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 1                     AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 449
 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill  449  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to  amend  Sections 14-7.03, 14A-5, 14C-12, and
 5    18-3 of the School Code."; and
 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:
 8        "Section  5.   The  School  Code  is  amended by changing
 9    Sections 14-7.03, 14A-5, 14C-12, and 18-3 as follows:
10        (105 ILCS 5/14-7.03) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.03)
11        Sec. 14-7.03. Special Education Classes for Children from
12    Orphanages, Foster Family  Homes,  Children's  Homes,  or  in
13    State  Housing Units.  If a school district maintains special
14    education classes on the site of  orphanages  and  children's
15    homes,  or if children from the orphanages, children's homes,
16    foster  family  homes,  other  State   agencies,   or   State
17    residential  units  for  children attend classes for children
18    with  disabilities  in  which  the  school  district   is   a
19    participating member of a joint agreement, or if the children
20    from  the  orphanages, children's homes, foster family homes,
21    other State  agencies,  or  State  residential  units  attend
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 1    classes  for the children with disabilities maintained by the
 2    school district, then reimbursement shall be paid to eligible
 3    districts in accordance with the provisions of  this  Section
 4    by the Comptroller as directed by the State Superintendent of
 5    Education.
 6        The   amount  of  tuition  for  such  children  shall  be
 7    determined by the actual cost of  maintaining  such  classes,
 8    using  the  per  capita  cost  formula  set  forth in Section
 9    14-7.01, such program and cost  to  be  pre-approved  by  the
10    State Superintendent of Education.
11        On   forms   prepared  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
12    Education,  the  district  shall  certify  to  the   regional
13    superintendent the following:
14             (1)  The  name of the home or State residential unit
15        with the name of the owner or proprietor and  address  of
16        those maintaining it;
17             (2)  That  no  service  charges  or  other  payments
18        authorized  by  law  were  collected  in  lieu  of  taxes
19        therefrom  or  on  account  thereof  during either of the
20        calendar years included in  the  school  year  for  which
21        claim is being made;
22             (3)  The  number  of  children qualifying under this
23        Act in special education classes for instruction  on  the
24        site of the orphanages and children's homes;
25             (4)  The   number   of  children  attending  special
26        education classes for children with disabilities in which
27        the district is  a  participating  member  of  a  special
28        education joint agreement;
29             (5)  The   number   of  children  attending  special
30        education  classes   for   children   with   disabilities
31        maintained by the district;
32             (6)  The  computed amount of tuition payment claimed
33        as due,  as  approved  by  the  State  Superintendent  of
34        Education, for maintaining these classes.
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 1        If  a  school  district  makes  a claim for reimbursement
 2    under Section 18-3 or 18-4 of this Act it shall  not  include
 3    in  any  claim  filed  under  this  Section  a claim for such
 4    children.  Payments authorized by  law,  including  State  or
 5    federal  grants  for  education  of children included in this
 6    Section, shall be deducted in determining the tuition amount.
 7        Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to  prohibit
 8    reimbursement  for  the  tuition  of  children  placed in for
 9    profit facilities.  Private facilities shall provide adequate
10    space at the facility for special education classes  provided
11    by  a  school  district  or joint agreement for children with
12    disabilities who are residents of the facility at no cost  to
13    the  school  district  or joint agreement upon request of the
14    school district  or  joint  agreement.   If  such  a  private
15    facility  provides  space at no cost to the district or joint
16    agreement for special education classes provided to  children
17    with  disabilities  who  are  residents  of the facility, the
18    district or joint agreement shall not include any  costs  for
19    the use of those facilities in its claim for reimbursement.
20        Reimbursement   for  tuition  may  include  the  cost  of
21    providing summer school programs for children with severe and
22    profound disabilities served under this Section.  Claims  for
23    that  reimbursement shall be filed by November 1 and shall be
24    paid on or before December 15 from  appropriations  made  for
25    the purposes of this Section.
26        The  State  Board of Education shall establish such rules
27    and  regulations  as  may  be  necessary  to  implement   the
28    provisions of this Section.
29        Claims  filed  on  behalf of programs operated under this
30    Section housed in a jail or detention center shall be  on  an
31    individual  student  basis  only  for  eligible students with
32    disabilities.  These  claims  shall  be  in  accordance  with
33    applicable rules.
34        Each   district  claiming  reimbursement  for  a  program
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 1    operated as a group program shall have an approved budget  on
 2    file   with  the  State  Board  of  Education  prior  to  the
 3    initiation of the  program's  operation.   On  September  30,
 4    December 31, and March 31, the State Board of Education shall
 5    voucher  payments  to  group programs based upon the approved
 6    budget during the year of operation.  Final claims for  group
 7    payments  shall  be filed on or before July August 15.  Final
 8    claims for group programs received  at  the  State  Board  of
 9    Education on or before June 15 shall be vouchered by June 30.
10    Final claims received at the State Board of Education between
11    June  16  and  July  August  15  shall be vouchered by August
12    September 30.  Claims for group programs received after  July
13    August 15 shall not be honored.
14        Each   district  claiming  reimbursement  for  individual
15    students  shall  have  the  eligibility  of  those   students
16    verified  by  the State Board of Education.  On September 30,
17    December 31, and March 31, the State Board of Education shall
18    voucher  payments  for  individual  students  based  upon  an
19    estimated cost calculated from the prior year's claim.  Final
20    claims for individual students for the  regular  school  term
21    must  be  received  at  the  State Board of Education by July
22    August 15.  Claims for  individual  students  received  after
23    July  August  15  shall  not  be  honored.  Final  claims for
24    individual students shall be vouchered  by  August  September
25    30.
26        Reimbursement  shall  be  made  based upon approved group
27    programs or individual students. The State Superintendent  of
28    Education  shall  direct  the  Comptroller to pay a specified
29    amount  to  the  district  by  the  30th  day  of  September,
30    December, March, June,  or  August  September,  respectively.
31    However, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section
32    or  the School Code, beginning with Fiscal Year 1994 and each
33    fiscal year thereafter, if the amount  appropriated  for  any
34    fiscal  year is less than the amount required for purposes of
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 1    this  Section,  the  amount   required   to   eliminate   any
 2    insufficient reimbursement for each district claim under this
 3    Section  shall  be  reimbursed  on August September 30 of the
 4    next  fiscal  year.   Payments  required  to  eliminate   any
 5    insufficiency  for  prior  fiscal  year  claims shall be made
 6    before any claims are paid for the current fiscal year.
 7        The claim of a school district otherwise eligible  to  be
 8    reimbursed  in  accordance  with  Section  14-12.01  for  the
 9    1976-77 school year but for this amendatory Act of 1977 shall
10    not  be  paid  unless  the  district  ceases to maintain such
11    classes for one entire school year.
12        If a school district's current reimbursement payment  for
13    the  1977-78  school  year only is less than the prior year's
14    reimbursement payment owed, the district shall  be  paid  the
15    amount  of the difference between the payments in addition to
16    the current reimbursement payment, and  the  amount  so  paid
17    shall   be   subtracted  from  the  amount  of  prior  year's
18    reimbursement payment owed to the district.
19        Regional superintendents may  operate  special  education
20    classes  for  children  from orphanages, foster family homes,
21    children's homes or State housing units  located  within  the
22    educational  services region upon consent of the school board
23    otherwise so obligated.  In electing to assume the powers and
24    duties of a school district in providing and maintaining such
25    a special education program, the regional superintendent  may
26    enter  into  joint  agreements  with  other districts and may
27    contract with public or private  schools  or  the  orphanage,
28    foster family home, children's home or State housing unit for
29    provision  of  the  special  education  program. The regional
30    superintendent  exercising  the  powers  granted  under  this
31    Section shall claim  the  reimbursement  authorized  by  this
32    Section directly from the State Board of Education.
33        Any child who is not a resident of Illinois who is placed
34    in  a  child  welfare  institution,  private facility, foster
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 1    family home, State operated program, orphanage or  children's
 2    home  shall  have the payment for his educational tuition and
 3    any related services assured by the placing agent.
 4        Commencing July 1, 1992, for each disabled student who is
 5    placed residentially by a State agency or the courts for care
 6    or custody or both care  and  custody,  welfare,  medical  or
 7    mental  health  treatment  or  both medical and mental health
 8    treatment, rehabilitation,  and  protection,  whether  placed
 9    there  on,  before,  or  after  July  1,  1992, the costs for
10    educating the student are eligible  for  reimbursement  under
11    this  Section  providing  the  placing  agency  or  court has
12    notified the appropriate school district authorities  of  the
13    status of student residency where applicable prior to or upon
14    placement.
15        The  district  of  residence  of the parent, guardian, or
16    disabled student as defined in Sections 14-1.11 and  14-1.11a
17    is  responsible for the actual costs of the student's special
18    education program and is  eligible  for  reimbursement  under
19    this  Section when placement is made by a State agency or the
20    courts. Payments shall be made by the  resident  district  to
21    the  district  wherein  the  facility is located no less than
22    once per quarter unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the
23    parties.
24        When a dispute  arises  over  the  determination  of  the
25    district  of  residence, the district or districts may appeal
26    the decision  in  writing  to  the  State  Superintendent  of
27    Education.   The  decision  of  the  State  Superintendent of
28    Education shall be final.
29        In the event a district does not make a  tuition  payment
30    to  another  district that is providing the special education
31    program and services, the  State  Board  of  Education  shall
32    immediately  withhold  125%  of  the  then  remaining  annual
33    tuition  cost  from  the State aid or categorical aid payment
34    due to the school district  that  is  determined  to  be  the
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 1    resident  school  district.   All funds withheld by the State
 2    Board of Education shall  immediately  be  forwarded  to  the
 3    school district where the student is being served.
 4    (Source: P.A.  88-9;  88-491;  88-575,  eff. 8-12-94; 88-641,
 5    eff. 9-9-94;  88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;
 6    89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 89-698, eff. 1-14-97.)
 7        (105 ILCS 5/14A-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 14A-5)
 8        Sec.  14A-5.   Reimbursement  for services and materials.
 9    Pursuant to regulations  of  the  State  Board  of  Education
10    proposed programs for gifted children may be submitted to the
11    Council  by  a  school district, 2 or more cooperating school
12    districts, a county, or 2 or more cooperating counties.  Such
13    proposals shall include a statement of the qualifications and
14    duties of the personnel required in the fields of diagnostic,
15    counseling  and  consultative  services  and  the educational
16    materials necessary.
17        Upon receipt of such proposals the Council shall evaluate
18    them and if found to contribute to the development of a State
19    plan to increase the service of  the  public  school  in  the
20    field  of  education  of  gifted  children  the Council shall
21    recommend the acceptance thereof to the State  Superintendent
22    of  Education, who may approve the same. Upon the approval of
23    the district's program, which shall  be  offered  during  the
24    regular  school  term and may include optional summer school,
25    the district shall  be  entitled  to  reimbursement  for  the
26    services  and  materials  required  therefor  by  the  method
27    described in either (a) or (b) as follows:
28        (a)  The  number of pupils in average daily attendance in
29    the district's program, multiplied by one  of  the  following
30    factors:
31        The   factors   for  school  districts  having  different
32    assessed valuations per pupil in average daily attendance for
33    the prior year shall be:
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 1        1.  in districts with $20,000 or more;
 2        1.2  in districts with $16,000 but less than $20,000;
 3        1.3  in districts with $12,000 but less than $16,000;
 4        1.4  in districts with $9,000 but less than $12,000;
 5        1.5  in districts with less than $9,000.
 6        In no case shall  the  claim  for  reimbursement  of  any
 7    district  exceed  the  actual  cost  of  such  program to the
 8    district  nor  shall  the   number   of   pupils   for   whom
 9    reimbursement is claimed exceed 5% of the number of pupils in
10    average daily attendance in the district for the prior year.
11        (b)  For   each   professional   worker,  who  meets  the
12    established standards  for  his  position,  employed  in  the
13    district's program at the annual rate of $5,000.
14        On  or  before  July  10, annually, the president and the
15    secretary of the  district  shall  certify  to  the  regional
16    superintendent   upon   forms   prescribed   by   the   State
17    Superintendent   of   Education   the  district's  claim  for
18    reimbursement for the school  year  ended  on  June  30  next
19    preceding.  The  regional superintendent shall check all such
20    claims to ascertain compliance with the prescribed  standards
21    and upon his approval shall certify not later than July 25 to
22    the  State Superintendent of Education the regional report of
23    claims  for  reimbursements.  The  State  Superintendent   of
24    Education  shall  check  and  upon approval shall transmit by
25    September 15 to the State Comptroller  the  vouchers  showing
26    the   amounts   due   for   district   reimbursement  claims.
27    Reimbursement shall be paid in the manner provided  above  in
28    this  paragraph  through  September  15,  1979.   Thereafter,
29    estimated  payments  equal  to 1/4 of the district's approved
30    program amount shall be made  by  the  State  Comptroller  on
31    November  15,  February  15,  and  May  15 upon submission of
32    vouchers by the State Superintendent of Education.   A  final
33    claim  shall  be filed with the regional superintendent on or
34    before July August 10 for approval  and  transmittal  to  the
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 1    State  Superintendent  of  Education on or before July August
 2    20. Claims received by the State Superintendent of  Education
 3    after  July  August  20 shall not be honored. Upon receipt of
 4    the final claim the State  Superintendent  shall  verify  its
 5    accuracy and make a final adjusted payment on September 20.
 6        If the amount appropriated for such reimbursement for any
 7    year  is insufficient it shall be apportioned on the basis of
 8    the claims approved.
 9        When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
10    this Section operates a school for a full year in  accordance
11    with  Section 10-19.1 of this Act such reimbursement shall be
12    increased by 1/185 of the amount or rate paid  hereunder  for
13    each  day  such  school is operated in excess of 185 days per
14    calendar year.
15        For purposes  of  calculating  claims  for  reimbursement
16    under  this  Section  for  any  school year beginning July 1,
17    1980, or thereafter, the equalized assessed valuation  for  a
18    school  district  used  to  compute  reimbursement  shall  be
19    determined  by adding to the real property equalized assessed
20    valuation for the district an amount computed by dividing the
21    amount of money received by the district under the provisions
22    of "An Act  in  relation  to  the  abolition  of  ad  valorem
23    personal  property  tax  and the replacement of revenues lost
24    thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of
25    Acts in connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979,  as
26    amended, by the total tax rate for the district. For purposes
27    of  this  subsection, 1976 tax rates shall be used for school
28    districts in the county of Cook, and 1977 tax rates shall  be
29    used  in all other counties. For the 1980-81 school year, for
30    purposes of computing claims for reimbursement,  there  shall
31    be  added  to the amount derived by the above computation 2/3
32    of  the  positive  difference  between  the  1978   corporate
33    personal property equalized assessed valuation and the amount
34    of money received by the district under the provisions of "An
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 1    Act  in  relation  to  the  abolition  of ad valorem personal
 2    property tax and the replacement of  revenues  lost  thereby,
 3    and  amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
 4    connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended,
 5    divided by the total tax rate for the district; and  for  the
 6    1981-82  school  year 1/3 of the positive difference shall be
 7    added.
 8    (Source: P.A. 88-555,  eff.  7-27-94;  88-641,  eff.  9-9-94;
 9    89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)
10        (105 ILCS 5/14C-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-12)
11        Sec.  14C-12.   Account  of  expenditures;  Cost  report;
12    Reimbursement.   Each school district shall keep an accurate,
13    detailed and separate account of all monies paid  out  by  it
14    for the programs in transitional bilingual education required
15    or permitted by this Article, including transportation costs,
16    and  shall annually report thereon for the school year ending
17    June 30 indicating the average per pupil  expenditure.   Each
18    school  district  shall be reimbursed for the amount by which
19    such costs exceed the average per pupil expenditure  by  such
20    school  district  for the education of children of comparable
21    age who are not in any special education program.
22        Applications for preapproval for reimbursement for  costs
23    of   transitional   bilingual   education  programs  must  be
24    submitted to the State Superintendent of Education  at  least
25    60  days before a transitional bilingual education program is
26    started, unless a justifiable exception  is  granted  by  the
27    State  Superintendent  of  Education.  Applications shall set
28    forth a plan for transitional bilingual education established
29    and maintained in accordance with this Article.
30        Reimbursement claims for transitional bilingual education
31    programs shall be made as follows:
32        Each school  district  shall  claim  reimbursement  on  a
33    current basis for the first 3 quarters of the fiscal year and
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 1    file a final adjusted claim for the school year ended June 30
 2    preceding computed in accordance with rules prescribed by the
 3    State    Superintendent's    Office    with    the   regional
 4    superintendent of schools, in  triplicate,  for  approval  on
 5    forms  prescribed by the State Superintendent's Office.  Data
 6    used as a basis of reimbursement  claims  shall  be  for  the
 7    school  year  ended  on June 30 preceding.   School districts
 8    shall file estimated claims with the regional  superintendent
 9    by October 10, January 10 and April 10 respectively, and file
10    final  adjusted  claims  by  July August 10.  Upon receipt of
11    such  quarterly  claims  the  regional  superintendent  shall
12    transmit them to the  State  Superintendent  by  October  20,
13    January  20,  April  20,  and  July  August  20.   The  State
14    Superintendent  of Education before approving any such claims
15    shall determine their accuracy and  whether  they  are  based
16    upon   services   and   facilities  provided  under  approved
17    programs.  Upon approval he shall transmit  by  November  15,
18    February   15,  May  15,  and  August  September  20  to  the
19    Comptroller the vouchers showing the amounts due  for  school
20    district  reimbursement  claims.   Upon  receipt  of the July
21    August final adjusted  claims  the  State  Superintendent  of
22    Education shall make a final determination of the accuracy of
23    such  claims.   If  the  money  appropriated  by  the General
24    Assembly for such purpose for any year  is  insufficient,  it
25    shall be apportioned on the basis of the claims approved.
26        Failure on the part of the school district to prepare and
27    certify  the  final adjusted claims due under this Section on
28    or before  July  August  20 of  any  year,  and  its  failure
29    thereafter to prepare and certify such report to the regional
30    superintendent  of  schools  within  10 days after receipt of
31    notice  of  such  delinquency  sent  to  it  by   the   State
32    Superintendent   of   Education  by  registered  mail,  shall
33    constitute a forfeiture by the school district of  its  right
34    to be reimbursed by the State under this Section.
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 1    (Source: P.A. 88-641, eff. 9-9-94.)
 2        (105 ILCS 5/18-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-3)
 3        Sec.  18-3.   Tuition  of  children  from  orphanages and
 4    children's homes.
 5        When the children from any home for  orphans,  dependent,
 6    abandoned   or   maladjusted   children   maintained  by  any
 7    organization or association admitting to such  home  children
 8    from  the  State  in  general  or when children residing in a
 9    school district wherein the State of Illinois  maintains  and
10    operates  any  welfare or penal institution on property owned
11    by the State of  Illinois,  which  contains  houses,  housing
12    units  or  housing  accommodations  within a school district,
13    attend grades kindergarten through 12 of the  public  schools
14    maintained  by that school district, the State Superintendent
15    of Education shall direct the  State  Comptroller  to  pay  a
16    specified amount sufficient to pay the annual tuition cost of
17    such  children  who  attended  such public schools during the
18    school year ending on June 30, and the Comptroller shall  pay
19    the  amount after receipt of a voucher submitted by the State
20    Superintendent of Education.
21        The amount of the tuition for such children attending the
22    public schools of the district shall  be  determined  by  the
23    State  Superintendent  of Education by multiplying the number
24    of such children in average daily attendance in such  schools
25    by  the  total  annual  per  capita cost of administering the
26    schools of the district. Such total annual  per  capita  cost
27    shall  be  determined  by totaling all expenses of the school
28    district in the educational, operations and maintenance, bond
29    and interest, transportation, Illinois municipal  retirement,
30    and  rent  funds  for the school year preceding the filing of
31    such tuition claims less expenditures not applicable  to  the
32    regular  K-12  program,  less  offsetting revenues from State
33    sources except  those  from  the  common  school  fund,  less
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 1    offsetting  revenues  from  federal sources except those from
 2    federal impaction aid, less  student  and  community  service
 3    revenues,  plus  a  depreciation allowance; and dividing such
 4    total by the average daily attendance for the year.
 5        Annually on or before June 30 the superintendent  of  the
 6    district  upon  forms prepared by the State Superintendent of
 7    Education shall certify to the  regional  superintendent  the
 8    following:
 9        1.  The  name  of  the  home  and  of the organization or
10    association maintaining it; or the legal description  of  the
11    real  estate  upon which the house, housing units, or housing
12    accommodations are located  and  that  no  taxes  or  service
13    charges  or  other  payments  authorized by law to be made in
14    lieu of taxes were collected therefrom or on account  thereof
15    during  either  of  the calendar years included in the school
16    year for which claim is being made;
17        2.  The number of children from the  home  or  living  in
18    such  houses,  housing  units  or  housing accommodations and
19    attending the schools of the district;
20        3.  The total number of children attending the schools of
21    the district;
22        4.  The per capita tuition charge of the district; and
23        5.  The computed amount of the tuition payment claimed as
24    due.
25        Whenever the persons in charge of such home for  orphans,
26    dependent,  abandoned  or  maladjusted children have received
27    from the parent or guardian of any such child or by virtue of
28    an order of court a specific  allowance  for  educating  such
29    child,  such  persons  shall  pay  to the school board in the
30    district where the child attends school such  amount  of  the
31    allowance as is necessary to pay the tuition required by such
32    district  for the education of the child. If the allowance is
33    insufficient  to  pay  the  tuition   in   full   the   State
34    Superintendent  of  Education shall direct the Comptroller to
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 1    pay to the district the difference between the total  tuition
 2    charged and the amount of the allowance.
 3        Whenever  the  facilities  of  a school district in which
 4    such house,  housing  units  or  housing  accommodations  are
 5    located, are limited, pupils may be assigned by that district
 6    to  the  schools of any adjacent district to the limit of the
 7    facilities of the adjacent district to properly educate  such
 8    pupils  as  shall  be  determined  by the school board of the
 9    adjacent district, and the State Superintendent of  Education
10    shall  direct  the  Comptroller  to  pay  a  specified amount
11    sufficient to pay the  annual  tuition  of  the  children  so
12    assigned  to  and  attending  public  schools in the adjacent
13    districts and the Comptroller shall draw his warrant upon the
14    State Treasurer for  the  payment  of  such  amount  for  the
15    benefit  of  the adjacent school districts in the same manner
16    as for districts  in  which  the  houses,  housing  units  or
17    housing accommodations are located.
18        Failure on the part of the school board to certify to the
19    regional  superintendent the claim of the school district for
20    tuition on account of such children  on  or  before  June  30
21    shall constitute a forfeiture by the district of its right to
22    the  payment  of  any  such tuition claim for the school year
23    just ended. The regional superintendent shall check  and  not
24    later  than July 15 31 certify to the State Superintendent of
25    Education the regional report of claims due for such  tuition
26    payments.  The State Superintendent of Education shall direct
27    the Comptroller to pay to the district, on or  before  August
28    September 15, the amount due the district for the school year
29    in  accordance with the calculation of the claim as set forth
30    in this Section.
31        Claims for tuition for children from any home for orphans
32    or dependent, abandoned, or  maladjusted  children  beginning
33    with  the  1993-1994  school  year shall be paid on a current
34    year basis.  On September 30, December 31, and March 31,  the
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 1    State Board of Education shall voucher payments for districts
 2    with  those  students  based  on an estimated cost calculated
 3    from the prior year's claim.  Final claims for those students
 4    for the regular school term must be  received  at  the  State
 5    Board of Education by July 31 following the end of the school
 6    year.   Final claims for those students shall be vouchered by
 7    August September  15.   During  fiscal  year  1994  both  the
 8    1992-1993  school year and the 1993-1994 school year shall be
 9    paid  in  order  to  change  the  cycle  of  payment  from  a
10    reimbursement basis  to  a  current  year  funding  basis  of
11    payment.  However,  notwithstanding  any  other provisions of
12    this Section or the School Code, beginning with  fiscal  year
13    1994   and   each  fiscal  year  thereafter,  if  the  amount
14    appropriated for any fiscal year  is  less  than  the  amount
15    required for purposes of this Section, the amount required to
16    eliminate  any  insufficient  reimbursement for each district
17    claim under  this  Section  shall  be  reimbursed  on  August
18    September  30  of the next fiscal year.  Payments required to
19    eliminate any insufficiency  for  prior  fiscal  year  claims
20    shall  be  made  before  any  claims are paid for the current
21    fiscal year.
22        If a school district  makes  a  claim  for  reimbursement
23    under  Section  18-4  or  14-7.03 it shall not include in any
24    claim filed under  this  Section  children  residing  on  the
25    property  of  State  institutions included in its claim under
26    Section 18-4 or 14-7.03.
27        Any child who is not a resident of Illinois who is placed
28    in a  child  welfare  institution,  private  facility,  State
29    operated program, orphanage or children's home shall have the
30    payment  for his educational tuition and any related services
31    assured by the placing agent.
32    (Source: P.A. 88-9; 88-491;  88-575,  eff.  8-12-94;  88-641,
33    eff. 9-9-94; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)
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 1        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
 2    becoming a law.".

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