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      105 ILCS 5/14-7.02a       from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.02a
          Amends the School Code.  Increases to $2,500 from  $2,000
      the  maximum  per  capita tuition charge reimbursement when a
      school  district's  cost  of  educating  a  child   requiring
      extraordinary special education services and facilities is in
      excess  of  one  and one-half times the district's per capita
      tuition charge for the prior year. Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend  the  School  Code  by  changing  Section
 2    14-7.02a.
 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 14-7.02a as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/14-7.02a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.02a)
 8        Sec.  14-7.02a.  Children requiring extraordinary special
 9    education  services  and  facilities.   A   school   district
10    providing   for   a  child  requiring  extraordinary  special
11    education services because of the nature of his disability is
12    eligible for reimbursement from the  State  if  the  cost  of
13    educating  that  child  is  computed, as set forth in Section
14    14-7.01, to be in  excess  of  one  and  one-half  times  the
15    district  per capita tuition charge for the prior year.  Such
16    costs  beyond  one  per  capita  tuition  charge   shall   be
17    reimbursed, up to a maximum of $2,500 $2,000.
18        A  child  is  deemed  to  require  extraordinary  special
19    education   services   and  facilities  under  the  following
20    conditions:
21             1)  the school  district  has  determined  that  the
22        child requires extraordinary special education facilities
23        pursuant  to  the  multidisciplinary  case  study and the
24        individualized education program;
25             2)  the  school  district  maintains  adequate  cost
26        accounting to document the per  capita  cost  of  special
27        education; and
28             3)  the  school  district submits approval and claim
29        data annually for each eligible child.
30        Extraordinary special education services  provided  on  a
31    one-half  day  basis  shall  only  be reimbursed at a rate of
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 1    one-half the amount otherwise provided herein.
 2    (Source: P.A. 88-16.)
 3        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 4    becoming law.

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