Full Text of HB4773 95th General Assembly
HB4773 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB4773
Introduced , by Rep. Elizabeth Coulson SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/14-13.01 |
from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01 |
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Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code.
Increases the special education reimbursement amount to school districts for teachers,
professional workers, directors, and school psychologists (from $9,000 to $11,000) and non-certified
employees (from $3,500 to $4,900) for the 2007-2008 school year and thereafter. Effective July 1, 2008.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | 5 |
| 14-13.01 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/14-13.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01)
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| Sec. 14-13.01. Reimbursement payable by State; Amounts. | 8 |
| Reimbursement for furnishing special educational facilities in | 9 |
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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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| by the State Board of Education.
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| 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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| 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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| and other special education
services for children with | 2 |
| disabilities.
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| (a) For children who have not been identified as eligible | 4 |
| for special
education and for eligible children with physical
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| disabilities, including all
eligible children whose placement | 6 |
| has been determined under Section 14-8.02 in
hospital or home | 7 |
| instruction, 1/2 of the teacher's salary but not more than
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| $1,000 annually per child or $8,000 per teacher for the | 9 |
| 1985-1986 school year through the 2005-2006 school year , and | 10 |
| $1,000 per child or $9,000 per teacher for the 2006-2007 school | 11 |
| year , and $1,000 per child or $11,000 per teacher for the | 12 |
| 2007-2008 school year and for each school year
thereafter, | 13 |
| whichever is less. Children
to be included in any reimbursement | 14 |
| under this paragraph must regularly
receive a minimum of one | 15 |
| hour of instruction each school day, or in lieu
thereof of a | 16 |
| minimum of 5 hours of instruction in each school week in
order | 17 |
| to qualify for full reimbursement under this Section. If the
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| attending physician for such a child has certified that the | 19 |
| child should
not receive as many as 5 hours of instruction in a | 20 |
| school week, however,
reimbursement under this paragraph on | 21 |
| account of that child shall be
computed proportionate to the | 22 |
| actual hours of instruction per week for
that child divided by | 23 |
| 5.
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| (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 4/5 of the | 25 |
| cost of
transportation for each such child, whom the State | 26 |
| Superintendent of
Education determined in advance requires |
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| special transportation service
in order to take advantage of | 2 |
| special educational facilities.
Transportation costs shall be | 3 |
| determined in the same fashion as provided
in Section 29-5. For | 4 |
| purposes of this subsection (b), the dates for
processing | 5 |
| claims specified in Section 29-5 shall apply.
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| (c) For each professional worker excluding those included | 7 |
| in
subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of this Section, the | 8 |
| annual sum of
$8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year through the | 9 |
| 2005-2006 school year , and $9,000 for the 2006-2007 school | 10 |
| year , and $11,000 for the 2007-2008 school year and for each | 11 |
| school year thereafter.
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| (d) For one full time qualified director of the special | 13 |
| education
program of each school district which maintains a | 14 |
| fully approved program
of special education the annual sum of | 15 |
| $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school
year through the 2005-2006 | 16 |
| school year , and $9,000 for the 2006-2007 school year , and | 17 |
| $11,000 for the 2007-2008 school year and for each school year | 18 |
| thereafter. Districts participating in a joint agreement | 19 |
| special
education program shall not receive such reimbursement | 20 |
| if reimbursement is made
for a director of the joint agreement | 21 |
| program.
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| (e) For each school psychologist as defined in Section | 23 |
| 14-1.09 the
annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year | 24 |
| through the 2005-2006 school year , and $9,000 for the 2006-2007 | 25 |
| school year , and $11,000 for the 2007-2008 school year and for | 26 |
| each school year thereafter.
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| (f) For each qualified teacher working in a fully approved | 2 |
| program
for children of preschool age who are deaf or | 3 |
| hard-of-hearing the annual
sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 | 4 |
| school year through the 2005-2006 school year , and $9,000 for | 5 |
| the 2006-2007 school year , and $11,000 for the 2007-2008 school | 6 |
| year and for each school year thereafter.
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| (g) For readers, working with blind or partially seeing | 8 |
| children 1/2
of their salary but not more than $400 annually | 9 |
| per child. Readers may
be employed to assist such children and | 10 |
| shall not be required to be
certified but prior to employment | 11 |
| shall meet standards set up by the
State Board of Education.
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| (h) For necessary non-certified employees working in any | 13 |
| class or
program for children defined in this Article, 1/2 of | 14 |
| the salary paid or
$2,800 annually per employee through the | 15 |
| 2005-2006 school year , and $3,500 per employee for the | 16 |
| 2006-2007 school year , and $4,900 per employee for the | 17 |
| 2007-2008 school year and for each school year thereafter, | 18 |
| whichever is less.
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| The State Board of Education shall set standards and | 20 |
| prescribe rules
for determining the allocation of | 21 |
| reimbursement under this section on
less than a full time basis | 22 |
| and for less than a school year.
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| When any school district eligible for reimbursement under | 24 |
| this
Section operates a school or program approved by the State
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| Superintendent of Education for a number of days in excess of | 26 |
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adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235 school days, |
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| such
reimbursement shall be increased by 1/180 of the amount or | 2 |
| rate paid
hereunder for each day such school is operated in | 3 |
| excess of 180 days per
calendar year.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school | 5 |
| district receiving
a payment under this Section or under | 6 |
| Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or
29-5 of this Code may classify | 7 |
| all or a portion of the funds that it receives
in a particular | 8 |
| fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to Section
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| 18-8.05 of this Code as
funds received in connection with any | 10 |
| funding program for which it is
entitled to receive funds from | 11 |
| the State in that fiscal year (including,
without limitation, | 12 |
| any funding program referenced in this Section),
regardless of | 13 |
| the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
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| classify more funds as funds received in connection with the | 15 |
| funding
program than the district is entitled to receive in | 16 |
| that fiscal year for that
program. Any
classification by a | 17 |
| district must be made by a resolution of its board of
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| education. The resolution must identify the amount of any | 19 |
| payments or
general State aid to be classified under this | 20 |
| paragraph and must specify
the funding program to which the | 21 |
| funds are to be treated as received in
connection therewith. | 22 |
| This resolution is controlling as to the
classification of | 23 |
| funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the
resolution | 24 |
| must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education.
The | 25 |
| resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the | 26 |
| resolution has
not been sent to the State
Superintendent of |
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| Education in a timely manner.
No
classification under this | 2 |
| paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount
or timing | 3 |
| of money the district is entitled to receive under this Code.
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| No classification under this paragraph by a district shall
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| any way relieve the district from or affect any
requirements | 6 |
| that otherwise would apply with respect to
that funding | 7 |
| program, including any
accounting of funds by source, reporting | 8 |
| expenditures by
original source and purpose,
reporting | 9 |
| requirements,
or requirements of providing services.
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| (Source: P.A. 95-415, eff. 8-24-07; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 12 |
| 2008.
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