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    AN ACT relating to 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 Section 
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27-24.4 as follows:
 



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



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

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is payable from
the Drivers Education Fund in the State 
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treasury.

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

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    The base reimbursement amount shall be calculated by the 
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State Board by
dividing the total amount appropriated for 
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distribution by the total of:
(a) the number of students, 
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excluding residents of the district over age
55, who have 
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completed the classroom instruction
part for whom valid claims 
 


 






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have been made times 0.2; plus (b) the number
of students, 
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excluding residents of the district over age 55, who have

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completed the practice driving instruction part for whom valid 
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claims have
been made times 0.8.

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

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difference between the actual per capita cost of giving the 
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course the
previous school year and the amount reimbursed by 
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the State.

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    By April 1 the
nonpublic school shall notify the district 
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offering the course of the
names and district numbers of the 
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nonresident students desiring to take
such course the next 
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school year. The district offering such course shall
notify the 
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district of residence of those students affected by April 15.

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The school district furnishing the course may claim the 
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nonresident pupil
for the purpose of making a claim for State 
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reimbursement under this Act.

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