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90_HB0654eng 105 ILCS 5/14-7.02a from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.02a Amends the School Code. Increases to $2,500 from $2,000 the maximum per capita tuition charge reimbursement when a school district's cost of educating a child requiring extraordinary special education services and facilities is in excess of one and one-half times the district's per capita tuition charge for the prior year. Effective immediately. LRB9003157THpk HB0654 Engrossed LRB9003157THpk 1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section 2 14-7.02a. 3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 4 represented in the General Assembly: 5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 6 Section 14-7.02a as follows: 7 (105 ILCS 5/14-7.02a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.02a) 8 Sec. 14-7.02a. Children requiring extraordinary special 9 education services and facilities. A school district 10 providing for a child requiring extraordinary special 11 education services because of the nature of his disability is 12 eligible for reimbursement from the State if the cost of 13 educating that child is computed, as set forth in Section 14 14-7.01, to be in excess of one and one-half times the 15 district per capita tuition charge for the prior year. Such 16 costs beyond one per capita tuition charge shall be 17 reimbursed, up to a maximum of $2,500$2,000. 18 A child is deemed to require extraordinary special 19 education services and facilities under the following 20 conditions: 21 1) the school district has determined that the 22 child requires extraordinary special education facilities 23 pursuant to the multidisciplinary case study and the 24 individualized education program; 25 2) the school district maintains adequate cost 26 accounting to document the per capita cost of special 27 education; and 28 3) the school district submits approval and claim 29 data annually for each eligible child. 30 Extraordinary special education services provided on a 31 one-half day basis shall only be reimbursed at a rate of HB0654 Engrossed -2- LRB9003157THpk 1 one-half the amount otherwise provided herein. 2 (Source: P.A. 88-16.) 3 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 4 becoming law.