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Public Act 096-0360
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LRB096 03079 NHT 13095 b |
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AN ACT concerning education.
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Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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represented in the General Assembly:
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Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections |
10-20.13 and 34-21.6 as follows:
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(105 ILCS 5/10-20.13) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.13)
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Sec. 10-20.13. Textbooks Text books for children of parents |
unable to buy them
and other fees. |
(a) To purchase, at the
expense of the district, a |
sufficient number of
textbooks for children whose parents are |
unable to buy them, including
but not limited to children |
living in households that meet the free lunch or breakfast |
eligibility guidelines established by the federal government |
pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal Richard B. Russell |
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et |
seq.), subject to verification as set forth in subsection (c) |
of this Section eligible for free lunches or
breakfasts under |
the Community School Lunch Program. Such textbooks
shall be |
loaned only, and the directors shall require the teacher to see
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that they are properly cared for and returned at the end of |
each term of
school.
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(b) To waive all fees assessed by the district on children |
whose parents
are unable to afford them, including but not |
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limited to children living in households that meet the free |
lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines established by the |
federal government pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal |
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 |
C.F.R. 245 et seq.), subject to verification as set forth in |
subsection (c) of this Section eligible
for free lunches or |
breakfasts under the Community School Lunch Program.
The school |
board
shall adopt written policies and procedures for such |
waiver of fees in
accordance with regulations promulgated by |
the State Board of Education.
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(c) Any school board that participates in a federally |
funded, school-based child nutrition program and uses a |
student's application for, eligibility for, or participation |
in the federally funded, school-based child nutrition program |
(42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving |
fees assessed by the school district must follow the |
verification requirements of the federally funded, |
school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. |
245.6a). |
A school board that establishes a process for the |
determination of eligibility for waiver of fees assessed by the |
school district that is completely independent of a student's |
application for, eligibility for, or participation in a |
federally funded, school-based child nutrition program may |
provide for fee waiver verification no more often than every 60 |
calendar days. Information obtained during the independent, |
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fee waiver verification process indicating that the student |
does not meet free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines |
may be used to deny the waiver of the student's fees, provided |
that any information obtained through this independent process |
for determining or verifying eligibility for fee waivers shall |
not be used to determine or verify eligibility for any |
federally funded, school-based child nutrition program. |
(Source: P.A. 86-195.)
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(105 ILCS 5/34-21.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-21.6)
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Sec. 34-21.6. Waiver of fees. |
(a) The board shall waive all fees assessed by the district
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on children whose parents are unable to afford them, including |
but not limited
to children living in households that meet the |
free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines established by |
the federal government pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal |
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 |
C.F.R. 245 et seq.), subject to verification as set forth in |
subsection (b) of this Section eligible for free lunches or |
breakfasts
under the Community School Lunch Program. The board |
shall develop written
policies and procedures implementing |
this Section in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the |
State Board of Education.
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(b) If the board participates in a federally funded, |
school-based child nutrition program and uses a student's |
application for, eligibility for, or participation in the |
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federally funded, school-based child nutrition program (42 |
U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving |
fees assessed by the district, then the board must follow the |
verification requirements of the federally funded, |
school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. |
245.6a). |
If the board establishes a process for the determination of |
eligibility for waiver of fees assessed by the district that is |
completely independent of a student's application for, |
eligibility for, or participation in a federally funded, |
school-based child nutrition program, the board may provide for |
fee waiver verification no more often than every 60 calendar |
days. Information obtained during the independent, fee waiver |
verification process indicating that the student does not meet |
free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines may be used to |
deny the waiver of the student's fees, provided that any |
information obtained through this independent process for |
determining or verifying eligibility for fee waivers shall not |
be used to determine or verify eligibility for any federally |
funded, school-based child nutrition program. |
(Source: P.A. 86-195.)
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on |
September 1, 2009 or upon becoming law, whichever is later.
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