(105 ILCS 5/10-19.2) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.2)
Sec. 10-19.2.
Full year feasibility study - grant - transitional
expenditure reimbursement.
Any school district, including special charter districts, may, by
resolution of its board, file an application with the State Board of Education
and, if approved, receive funds for
the purpose of conducting a study of the feasibility of operating one or
more schools within the district on a full year school plan pursuant to
Section 10-19.1. Such feasibility study shall include, but need not be
limited to, the educational program, building and space needs,
administrative and personnel costs, pupil distribution in the district,
community attitudes and transportation costs. The Board of Education of
any district which conducts a feasibility study pursuant to this Section
shall submit a final report to the State Board of Education upon completion
of the study or within one year after
receipt of funds, whichever occurs first.
School districts seeking State financial support to conduct
feasibility studies shall file applications with the State Board of Education
on forms provided by the State
Board.
The State Board of Education may grant or deny applications,
in whole or in part,
and provide the funds necessary to implement approved applications,
provided that the total amount of funds necessary to implement approved
applications does not exceed the annual appropriation for that purpose.
If, based upon the results of a full year feasibility study, a school
district determines that it will operate one or more schools within the
district in accordance with Section 10-19.1, the State Board of Education
may, pursuant to guidelines established by the
State Board, reimburse such district for expenditures resulting
from making
such transition, provided that no expenditure shall be reimbursed which
would have been incurred by a school district in the absence of a
changeover to a full year school program.
In the event any funds appropriated for transition reimbursement
during any fiscal year are insufficient for that purpose, payment shall
be made in the proportion that the total amount of such expenditures
bears to the total amount of money available for payment.
(Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
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