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 1        AN  ACT  concerning  the  powers  and  duties of regional
 2    superintendents of schools.

 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 2-3.30, 3-15.10, 14-7.02, 14-12.01,  14A-5,  14C-12,
 7    18-3, and 18-4.3 as follows:

 8        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.30) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.30)
 9        Sec. 2-3.30. Census for special education.  To require on
10    or  before December 22 of each year reports submitted through
11    the regional superintendent as to the census of all  children
12    age  birth  through  21  years  of age inclusive of the types
13    described  in  definitions  under  the  rules  authorized  in
14    Section 14-1.02 who  were  receiving  special  education  and
15    related services on December 1 of the current school year.
16        To  require an annual report, on or before December 22 of
17    each  year  from  the  Department  of  Children  and   Family
18    Services,  Department of Corrections, and Department of Human
19    Services containing  a  census  of  all  children  age  birth
20    through  21 years of age inclusive, of the types described in
21    Section  14-1.02   who  were  receiving   special   education
22    services  on  December  1  of  the current school year within
23    State facilities.  Such report shall be submitted pursuant to
24    rules and regulations issued by the State Board of Education.
25        The State Board of Education shall ascertain  and  report
26    annually,  on or before January 15, the number of children of
27    non-English  background,  birth  through  21  years  of  age,
28    inclusive of (a) types described in definitions  under  rules
29    authorized  in  Section  14-1.02  who  were receiving special
30    education and related services on December  of  the  previous
31    year   and   (b)  inclusive  of  those  served  within  State
 
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 1    facilities administered by the  Department  of  Children  and
 2    Family  Services  and  the Department of Human Services.  The
 3    report  shall  classify  such  children  according  to  their
 4    language background,  age,  category  of  exceptionality  and
 5    level   of   severity,   least   restrictive   placement  and
 6    achievement level.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)

 8        (105 ILCS 5/3-15.10) (from Ch. 122, par. 3-15.10)
 9        Sec.  3-15.10.  Assistant  Regional  Superintendent.   To
10    employ,  in  counties  or regions of 2,000,000 inhabitants or
11    less, in addition to any assistants authorized to be employed
12    with the approval of the county board, an assistant  regional
13    superintendent  of  schools  who  shall  be  a person of good
14    attainment,  versed  in  the  principles   and   methods   of
15    education, and qualified to teach and supervise schools under
16    Article 21 of this Act; to fix the term of such assistant and
17    direct his work and define his duties. In regions established
18    within  that  portion  of a Class II county outside a city of
19    500,000 or more inhabitants, the regional superintendent  may
20    employ,  in  addition  to  any  assistants  authorized  to be
21    employed with the approval of the county board,  3  assistant
22    regional  superintendents of schools.  Until July 1, 1994, in
23    counties  or  regions  having  a  population  of  more   than
24    2,000,000 inhabitants the regional superintendent may employ,
25    in  addition to any assistants authorized to be employed with
26    the approval of  the  county  board,  11  assistant  regional
27    superintendents     of     schools.     Assistant    regional
28    superintendents shall each be a person  of  good  attainment,
29    versed  in  the  principles  and  methods  of  education, and
30    qualified to teach and supervise schools under Article 21  of
31    this  Act. The work of such assistant regional superintendent
32    shall be so arranged and directed that the county or regional
33    superintendent and assistant superintendent, together,  shall
 
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 1    devote  an amount of time during the school year, equal to at
 2    least the full time of one individual, to the supervision  of
 3    schools and of teaching in the schools of the county.
 4        Notwithstanding  any  of  the provisions of this Section,
 5    any person who, on July 1, 1955, was employed as an assistant
 6    county superintendent of schools shall be qualified for  that
 7    position  if  he holds a state certificate valid for teaching
 8    and supervising.
 9        On July 1, 1994, the employment of all persons serving as
10    assistant county or regional superintendents in any county or
11    educational service region having a population of  more  than
12    2,000,000  inhabitants is terminated, the office of assistant
13    county or regional superintendent  in  each  such  county  or
14    educational  service  region  is  abolished, and this Section
15    shall,  from  and  after  July  1,  1994,  have  no   further
16    application in any such county or educational service region.
17        A regional superintendent of schools shall not employ his
18    or  her spouse, child, stepchild, or relative as an assistant
19    regional superintendent of schools. By September 1 each year,
20    a regional superintendent shall certify to the State Board of
21    Education that he or she has complied with this paragraph. If
22    the State Board of Education becomes aware of the fact that a
23    regional superintendent  is  employing  his  or  her  spouse,
24    child,  stepchild,  or  relative  as  an  assistant  regional
25    superintendent,  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall  not
26    request  for  payment from the State Comptroller any warrants
27    for the payment of the  assistant  regional  superintendent's
28    salary.  In  this  paragraph, "relative" means a grandparent,
29    parent, aunt, uncle, sibling, first  cousin,  nephew,  niece,
30    grandchild, or spouse of one of these persons. This paragraph
31    applies  only  to contracts for employment entered into on or
32    after the effective date of this amendatory Act of  the  91st
33    General Assembly.
34    (Source: P. A. 87-654; 87-1251; 88-89.)
 
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 1        (105 ILCS 5/14-7.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.02)
 2        Sec. 14-7.02.  Children attending private schools, public
 3    out-of-state schools, public school residential facilities or
 4    private  special  education facilities.  The General Assembly
 5    recognizes  that  non-public  schools  or  special  education
 6    facilities provide an important service  in  the  educational
 7    system in Illinois.
 8        If because of his or her disability the special education
 9    program  of a district is unable to meet the needs of a child
10    and  the  child  attends  a  non-public  school  or   special
11    education facility, a public out-of-state school or a special
12    education  facility owned and operated by a county government
13    unit that provides special educational services  required  by
14    the child and is in compliance with the appropriate rules and
15    regulations  of  the  State  Superintendent of Education, the
16    school district in which the child is a  resident  shall  pay
17    the  actual cost of tuition for special education and related
18    services provided during the regular school term  and  during
19    the  summer  school  term if the child's educational needs so
20    require,  excluding  room,  board  and  transportation  costs
21    charged the  child  by  that  non-public  school  or  special
22    education  facility,  public  out-of-state  school  or county
23    special education facility, or $4,500 per year, whichever  is
24    less,  and  shall  provide  him any necessary transportation.
25    "Nonpublic  special  education  facility"  shall  include   a
26    residential   facility,   within  or  without  the  State  of
27    Illinois,  which  provides  special  education  and   related
28    services  to meet the needs of the child by utilizing private
29    schools or public schools, whether located on the site or off
30    the site of the residential facility.
31        The State Board of Education shall promulgate  rules  and
32    regulations  for  determining  when  placement  in  a private
33    special education facility is appropriate.   Such  rules  and
34    regulations  shall  take  into  account  the various types of
 
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 1    services needed by a  child  and  the  availability  of  such
 2    services  to  the  particular  child in the public school. In
 3    developing these rules and regulations  the  State  Board  of
 4    Education   shall   consult  with  the  Advisory  Council  on
 5    Education of  Children  with  Disabilities  and  hold  public
 6    hearings  to  secure  recommendations  from  parents,  school
 7    personnel, and others concerned about this matter.
 8        The  State Board of Education shall also promulgate rules
 9    and regulations for transportation to and from a  residential
10    school.  Transportation  to  and  from  home to a residential
11    school more than once each school term shall  be  subject  to
12    prior approval by the State Superintendent in accordance with
13    the rules and regulations of the State Board.
14        A  school  district  making  tuition payments pursuant to
15    this Section is eligible for reimbursement from the State for
16    the amount of such payments actually made in  excess  of  the
17    district per capita tuition charge for students not receiving
18    special  education  services.  Such  reimbursement  shall  be
19    approved   in  accordance  with  Section  14-12.01  and  each
20    district shall file its claims, computed in  accordance  with
21    rules  prescribed  by  the State Board of Education, with the
22    regional superintendent of schools on or before August 1, for
23    approval on forms prescribed by the State  Superintendent  of
24    Education.   Data  used  as  a  basis of reimbursement claims
25    shall be for the preceding regular  school  term  and  summer
26    school   term.   Each  school  district  shall  The  regional
27    superintendent of schools shall approve the claims as to form
28    and transmit its the claims to the State Board  of  Education
29    on or before August 15.  The State Board of Education, before
30    approving any such claims, shall determine their accuracy and
31    whether  they are based upon services and facilities provided
32    under approved programs.  Upon approval the State Board shall
33    cause vouchers to be prepared  showing  the  amount  due  for
34    payment  of  reimbursement  claims  to  school districts, for
 
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 1    transmittal to the State  Comptroller  on  the  30th  day  of
 2    September,  December,  and March, respectively, and the final
 3    voucher, no later than June 20. If the money appropriated  by
 4    the  General  Assembly  for  such  purpose  for  any  year is
 5    insufficient, it shall be apportioned on  the  basis  of  the
 6    claims approved.
 7        No  child  shall be placed in a special education program
 8    pursuant to this Section if  the  tuition  cost  for  special
 9    education and related services increases more than 10 percent
10    over the tuition cost for the previous school year or exceeds
11    $4,500  per  year unless such costs have been approved by the
12    Illinois  Purchased  Care   Review   Board.    The   Illinois
13    Purchased  Care  Review  Board shall consist of the following
14    persons, or their designees:  the Directors of  Children  and
15    Family Services, Public Health, Public Aid, and the Bureau of
16    the  Budget;  the  Secretary  of  Human  Services;  the State
17    Superintendent of Education; and such other  persons  as  the
18    Governor  may   designate.   The Review Board shall establish
19    rules and regulations  for  its  determination  of  allowable
20    costs and payments made by local school districts for special
21    education,   room  and  board,  and  other  related  services
22    provided  by  non-public   schools   or   special   education
23    facilities and shall establish uniform standards and criteria
24    which it shall follow.
25        The  Review Board shall establish uniform definitions and
26    criteria for accounting separately by special education, room
27    and board and other related services costs.  The Board  shall
28    also  establish  guidelines  for the coordination of services
29    and financial assistance provided by all  State  agencies  to
30    assure  that  no otherwise qualified disabled child receiving
31    services  under   Article   14   shall   be   excluded   from
32    participation  in,  be denied the benefits of or be subjected
33    to discrimination under any program or activity  provided  by
34    any State agency.
 
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 1        The  Review  Board  shall  review  the  costs for special
 2    education and related services provided by non-public schools
 3    or  special  education  facilities  and  shall   approve   or
 4    disapprove  such  facilities in accordance with the rules and
 5    regulations established  by  it  with  respect  to  allowable
 6    costs.
 7        The State Board of Education shall provide administrative
 8    and  staff  support for the Review Board as deemed reasonable
 9    by the State Superintendent of Education.  This support shall
10    not include travel expenses or  other  compensation  for  any
11    Review  Board  member  other than the State Superintendent of
12    Education.
13        The Review Board shall seek the advice  of  the  Advisory
14    Council  on  Education  of  Children with Disabilities on the
15    rules and regulations to be promulgated  by  it  relative  to
16    providing special education services.
17        If  a  child  has  been  placed in a program in which the
18    actual per pupil costs of tuition for special  education  and
19    related services based on program enrollment, excluding room,
20    board  and transportation costs, exceed $4,500 and such costs
21    have been approved by the Review Board,  the  district  shall
22    pay  such total costs which exceed $4,500.  A district making
23    such tuition payments in excess of $4,500  pursuant  to  this
24    Section  shall  be  responsible  for  an  amount in excess of
25    $4,500 equal to the district per capita  tuition  charge  and
26    shall  be  eligible  for reimbursement from the State for the
27    amount of such  payments  actually  made  in  excess  of  the
28    districts   per   capita  tuition  charge  for  students  not
29    receiving special education services.
30        If a child has been  placed  in  an  approved  individual
31    program  and the tuition costs including room and board costs
32    have been approved by the Review Board, then  such  room  and
33    board  costs  shall  be  paid by the appropriate State agency
34    subject to the provisions of Section  14-8.01  of  this  Act.
 
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 1    Room  and  board  costs  not provided by a State agency other
 2    than the State Board of Education shall be  provided  by  the
 3    State  Board  of  Education on a current basis.  In no event,
 4    however, shall the State's liability  for  funding  of  these
 5    tuition  costs  begin  until  after  the legal obligations of
 6    third party payors have been subtracted from such costs.   If
 7    the  money  appropriated  by  the  General  Assembly for such
 8    purpose for any year is insufficient, it shall be apportioned
 9    on the basis of the claims  approved.   Each  district  shall
10    submit  estimated  claims  to  the regional superintendent of
11    schools  for  transmittal  to  the  State  Superintendent  of
12    Education.   Upon  approval  of  such   claims,   the   State
13    Superintendent   of   Education   shall   direct   the  State
14    Comptroller  to  make  payments  on  a  monthly  basis.   The
15    frequency  for  submitting estimated claims and the method of
16    determining  payment  shall  be  prescribed  in   rules   and
17    regulations  adopted  by the State Board of Education.   Such
18    current state reimbursement shall be  reduced  by  an  amount
19    equal  to the proceeds which the child or child's parents are
20    eligible to receive under any public or private insurance  or
21    assistance   program.   Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be
22    construed as relieving an insurer or similar third party from
23    an otherwise valid  obligation  to  provide  or  to  pay  for
24    services provided to a disabled child.
25        If  it otherwise qualifies, a school district is eligible
26    for the transportation reimbursement under  Section  14-13.01
27    and  for  the  reimbursement  of  tuition payments under this
28    Section whether the non-public school  or  special  education
29    facility,   public  out-of-state  school  or  county  special
30    education facility, attended by a child who resides  in  that
31    district and requires special educational services, is within
32    or  outside of the State of Illinois.  However, a district is
33    not eligible to claim transportation reimbursement under this
34    Section  unless  the  district   certifies   to   the   State
 
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 1    Superintendent  of  Education  that the district is unable to
 2    provide special educational services required  by  the  child
 3    for the current school year.
 4        Nothing in this Section authorizes the reimbursement of a
 5    school  district  for  the amount paid for tuition of a child
 6    attending a non-public school or special education  facility,
 7    public   out-of-state  school  or  county  special  education
 8    facility unless the school district certifies  to  the  State
 9    Superintendent   of  Education  that  the  special  education
10    program of that district is unable to meet the needs of  that
11    child  because of his disability and the State Superintendent
12    of Education finds that the school district is in substantial
13    compliance with Section 14-4.01.
14        Any educational or related services provided, pursuant to
15    this Section in a  non-public  school  or  special  education
16    facility  or  a special education facility owned and operated
17    by a county government unit shall be at no cost to the parent
18    or guardian of the child. However, current law and  practices
19    relative  to  contributions by parents or guardians for costs
20    other than educational or related services are  not  affected
21    by this amendatory Act of 1978.
22        Reimbursement   for   children  attending  public  school
23    residential facilities shall be made in accordance  with  the
24    provisions of this Section.
25    (Source:  P.A.  88-555,  eff.  7-27-94;  88-641, eff. 9-9-94;
26    89-21,  eff.  7-1-95;  89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  89-397,   eff.
27    8-20-95; 89-507, eff. 7-1-97; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

28        (105 ILCS 5/14-12.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-12.01)
29        Sec.  14-12.01.  Account  of expenditures - Cost report -
30    Reimbursement. Each school  board  shall  keep  an  accurate,
31    detailed  and  separate  account of all monies paid out by it
32    for the maintenance of  each  of  the  types  of  facilities,
33    classes  and  schools  authorized  by  this  Article  for the
 
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 1    instruction and care of pupils attending  them  and  for  the
 2    cost  of  their  transportation,  and  shall  annually report
 3    thereon indicating the cost of each such elementary  or  high
 4    school pupil for the school year ending June 30.
 5        Applications  for preapproval for reimbursement for costs
 6    of special education must  be  first  submitted  through  the
 7    office of the regional superintendent of schools to the State
 8    Superintendent  of  Education  on  or  before 30 days after a
 9    special class or service is started. Applications  shall  set
10    forth a plan for special education established and maintained
11    in  accordance with this Article.  Such applications shall be
12    limited to  the  cost  of  construction  and  maintenance  of
13    special  education  facilities designed and utilized to house
14    instructional programs, diagnostic  services,  other  special
15    education   services   for  children  with  disabilities  and
16    reimbursement  as  provided   in   Section   14-13.01.   Such
17    application  shall  not  include  the cost of construction or
18    maintenance of any  administrative  facility  separated  from
19    special  education  facilities designed and utilized to house
20    instructional  programs,  diagnostic  services,   and   other
21    special  education  services  for children with disabilities.
22    Reimbursement claims for special education shall be  made  as
23    follows:
24        Each district shall file its claim computed in accordance
25    with  rules  prescribed  by the State Board of Education with
26    the regional superintendent of schools, in triplicate, on  or
27    before  August  1,  for  approval  on forms prescribed by the
28    State Superintendent of Education. Data used as  a  basis  of
29    reimbursement  claims  shall  be for the school year ended on
30    June 30 preceding.  Each school district  shall  transmit  to
31    The  regional  superintendent of schools shall check and upon
32    approval provide the State Superintendent  of  Education  its
33    with  the  original  and  one copy of the claims on or before
34    August 15.  The  State  Superintendent  of  Education  before
 
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 1    approving  any such claims shall determine their accuracy and
 2    whether they are based upon services and facilities  provided
 3    under  approved  programs.   Upon  approval, vouchers for the
 4    amounts due the respective districts shall  be  prepared  and
 5    submitted  during  each  fiscal  year as follows: the first 3
 6    vouchers shall be prepared by  the  State  Superintendent  of
 7    Education  and transmitted to the Comptroller on the 30th day
 8    of September, December and March, respectively, and the final
 9    voucher, no later than June 20.  If,  after  preparation  and
10    transmittal  of the September 30 vouchers, any claim has been
11    redetermined  by  the  State  Superintendent  of   Education,
12    subsequent vouchers shall be adjusted in amount to compensate
13    for any overpayment or underpayment previously made.   If the
14    money  appropriated  by the General Assembly for such purpose
15    for any year is insufficient, it shall be apportioned on  the
16    basis of the claims approved.
17        Claims  received  at  the  State Board of Education after
18    August 15 shall not be honored.  Claims received by August 15
19    may be amended until November 30.
20    (Source: P.A. 88-641, eff. 9-9-94; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)

21        (105 ILCS 5/14A-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 14A-5)
22        Sec. 14A-5.  Reimbursement for  services  and  materials.
23    Pursuant  to  regulations  of  the  State  Board of Education
24    proposed programs for gifted children may be submitted to the
25    Council by a school district, 2 or  more  cooperating  school
26    districts,  a county, or 2 or more cooperating counties. Such
27    proposals shall include a statement of the qualifications and
28    duties of the personnel required in the fields of diagnostic,
29    counseling and  consultative  services  and  the  educational
30    materials necessary.
31        Upon receipt of such proposals the Council shall evaluate
32    them and if found to contribute to the development of a State
33    plan  to  increase  the  service  of the public school in the
 
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 1    field of education  of  gifted  children  the  Council  shall
 2    recommend  the acceptance thereof to the State Superintendent
 3    of Education, who may approve the same. Upon the approval  of
 4    the  district's  program,  which  shall be offered during the
 5    regular school term and may include optional  summer  school,
 6    the  district  shall  be  entitled  to  reimbursement for the
 7    services  and  materials  required  therefor  by  the  method
 8    described in either (a) or (b) as follows:
 9        (a)  The number of pupils in average daily attendance  in
10    the  district's  program,  multiplied by one of the following
11    factors:
12        The  factors  for  school  districts   having   different
13    assessed valuations per pupil in average daily attendance for
14    the prior year shall be:
15        1.  in districts with $20,000 or more;
16        1.2  in districts with $16,000 but less than $20,000;
17        1.3  in districts with $12,000 but less than $16,000;
18        1.4  in districts with $9,000 but less than $12,000;
19        1.5  in districts with less than $9,000.
20        In  no  case  shall  the  claim  for reimbursement of any
21    district exceed the  actual  cost  of  such  program  to  the
22    district   nor   shall   the   number   of  pupils  for  whom
23    reimbursement is claimed exceed 5% of the number of pupils in
24    average daily attendance in the district for the prior year.
25        (b)  For  each  professional  worker,   who   meets   the
26    established  standards  for  his  position,  employed  in the
27    district's program at the annual rate of $5,000.
28        On or before July 10, annually,  the  president  and  the
29    secretary  of  the  district  shall  certify  to the regional
30    superintendent   upon   forms   prescribed   by   the   State
31    Superintendent  of  Education  the   district's   claim   for
32    reimbursement  for  the  school  year  ended  on June 30 next
33    preceding. The regional superintendent shall check  all  such
34    claims  to ascertain compliance with the prescribed standards
 
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 1    and upon his approval shall certify not later than July 25 to
 2    the State Superintendent of Education the regional report  of
 3    claims   for  reimbursements.  The  State  Superintendent  of
 4    Education shall check and upon  approval  shall  transmit  by
 5    September  15  to  the State Comptroller the vouchers showing
 6    the  amounts   due   for   district   reimbursement   claims.
 7    Reimbursement  shall  be paid in the manner provided above in
 8    this  paragraph  through  September  15,  1979.   Thereafter,
 9    Estimated payments equal to 1/4 of  the  district's  approved
10    program  amount  shall  be  made  by the State Comptroller on
11    November 15, February 15,  and  May  15  upon  submission  of
12    vouchers  by  the State Superintendent of Education.  A final
13    claim  shall  be  transmitted   filed   with   the   regional
14    superintendent   on  or  before  July  10  for  approval  and
15    transmittal to the State Superintendent of  Education  on  or
16    before  July  20. Claims received by the State Superintendent
17    of Education after July 20 shall not be honored. Upon receipt
18    of the final claim the State Superintendent shall verify  its
19    accuracy and make a final adjusted payment on September 20.
20        If the amount appropriated for such reimbursement for any
21    year  is insufficient it shall be apportioned on the basis of
22    the claims approved.
23        When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
24    this Section operates a school for a full year in  accordance
25    with  Section 10-19.1 of this Act such reimbursement shall be
26    increased by 1/185 of the amount or rate paid  hereunder  for
27    each  day  such  school is operated in excess of 185 days per
28    calendar year.
29        For purposes  of  calculating  claims  for  reimbursement
30    under  this  Section  for  any  school year beginning July 1,
31    1997, or thereafter, the equalized assessed valuation  for  a
32    school  district  used  to  compute  reimbursement  shall  be
33    computed in the same manner as it is computed under paragraph
34    (2) of subsection (G) of Section 18-8.05.
 
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 1    (Source: P.A. 90-463, eff. 8-17-97; 91-96, eff. 7-9-99.)

 2        (105 ILCS 5/14C-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-12)
 3        Sec.  14C-12.   Account  of  expenditures;  Cost  report;
 4    Reimbursement.   Each school district shall keep an accurate,
 5    detailed and separate account of all monies paid  out  by  it
 6    for the programs in transitional bilingual education required
 7    or permitted by this Article, including transportation costs,
 8    and  shall annually report thereon for the school year ending
 9    June 30 indicating the average per pupil  expenditure.   Each
10    school  district  shall be reimbursed for the amount by which
11    such costs exceed the average per pupil expenditure  by  such
12    school  district  for the education of children of comparable
13    age who are not in any special education program.
14        Applications for preapproval for reimbursement for  costs
15    of   transitional   bilingual   education  programs  must  be
16    submitted to the State Superintendent of Education  at  least
17    60  days before a transitional bilingual education program is
18    started, unless a justifiable exception  is  granted  by  the
19    State  Superintendent  of  Education.  Applications shall set
20    forth a plan for transitional bilingual education established
21    and maintained in accordance with this Article.
22        Reimbursement claims for transitional bilingual education
23    programs shall be made as follows:
24        Each school  district  shall  claim  reimbursement  on  a
25    current basis for the first 3 quarters of the fiscal year and
26    file a final adjusted claim for the school year ended June 30
27    preceding computed in accordance with rules prescribed by the
28    State    Superintendent's    Office    with    the   regional
29    superintendent of schools, in  triplicate,  for  approval  on
30    forms  prescribed by the State Superintendent's Office.  Data
31    used as a basis of reimbursement  claims  shall  be  for  the
32    school  year  ended  on June 30 preceding.   School districts
33    shall file estimated claims with the regional  superintendent
 
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 1    by October 10, January 10 and April 10 respectively, and file
 2    final  adjusted  claims  by  July  10.   Upon receipt of such
 3    quarterly claims the regional superintendent  shall  transmit
 4    them  to  the State Superintendent by October 20, January 20,
 5    and April 20, and file final adjusted claims by July 20.  The
 6    State Superintendent of Education before approving  any  such
 7    claims  shall  determine  their accuracy and whether they are
 8    based upon services and facilities  provided  under  approved
 9    programs.    Upon  approval he shall transmit by November 15,
10    February 15, May 15, and August 20  to  the  Comptroller  the
11    vouchers   showing   the  amounts  due  for  school  district
12    reimbursement  claims.   Upon  receipt  of  the  July   final
13    adjusted  claims  the State Superintendent of Education shall
14    make a final determination of the accuracy  of  such  claims.
15    If  the  money  appropriated by the General Assembly for such
16    purpose for any year is insufficient, it shall be apportioned
17    on the basis of the claims approved.
18        Failure on the part of the school district to prepare and
19    certify the final adjusted claims due under this  Section  on
20    or  before July 20 of any year, and its failure thereafter to
21    prepare   and   certify   such   report   to   the   regional
22    superintendent of schools within 10  days  after  receipt  of
23    notice   of   such  delinquency  sent  to  it  by  the  State
24    Superintendent  of  Education  by  registered   mail,   shall
25    constitute  a  forfeiture by the school district of its right
26    to be reimbursed by the State under this Section.
27    (Source: P.A. 90-463, eff. 8-17-97.)

28        (105 ILCS 5/18-3) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-3)
29        Sec. 18-3.   Tuition  of  children  from  orphanages  and
30    children's homes.
31        When  the  children from any home for orphans, dependent,
32    abandoned  or  maladjusted   children   maintained   by   any
33    organization  or  association admitting to such home children
 
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 1    from the State in general or  when  children  residing  in  a
 2    school  district  wherein the State of Illinois maintains and
 3    operates any welfare or penal institution on  property  owned
 4    by  the  State  of  Illinois,  which contains houses, housing
 5    units or housing accommodations  within  a  school  district,
 6    attend  grades  kindergarten through 12 of the public schools
 7    maintained by that school district, the State  Superintendent
 8    of  Education  shall  direct  the  State Comptroller to pay a
 9    specified amount sufficient to pay the annual tuition cost of
10    such children who attended such  public  schools  during  the
11    school  year ending on June 30, and the Comptroller shall pay
12    the amount after receipt of a voucher submitted by the  State
13    Superintendent of Education.
14        The amount of the tuition for such children attending the
15    public  schools  of  the  district shall be determined by the
16    State Superintendent of Education by multiplying  the  number
17    of  such children in average daily attendance in such schools
18    by  1.2  times  the  total  annual   per   capita   cost   of
19    administering  the schools of the district. Such total annual
20    per capita cost shall be determined by totaling all  expenses
21    of  the  school  district  in the educational, operations and
22    maintenance,  bond  and  interest,  transportation,  Illinois
23    municipal retirement, and rent  funds  for  the  school  year
24    preceding the filing of such tuition claims less expenditures
25    not  applicable  to the regular K-12 program, less offsetting
26    revenues from State sources  except  those  from  the  common
27    school  fund,  less  offsetting revenues from federal sources
28    except those from federal impaction  aid,  less  student  and
29    community  service  revenues,  plus a depreciation allowance;
30    and dividing such total by the average daily  attendance  for
31    the year.
32        Annually  on  or before June 30 the superintendent of the
33    district upon forms prepared by the State  Superintendent  of
34    Education  shall  certify  to the regional superintendent the
 
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 1    following:
 2        1.  The name of the  home  and  of  the  organization  or
 3    association  maintaining  it; or the legal description of the
 4    real estate upon which the house, housing units,  or  housing
 5    accommodations  are  located  and  that  no  taxes or service
 6    charges or other payments authorized by law  to  be  made  in
 7    lieu  of taxes were collected therefrom or on account thereof
 8    during either of the calendar years included  in  the  school
 9    year for which claim is being made;
10        2.  The  number  of  children  from the home or living in
11    such houses, housing  units  or  housing  accommodations  and
12    attending the schools of the district;
13        3.  The total number of children attending the schools of
14    the district;
15        4.  The per capita tuition charge of the district; and
16        5.  The computed amount of the tuition payment claimed as
17    due.
18        Whenever  the persons in charge of such home for orphans,
19    dependent, abandoned or maladjusted  children  have  received
20    from the parent or guardian of any such child or by virtue of
21    an  order  of  court  a specific allowance for educating such
22    child, such persons shall pay to  the  school  board  in  the
23    district  where  the  child attends school such amount of the
24    allowance as is necessary to pay the tuition required by such
25    district for the education of the child. If the allowance  is
26    insufficient   to   pay   the   tuition  in  full  the  State
27    Superintendent of Education shall direct the  Comptroller  to
28    pay  to the district the difference between the total tuition
29    charged and the amount of the allowance.
30        Whenever the facilities of a  school  district  in  which
31    such  house,  housing  units  or  housing  accommodations are
32    located, are limited, pupils may be assigned by that district
33    to the schools of any adjacent district to the limit  of  the
34    facilities  of the adjacent district to properly educate such
 
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 1    pupils as shall be determined by  the  school  board  of  the
 2    adjacent  district, and the State Superintendent of Education
 3    shall direct  the  Comptroller  to  pay  a  specified  amount
 4    sufficient  to  pay  the  annual  tuition  of the children so
 5    assigned to and attending  public  schools  in  the  adjacent
 6    districts and the Comptroller shall draw his warrant upon the
 7    State  Treasurer  for  the  payment  of  such  amount for the
 8    benefit of the adjacent school districts in the  same  manner
 9    as  for  districts  in  which  the  houses,  housing units or
10    housing accommodations are located.
11        Failure on the part of the school board to certify to the
12    regional superintendent the claim of the school district  for
13    tuition  on  account  of  such  children on or before June 30
14    shall constitute a forfeiture by the district of its right to
15    the payment of any such tuition claim  for  the  school  year
16    just ended. The school district regional superintendent shall
17    check  and  not  later  than  July  15  certify  to the State
18    Superintendent of Education the regional report of claims due
19    for such tuition payments on or before July  31.  Failure  on
20    the  part of the school board to certify its claim on July 31
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  State  Superintendent  of Education shall
24    direct the Comptroller to pay to the district, on  or  before
25    August 15, the amount due the district for the school year in
26    accordance  with the calculation of the claim as set forth in
27    this Section.
28        Claims for tuition for children from any home for orphans
29    or dependent, abandoned, or  maladjusted  children  beginning
30    with  the  1993-1994  school  year shall be paid on a current
31    year basis.  On September 30, December 31, and March 31,  the
32    State Board of Education shall voucher payments for districts
33    with  those  students  based  on an estimated cost calculated
34    from the prior year's claim.  Final claims for those students
 
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 1    for the regular school term must be  received  at  the  State
 2    Board of Education by July 31 following the end of the school
 3    year.   Final claims for those students shall be vouchered by
 4    August 15.  During fiscal year 1994 both the 1992-1993 school
 5    year and the 1993-1994 school year shall be paid in order  to
 6    change  the  cycle of payment from a reimbursement basis to a
 7    current   year   funding   basis   of    payment.    However,
 8    notwithstanding  any  other provisions of this Section or the
 9    School Code, beginning with fiscal year 1994 and each  fiscal
10    year  thereafter,  if  the amount appropriated for any fiscal
11    year is less than the amount required for  purposes  of  this
12    Section,  the  amount  required to eliminate any insufficient
13    reimbursement for each  district  claim  under  this  Section
14    shall  be  reimbursed  on  August 30 of the next fiscal year.
15    Payments required to eliminate any  insufficiency  for  prior
16    fiscal  year  claims shall be made before any claims are paid
17    for the current fiscal year.
18        If a school district  makes  a  claim  for  reimbursement
19    under  Section  18-4  or  14-7.03 it shall not include in any
20    claim filed under  this  Section  children  residing  on  the
21    property  of  State  institutions included in its claim under
22    Section 18-4 or 14-7.03.
23        Any child who is not a resident of Illinois who is placed
24    in a  child  welfare  institution,  private  facility,  State
25    operated program, orphanage or children's home shall have the
26    payment  for his educational tuition and any related services
27    assured by the placing agent.
28        In order to  provide  services  appropriate  to  allow  a
29    student  under the legal guardianship or custodianship of the
30    State to participate in  local  school  district  educational
31    programs,  costs  may be incurred in appropriate cases by the
32    district that are in excess of 1.2  times  the  district  per
33    capita  tuition  charge  allowed under the provisions of this
34    Section.  In the event such excess costs are  incurred,  they
 
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 1    must  be documented in accordance with cost rules established
 2    under the authority of this Section and may then  be  claimed
 3    for reimbursement under this Section.
 4        Planned  services  for students eligible for this funding
 5    must be a collaborative effort between the appropriate  State
 6    agency  or  the  student's  group home or institution and the
 7    local school district.
 8    (Source: P.A. 89-235,  eff.  8-4-95;  90-463,  eff.  8-17-97;
 9    90-644, eff. 7-24-98.)

10        (105 ILCS 5/18-4.3) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-4.3)
11        Sec.  18-4.3.   Summer  school  grants.   Grants shall be
12    determined for pupil attendance in summer  schools  conducted
13    under Sections 10-22.33A and 34-18 and approved under Section
14    2-3.25 in the following manner.
15        The  amount  of  grant  for each accredited summer school
16    attendance pupil shall be  obtained  by  dividing  the  total
17    amount  of  apportionments  determined  under Section 18-8 or
18    Section 18-8.05 by the actual number  of  pupils  in  average
19    daily attendance used for such apportionments.  The number of
20    credited  summer school attendance pupils shall be determined
21    (a) by counting clock hours of class  instruction  by  pupils
22    enrolled in grades 1 through 12 in approved courses conducted
23    at  least  60 clock hours in summer sessions; (b) by dividing
24    such total of clock  hours  of  class  instruction  by  4  to
25    produce  days  of  credited pupil attendance; (c) by dividing
26    such days of credited pupil attendance by the  actual  number
27    of  days  in  the  regular term as used in computation in the
28    general apportionment in Section 18-8.05  18-8;  and  (d)  by
29    multiplying by 1.25.
30        The  amount  of  the  grant  for  a summer school program
31    approved  by  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education   for
32    children  with  disabilities,  as defined in Sections 14-1.02
33    through 14-1.07, shall be determined in the manner  contained
 
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 1    above  except that average daily membership shall be utilized
 2    in lieu of average daily attendance.
 3        In the case of an apportionment based  on  summer  school
 4    attendance  or membership pupils, the claim therefor shall be
 5    presented as a separate claim for the particular school  year
 6    in   which  such  summer  school  session ends.  On or before
 7    November 1 October 15 of each year the superintendent of each
 8    eligible  school  district  shall  certify   to   the   State
 9    Superintendent of Education regional superintendent the claim
10    of  the  district for the summer session just ended.  Failure
11    on  the  part  of  the  school  board  to  so  certify  shall
12    constitute a forfeiture of its right to  such  payment.   The
13    regional   superintendent   shall   certify   to   the  State
14    Superintendent of Education no  later  than  November  1  the
15    regional  report  of  claims  for  summer  school.  The State
16    Superintendent of Education shall transmit to the Comptroller
17    no later than December 15th of each year vouchers for payment
18    of amounts due school districts for summer school.  The State
19    Superintendent of Education shall direct the  Comptroller  to
20    draw  his  warrants  for  payments thereof by the 30th day of
21    December.   If the money appropriated by the General Assembly
22    for such purpose for any year is insufficient,  it  shall  be
23    apportioned on the basis of claims approved.
24        However,  notwithstanding  the  foregoing provisions, for
25    each fiscal  year  the  money  appropriated  by  the  General
26    Assembly  for the purposes of this Section shall only be used
27    for grants for approved  summer  school  programs  for  those
28    children   with  disabilities  served  pursuant  to  Sections
29    14-7.02 and 14-7.02a of the School Code.
30    (Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

31        Section 10.  The School Free Lunch Program Act is amended
32    by changing Section 8 as follows:
 
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 1        (105 ILCS 125/8) (from Ch. 122, par. 712.8)
 2        Sec. 8. School boards  and  welfare  centers  shall  file
 3    claims  for  reimbursement,  on  forms  provided by the State
 4    Board of  Education,  with  the  Regional  Superintendent  of
 5    Schools,  on a monthly basis as prescribed by the State Board
 6    of Education.
 7        The Regional Superintendent of  Schools  shall  sign  and
 8    forward to the State Board of Education one copy of each such
 9    claim filed with him.
10    (Source: P.A. 87-420.)

11        Section  99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect upon
12    becoming law.

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