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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 Section 
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10-20.12a as follows:
 



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    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.12a)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.12a)



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    Sec. 10-20.12a. Tuition for non-resident pupils. To charge 
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non-resident pupils who attend the schools of the district

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tuition in an amount not exceeding 110% of the per capita
cost 
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of maintaining the schools of the district for the preceding 
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school year.

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    Such per capita cost shall be computed by dividing the 
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total cost of
conducting and maintaining the schools of the 
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district by the average daily
attendance, including tuition 
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pupils. Depreciation on the buildings and
equipment of the 
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schools of the district, and the amount of annual
depreciation 
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on such buildings and equipment shall be dependent upon the

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useful life of such property.

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    The tuition charged shall in no case exceed 110% of the per 
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capita
cost of conducting and maintaining the schools of the 
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district attended, as
determined
with reference to the most 
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recent audit prepared under Section 3-7 which is
available at 
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the commencement of the current school year.
Non-resident 
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pupils attending the schools of the district
for less than the

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school term shall have their tuition apportioned, however 
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pupils who become
non-resident during a school term shall not 
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be charged tuition for the
remainder of the school term in 
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which they became non-resident pupils.

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    Unless otherwise agreed to by the parties involved and 
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where the
educational services are not otherwise provided for, 
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educational services
for an Illinois student under the age of 
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21 in a residential program
designed to correct alcohol or 
 


 






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other drug dependencies shall be provided by
the district in 
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which the facility is located and financed as follows.  The
cost 
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of educational services shall be paid by the district in which 
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the
student resides in an amount equal to the cost of providing 
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educational
services in a treatment facility.  Payments shall be 
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made by the district
of the student's residence and shall be 
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made to the district wherein the
facility is located no less 
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than once per month unless otherwise agreed to
by the parties. 

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    Through the 2010-2011 school year, any restriction on the 
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amount of tuition a school district may charge a non-resident 
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pupil does not apply to a school district that, during February 
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2005, requested a 5-year mandate waiver or modification with 
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respect to this restriction in accordance with Section 2-3.25g 
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of this Code and for which the General Assembly approved only 
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one year of the 5-year request.

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(Source: P.A. 89-397, eff. 8-20-95; 90-649, eff. 7-24-98.)


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