94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
SB1734


 
Introduced 2/25/2005, by Sen. Susan Garrett
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		














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







    Amends the School Code.  With regard to funds appropriated from the Driver Education Fund to the State Board of Education for reimbursement to school districts for providing driver education, provides that (i) as soon as may be after each quarter of the year, the State Comptroller shall draw his or her warrants upon the State Treasurer as directed by the State Board of Education, (ii) the warrant for each quarter shall be in an amount equal to one-fourth of the total amount to be distributed to school districts for the year, and (iii) payments shall be made to school districts as soon as may be after receipt of the warrants.  Effective immediately.
















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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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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.
Such reimbursement is payable from
the Drivers 
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Education Fund in the State 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
 in the manner provided 
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in this paragraph to school districts by the State Board of 
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Education for reimbursement of
claims from the previous school 
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year. As soon as may be after each quarter of the year, if 
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moneys are available in the Driver Education Fund in the State 
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treasury for payments under this Section, the State Comptroller 
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shall draw his or her warrants upon the State Treasurer as 
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directed by the State Board of Education.  The warrant for each 
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quarter shall be in an amount equal to one-fourth of the total 
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amount to be distributed to school districts for the year.  
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Payments shall be made to school districts as soon as may be 
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after receipt of the warrants.


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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.)


 

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