Senate Sponsors: DILLARD. House Sponsors: MEYER Short description: JUV CT & CD CORR-MINORS EDUCAT Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and the Unified Code of Corrections. Provides that a minor who is placed on probation or supervision, as a condition of that probation or supervision, with the consent of the superintendent of the facility, may be required to attend an educational program at a facility other than the school where the offense was committed if the minor was convicted of or placed on supervision for a crime of violence as defined in the Crime Victims Compensation Act and the offense was committed in a school, on the real property comprising a school, or within 1,000 feet of a school. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education) It is unclear how often courts will make placements under these provisions. If placements occur within a single school district with consent of the superintendent, the bill should have no fiscal impact. Placements within school districts, however, may have a fiscal impact if the district does not make the necessary provisions for the funding generated by the student to follow that student to another educational facility. In addition, SB 1097 is unclear whether minors can be ordered to attend an education facility in a district other than the one where they reside and where the offense occurred. In this case, the bill is silent on whether tuition must be paid to the receiving district. Based on FY 99 data from the Department of Corrections, more than 700 minors were adjudicated for Class X and felony offenses. If only 1 in 10 were sent to facilities outside of the school district, the cost to the receiving dis- tricts could be in excess of $400,000. STATE MANDATES NOTE (State Board of Education) Same as SBE fiscal note. Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0282 Last action date: AUG-07-2001 Location: Senate Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 0 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status