Sen. Debbie DeFrancesco Halvorson

Filed: 3/14/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1931

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1931 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The Education for Homeless Children Act is
5 amended by changing Section 1-15 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 45/1-15)
7     Sec. 1-15. Transportation to school of origin. Subject to
8 the provisions of Article 29 of the School Code, if a child
9 becomes a homeless child or if a homeless child changes his or
10 her temporary living arrangements, and if the homeless child's
11 parents or guardians decide to continue the child's education
12 in the school of origin, the parents or guardians shall make a
13 good faith effort to provide or arrange for transportation to
14 and from the school of origin, including authorizing relatives,
15 friends, or a program for homeless persons to provide the child
16 with transportation to and from the school of origin. If
17 transportation to and from the school of origin is not provided
18 in that manner, it shall be provided in the following manner:
19         (1) if the homeless child continues to live in the
20     school district in which the school of origin is located,
21     the child's transportation to and from the school of origin
22     shall be provided or arranged by the school district in
23     which the school of origin is located consistent with the
24     requirements of Article 29 of the School Code; and

 

 

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1         (2) if the homeless child's living arrangements in the
2     school district of origin terminate and the child, though
3     continuing his or her education in the school of origin,
4     begins living in another school district, the school
5     district of origin and the school district in which the
6     homeless child is living shall meet to apportion the
7     responsibility and costs for providing the child with
8     transportation to and from the school of origin. If the
9     school districts are unable to agree, the responsibility
10     and costs for transportation shall be shared equally. If,
11     however, the homeless child lives in a single abode in the
12     other school district for longer than one year, then the
13     school district in which the child is living shall be
14     deemed the child's new district of residence.
15     If a parent or guardian chooses to have the child attend
16 the school of origin, that parent or guardian, a teacher of the
17 child, and the principal or his or her designee from the school
18 of origin may meet at the option of the parent or the school to
19 evaluate whether that travel is in the best interest of the
20 child's development and education as compared to the
21 development and education available in attending the school
22 nearest the child's abode. The meeting shall also include
23 consideration of the best interests of the homeless family at
24 its current abode. A parent may bring a representative of his
25 or her choice to the meeting. The meeting shall be convened if
26 travel time is longer than one hour each way.
27 (Source: P.A. 88-634, eff. 1-1-95; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)".