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90_HB3484eng

      105 ILCS 5/18-3           from Ch. 122, par. 18-3
          Amends  the  School  Code.   Changes  the   formula   for
      determining  the  tuition  cost  payment  for  children  from
      orphanages  and  children's  homes.  Provides for multiplying
      the number of those children in average daily  attendance  by
      the  product  of  1.2  (now  1.0)  times the total annual per
      capita cost of administering the  district's  schools.   Adds
      provisions  authorizing  reimbursement  of excess costs under
      certain circumstances.  Effective immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the  School  Code  by  changing  Sections
 2    14-3.01, 14-7.03, and 18-3 and repealing Section 14-7.03a.
 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    Sections 14-3.01, 14-7.03, and 18-3 as follows:
 7        (105 ILCS 5/14-3.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-3.01)
 8        Sec.  14-3.01.  Advisory  Council. This amendatory Act of
 9    1998, in compliance with the reauthorization of IDEA in 1997,
10    makes changes in the membership and responsibilities  of  the
11    Advisory   Council   on   the   Education  of  Children  with
12    Disabilities.  The Council shall provide  advice  and  policy
13    guidance  to  the  Governor,  General Assembly, and the State
14    Board of Education with  respect  to  special  education  and
15    related  services  for children with disabilities.  The State
16    Board of Education shall seek  the  advice  of  the  Advisory
17    Council  regarding  all  rules and regulations related to the
18    education of  children  with  disabilities  that  are  to  be
19    promulgated by the State Board of Education.  The State Board
20    of Education shall seek the advice of the Advisory Council on
21    modifications  or  additions to comprehensive plans submitted
22    under Section 14-4.01.  The Council shall consider  any  rule
23    or  regulation  or plan submitted to it by the State Board of
24    Education within 60 days after its receipt by the chairperson
25    of the Council.
26        Additionally, the Advisory Council shall:  (1) advise the
27    General Assembly,  the  Governor,  and  the  State  Board  of
28    Education  on  unmet  needs in the education of children with
29    disabilities; (2) assist the  State  Board  of  Education  in
30    developing  evaluations  and  reporting on data to the United
31    States Secretary of Education; (3) advise the State Board  of
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 1    Education relative to qualifications for hearing officers and
 2    the rules and procedures for hearings conducted under Section
 3    14-8.02  or  14-8.02a;  (4)  comment publicly on any rules or
 4    regulations proposed by the State regarding the education  of
 5    children   with   disabilities   and   the   procedures   for
 6    distribution  of  funds  under this Act; (5) advise the State
 7    Board of Education in developing corrective action  plans  to
 8    address  findings  identified  in  federal monitoring reports
 9    pursuant to the Individuals with Disabilities Education  Act;
10    (6)  advise  State  and  local  education  agencies regarding
11    educational programs and materials that may  be  provided  to
12    children  with  disabilities to enable them to fully exercise
13    their constitutional and legal  rights  and  entitlements  as
14    citizens,   including   those   afforded  under  the  Federal
15    Rehabilitation Act of 1973,  as  amended,  and  the  Illinois
16    Human Rights Act; and (7) advise the State Board of Education
17    in  developing  and  implementing  policies  relating  to the
18    coordination of services for children with disabilities.
19        The Council shall be composed of 27 members, including 23
20    voting members appointed by the  Governor  and  4  ex-officio
21    voting  members.   Members shall be broadly representative of
22    the State's population in regard to developmental,  physical,
23    and mental disabilities, race, ethnic background, gender, and
24    geographic  location.   Nine  members  shall  be  parents  of
25    children with disabilities between the ages of 3 and 21 years
26    currently  receiving  special  education  services  at public
27    expense.    Five   members   shall   be   individuals    with
28    disabilities,  including one student or former student who is
29    at least 18 years of age and no older than 21 years of age at
30    the time of  his or her appointment to the Council and who is
31    receiving special education services  at  public  expense  or
32    received  those  services  at the time his or her high school
33    program terminated.  Within 30 days after the effective  date
34    of  this amendatory Act of 1998, the Governor or his designee
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 1    shall invite statewide organizations, being as  inclusive  as
 2    possible  and  based  upon  a  reasonable inquiry, and Parent
 3    Training and  Information  Centers  representing  parents  of
 4    children  with disabilities, individuals with disabilities or
 5    both, to convene for  the  purpose  of  recommending  to  the
 6    Governor  twice  the  number  of  individuals  required to be
 7    appointed as members from each of the categories described in
 8    this paragraph, from which the Governor may  appoint  the  14
 9    members  of  the  Council  who  are  parents of children with
10    disabilities  and  individuals  with  disabilities.   The   9
11    members who are parents of children with disabilities between
12    the  ages  of  3  and  21  years  receiving special education
13    services  at  public  expense  and  the  5  members  who  are
14    individuals with disabilities shall not be  current  full  or
15    part-time  employees  of  school districts, special education
16    cooperatives, regional  service  areas  or  centers,  or  any
17    agency under the jurisdiction of any elected State official.
18        In  addition,  the  Governor  shall  appoint one regional
19    superintendent  of  schools,   one   representative   of   an
20    institution   of   higher  education  that  prepares  special
21    education and related  services  personnel,  one  teacher  of
22    students  with  disabilities,  one superintendent of a public
23    school  district,  one  director  of  a   special   education
24    cooperative  or special education administrator from a school
25    district of less than 500,000 population, one  representative
26    of  a  public charter school, one representative of a private
27    school serving children with disabilities, one representative
28    of a vocational, community,  or  business  organization  that
29    provides  transition  services to children with disabilities,
30    and  one  at-large  member  from  the  general  public.    In
31    addition,  the  Secretary  of  Human  Services  or his or her
32    designee, the Director of Children and Family Services or his
33    or her designee, the Director of Corrections or  his  or  her
34    designee,  and the Director of Special Education for the City
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 1    of Chicago School District #299 or his or her designee  shall
 2    serve as ex-officio voting members of the Council.
 3        All Council members shall be legal residents of the State
 4    of  Illinois and shall be selected, as far as practicable, on
 5    the basis of  their  knowledge  of,  or  experience  in,  the
 6    education of children with disabilities.
 7        The initial members to be appointed to the Council by the
 8    Governor  under the provisions of this amendatory Act of 1998
 9    shall be appointed within 60 days after the effective date of
10    that amendatory Act; provided  that  those  persons  who  are
11    serving as Council members on that effective date and who, as
12    determined  by the Governor after consultation with the State
13    Board of Education, meet the requirements established by this
14    amendatory Act for appointment to membership on  the  Council
15    shall   continue  to  serve  as  Council  members  until  the
16    completion of the remainder of  their  current  terms.    The
17    initial members of the Council who are not Council members on
18    the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998 and who are
19    appointed  by  the Governor under this amendatory Act of 1998
20    shall by lot determine one-third of their number to serve for
21    a term of 2 years (provided  that  person  appointed  as  the
22    student  or  former  student  member  shall be included among
23    those members who are to serve a term of 2 years),  one-third
24    of their number to serve for a term of 3 years, and one-third
25    of  their  number  to  serve for a term of 4 years; provided,
26    that if the total number of initial members so  appointed  by
27    the  Governor  is  not divisible into 3 whole numbers, all of
28    the initial members so appointed shall by lot be assigned  to
29    3  groups  as follows:  (i) the members assigned to the first
30    group, who shall include the student or former student member
31    and who shall be equal in number to the number of members who
32    are assigned to the second group, shall serve for a term of 2
33    years; (ii) the members assigned to  the  second  group,  who
34    shall  be  equal  in  number to the number of members who are
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 1    assigned to the first group, shall serve  for  a  term  of  3
 2    years; and (iii) the members assigned to the third group, who
 3    shall  comprise  the  remainder  of  the  initial  members so
 4    appointed by the Governor and whose number  shall  be  either
 5    one  more  or one less than the number of members assigned to
 6    either the first group or second group,  shall  serve  for  a
 7    term  of 4 years.  Upon expiration of the term of office of a
 8    member of the Council who is not an ex-officio member, his or
 9    her successor shall be appointed by the Governor to serve for
10    a term of 4 years, except that a successor appointed  as  the
11    student  or former student member shall be appointed to serve
12    for a term of 2 years.  Each member of the Council who is not
13    an ex-officio member and whose term of office  expires  shall
14    nevertheless  continue to serve as a Council member until his
15    or her successor is appointed.   Each  of  the  4  ex-officio
16    members  of  the Council shall continue to serve as a Council
17    member during the period in which he or she continues to hold
18    the office by reason of which he or she became an  ex-officio
19    member  of  the  Council.  The initial members of the Council
20    who are not ex-officio members shall not, upon completion  of
21    their  respective  initial  terms, be appointed to serve more
22    than one additional consecutive term of 4  years,  nor  shall
23    any  successor  member  of  the Council be appointed to serve
24    more than 2 full consecutive 4-year terms; provided,  that  a
25    person  appointed  as  the  student  or former student member
26    shall  serve  only  one  two-year  term  and  shall  not   be
27    reappointed  to  serve  for an additional term.  Vacancies in
28    Council  memberships  held  by  parents  of   children   with
29    disabilities  or  individuals with disabilities may be filled
30    from the  original  list  of  such  parents  and  individuals
31    recommended  to  the  Governor.  The Governor shall reconvene
32    the group of organizations that provided the original list of
33    parents of children with disabilities  and  individuals  with
34    disabilities   when   additional  recommendations  for  those
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 1    Council memberships are needed, but at a  minimum  the  group
 2    shall  be  convened every 2 years for the purpose of updating
 3    the list of recommended parents or individuals.  A vacancy in
 4    an appointed membership on the Council shall  be  filled  for
 5    the  unexpired  balance of the term of that membership in the
 6    same manner that the original appointment for that membership
 7    was made.
 8        The terms of all  persons  serving  as  Advisory  Council
 9    members  on the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1998
10    who are not determined by the  Governor,  after  consultation
11    with  the  State Board of Education, to meet the requirements
12    established by this amendatory Act for appointment to initial
13    membership on the Council shall terminate on  the  date  that
14    the  Governor  completes  his  appointments  of  the  initial
15    members  of  the  Council  under this amendatory Act, and the
16    members of the Council as constituted under  this  amendatory
17    Act  shall  take office and assume their powers and duties on
18    that date.
19        The Council as constituted under this amendatory  Act  of
20    1998  shall  organize  with  a  chairperson  selected  by the
21    Council members and shall meet at the call of the chairperson
22    upon 10 days written notice but not less than 4 times a year.
23    The Council shall establish such committees and procedures as
24    it deems appropriate to carry out its responsibilities  under
25    this  Act  and  the  federal  Individuals  with  Disabilities
26    Education Act.
27        The  State Board of Education shall designate an employee
28    to act as  executive  secretary  of  the  Council  and  shall
29    furnish  all  professional  and clerical assistance necessary
30    for the performance of its duties.
31        Members of the Council shall serve  without  compensation
32    but  shall  be reimbursed for the necessary expenses incurred
33    in the performance of their duties  in  accordance  with  the
34    State  Board  of  Education's Travel Control Policy. There is
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 1    hereby  created  a  special  education  Advisory  Council  on
 2    Education of Children with  Disabilities  to  consist  of  15
 3    members  appointed by the Governor, who shall hold office for
 4    4 years.  No person shall be appointed to serve more  than  2
 5    consecutive  terms  on  the  Advisory  Council.  The terms of
 6    members serving at the time of this amendatory  Act  of  1978
 7    are  not  affected  by  this  amendatory Act.  The membership
 8    shall include an adult  with  disabilities,    2  parents  of
 9    children  with  disabilities,  a  consumer  representative, a
10    representative of  a  private  provider,  a  teacher  of  the
11    disabled, a regional superintendent of an educational service
12    region,  a superintendent of a school district, a director of
13    special education  from  a  district  of  less  than  500,000
14    population,  a professional affiliated with an institution of
15    higher education, and a member of the general public and  the
16    Director  of  Special  Education  for  the  Chicago  Board of
17    Education, as an ex-officio voting member.   Of  the  members
18    appointed  after the effective date of this amendatory Act of
19    1978, the Governor shall appoint one  member  to  an  initial
20    term of 2 years, one member to an initial term of 3 years and
21    one  member to an initial term of 4 years. Vacancies shall be
22    filled in like manner for the unexpired balance of the  term.
23    The  changes made to this paragraph by this amendatory Act of
24    1995 (i) are made for purposes of changing the  name  of  the
25    Advisory  Council and the manner of referring to a portion of
26    its membership, and (ii) are not intended  to  create  a  new
27    Advisory  Council  or  to  change  its existing membership or
28    otherwise disqualify  any  current  member  of  the  Advisory
29    Council  from continued membership thereon in accordance with
30    the terms of his or her appointment.
31        Because of  the   responsibility  of  the  Department  of
32    Children  and  Family  Services  and  the Department of Human
33    Services for special education programs, the Director of  the
34    Department  of Children and Family Services and the Secretary
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 1    of Human Services or  their  designees  shall  be  ex-officio
 2    voting  members of the Council.  In addition, 2 other persons
 3    representing the Department of Human Services shall serve  on
 4    the  Council,  one as a voting member and one as a non-voting
 5    member.
 6        The members appointed shall be  citizens  of  the  United
 7    States  and  of  this  State and shall be selected, as far as
 8    practicable,  on  the  basis  of  their  knowledge   of,   or
 9    experience  in,  problems  of  the education of children with
10    disabilities.
11        The State Board of Education shall seek the advice of the
12    Advisory Council regarding  all rules or regulations  related
13    to   the  education  of  children  with  disabilities  to  be
14    promulgated by it. The State Board shall seek the  advice  of
15    the   Advisory  Council  on  modifications  or  additions  to
16    comprehensive  plans   submitted   under   Section   14-4.01.
17    Additionally,  the  Advisory  Council  shall;  (a) advise the
18    General Assembly, the Governor and the  State  Board  on  the
19    unmet  needs  in the education of children with disabilities,
20    (b)  assist the State Board in developing and reporting  data
21    and   evaluations   which   may   assist  the  United  States
22    Commissioner  of  Education  in  the   performance   of   his
23    responsibilities  under the Education of the Handicapped Act,
24    (c) advise the State Board  relative  to  qualifications  for
25    hearing  officers  and  the rules and procedures for hearings
26    conducted under Section 14-8.02  of  this  Act,  (d)  comment
27    publicly  on  any  rules or regulations proposed by the State
28    regarding the education of children with disabilities and the
29    procedures for distribution of funds under this Act, and  (e)
30    advise   State   and  local  educational  agencies  regarding
31    educational programs and materials that may  be  provided  to
32    children  with  disabilities to enable them to fully exercise
33    their Constitutional and legal  rights  and  entitlements  as
34    citizens,   including   those   afforded  under  the  Federal
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 1    Rehabilitation Act of 1973,  as  amended,  and  the  Illinois
 2    Human Rights Act.
 3        The  Council  shall  organize with a chairman selected by
 4    the Council members  and  shall  meet  at  the  call  of  the
 5    chairman  upon  10  days  written  notice but not less than 4
 6    times a year. The Council shall establish such sub-committees
 7    as it deems appropriate to review  special  education  issues
 8    including,  but  not  limited  to  certification, finance and
 9    bilingual education.  The Council shall consider any rule  or
10    regulation  or  plan  submitted  to  it by the State Board of
11    Education within 60 days after its receipt by  the  chairman.
12    Members  of  the Council shall serve without compensation but
13    shall  be  entitled  to  reasonable  amounts   for   expenses
14    necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
15        The  State Board of Education shall designate an employee
16    to act as  executive  secretary  of  the  Council  and  shall
17    furnish  all  professional  and clerical assistance necessary
18    for the performance of its powers and duties.
19    (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)
20        (105 ILCS 5/14-7.03) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.03)
21        Sec. 14-7.03. Special Education Classes for Children from
22    Orphanages, Foster Family  Homes,  Children's  Homes,  or  in
23    State  Housing Units.  If a school district maintains special
24    education classes on the site of  orphanages  and  children's
25    homes,  or if children from the orphanages, children's homes,
26    foster  family  homes,  other  State   agencies,   or   State
27    residential  units  for  children attend classes for children
28    with  disabilities  in  which  the  school  district   is   a
29    participating member of a joint agreement, or if the children
30    from  the  orphanages, children's homes, foster family homes,
31    other State  agencies,  or  State  residential  units  attend
32    classes  for the children with disabilities maintained by the
33    school district, then reimbursement shall be paid to eligible
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 1    districts in accordance with the provisions of  this  Section
 2    by the Comptroller as directed by the State Superintendent of
 3    Education.
 4        The   amount  of  tuition  for  such  children  shall  be
 5    determined by the actual cost of  maintaining  such  classes,
 6    using  the  per  capita  cost  formula  set  forth in Section
 7    14-7.01, such program and cost  to  be  pre-approved  by  the
 8    State Superintendent of Education.
 9        On   forms   prepared  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
10    Education,  the  district  shall  certify  to  the   regional
11    superintendent the following:
12             (1)  The  name of the home or State residential unit
13        with the name of the owner or proprietor and  address  of
14        those maintaining it;
15             (2)  That  no  service  charges  or  other  payments
16        authorized  by  law  were  collected  in  lieu  of  taxes
17        therefrom  or  on  account  thereof  during either of the
18        calendar years included in  the  school  year  for  which
19        claim is being made;
20             (3)  The  number  of  children qualifying under this
21        Act in special education classes for instruction  on  the
22        site of the orphanages and children's homes;
23             (4)  The   number   of  children  attending  special
24        education classes for children with disabilities in which
25        the district is  a  participating  member  of  a  special
26        education joint agreement;
27             (5)  The   number   of  children  attending  special
28        education  classes   for   children   with   disabilities
29        maintained by the district;
30             (6)  The  computed amount of tuition payment claimed
31        as due,  as  approved  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
32        Education, for maintaining these classes.
33        If  a  school  district  makes  a claim for reimbursement
34    under Section 18-3 or 18-4 of this Act it shall  not  include
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 1    in  any  claim  filed  under  this  Section  a claim for such
 2    children.  Payments authorized by  law,  including  State  or
 3    federal  grants  for  education  of children included in this
 4    Section, shall be deducted in determining the tuition amount.
 5        Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to  prohibit
 6    reimbursement  for  the  tuition  of  children  placed in for
 7    profit facilities.  Private facilities shall provide adequate
 8    space at the facility for special education classes  provided
 9    by  a  school  district  or joint agreement for children with
10    disabilities who are residents of the facility at no cost  to
11    the  school  district  or joint agreement upon request of the
12    school district  or  joint  agreement.   If  such  a  private
13    facility  provides  space at no cost to the district or joint
14    agreement for special education classes provided to  children
15    with  disabilities  who  are  residents  of the facility, the
16    district or joint agreement shall not include any  costs  for
17    the use of those facilities in its claim for reimbursement.
18        Reimbursement   for  tuition  may  include  the  cost  of
19    providing summer school programs for children with severe and
20    profound disabilities served under this Section.  Claims  for
21    that  reimbursement shall be filed by November 1 and shall be
22    paid on or before December 15 from  appropriations  made  for
23    the purposes of this Section.
24        The  State  Board of Education shall establish such rules
25    and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  implement   the
26    provisions of this Section.
27        Claims  filed  on  behalf of programs operated under this
28    Section housed in a jail or detention center shall be  on  an
29    individual  student  basis  only  for  eligible students with
30    disabilities.  These  claims  shall  be  in  accordance  with
31    applicable rules.
32        Each   district  claiming  reimbursement  for  a  program
33    operated as a group program shall have an approved budget  on
34    file   with  the  State  Board  of  Education  prior  to  the
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 1    initiation of the  program's  operation.   On  September  30,
 2    December 31, and March 31, the State Board of Education shall
 3    voucher  payments  to  group programs based upon the approved
 4    budget during the year of operation.  Final claims for  group
 5    payments  shall  be filed on or before July 15.  Final claims
 6    for group programs received at the State Board  of  Education
 7    on  or  before  June 15 shall be vouchered by June 30.  Final
 8    claims received at the State Board of Education between  June
 9    16  and  July 15 shall be vouchered by August 30.  Claims for
10    group programs received after July 15 shall not be honored.
11        Each  district  claiming  reimbursement  for   individual
12    students   shall  have  the  eligibility  of  those  students
13    verified by the State Board of Education.  On  September  30,
14    December 31, and March 31, the State Board of Education shall
15    voucher  payments  for  individual  students  based  upon  an
16    estimated cost calculated from the prior year's claim.  Final
17    claims  for  individual  students for the regular school term
18    must be received at the State Board of Education by July  15.
19    Claims  for  individual students received after July 15 shall
20    not be honored. Final claims for individual students shall be
21    vouchered by August 30.
22        Reimbursement shall be made  based  upon  approved  group
23    programs  or individual students. The State Superintendent of
24    Education shall direct the Comptroller  to  pay  a  specified
25    amount  to  the  district  by  the  30th  day  of  September,
26    December,  March,  June,  or  August,  respectively. However,
27    notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section  or  the
28    School  Code, beginning with Fiscal Year 1994 and each fiscal
29    year thereafter, if the amount appropriated  for  any  fiscal
30    year  is  less  than the amount required for purposes of this
31    Section, the amount required to  eliminate  any  insufficient
32    reimbursement  for  each  district  claim  under this Section
33    shall be reimbursed on August 30 of  the  next  fiscal  year.
34    Payments  required  to  eliminate any insufficiency for prior
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 1    fiscal year claims shall be made before any claims  are  paid
 2    for the current fiscal year.
 3        The  claim  of a school district otherwise eligible to be
 4    reimbursed  in  accordance  with  Section  14-12.01  for  the
 5    1976-77 school year but for this amendatory Act of 1977 shall
 6    not be paid unless  the  district  ceases  to  maintain  such
 7    classes for one entire school year.
 8        If  a school district's current reimbursement payment for
 9    the 1977-78 school year only is less than  the  prior  year's
10    reimbursement  payment  owed,  the district shall be paid the
11    amount of the difference between the payments in addition  to
12    the  current  reimbursement  payment,  and the amount so paid
13    shall  be  subtracted  from  the  amount  of   prior   year's
14    reimbursement payment owed to the district.
15        Regional  superintendents  may  operate special education
16    classes for children from orphanages,  foster  family  homes,
17    children's  homes  or  State housing units located within the
18    educational services region upon consent of the school  board
19    otherwise so obligated.  In electing to assume the powers and
20    duties of a school district in providing and maintaining such
21    a  special education program, the regional superintendent may
22    enter into joint agreements  with  other  districts  and  may
23    contract  with  public  or  private schools or the orphanage,
24    foster family home, children's home or State housing unit for
25    provision of the  special  education  program.  The  regional
26    superintendent  exercising  the  powers  granted  under  this
27    Section  shall  claim  the  reimbursement  authorized by this
28    Section directly from the State Board of Education.
29        Any child who is not a resident of Illinois who is placed
30    in a child  welfare  institution,  private  facility,  foster
31    family  home, State operated program, orphanage or children's
32    home shall have the payment for his educational  tuition  and
33    any related services assured by the placing agent.
34        Commencing July 1, 1992, for each disabled student who is
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 1    placed residentially by a State agency or the courts for care
 2    or  custody  or  both  care  and custody, welfare, medical or
 3    mental health treatment or both  medical  and  mental  health
 4    treatment,  rehabilitation,  and  protection,  whether placed
 5    there on, before, or  after  July  1,  1992,  the  costs  for
 6    educating  the  student  are eligible for reimbursement under
 7    this Section  providing  the  placing  agency  or  court  has
 8    notified  the  appropriate school district authorities of the
 9    status of student residency where applicable prior to or upon
10    placement.
11        The district of residence of  the  parent,  guardian,  or
12    disabled  student as defined in Sections 14-1.11 and 14-1.11a
13    is responsible for the actual costs of the student's  special
14    education  program  and  is  eligible for reimbursement under
15    this Section when placement is made by a State agency or  the
16    courts.  Payments  shall  be made by the resident district to
17    the district wherein the facility is  located  no  less  than
18    once per quarter unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the
19    parties.
20        When  a  dispute  arises  over  the  determination of the
21    district of residence, the district or districts  may  appeal
22    the  decision  in  writing  to  the  State  Superintendent of
23    Education.  The  decision  of  the  State  Superintendent  of
24    Education shall be final.
25        In  the  event a district does not make a tuition payment
26    to another district that is providing the  special  education
27    program  and  services,  the  State  Board of Education shall
28    immediately  withhold  125%  of  the  then  remaining  annual
29    tuition cost from the State aid or  categorical  aid  payment
30    due  to  the  school  district  that  is determined to be the
31    resident school district.  All funds withheld  by  the  State
32    Board  of  Education  shall  immediately  be forwarded to the
33    school district where the student is being served.
34        When a child eligible for  services  under  this  Section
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 1    14-7.03 must be placed in a nonpublic facility, that facility
 2    shall  meet  the programmatic requirements of Section 14-7.02
 3    and its regulations, and the educational  services  shall  be
 4    funded only in accordance with this Section 14-7.03.
 5    (Source: P.A.  89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-397,  eff. 8-20-95;
 6    89-698, eff. 1-14-97; 90-463, eff. 8-17-97.)
 7        (105 ILCS 5/18-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-3)
 8        Sec. 18-3.   Tuition  of  children  from  orphanages  and
 9    children's homes.
10        When  the  children from any home for orphans, dependent,
11    abandoned  or  maladjusted   children   maintained   by   any
12    organization  or  association admitting to such home children
13    from the State in general or  when  children  residing  in  a
14    school  district  wherein the State of Illinois maintains and
15    operates any welfare or penal institution on  property  owned
16    by  the  State  of  Illinois,  which contains houses, housing
17    units or housing accommodations  within  a  school  district,
18    attend  grades  kindergarten through 12 of the public schools
19    maintained by that school district, the State  Superintendent
20    of  Education  shall  direct  the  State Comptroller to pay a
21    specified amount sufficient to pay the annual tuition cost of
22    such children who attended such  public  schools  during  the
23    school  year ending on June 30, and the Comptroller shall pay
24    the amount after receipt of a voucher submitted by the  State
25    Superintendent of Education.
26        The amount of the tuition for such children attending the
27    public  schools  of  the  district shall be determined by the
28    State Superintendent of Education by multiplying  the  number
29    of  such children in average daily attendance in such schools
30    by  1.2  times  the  total  annual   per   capita   cost   of
31    administering  the schools of the district. Such total annual
32    per capita cost shall be determined by totaling all  expenses
33    of  the  school  district  in the educational, operations and
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 1    maintenance,  bond  and  interest,  transportation,  Illinois
 2    municipal retirement, and rent  funds  for  the  school  year
 3    preceding the filing of such tuition claims less expenditures
 4    not  applicable  to the regular K-12 program, less offsetting
 5    revenues from State sources  except  those  from  the  common
 6    school  fund,  less  offsetting revenues from federal sources
 7    except those from federal impaction  aid,  less  student  and
 8    community  service  revenues,  plus a depreciation allowance;
 9    and dividing such total by the average daily  attendance  for
10    the year.
11        Annually  on  or before June 30 the superintendent of the
12    district upon forms prepared by the State  Superintendent  of
13    Education  shall  certify  to the regional superintendent the
14    following:
15        1.  The name of the  home  and  of  the  organization  or
16    association  maintaining  it; or the legal description of the
17    real estate upon which the house, housing units,  or  housing
18    accommodations  are  located  and  that  no  taxes or service
19    charges or other payments authorized by law  to  be  made  in
20    lieu  of taxes were collected therefrom or on account thereof
21    during either of the calendar years included  in  the  school
22    year for which claim is being made;
23        2.  The  number  of  children  from the home or living in
24    such houses, housing  units  or  housing  accommodations  and
25    attending the schools of the district;
26        3.  The total number of children attending the schools of
27    the district;
28        4.  The per capita tuition charge of the district; and
29        5.  The computed amount of the tuition payment claimed as
30    due.
31        Whenever  the persons in charge of such home for orphans,
32    dependent, abandoned or maladjusted  children  have  received
33    from the parent or guardian of any such child or by virtue of
34    an  order  of  court  a specific allowance for educating such
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 1    child, such persons shall pay to  the  school  board  in  the
 2    district  where  the  child attends school such amount of the
 3    allowance as is necessary to pay the tuition required by such
 4    district for the education of the child. If the allowance  is
 5    insufficient   to   pay   the   tuition  in  full  the  State
 6    Superintendent of Education shall direct the  Comptroller  to
 7    pay  to the district the difference between the total tuition
 8    charged and the amount of the allowance.
 9        Whenever the facilities of a  school  district  in  which
10    such  house,  housing  units  or  housing  accommodations are
11    located, are limited, pupils may be assigned by that district
12    to the schools of any adjacent district to the limit  of  the
13    facilities  of the adjacent district to properly educate such
14    pupils as shall be determined by  the  school  board  of  the
15    adjacent  district, and the State Superintendent of Education
16    shall direct  the  Comptroller  to  pay  a  specified  amount
17    sufficient  to  pay  the  annual  tuition  of the children so
18    assigned to and attending  public  schools  in  the  adjacent
19    districts and the Comptroller shall draw his warrant upon the
20    State  Treasurer  for  the  payment  of  such  amount for the
21    benefit of the adjacent school districts in the  same  manner
22    as  for  districts  in  which  the  houses,  housing units or
23    housing accommodations are located.
24        Failure on the part of the school board to certify to the
25    regional superintendent the claim of the school district  for
26    tuition  on  account  of  such  children on or before June 30
27    shall constitute a forfeiture by the district of its right to
28    the payment of any such tuition claim  for  the  school  year
29    just  ended.  The regional superintendent shall check and not
30    later than July 15 certify to  the  State  Superintendent  of
31    Education  the regional report of claims due for such tuition
32    payments. The State Superintendent of Education shall  direct
33    the  Comptroller  to pay to the district, on or before August
34    15, the amount due  the  district  for  the  school  year  in
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 1    accordance  with the calculation of the claim as set forth in
 2    this Section.
 3        Claims for tuition for children from any home for orphans
 4    or dependent, abandoned, or  maladjusted  children  beginning
 5    with  the  1993-1994  school  year shall be paid on a current
 6    year basis.  On September 30, December 31, and March 31,  the
 7    State Board of Education shall voucher payments for districts
 8    with  those  students  based  on an estimated cost calculated
 9    from the prior year's claim.  Final claims for those students
10    for the regular school term must be  received  at  the  State
11    Board of Education by July 31 following the end of the school
12    year.   Final claims for those students shall be vouchered by
13    August 15.  During fiscal year 1994 both the 1992-1993 school
14    year and the 1993-1994 school year shall be paid in order  to
15    change  the  cycle of payment from a reimbursement basis to a
16    current   year   funding   basis   of    payment.    However,
17    notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Section or the
18    School Code, beginning with fiscal year 1994 and each  fiscal
19    year  thereafter,  if  the amount appropriated for any fiscal
20    year is less than the amount required for  purposes  of  this
21    Section,  the  amount  required to eliminate any insufficient
22    reimbursement for each  district  claim  under  this  Section
23    shall  be  reimbursed  on  August 30 of the next fiscal year.
24    Payments required to eliminate any  insufficiency  for  prior
25    fiscal  year  claims shall be made before any claims are paid
26    for the current fiscal year.
27        If a school district  makes  a  claim  for  reimbursement
28    under  Section  18-4  or  14-7.03 it shall not include in any
29    claim filed under  this  Section  children  residing  on  the
30    property  of  State  institutions included in its claim under
31    Section 18-4 or 14-7.03.
32        Any child who is not a resident of Illinois who is placed
33    in a  child  welfare  institution,  private  facility,  State
34    operated program, orphanage or children's home shall have the
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 1    payment  for his educational tuition and any related services
 2    assured by the placing agent.
 3        In order to  provide  services  appropriate  to  allow  a
 4    student  under the legal guardianship or custodianship of the
 5    State to participate in  local  school  district  educational
 6    programs,  costs  may be incurred in appropriate cases by the
 7    district that are in excess of 1.2  times  the  district  per
 8    capita  tuition  charge  allowed under the provisions of this
 9    Section.  In the event such excess costs are  incurred,  they
10    must  be documented in accordance with cost rules established
11    under the authority of this Section and may then  be  claimed
12    for reimbursement under this Section.
13        Planned  services  for students eligible for this funding
14    must be a collaborative effort between the appropriate  State
15    agency  or  the  student's  group home or institution and the
16    local school district.
17    (Source: P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 90-463, eff. 8-17-97.)
18        (105 ILCS 5/14-7.03a rep.)
19        Section 10.  The School  Code  is  amended  by  repealing
20    Section 14-7.03a.
21        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
22    becoming law.

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