Public Act 0525 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SB0297 Enrolled LRB094 04986 NHT 35018 b

Public Act 094-0525

AN ACT relating to education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section 27-24.4 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/27-24.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.4)

Sec. 27-24.4. Reimbursement amount. Each school district shall be entitled to reimbursement, for each pupil, excluding each resident of the district over age 55, who finishes either the classroom instruction part or the practice driving part of a driver education course that meets the minimum requirements of this Act. However, if a school district has adopted a policy to permit proficiency examinations for the practice driving part of the driver education course as provided under Section 27-24.3, then the school district is entitled to only one-half of the reimbursement amount for the practice driving part for each pupil who has passed the proficiency examination, and the State Board of Education shall adjust the reimbursement formula accordingly. Reimbursement under this Act Such reimbursement is payable from the Drivers Education Fund in the State treasury.

Each year all funds appropriated from the Driver Education Fund to the State Board of Education, with the exception of those funds necessary for administrative purposes of the State Board of Education, shall be distributed to school districts by the State Board of Education for reimbursement of claims from the previous school year.

The base reimbursement amount shall be calculated by the State Board by dividing the total amount appropriated for distribution by the total of: (a) the number of students, excluding residents of the district over age 55, who have completed the classroom instruction part for whom valid claims have been made times 0.2; plus (b) the number of students, excluding residents of the district over age 55, who have completed the practice driving instruction part for whom valid claims have been made times 0.8.

The amount of reimbursement to be distributed on each claim shall be 0.2 times the base reimbursement amount for each validly claimed student, excluding residents of the district over age 55, who has completed the classroom instruction part, plus 0.8 times the base reimbursement amount for each validly claimed student, excluding residents of the district over age 55, who has completed the practice driving instruction part. In no case, however, shall the amount of reimbursement made on account of any student exceed the per pupil cost to the district of the classroom instruction part and the practice driving instruction part combined. The school district which is the residence of a pupil who attends a nonpublic school in another district that has furnished the driver education course shall reimburse the district offering the course, the difference between the actual per capita cost of giving the course the previous school year and the amount reimbursed by the State.

By April 1 the nonpublic school shall notify the district offering the course of the names and district numbers of the nonresident students desiring to take such course the next school year. The district offering such course shall notify the district of residence of those students affected by April 15. The school district furnishing the course may claim the nonresident pupil for the purpose of making a claim for State reimbursement under this Act.

(Source: P.A. 85-359.)

Effective Date: 1/1/2006