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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 14-13.01 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/14-13.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01)
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7 | Sec. 14-13.01. Reimbursement payable by State; Amounts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Reimbursement for furnishing special educational facilities in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | a
recognized school to the type of children defined in Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 14-1.02
shall be paid to the school districts in accordance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | with Section 14-12.01
for each school year ending June 30 by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | the State Comptroller out of any money
in the treasury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | appropriated for such purposes on the presentation of vouchers
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14 | by the State Board of Education.
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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
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21 | construction and maintenance of any administrative facility | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | separated
from special education facilities designed and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | utilized to house
instructional programs, diagnostic services |
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1 | and other special education
services for children with | ||||||
2 | disabilities.
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3 | (a) For staff working on behalf of children who have not | ||||||
4 | been identified as eligible for special
education and for | ||||||
5 | eligible children with physical
disabilities, including all
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6 | eligible children whose placement has been determined under | ||||||
7 | Section 14-8.02 in
hospital or home instruction, 1/2 of the | ||||||
8 | teacher's salary but not more than
$1,000 annually per child or | ||||||
9 | $8,000 per teacher for the 1985-1986 school year through the | ||||||
10 | 2005-2006 school year and $1,000 per child or $9,000 per | ||||||
11 | teacher for the 2006-2007 school year and for each school year
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12 | thereafter, whichever is less. Children
to be included in any | ||||||
13 | reimbursement under this paragraph must regularly
receive a | ||||||
14 | minimum of one hour of instruction each school day, or in lieu
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15 | thereof of a minimum of 5 hours of instruction in each school | ||||||
16 | week in
order to qualify for full reimbursement under this | ||||||
17 | Section. If the
attending physician for such a child has | ||||||
18 | certified that the child should
not receive as many as 5 hours | ||||||
19 | of instruction in a school week, however,
reimbursement under | ||||||
20 | this paragraph on account of that child shall be
computed | ||||||
21 | proportionate to the actual hours of instruction per week for
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22 | that child divided by 5.
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23 | (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 4/5 of the | ||||||
24 | cost of
transportation for each such child, whom the State | ||||||
25 | Superintendent of
Education determined in advance requires | ||||||
26 | special transportation service
in order to take advantage of |
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1 | special educational facilities.
Transportation costs shall be | ||||||
2 | determined in the same fashion as provided
in Section 29-5. For | ||||||
3 | purposes of this subsection (b), the dates for
processing | ||||||
4 | claims specified in Section 29-5 shall apply.
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5 | (c) (Blank). For each professional worker excluding those | ||||||
6 | included in
subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of this | ||||||
7 | Section, the annual sum of
$8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year | ||||||
8 | through the 2005-2006 school year and $9,000 for the 2006-2007 | ||||||
9 | school year and for each school year thereafter.
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10 | (d) (Blank). For one full time qualified director of the | ||||||
11 | special education
program of each school district which | ||||||
12 | maintains a fully approved program
of special education the | ||||||
13 | annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school
year through the | ||||||
14 | 2005-2006 school year and $9,000 for the 2006-2007 school year | ||||||
15 | and for each school year thereafter. Districts participating in | ||||||
16 | a joint agreement special
education program shall not receive | ||||||
17 | such reimbursement if reimbursement is made
for a director of | ||||||
18 | the joint agreement program.
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19 | (e) (Blank). For each school psychologist as defined in | ||||||
20 | Section 14-1.09 the
annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 | ||||||
21 | school year through the 2005-2006 school year and $9,000 for | ||||||
22 | the 2006-2007 school year and for each school year thereafter.
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23 | (f) (Blank). For each qualified teacher working in a fully | ||||||
24 | approved program
for children of preschool age who are deaf or | ||||||
25 | hard-of-hearing the annual
sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 | ||||||
26 | school year through the 2005-2006 school year and $9,000 for |
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1 | the 2006-2007 school year and for each school year thereafter.
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2 | (g) For readers, working with blind or partially seeing | ||||||
3 | children 1/2
of their salary but not more than $400 annually | ||||||
4 | per child. Readers may
be employed to assist such children and | ||||||
5 | shall not be required to be
certified but prior to employment | ||||||
6 | shall meet standards set up by the
State Board of Education.
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7 | (g-5) For each certificated employee who works with or on | ||||||
8 | behalf of students with disabilities full time, $9,000 for the | ||||||
9 | 2006-2007 school year and for each school year thereafter.
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10 | (h) For necessary non-certified employees working in any | ||||||
11 | class or
program for children defined in this Article, 1/2 of | ||||||
12 | the salary paid or
$2,800 annually per employee through the | ||||||
13 | 2005-2006 school year and $3,500 per employee for the 2006-2007 | ||||||
14 | school year and for each school year thereafter, whichever is | ||||||
15 | less.
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16 | The State Board of Education shall set standards and | ||||||
17 | prescribe rules
for determining the allocation of | ||||||
18 | reimbursement under this section on
less than a full time basis | ||||||
19 | and for less than a school year.
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20 | When any school district eligible for reimbursement under | ||||||
21 | this
Section operates a school or program approved by the State
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22 | Superintendent of Education for a number of days in excess of | ||||||
23 | the
adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235 school days, | ||||||
24 | such
reimbursement shall be increased by 1/180 of the amount or | ||||||
25 | rate paid
hereunder for each day such school is operated in | ||||||
26 | excess of 180 days per
calendar year.
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1 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school | ||||||
2 | district receiving
a payment under this Section or under | ||||||
3 | Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or
29-5 of this Code may classify | ||||||
4 | all or a portion of the funds that it receives
in a particular | ||||||
5 | fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to Section
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6 | 18-8.05 of this Code as
funds received in connection with any | ||||||
7 | funding program for which it is
entitled to receive funds from | ||||||
8 | the State in that fiscal year (including,
without limitation, | ||||||
9 | any funding program referenced in this Section),
regardless of | ||||||
10 | the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
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11 | classify more funds as funds received in connection with the | ||||||
12 | funding
program than the district is entitled to receive in | ||||||
13 | that fiscal year for that
program. Any
classification by a | ||||||
14 | district must be made by a resolution of its board of
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15 | education. The resolution must identify the amount of any | ||||||
16 | payments or
general State aid to be classified under this | ||||||
17 | paragraph and must specify
the funding program to which the | ||||||
18 | funds are to be treated as received in
connection therewith. | ||||||
19 | This resolution is controlling as to the
classification of | ||||||
20 | funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the
resolution | ||||||
21 | must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education.
The | ||||||
22 | resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the | ||||||
23 | resolution has
not been sent to the State
Superintendent of | ||||||
24 | Education in a timely manner.
No
classification under this | ||||||
25 | paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount
or timing | ||||||
26 | of money the district is entitled to receive under this Code.
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1 | No classification under this paragraph by a district shall
in | ||||||
2 | any way relieve the district from or affect any
requirements | ||||||
3 | that otherwise would apply with respect to
that funding | ||||||
4 | program, including any
accounting of funds by source, reporting | ||||||
5 | expenditures by
original source and purpose,
reporting | ||||||
6 | requirements,
or requirements of providing services.
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7 | (Source: P.A. 95-415, eff. 8-24-07; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
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8 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
9 | becoming law.
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