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90_HB1652
105 ILCS 5/14-13.01 from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01
Amends the School Code. In the provisions for State
reimbursement to school districts for furnishing special
educational facilities to handicapped children, increases,
beginning with the 1996-1997 school year, the annual maximum
reimbursement with respect to a teacher's salary by the
percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index multiplied by
the lesser of the per-child amount or $8,000. Beginning with
that same school year also increases the maximum annual
reimbursement with respect to each professional worker, a
qualified special education director, each school
psychologist, and each qualified teacher working in a fully
approved program for preschool-age children who are deaf or
hard of hearing by the percentage increase in the Consumer
Price Index multiplied by $8,000. For that same school year
also increases the maximum annual reimbursement with respect
to each necessary non-certified employee by the percentage
increase in the Consumer Price Index multiplied by the lesser
of 1/2 the salary of such employee or $2,800. Effective
immediately.
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 14-13.01.
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 14-13.01 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/14-13.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01)
8 Sec. 14-13.01. Reimbursement payable by State; Amounts.
9 Reimbursement for furnishing special educational facilities
10 in a recognized school to the type of children defined in
11 Section 14-1.02 shall be paid to the school districts in
12 accordance with Section 14-12.01 for each school year ending
13 June 30 by the State Comptroller out of any money in the
14 treasury appropriated for such purposes on the presentation
15 of vouchers by the State Board of Education.
16 The reimbursement shall be limited to funds expended for
17 construction and maintenance of special education facilities
18 designed and utilized to house instructional programs,
19 diagnostic services, other special education services for
20 children with disabilities and reimbursement as provided in
21 Section 14-13.01. There shall be no reimbursement for
22 construction and maintenance of any administrative facility
23 separated from special education facilities designed and
24 utilized to house instructional programs, diagnostic services
25 and other special education services for children with
26 disabilities.
27 (a) For the 1996-1997 school year and each school year
28 thereafter, for children who have not been identified as
29 eligible for special education and for eligible children with
30 physical disabilities, including all eligible children whose
31 placement has been determined under Section 14-8.02 in
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1 hospital or home instruction, 1/2 of the teacher's salary but
2 not more than $1,000 annually per child or $8,000 per teacher
3 for the 1985-1986 school year and thereafter, whichever is
4 less, plus the product obtained by multiplying that lesser
5 amount by the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index
6 for all urban consumers for all items published by the U.S.
7 Department of Labor for the 12 month period ending in October
8 of the calendar year in which the school year for which the
9 reimbursement is payable commences. Children to be included
10 in any reimbursement under this paragraph must regularly
11 receive a minimum of one hour of instruction each school day,
12 or in lieu thereof of a minimum of 5 hours of instruction in
13 each school week in order to qualify for full reimbursement
14 under this Section. If the attending physician for such a
15 child has certified that the child should not receive as many
16 as 5 hours of instruction in a school week, however,
17 reimbursement under this paragraph on account of that child
18 shall be computed proportionate to the actual hours of
19 instruction per week for that child divided by 5.
20 (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 4/5 of
21 the cost of transportation for each such child, whom the
22 State Superintendent of Education determined in advance
23 requires special transportation service in order to take
24 advantage of special educational facilities. Transportation
25 costs shall be determined in the same fashion as provided in
26 Section 29-5. For purposes of this subsection (b), the dates
27 for processing claims specified in Section 29-5 shall apply.
28 (c) For the 1996-1997 school year and each school year
29 thereafter, for each professional worker excluding those
30 included in subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of this
31 Section, the annual sum of $8,000, increased by an amount
32 equal to the product of $8,000 times the percentage increase
33 in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for all
34 items published by the U.S. Department of Labor for the 12
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1 month period ending in October of the calendar year in which
2 the school year for which the reimbursement is payable
3 commences for the 1985-1986 school year and thereafter.
4 (d) For the 1996-1997 school year and each school year
5 thereafter, for one full time qualified director of the
6 special education program of each school district which
7 maintains a fully approved program of special education the
8 annual sum of $8,000, increased by an amount equal to the
9 product of $8,000 times the percentage increase in the
10 Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers for all items
11 published by the U.S. Department of Labor for the 12 month
12 period ending in October of the calendar year in which the
13 school year for which the reimbursement is payable commences
14 for the 1985-1986 school year and thereafter. Districts
15 participating in a joint agreement special education program
16 shall not receive such reimbursement if reimbursement is made
17 for a director of the joint agreement program.
18 (e) For the 1996-1997 school year and each school year
19 thereafter, for each school psychologist as defined in
20 Section 14-1.09 the annual sum of $8,000, increased by an
21 amount equal to the product of $8,000 times the percentage
22 increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers
23 for all items published by the U.S. Department of Labor for
24 the 12 month period ending in October of the calendar year in
25 which the school year for which the reimbursement is payable
26 commences for the 1985-1986 school year and thereafter.
27 (f) For the 1996-1997 school year and each school year
28 thereafter, for each qualified teacher working in a fully
29 approved program for children of preschool age who are deaf
30 or hard-of-hearing the annual sum of $8,000, increased by an
31 amount equal to the product of $8,000 times the percentage
32 increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers
33 for all items published by the U.S. Department of Labor for
34 the 12 month period ending in October of the calendar year in
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1 which the school year for which the reimbursement is payable
2 commences for the 1985-1986 school year and thereafter.
3 (g) For readers, working with blind or partially seeing
4 children 1/2 of their salary but not more than $400 annually
5 per child. Readers may be employed to assist such children
6 and shall not be required to be certified but prior to
7 employment shall meet standards set up by the State Board of
8 Education.
9 (h) For the 1996-1997 school year and each school year
10 thereafter, for necessary non-certified employees working in
11 any class or program for children defined in this Article,
12 1/2 of the salary paid or $2,800 annually per employee,
13 whichever is less, plus the product obtained by multiplying
14 that lesser amount by the percentage increase in the Consumer
15 Price Index for all urban consumers for all items published
16 by the U.S. Department of Labor for the 12 month period
17 ending in October of the calendar year in which the school
18 year for which the reimbursement is payable commences.
19 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
22 basis and for less than a school year.
23 When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
24 this Section operates a school or program approved by the
25 State Superintendent of Education for a number of days in
26 excess of the adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235
27 school days, such reimbursement shall be increased by 1/185
28 of the amount or rate paid hereunder for each day such school
29 is operated in excess of 185 days per calendar year.
30 (Source: P.A. 88-555, eff. 7-27-94; 88-641, eff. 9-9-94;
31 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
32 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
33 becoming law.