Full Text of HB1927 95th General Assembly
HB1927 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008 HB1927
Introduced 2/23/2007, by Rep. Sandra M. Pihos 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 reimbursement amount to school districts for teachers, professional workers, directors, school psychologists, and non-certified employees by a specified amount each school year through the 2011-2012 school year. Provides that for each school year thereafter, the reimbursement amount is the amount from the previous school year increased by a percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the Employment Cost Index. Effective July 1, 2007.
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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 |
| In this Section, "Employment Cost Index" means the average | 9 |
| of (i) the Employment Cost Index for total compensation for | 10 |
| civilian workers and (ii) the Employment Cost Index for total | 11 |
| compensation for state and local government workers, both of | 12 |
| which are published by the United States Department of Labor. | 13 |
| Reimbursement for furnishing special educational | 14 |
| facilities in a
recognized school to the type of children | 15 |
| defined in Section 14-1.02
shall be paid to the school | 16 |
| districts in accordance with Section 14-12.01
for each school | 17 |
| year ending June 30 by the State Comptroller out of any money
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| in the treasury appropriated for such purposes on the | 19 |
| presentation of vouchers
by the State Board of Education.
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| The reimbursement shall be limited to funds expended for | 21 |
| construction
and maintenance of special education facilities | 22 |
| designed and utilized to
house instructional programs, | 23 |
| diagnostic services, other special
education services for |
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| children with disabilities and
reimbursement as
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| Section 14-13.01. There shall be no reimbursement for
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| construction and maintenance of any administrative facility | 4 |
| separated
from special education facilities designed and | 5 |
| utilized to house
instructional programs, diagnostic services | 6 |
| and other special education
services for children with | 7 |
| disabilities.
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| (a) For children who have not been identified as eligible | 9 |
| for special
education and for eligible children with physical
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| disabilities, including all
eligible children whose placement | 11 |
| has been determined under Section 14-8.02 in
hospital or home | 12 |
| 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 | 14 |
| 1985-1986 school year
through the 2006-2007 school year, $3,100 | 15 |
| per child or $10,100 per teacher for the 2007-2008 school year, | 16 |
| $5,200 per child or $12,200 per teacher for the 2008-2009 | 17 |
| school year, $7,300 per child or $14,300 per teacher for the | 18 |
| 2009-2010 school year, $9,400 per child or $16,400 per teacher | 19 |
| for the 2010-2011 school year, $11,500 per child or $18,500 per | 20 |
| teacher for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year | 21 |
| thereafter, the amount from the previous school year increased | 22 |
| by a percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if | 23 |
| any, in the Employment Cost Index
and thereafter , whichever is | 24 |
| less. Children
to be included in any reimbursement under this | 25 |
| paragraph must regularly
receive a minimum of one hour of | 26 |
| instruction each school day, or in lieu
thereof of a minimum of |
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| 5 hours of instruction in each school week in
order to qualify | 2 |
| for full reimbursement under this Section. If the
attending | 3 |
| physician for such a child has certified that the child should
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| not receive as many as 5 hours of instruction in a school week, | 5 |
| however,
reimbursement under this paragraph on account of that | 6 |
| child shall be
computed proportionate to the actual hours of | 7 |
| instruction per week for
that child divided by 5.
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| (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 4/5 of the | 9 |
| cost of
transportation for each such child, whom the State | 10 |
| Superintendent of
Education determined in advance requires | 11 |
| special transportation service
in order to take advantage of | 12 |
| special educational facilities.
Transportation costs shall be | 13 |
| determined in the same fashion as provided
in Section 29-5. For | 14 |
| purposes of this subsection (b), the dates for
processing | 15 |
| claims specified in Section 29-5 shall apply.
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| (c) For each professional worker excluding those included | 17 |
| in
subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of this Section, the | 18 |
| annual sum of
$8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year through the | 19 |
| 2006-2007 school year, $10,100 for the 2007-2008 school year, | 20 |
| $12,200 for the 2008-2009 school year, $14,300 for the | 21 |
| 2009-2010 school year, $16,400 for the 2010-2011 school year, | 22 |
| $18,500 for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year | 23 |
| thereafter, the amount from the previous school year increased | 24 |
| by a percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if | 25 |
| any, in the Employment Cost Index
and thereafter .
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| (d) For one full time qualified director of the special |
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| education
program of each school district which maintains a | 2 |
| fully approved program
of special education the annual sum of | 3 |
| $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school
year through the 2006-2007 | 4 |
| school year, $10,100 for the 2007-2008 school year, $12,200 for | 5 |
| the 2008-2009 school year, $14,300 for the 2009-2010 school | 6 |
| year, $16,400 for the 2010-2011 school year, $18,500 for the | 7 |
| 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year thereafter, the | 8 |
| amount from the previous school year increased by a percentage | 9 |
| increase equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the | 10 |
| Employment Cost Index
and thereafter . Districts participating | 11 |
| in a joint agreement special
education program shall not | 12 |
| receive such reimbursement if reimbursement is made
for a | 13 |
| director of the joint agreement program.
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| (e) For each school psychologist as defined in Section | 15 |
| 14-1.09 the
annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year | 16 |
| through the 2006-2007 school year, $10,100 for the 2007-2008 | 17 |
| school year, $12,200 for the 2008-2009 school year, $14,300 for | 18 |
| the 2009-2010 school year, $16,400 for the 2010-2011 school | 19 |
| year, $18,500 for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each | 20 |
| school year thereafter, the amount from the previous school | 21 |
| year increased by a percentage increase equal to the percentage | 22 |
| increase, if any, in the Employment Cost Index
and thereafter .
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| (f) For each qualified teacher working in a fully approved | 24 |
| 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 2006-2007 school year, $10,100 for the |
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| 2007-2008 school year, $12,200 for the 2008-2009 school year, | 2 |
| $14,300 for the 2009-2010 school year, $16,400 for the | 3 |
| 2010-2011 school year, $18,500 for the 2011-2012 school year, | 4 |
| and for each school year thereafter, the amount from the | 5 |
| previous school year increased by a percentage increase equal | 6 |
| to the percentage increase, if any, in the Employment Cost | 7 |
| Index
and thereafter .
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| (g) For readers, working with blind or partially seeing | 9 |
| children 1/2
of their salary but not more than $400 annually | 10 |
| per child. Readers may
be employed to assist such children and | 11 |
| shall not be required to be
certified but prior to employment | 12 |
| shall meet standards set up by the
State Board of Education.
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| (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
$2,800 annually per employee through the | 16 |
| 2006-2007 school year, $3,940 per employee for the 2007-2008 | 17 |
| school year, $5,080 per employee for the 2008-2009 school year, | 18 |
| $6,220 per employee for the 2009-2010 school year, $7,360 per | 19 |
| employee for the 2010-2011 school year, $8,500 per employee for | 20 |
| the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year thereafter, | 21 |
| the amount from the previous school year increased by a | 22 |
| percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if any, | 23 |
| in the Employment Cost Index, per employee , whichever is less.
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| The State Board of Education shall set standards and | 25 |
| prescribe rules
for determining the allocation of | 26 |
| reimbursement under this section on
less than a full time basis |
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| and for less than a school year.
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| When any school district eligible for reimbursement under | 3 |
| 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 | 5 |
| the
adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235 school days, | 6 |
| such
reimbursement shall be increased by 1/185 of the amount or | 7 |
| rate paid
hereunder for each day such school is operated in | 8 |
| excess of 185 days per
calendar year.
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| Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school | 10 |
| district receiving
a payment under this Section or under | 11 |
| Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or
29-5 of this Code may classify | 12 |
| all or a portion of the funds that it receives
in a particular | 13 |
| 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 | 15 |
| funding program for which it is
entitled to receive funds from | 16 |
| the State in that fiscal year (including,
without limitation, | 17 |
| any funding program referenced in this Section),
regardless of | 18 |
| 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 | 20 |
| funding
program than the district is entitled to receive in | 21 |
| that fiscal year for that
program. Any
classification by a | 22 |
| district must be made by a resolution of its board of
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| education. The resolution must identify the amount of any | 24 |
| payments or
general State aid to be classified under this | 25 |
| paragraph and must specify
the funding program to which the | 26 |
| funds are to be treated as received in
connection therewith. |
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| This resolution is controlling as to the
classification of | 2 |
| funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the
resolution | 3 |
| must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education.
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| resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the | 5 |
| resolution has
not been sent to the State
Superintendent of | 6 |
| Education in a timely manner.
No
classification under this | 7 |
| paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount
or timing | 8 |
| 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 | 11 |
| that otherwise would apply with respect to
that funding | 12 |
| program, including any
accounting of funds by source, reporting | 13 |
| expenditures by
original source and purpose,
reporting | 14 |
| requirements,
or requirements of providing services.
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| (Source: P.A. 92-568, eff. 6-26-02; 93-1022, eff. 8-24-04.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 17 |
| 2007.
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