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90_HB2109

      105 ILCS 5/14-8.02        from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.02
      405 ILCS 30/4             from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904
      405 ILCS 80/2-17
          Amends the School Code, the Community Services  Act,  and
      the   Developmental Disability and Mental Disability Services
      Act.  Provides that moneys appropriated to the Department  of
      Human  Services  for  community  service  grant  programs for
      persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities may
      be used  to fund the Home-Based Support Services Program  for
      persons  who  leave  special  education because of their age.
      Allows the Department to use  grants  to  private  providers,
      individual  service recipients or governmental entities (now,
      private  providers  or  governmental  entities)  to   provide
      services.  Effective July 1, 1997.
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 1        AN ACT concerning support services.
 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:
 4        Section 5.   The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 14-8.02 as follows:
 6        (105 ILCS 5/14-8.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.02)
 7        Sec.  14-8.02.  Identification,  Evaluation and Placement
 8    of Children.
 9        (a)  The State Board of Education shall make rules  under
10    which  local school boards shall determine the eligibility of
11    children to  receive  special  education.  Such  rules  shall
12    ensure  that a free appropriate public education be available
13    to all children  with  disabilities  as  defined  in  Section
14    14-1.02.  The  State  Board  of Education shall require local
15    school districts to administer non-discriminatory  procedures
16    or  tests to limited English proficiency students coming from
17    homes in which a language  other  than  English  is  used  to
18    determine  their  eligibility  to  receive special education.
19    The placement of low English proficiency students in  special
20    education programs and facilities shall be made in accordance
21    with  the  test  results reflecting the student's linguistic,
22    cultural and  special  education  needs.    For  purposes  of
23    determining  the  eligibility  of children the State Board of
24    Education shall include in the  rules  definitions  of  "case
25    study",   "staff   conference",  "individualized  educational
26    program", and  "qualified  specialist"  appropriate  to  each
27    category  of  children  with  disabilities as defined in this
28    Article. For  purposes  of  determining  the  eligibility  of
29    children from homes in which a language other than English is
30    used,  the  State Board of Education, no later than September
31    1,  1993,  shall  include  in  the  rules   definitions   for
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 1    "qualified  bilingual  specialists"  and  "linguistically and
 2    culturally appropriate individualized educational programs".
 3        (b)  No child shall be  eligible  for  special  education
 4    facilities except with a carefully completed case study fully
 5    reviewed  by  professional  personnel  in a multidisciplinary
 6    staff  conference  and  only  upon  the   recommendation   of
 7    qualified specialists or a qualified bilingual specialist, if
 8    available.  At  the conclusion of the multidisciplinary staff
 9    conference, the parent or guardian  of  the  child  shall  be
10    given  a  copy  of  the  multidisciplinary conference summary
11    report   and   recommendations,   which   includes    options
12    considered,  and  be  informed  of  their  right to obtain an
13    independent educational evaluation if they disagree with  the
14    evaluation  findings  conducted  or  obtained  by  the school
15    district. If the school district's evaluation is shown to  be
16    inappropriate, the school district shall reimburse the parent
17    for  the  cost of the independent evaluation. The State Board
18    of Education shall,  with  advice  from  the  State  Advisory
19    Council  on  Education  of  Children with Disabilities on the
20    inclusion of  specific  independent  educational  evaluators,
21    prepare   a   list   of   suggested  independent  educational
22    evaluators. The State Board of Education shall include on the
23    list clinical psychologists licensed pursuant to the Clinical
24    Psychologist Licensing Act.  Such psychologists shall not  be
25    paid fees in excess of the amount that would be received by a
26    school  psychologist  for  performing  the same services. The
27    State Board of Education shall supply school  districts  with
28    such  list  and  make  the list available to parents at their
29    request. School districts shall make the  list  available  to
30    parents  at  the  time  they  are  informed of their right to
31    obtain an independent educational  evaluation.  However,  the
32    school district may initiate an impartial due process hearing
33    under  this  Section  within  5 days of any written parent or
34    guardian request for an independent educational evaluation to
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 1    show  that  its  evaluation  is  appropriate.  If  the  final
 2    decision is that the evaluation is  appropriate,  the  parent
 3    still  has  a right to an independent educational evaluation,
 4    but  not  at  public  expense.  An  independent   educational
 5    evaluation at public expense must be completed within 30 days
 6    of  a  parent  or  guardian written request unless the school
 7    district initiates an impartial due process  hearing  or  the
 8    parent  or  guardian  or  school  district  offers reasonable
 9    grounds to show that  such  30  day  time  period  should  be
10    extended.  If the due process hearing decision indicates that
11    the  parent  or  guardian  is  entitled  to  an   independent
12    educational  evaluation,  it must be completed within 30 days
13    of the decision unless the parent or guardian or  the  school
14    district  offers  reasonable grounds to show that such 30 day
15    period should be extended. If a  parent  disagrees  with  the
16    summary  report  or  recommendations of the multidisciplinary
17    conference or the  findings  of  any  educational  evaluation
18    which  results  therefrom,  the  school  district  shall  not
19    proceed  with  a placement based upon such evaluation and the
20    child shall remain in his or her regular  classroom  setting.
21    No  child  shall be eligible for admission to a special class
22    for the educable  mentally  disabled  or  for  the  trainable
23    mentally  disabled except with a psychological evaluation and
24    recommendation by a school psychologist.   Consent  shall  be
25    obtained  from  the  parent or guardian of a child before any
26    evaluation is conducted. If  consent  is  not  given  by  the
27    parent  or  guardian  or  if the parent or guardian disagrees
28    with the findings of the evaluation, then the school district
29    may initiate an impartial  due  process  hearing  under  this
30    Section.  The  school district may evaluate the child if that
31    is the decision resulting  from  the  impartial  due  process
32    hearing  and  the decision is not appealed or if the decision
33    is affirmed on appeal. The determination of eligibility shall
34    be made within 60 school days from the date  of  referral  by
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 1    school  authorities for evaluation by the district or date of
 2    application for admittance by the parent or guardian  of  the
 3    child.   In  those  instances  when students are referred for
 4    evaluation with fewer than 60 pupil attendance days  left  in
 5    the  school year, the eligibility determination shall be made
 6    prior to the first day of the following school year.  After a
 7    child has been  determined  to  be  eligible  for  a  special
 8    education class, such child must be placed in the appropriate
 9    program pursuant to the individualized educational program by
10    or  no  later than the beginning of the next school semester.
11    The  appropriate  program  pursuant  to  the   individualized
12    educational  program  of  students  whose  native tongue is a
13    language  other  than  English  shall  reflect  the   special
14    education,  cultural  and  linguistic  needs.   No later than
15    September  1,  1993,  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall
16    establish standards for the development,  implementation  and
17    monitoring  of  appropriate  bilingual special individualized
18    educational programs.  The State  Board  of  Education  shall
19    further  incorporate  appropriate  monitoring  procedures  to
20    verify implementation of these standards.  The district shall
21    indicate  to  the  parent  or guardian and the State Board of
22    Education the nature of the services the child  will  receive
23    for  the  regular  school term while waiting placement in the
24    appropriate special education class.
25        If the student may be  eligible  to  participate  in  the
26    Home-Based  Support  Services  Program  for Mentally Disabled
27    Adults authorized  under  the  Developmental  Disability  and
28    Mental  Disability  Services  Act upon becoming an adult, the
29    student's  individualized  education  program  shall  include
30    plans for (i) determining the student's eligibility for those
31    home-based  services,  (ii)  enrolling  the  student  in  the
32    program of home-based services, and (iii) developing  a  plan
33    for  the  student's  most  effective  use  of  the home-based
34    services after the student becomes an  adult  and  no  longer
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 1    receives  special  educational  services  under this Article.
 2    The  plans  developed  under  this  paragraph  shall  include
 3    specific  actions  to  be  taken  by  specified  individuals,
 4    agencies, or officials. Moneys appropriated to the Department
 5    of Human Services for community service  grant  programs  for
 6    persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities may
 7    be  used  to fund the Home-Based Support Services program for
 8    persons who leave special education because of their age.
 9        (c)  In the development of the  individualized  education
10    program  for a student who is functionally blind, it shall be
11    presumed that proficiency in Braille reading and  writing  is
12    essential   for   the   student's   satisfactory  educational
13    progress.  For purposes of this subsection, the  State  Board
14    of Education shall determine the criteria for a student to be
15    classified  as  functionally  blind.   Students  who  are not
16    currently identified  as  functionally  blind  who  are  also
17    entitled  to  Braille  instruction  include:  (i) those whose
18    vision loss is so severe that they are  unable  to  read  and
19    write at a level comparable to their peers solely through the
20    use   of   vision,  and  (ii)  those  who  show  evidence  of
21    progressive  vision  loss  that  may  result  in   functional
22    blindness.   Each  student who is functionally blind shall be
23    entitled to Braille reading and writing instruction  that  is
24    sufficient to enable the student to communicate with the same
25    level of proficiency as other students of comparable ability.
26    Instruction should be provided to the extent that the student
27    is  physically  and cognitively able to use Braille.  Braille
28    instruction may be used in  combination  with  other  special
29    education  services  appropriate to the student's educational
30    needs.  The assessment of each student  who  is  functionally
31    blind   for   the   purpose   of   developing  the  student's
32    individualized education program shall include  documentation
33    of  the student's strengths and weaknesses in Braille skills.
34    Each   person   assisting   in   the   development   of   the
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 1    individualized  education  program  for  a  student  who   is
 2    functionally  blind  shall receive information describing the
 3    benefits  of   Braille   instruction.    The   individualized
 4    education  program for each student who is functionally blind
 5    shall specify the appropriate learning medium or media  based
 6    on the assessment report.
 7        (d)  To  the  maximum  extent  appropriate, the placement
 8    shall provide the child with the opportunity to  be  educated
 9    with  children  who  are not disabled; provided that children
10    with disabilities who  are  recommended  to  be  placed  into
11    regular  education classrooms are provided with supplementary
12    services to assist the children with disabilities to  benefit
13    from  the  regular  classroom instruction and are included on
14    the teacher's regular education class register.   Subject  to
15    the  limitation  of  the  preceding  sentence,  placement  in
16    special  classes,  separate  schools  or other removal of the
17    disabled child from the regular educational environment shall
18    occur only when the nature of the severity of the  disability
19    is such that education in the regular classes with the use of
20    supplementary   aids   and   services   cannot   be  achieved
21    satisfactorily.  The placement of limited English proficiency
22    students  with  disabilities  shall  be  in   non-restrictive
23    environments  which provide for integration with non-disabled
24    peers in bilingual classrooms.  By January 1993 and  annually
25    thereafter,  school  districts  shall report data on students
26    from  non-English  speaking  backgrounds  receiving   special
27    education   and   related  services  in  public  and  private
28    facilities as prescribed in Section 2-3.30.  If  there  is  a
29    disagreement  between  parties involved regarding the special
30    education  placement  of  any  child,  either   in-state   or
31    out-of-state,  the  placement  is  subject  to  impartial due
32    process procedures described in Article 10 of the  Rules  and
33    Regulations  to  Govern  the  Administration and Operation of
34    Special Education.
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 1        (e)  No child who comes from a home in which  a  language
 2    other  than  English  is  the  principal language used may be
 3    assigned to any class or program under this Article until  he
 4    has  been  given, in the principal language used by the child
 5    and used  in  his  home,  tests  reasonably  related  to  his
 6    cultural  environment.  All  testing and evaluation materials
 7    and procedures utilized for evaluation  and  placement  shall
 8    not be linguistically, racially or culturally discriminatory.
 9        (f)  Nothing  in  this  Article  shall  be  construed  to
10    require  any  child  to  undergo  any physical examination or
11    medical treatment whose parents or guardian object thereto on
12    the grounds that such examination or treatment conflicts with
13    his religious beliefs.
14        (g)  School boards or their designee shall provide to the
15    parents or guardian of a child prior written  notice  of  any
16    decision (a) proposing to initiate or change, or (b) refusing
17    to  initiate  or  change,  the identification, evaluation, or
18    educational placement of the child or the provision of a free
19    appropriate public education to their child, and the  reasons
20    therefor.   Such  written  notification shall also inform the
21    parent or guardian of the opportunity to  present  complaints
22    with  respect  to  any  matter  relating  to  the educational
23    placement  of  the  student,  or  the  provision  of  a  free
24    appropriate public education and to  have  an  impartial  due
25    process  hearing  on  the complaint.  The notice shall inform
26    the parents or guardian in the parents' or guardian's  native
27    language,  unless  it  is  clearly  not feasible to do so, of
28    their rights and all procedures available  pursuant  to  this
29    Act and federal law 94-142; it shall be the responsibility of
30    the  State  Superintendent to develop uniform notices setting
31    forth the procedures available under this Act and federal law
32    94-142 to be used by all school  boards.   The  notice  shall
33    also  inform the parents or guardian of the availability upon
34    request of a  list  of  free  or  low-cost  legal  and  other
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 1    relevant  services  available  locally  to  assist parents or
 2    guardians in initiating an  impartial  due  process  hearing.
 3    Any  parent  or  guardian  who  is deaf, or does not normally
 4    communicate using  spoken  English,  who  participates  in  a
 5    meeting  with  a representative of a local educational agency
 6    for the purposes of developing an individualized  educational
 7    program shall be entitled to the services of an interpreter.
 8        (h)  A  Level I due process hearing, hereinafter referred
 9    as the hearing, shall be conducted upon the  request  of  the
10    parents  or  guardian   or local school board by an impartial
11    hearing officer appointed as follows:  If the request is made
12    through the local school district, within 5  school  days  of
13    receipt  of  the  request,  the  local  school district shall
14    forward the request to the State  Superintendent.   Within  5
15    days after receiving this request of hearing, the State Board
16    of Education shall provide a list of 5 prospective, impartial
17    hearing  officers.  The  State Board of Education, by rule or
18    regulation, shall establish criteria  for  determining  which
19    persons can be included on such a list of prospective hearing
20    officers.  No one on the list may be a resident of the school
21    district.   No  more  than  2  of  the  5 prospective hearing
22    officers shall be gainfully employed by  or  administratively
23    connected with any school district, or any joint agreement or
24    cooperative  program  in  which school districts participate.
25    In addition, no more than 2  of  the  5  prospective  hearing
26    officers  shall  be gainfully employed by or administratively
27    connected  with  private  providers  of   special   education
28    services.   The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  actively
29    recruit  applicants  for hearing officer positions. The board
30    and the parents or guardian or  their  legal  representatives
31    within 5 days shall alternately strike one name from the list
32    until  only  one  name remains. The parents or guardian shall
33    have the right to proceed first with the  striking.  The  per
34    diem  allowance  for the hearing officer shall be established
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 1    and paid by the State Board of Education.  The hearing  shall
 2    be  closed  to the public except that the parents or guardian
 3    may require that the hearing be public. The  hearing  officer
 4    shall  not be an employee of the school district, an employee
 5    in any joint agreement or cooperative program  in  which  the
 6    district  participates,  or  any other agency or organization
 7    that is directly involved in the diagnosis, education or care
 8    of the student or the State Board of Education. All impartial
 9    hearing officers shall be adequately trained in  federal  and
10    state  law,  rules  and  regulations  and  case law regarding
11    special education. The State Board  of  Education  shall  use
12    resources from within and outside the agency for the purposes
13    of  conducting  this  training. The impartial hearing officer
14    shall have the authority to require additional information or
15    evidence where he  or  she  deems  it  necessary  to  make  a
16    complete  record  and  may order an independent evaluation of
17    the child, the cost of said evaluation  to  be  paid  by  the
18    local  school district.  Such hearing shall not be considered
19    adversary in nature, but shall be  directed  toward  bringing
20    out  all facts necessary for the impartial hearing officer to
21    render an informed decision.  The State  Board  of  Education
22    shall,  with  the advice and approval of the Advisory Council
23    on Education of Children with Disabilities, promulgate  rules
24    and  regulations  to  establish  the  qualifications  of  the
25    hearing  officers  and  the  rules  and  procedure  for  such
26    hearings.    The  school district shall present evidence that
27    the  special  education  needs  of  the   child   have   been
28    appropriately  identified  and  that  the  special  education
29    program  and  related  services proposed to meet the needs of
30    the child are adequate, appropriate and available. Any  party
31    to the hearing shall have the right to: (a) be represented by
32    counsel  and  be  accompanied and advised by individuals with
33    special knowledge or training with respect to the problems of
34    children with disabilities at the party's  own  expense;  (b)
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 1    present  evidence  and  confront and cross-examine witnesses;
 2    (c) prohibit the introduction of any evidence at the  hearing
 3    that  has  not  been  disclosed to that party at least 5 days
 4    before the  hearing;  (d)  obtain  a  written  or  electronic
 5    verbatim  record  of the hearing; (e) obtain written findings
 6    of fact and a written decision.  The student shall be allowed
 7    to attend the hearing unless the hearing officer  finds  that
 8    attendance is not in the child's best interest or detrimental
 9    to  the  child.   The  hearing  officer  shall specify in the
10    findings the reasons for denying attendance by  the  student.
11    The   hearing   officer,   or  the  State  Superintendent  in
12    connection with State level hearings, may subpoena and compel
13    the attendance of witnesses and the  production  of  evidence
14    reasonably  necessary  to the resolution of the hearing.  The
15    subpoena may be issued upon request of any party.  The  State
16    Board  of  Education and the school board shall share equally
17    the costs of providing a written or electronic record of  the
18    proceedings. Such record shall be transcribed and transmitted
19    to  the  State  Superintendent  no  later  than 10 days after
20    receipt of notice  of  appeal.   The  hearing  officer  shall
21    render  a decision and shall submit a copy of the findings of
22    fact and decision to the parent or guardian and to the  local
23    school  board  within  10 school days after the conclusion of
24    the hearing.  The hearing officer may continue the hearing in
25    order  to  obtain  additional  information,   and,   at   the
26    conclusion  of  the  hearing, shall issue a decision based on
27    the record which specifies the special education and  related
28    services  which  shall be provided to the child in accordance
29    with the child's needs. The hearing officer's decision  shall
30    be  binding upon the local school board and the parent unless
31    such decision is appealed pursuant to the provisions of  this
32    Section.
33        (i)  Any  party  aggrieved by the decision may appeal the
34    hearing officer's decision to the State  Board  of  Education
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 1    and  shall  serve  copies of the notice of such appeal on the
 2    State Superintendent and on all other  parties.   The  review
 3    referred  to  in  this Section shall be known as the Level II
 4    review. The State Board of Education shall provide a list  of
 5    5  prospective,  impartial  reviewing officers.  No reviewing
 6    officer shall be an employee of the State Board of  Education
 7    or  gainfully  employed by or administratively connected with
 8    the school district, joint agreement or  cooperative  program
 9    which  is  a   party to this review.  Each person on the list
10    shall be accredited by a national  arbitration  organization.
11    The  per diem allowance for the review officers shall be paid
12    by the State Board of Education and may not exceed $250.  All
13    reviewing officers on the list provided by the State Board of
14    Education shall be trained in federal and  state  law,  rules
15    and  regulations  and  case  law regarding special education.
16    The State Board of Education shall use resources from  within
17    and  outside  the  agency for the purposes of conducting this
18    training.  No one on the list may be a resident of the school
19    district.  The board and the parents  or  guardian  or  other
20    legal  representatives within 5 days shall alternately strike
21    one name from the list until  only  one  name  remains.   The
22    parents  or  guardian  shall  have the right to proceed first
23    with the striking.  The reviewing officer so  selected  shall
24    conduct  an  impartial  review of the Level I hearing and may
25    issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses at such
26    review. The parties to  the  appeal  shall  be  afforded  the
27    opportunity  to present oral argument and additional evidence
28    at the review. Upon completion of the  review  the  reviewing
29    officer  shall  render a decision and shall provide a copy of
30    the decision to all parties.
31        (j)  No later than 30 days after  receipt  of  notice  of
32    appeal,  a  final decision shall be reached and a copy mailed
33    to each  of  the  parties.  A  reviewing  officer  may  grant
34    specific extensions of time beyond the 30-day deadline at the
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 1    request  of  either  party. If a Level II hearing is convened
 2    the final decision of a Level II hearing officer shall  occur
 3    no more than 30 days following receipt of a notice of appeal,
 4    unless an extension of time is granted by the hearing officer
 5    at the request of either party.  The State Board of Education
 6    shall   establish   rules  and  regulations  delineating  the
 7    standards to be used in  determining  whether  the  reviewing
 8    officer  shall  grant  such extensions. Each hearing and each
 9    review involving oral argument must be conducted  at  a  time
10    and  place which are reasonably convenient to the parents and
11    the child involved.
12        (k)  Any party aggrieved by the decision of the reviewing
13    officer, including the parent or  guardian,  shall  have  the
14    right  to  bring a civil action with respect to the complaint
15    presented pursuant to  this  Section,  which  action  may  be
16    brought in any circuit court of competent jurisdiction within
17    120  days after a copy of the decision is mailed to the party
18    as provided in subsection (j).   The  civil  action  provided
19    above  shall  not  be  exclusive  of  any rights or causes of
20    action otherwise available.   The  commencement  of  a  civil
21    action  under subsection (k) of this Section shall operate as
22    a supersedeas.  In any action brought under this Section  the
23    court   shall  receive  the  records  of  the  administrative
24    proceedings, shall hear additional evidence at the request of
25    a party, and basing its decision on the preponderance of  the
26    evidence  shall  grant such relief as the court determines is
27    appropriate.  In  any  instance  where  a   school   district
28    willfully   disregards  applicable  regulations  or  statutes
29    regarding  a  child  covered  by  this  Article,  and   which
30    disregard  has  been  detrimental  to  the  child, the school
31    district shall be liable for any reasonable  attorney's  fees
32    incurred  by  the  parent  or  guardian  in  connection  with
33    proceedings under this Section.
34        (l)  During  the  pendency  of  any proceedings conducted
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 1    pursuant to this Section, unless the State Superintendent  of
 2    Education, or the school district and the parents or guardian
 3    otherwise agree, the student shall remain in the then current
 4    educational  placement  of  such  student, or if applying for
 5    initial admission to the school  district,  shall,  with  the
 6    consent  of  the parents or guardian, be placed in the school
 7    district  program  until  all  such  proceedings  have   been
 8    completed.   The  costs for any special education and related
 9    services or placement incurred following 60 school days after
10    the initial request for evaluation  shall  be  borne  by  the
11    school   district  if  such  services  or  placement  are  in
12    accordance with the final determination  as  to  the  special
13    education  and  related  services  or placement which must be
14    provided to the child, provided however that in said  60  day
15    period there have been no delays caused by the child's parent
16    or guardian.
17        (m)  Whenever  the  parents or guardian of a child of the
18    type  described  in  Section  14-1.02  are  not   known,   or
19    unavailable, a person shall be assigned to serve as surrogate
20    parent   for   the   child   in   matters   relating  to  the
21    identification, evaluation, and educational placement of  the
22    child   and  the  provision  of  a  free  appropriate  public
23    education  to  the  child.   Persons  shall  be  assigned  as
24    surrogate parents by the State Superintendent  of  Education.
25    The  State  Board  of  Education  shall  promulgate rules and
26    regulations establishing qualifications of such  persons  and
27    their  responsibilities  and the procedures to be followed in
28    making such assignments.  Such surrogate parents shall not be
29    employees of the school district, an agency created by  joint
30    agreement  under  Section 10-22.31, an agency involved in the
31    education or care of the  student,  or  the  State  Board  of
32    Education.   Services  of  any  person  assigned as surrogate
33    parent shall terminate if  the  parent  or  guardian  becomes
34    available  unless  otherwise  requested  by  the  parents  or
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 1    guardian.   The assignment of a person as surrogate parent at
 2    no time supersedes, terminates, or suspends the  parents'  or
 3    guardian's legal authority relative to the child.  Any person
 4    participating  in good faith as surrogate parent on behalf of
 5    the child before school officials or a hearing officer  shall
 6    have immunity from civil or criminal liability that otherwise
 7    might result by reason of such participation, except in cases
 8    of willful and wanton misconduct.
 9        (n)  At  all  stages  of  the hearing the hearing officer
10    shall require that interpreters  be  made  available  by  the
11    local school district for persons who are deaf or for persons
12    whose normally spoken language is other than English.
13        (o)  Whenever   a  person  refuses  to  comply  with  any
14    subpoena issued under this Section, the circuit court of  the
15    county  in  which  such hearing is pending, on application of
16    the State  Superintendent  of  Education  or  the  party  who
17    requested  issuance  of  the subpoena may compel obedience by
18    attachment proceedings as for  contempt,  as  in  a  case  of
19    disobedience  of  the  requirements  of  a subpoena from such
20    court for refusal to testify therein.
21    (Source: P.A.  88-45;  89-397,  eff.  8-20-95;  89-425,  eff.
22    6-1-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)
23        Section 10.  The Community Services  Act  is  amended  by
24    changing Section 4 as follows:
25        (405 ILCS 30/4) (from Ch. 91 1/2, par. 904)
26        (Text of Section before amendment by P.A. 89-507)
27        Sec. 4.  Financing for Community Services. The Department
28    of  Mental  Health  and  Developmental  Disabilities  and the
29    Illinois Department of  Alcoholism  and  Substance  Abuse  in
30    their  respective  areas  of  jurisdiction  are authorized to
31    provide financial  assistance  to  eligible  private  service
32    providers,   corporations,   local   government  entities  or
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 1    voluntary associations  for  the  provision  of  services  to
 2    persons  with  mental  illness,  persons with a developmental
 3    disability and alcohol and drug dependent persons  living  in
 4    the  community for the purpose of achieving the goals of this
 5    Act.
 6        The Department and the Illinois Department of  Alcoholism
 7    and  Substance  Abuse  shall  utilize  the  following funding
 8    mechanisms for community services:
 9             (1)  Purchase of Care Contracts: services  purchased
10        on  a  predetermined  fee  per unit of service basis from
11        private  providers  or  governmental  entities.  Fee  per
12        service rates are set by  an  established  formula  which
13        covers  some  portion  of  personnel, supplies, and other
14        allowable costs,  and  which  makes  some  allowance  for
15        geographic  variations in costs as well as for additional
16        program components.
17             (2)  Grants: sums of money which the  Department  or
18        the Illinois Department of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
19        grants  to  private  providers  or  governmental entities
20        pursuant to the grant recipient's  agreement  to  provide
21        certain  services,  as  defined  by  Departmental  or the
22        Illinois Department of  Alcoholism  and  Substance  Abuse
23        grant  guidelines,  to  an  approximate number of service
24        recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
25        personnel, supply and other allowable costs, as  well  as
26        other funds available to the program.
27             (3)  Other  Funding Arrangements: funding mechanisms
28        may be established on a pilot basis in order  to  examine
29        the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
30        the provision of community services.
31        The  Department and the Illinois Department of Alcoholism
32    and Substance Abuse shall strive to establish and maintain an
33    equitable system of payment  which  encourages  providers  to
34    improve  their  clients'  capabilities  for  independence and
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 1    reduces  their  reliance  on  community   or   State-operated
 2    services.  In accepting Department or the Illinois Department
 3    of Alcoholism and  Substance  Abuse  funds,  providers  shall
 4    recognize  their  responsibility  to  be  accountable  to the
 5    Department or  the  Illinois  Department  of  Alcoholism  and
 6    Substance  Abuse  and  the State for the delivery of services
 7    which are consistent with the philosophies and goals of  this
 8    Act and the rules and regulations promulgated under it.
 9    (Source: P.A. 88-380.)
10        (Text of Section after amendment by P.A. 89-507)
11        Sec. 4.  Financing for Community Services. The Department
12    of   Human   Services  is  authorized  to  provide  financial
13    assistance   to   eligible   private    service    providers,
14    corporations,   local   government   entities   or  voluntary
15    associations for the provision of services  to  persons  with
16    mental  illness,  persons with a developmental disability and
17    alcohol and drug dependent persons living  in  the  community
18    for the purpose of achieving the goals of this Act.
19        The   Department  shall  utilize  the  following  funding
20    mechanisms for community services:
21             (1)  Purchase of Care Contracts: services  purchased
22        on  a  predetermined  fee  per unit of service basis from
23        private  providers  or  governmental  entities.  Fee  per
24        service rates are set by  an  established  formula  which
25        covers  some  portion  of  personnel, supplies, and other
26        allowable costs,  and  which  makes  some  allowance  for
27        geographic  variations in costs as well as for additional
28        program components.
29             (2)  Grants: sums  of  money  which  the  Department
30        grants   to   private   providers,   individual   service
31        recipients,  or  governmental  entities  pursuant  to the
32        grant recipient's agreement or authorization  to  provide
33        or  obtain  certain  services, as defined by departmental
34        grant guidelines, to an  approximate  number  of  service
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 1        recipients. Grant levels are set through consideration of
 2        personnel,  supply  and other allowable costs, as well as
 3        other funds available to the program.
 4             (3)  Other Funding Arrangements: funding  mechanisms
 5        may  be  established on a pilot basis in order to examine
 6        the feasibility of alternative financing arrangements for
 7        the provision of community services.
 8        The Department shall strive to establish and maintain  an
 9    equitable  system  of payment which encourages improvement in
10    service  recipients'  providers  to  improve  their  clients'
11    capabilities for independence and reduces their  reliance  on
12    community   or   State-operated   services.    In   accepting
13    Department  funds, grant recipients providers shall recognize
14    their responsibility to be accountable to the Department  and
15    the State for access to or the delivery of services which are
16    consistent  with  the  philosophies and goals of this Act and
17    the rules and regulations promulgated under it.
18    (Source: P.A. 88-380; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
19        Section  15.  The  Developmental  Disability  and  Mental
20    Disability  Services  Act is amended by changing Section 2-17
21    as follows:
22        (405 ILCS 80/2-17)
23        Sec. 2-17.  Transition from special education.
24        (a)  If a person receiving special  educational  services
25    under Article 14 of the School Code at a school in this State
26    has  severe autism, severe mental illness, severe or profound
27    mental retardation, or severe and multiple impairments and is
28    not over 18  years  of  age  but  is  otherwise  eligible  to
29    participate  in  the  Program, the person shall be determined
30    eligible to  participate  in  the  Program,  subject  to  the
31    availability  of funds appropriated for this purpose, when he
32    or she becomes  an  adult  and  no  longer  receives  special
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 1    educational  services.  Moneys appropriated to the Department
 2    of Human Services for community service  grant  programs  for
 3    persons with mental illness or developmental disabilities may
 4    be   used to fund the Home-Based Support Services Program for
 5    persons who leave  special education because of their age.
 6        (b)  The Department  shall  implement  this  Section  for
 7    fiscal years beginning July 1, 1996 and thereafter.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-425, eff. 6-1-96.)
 9        Section  95.   No  acceleration or delay.  Where this Act
10    makes changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by
11    text that is not yet or no longer in effect (for  example,  a
12    Section  represented  by  multiple versions), the use of that
13    text does not accelerate or delay the taking  effect  of  (i)
14    the  changes made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from
15    any other Public Act.
16        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
17    1, 1997.

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