Public Act 102-1032
 
SB3867 EnrolledLRB102 25793 RJT 35127 b


  
    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Sections 
10-20.13 and 34-21.6 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.13)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.13)



    Sec. 10-20.13. Textbooks for children of parents unable to 
buy them
and other fees.  
    (a) To purchase, at the
expense of the district, a 
sufficient number of
textbooks for children whose parents are 
unable to buy them, including
but not limited to children 
living in households that meet the free lunch or breakfast 
eligibility guidelines established by the federal government 
pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et 
seq.), subject to verification as set forth in subsection (c) 
of this Section. Such textbooks
shall be loaned only, and the 
directors shall require the teacher to see
that they are 
properly cared for and returned at the end of each term of

school.

    (b) To waive all fees assessed by the district on children 
whose parents
are unable to afford them, including but not 
limited to children living in households that meet the free 
lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines established by the 
federal government pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 
7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) and students whose parents are veterans 
or active duty military personnel with income at or below 200% 
of the federal poverty line, subject to verification as set 
forth in subsection (c) of this Section.
 The school board

shall adopt written policies and procedures for such waiver of 
fees in
accordance with regulations promulgated by the State 
Board of Education.

    (c) Any school board that participates in a federally 
funded, school-based child nutrition program and uses a 
student's application for, eligibility for, or participation 
in the federally funded, school-based child nutrition program 
(42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving 
fees assessed by the school district must follow the 
verification requirements of the federally funded, 
school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 
245.6a).
    A school board that establishes a process for the 
determination of eligibility for waiver of fees assessed by 
the school district that is completely independent of a 
student's application for, eligibility for, or participation 
in a federally funded, school-based child nutrition program 
may provide for fee waiver verification no more often than 
every 60 calendar days. Information obtained during the 
independent, fee waiver verification process indicating that 
the student does not meet free lunch or breakfast eligibility 
guidelines may be used to deny the waiver of the student's 
fees, provided that any information obtained through this 
independent process for determining or verifying eligibility 
for fee waivers shall not be used to determine or verify 
eligibility for any federally funded, school-based child 
nutrition program. 
(Source: P.A. 96-360, eff. 9-1-09.)

 



    (105 ILCS 5/34-21.6)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-21.6)



    Sec. 34-21.6. Waiver of fees. 
    (a) The board shall waive all fees assessed by the 
district
on children whose parents are unable to afford them, 
including but not limited
to children living in households 
that meet the free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines 
established by the federal government pursuant to Section 1758 
of the federal Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) and students whose 
parents are veterans or active duty military personnel with 
income at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, subject 
to verification as set forth in subsection (b) of this 
Section.  The board shall develop written
policies and 
procedures implementing this Section in accordance with

regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.

    (b) If the board participates in a federally funded, 
school-based child nutrition program and uses a student's 
application for, eligibility for, or participation in the 
federally funded, school-based child nutrition program (42 
U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R.  245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving 
fees assessed by the district, then the board must follow the 
verification requirements of the federally funded, 
school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 
245.6a).
    If the board establishes a process for the determination 
of eligibility for waiver of fees assessed by the district 
that is completely independent of a student's application for, 
eligibility for, or participation in a federally funded, 
school-based child nutrition program, the board may provide 
for fee waiver verification no more often than every 60 
calendar days. Information obtained during the independent, 
fee waiver verification process indicating that the student 
does not meet free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines 
may be used to deny the waiver of the student's fees, provided 
that any information obtained through this independent process 
for determining or verifying eligibility for fee waivers shall 
not be used to determine or verify eligibility for any 
federally funded, school-based child nutrition program. 
(Source: P.A. 96-360, eff. 9-1-09.)

 
 
    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
becoming law.