education.
18 (h) For necessary non-certified employees working in any
19 class or program for children defined in this Article, 1/2 of
20 the salary paid or $4,400 $2,800 annually per employee for
21 the 2001-2002 school year, with a 2% increase in this maximum
22 amount per employee each school year thereafter, whichever is
23 less.
24 The State Board of Education shall set standards and
25 prescribe rules for determining the allocation of
26 reimbursement under this section on less than a full time
27 basis and for less than a school year.
28 When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
29 this Section operates a school or program approved by the
30 State Superintendent of Education for a number of days in
31 excess of the adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235
32 school days, such reimbursement shall be increased by 1/185
33 of the amount or rate paid hereunder for each day such school
34 is operated in excess of 185 days per calendar year.
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1 (Source: P.A. 88-555, eff. 7-27-94; 88-641, eff. 9-9-94;
2 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on
4 July 1, 2001.