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90_HB0656
105 ILCS 5/14-13.01 from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01
Amends the School Code. In the provisions for State
reimbursement to school districts for furnishing special
educational facilities to handicapped children, increases,
beginning with the 1997-1998 school year, the annual maximum
reimbursement with respect to a teacher's salary to not more
than the lesser of $1,200 per child or $9,000 per teacher,
the annual maximum reimbursement per professional worker to
$9,000, the annual maximum reimbursement for a full time
qualified director to $9,000, the annual maximum
reimbursement for each school psychologist to $9,000, the
annual maximum reimbursement with respect to a reader's
salary to $500 per child, and the annual maximum
reimbursement for necessary non-certified employees to $3,300
per employee. Effective July 1, 1997.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 14-13.01.
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 14-13.01 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/14-13.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01)
8 Sec. 14-13.01. Reimbursement payable by State; Amounts.
9 Reimbursement for furnishing special educational facilities
10 in a recognized school to the type of children defined in
11 Section 14-1.02 shall be paid to the school districts in
12 accordance with Section 14-12.01 for each school year ending
13 June 30 by the State Comptroller out of any money in the
14 treasury appropriated for such purposes on the presentation
15 of vouchers by the State Board of Education.
16 The reimbursement shall be limited to funds expended for
17 construction and maintenance of special education facilities
18 designed and utilized to house instructional programs,
19 diagnostic services, other special education services for
20 children with disabilities and reimbursement as provided in
21 Section 14-13.01. There shall be no reimbursement for
22 construction and maintenance of any administrative facility
23 separated from special education facilities designed and
24 utilized to house instructional programs, diagnostic services
25 and other special education services for children with
26 disabilities.
27 (a) For children who have not been identified as
28 eligible for special education and for eligible children with
29 physical disabilities, including all eligible children whose
30 placement has been determined under Section 14-8.02 in
31 hospital or home instruction, 1/2 of the teacher's salary but
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1 not more than $1,200 $1,000 annually per child or $9,000
2 $8,000 per teacher for the 1997-1998 1985-1986 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 $9,000 $8,000 for the 1997-1998
25 1985-1986 school year and thereafter.
26 (d) For one full time qualified director of the special
27 education program of each school district which maintains a
28 fully approved program of special education the annual sum of
29 $9,000 $8,000 for the 1997-1998 1985-1986 school year and
30 thereafter. Districts participating in a joint agreement
31 special education program shall not receive such
32 reimbursement if reimbursement is made for a director of the
33 joint agreement program.
34 (e) For each school psychologist as defined in Section
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1 14-1.09 the annual sum of $9,000 $8,000 for the 1997-1998
2 1985-1986 school year and thereafter.
3 (f) For each qualified teacher working in a fully
4 approved program for children of preschool age who are deaf
5 or hard-of-hearing the annual sum of $9,000 $8,000 for the
6 1997-1998 1985-1986 school year and thereafter.
7 (g) For readers, working with blind or partially seeing
8 children 1/2 of their salary but not more than $500 $400
9 annually per child. Readers may be employed to assist such
10 children and shall not be required to be certified but prior
11 to employment shall meet standards set up by the State Board
12 of Education.
13 (h) For necessary non-certified employees working in any
14 class or program for children defined in this Article, 1/2 of
15 the salary paid or $3,300 $2,800 annually per employee,
16 whichever is less.
17 The State Board of Education shall set standards and
18 prescribe rules for determining the allocation of
19 reimbursement under this section on less than a full time
20 basis and for less than a school year.
21 When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
22 this Section operates a school or program approved by the
23 State Superintendent of Education for a number of days in
24 excess of the adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235
25 school days, such reimbursement shall be increased by 1/185
26 of the amount or rate paid hereunder for each day such school
27 is operated in excess of 185 days per calendar year.
28 (Source: P.A. 88-555, eff. 7-27-94; 88-641, eff. 9-9-94;
29 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
30 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
31 1, 1997.