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1 | AN ACT concerning education.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
5 | 14-13.01 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/14-13.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01)
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7 | Sec. 14-13.01. Reimbursement payable by State; Amounts. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | Reimbursement for furnishing special educational facilities in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | a
recognized school to the type of children defined in Section | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | 14-1.02
shall be paid to the school districts in accordance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | with Section 14-12.01
for each school year ending June 30 by | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | the State Comptroller out of any money
in the treasury | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | appropriated for such purposes on the presentation of vouchers
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14 | by the State Board of Education.
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15 | The reimbursement shall be limited to funds expended for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | construction
and maintenance of special education facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | designed and utilized to
house instructional programs, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
18 | diagnostic services, other special
education services for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | children with disabilities and
reimbursement as
provided in | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
20 | Section 14-13.01. There shall be no reimbursement for
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21 | construction and maintenance of any administrative facility | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | separated
from special education facilities designed and | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | utilized to house
instructional programs, diagnostic services |
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1 | and other special education
services for children with | ||||||
2 | disabilities.
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3 | (a) (Blank).
For children who have not been identified as | ||||||
4 | eligible for special
education and for eligible children with | ||||||
5 | physical
disabilities, including all
eligible children whose | ||||||
6 | placement has been determined under Section 14-8.02 in
hospital | ||||||
7 | or home instruction, 1/2 of the teacher's salary but not more | ||||||
8 | than
$1,000 annually per child or $8,000 per teacher for the | ||||||
9 | 1985-1986 school year
and thereafter, whichever is less. | ||||||
10 | Children
to be included in any reimbursement under this | ||||||
11 | paragraph must regularly
receive a minimum of one hour of | ||||||
12 | instruction each school day, or in lieu
thereof of a minimum of | ||||||
13 | 5 hours of instruction in each school week in
order to qualify | ||||||
14 | for full reimbursement under this Section. If the
attending | ||||||
15 | physician for such a child has certified that the child should
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16 | not receive as many as 5 hours of instruction in a school week, | ||||||
17 | however,
reimbursement under this paragraph on account of that | ||||||
18 | child shall be
computed proportionate to the actual hours of | ||||||
19 | instruction per week for
that child divided by 5.
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20 | (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 4/5 of the | ||||||
21 | cost of
transportation for each such child, whom the State | ||||||
22 | Superintendent of
Education determined in advance requires | ||||||
23 | special transportation service
in order to take advantage of | ||||||
24 | special educational facilities.
Transportation costs shall be | ||||||
25 | determined in the same fashion as provided
in Section 29-5. For | ||||||
26 | purposes of this subsection (b), the dates for
processing |
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1 | claims specified in Section 29-5 shall apply.
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2 | (c) (Blank).
For each professional worker excluding those | ||||||
3 | included in
subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of this | ||||||
4 | Section, the annual sum of
$8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year | ||||||
5 | and thereafter.
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6 | (d) (Blank).
For one full time qualified director of the | ||||||
7 | special education
program of each school district which | ||||||
8 | maintains a fully approved program
of special education the | ||||||
9 | annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school
year and | ||||||
10 | thereafter. Districts participating in a joint agreement | ||||||
11 | special
education program shall not receive such reimbursement | ||||||
12 | if reimbursement is made
for a director of the joint agreement | ||||||
13 | program.
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14 | (e) (Blank).
For each school psychologist as defined in | ||||||
15 | Section 14-1.09 the
annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 | ||||||
16 | school year and thereafter.
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17 | (f) (Blank).
For each qualified teacher working in a fully | ||||||
18 | approved program
for children of preschool age who are deaf or | ||||||
19 | hard-of-hearing the annual
sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 | ||||||
20 | school year and thereafter.
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21 | (g) (Blank).
For readers, working with blind or partially | ||||||
22 | seeing children 1/2
of their salary but not more than $400 | ||||||
23 | annually per child. Readers may
be employed to assist such | ||||||
24 | children and shall not be required to be
certified but prior to | ||||||
25 | employment shall meet standards set up by the
State Board of | ||||||
26 | Education.
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1 | (g-5) For each certificated employee who works with or on | ||||||
2 | behalf of students with disabilities full time, $8,000 for each | ||||||
3 | school year through the 2005-2006 school year, $9,000 for the | ||||||
4 | 2006-2007 school year, $10,000 for the 2007-2008 school year, | ||||||
5 | $11,000 for the 2008-2009 school year, $12,000 for the | ||||||
6 | 2009-2010 school year, $13,000 for the 2010-2011 school year, | ||||||
7 | $14,000 for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year | ||||||
8 | thereafter, the amount from the previous school year increased | ||||||
9 | by a percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if | ||||||
10 | any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for | ||||||
11 | all items published by the United States Department of Labor | ||||||
12 | for the 12 months ending on the previous December 31.
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13 | (h) For necessary non-certified employees working in any | ||||||
14 | class or
program for children defined in this Article, 1/2 of | ||||||
15 | the salary paid or
$2,800 annually per employee through the | ||||||
16 | 2005-2006 school year, $3,300 per employee for the 2006-2007 | ||||||
17 | school year, $3,800 per employee for the 2007-2008 school year, | ||||||
18 | $4,300 per employee for the 2008-2009 school year, $4,800 for | ||||||
19 | the 2009-2010 school year, $5,300 for the 2010-2011 school | ||||||
20 | year, $5,800 for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school | ||||||
21 | year thereafter, the amount from the previous school year | ||||||
22 | increased by a percentage increase equal to the percentage | ||||||
23 | increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban | ||||||
24 | Consumers for all items published by the United States | ||||||
25 | Department of Labor for the 12 months ending on the previous | ||||||
26 | December 31 , whichever is less .
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1 | The State Board of Education shall set standards and | ||||||
2 | prescribe rules
for determining the allocation of | ||||||
3 | reimbursement under this section on
less than a full time basis | ||||||
4 | and for less than a school year.
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5 | When any school district eligible for reimbursement under | ||||||
6 | this
Section operates a school or program approved by the State
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7 | Superintendent of Education for a number of days in excess of | ||||||
8 | the
adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235 school days, | ||||||
9 | such
reimbursement shall be increased by 1/185 of the amount or | ||||||
10 | rate paid
hereunder for each day such school is operated in | ||||||
11 | excess of 185 days per
calendar year.
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12 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school | ||||||
13 | district receiving
a payment under this Section or under | ||||||
14 | Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or
29-5 of this Code may classify | ||||||
15 | all or a portion of the funds that it receives
in a particular | ||||||
16 | fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to Section
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17 | 18-8.05 of this Code as
funds received in connection with any | ||||||
18 | funding program for which it is
entitled to receive funds from | ||||||
19 | the State in that fiscal year (including,
without limitation, | ||||||
20 | any funding program referenced in this Section),
regardless of | ||||||
21 | the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
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22 | classify more funds as funds received in connection with the | ||||||
23 | funding
program than the district is entitled to receive in | ||||||
24 | that fiscal year for that
program. Any
classification by a | ||||||
25 | district must be made by a resolution of its board of
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26 | education. The resolution must identify the amount of any |
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1 | payments or
general State aid to be classified under this | ||||||
2 | paragraph and must specify
the funding program to which the | ||||||
3 | funds are to be treated as received in
connection therewith. | ||||||
4 | This resolution is controlling as to the
classification of | ||||||
5 | funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the
resolution | ||||||
6 | must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education.
The | ||||||
7 | resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the | ||||||
8 | resolution has
not been sent to the State
Superintendent of | ||||||
9 | Education in a timely manner.
No
classification under this | ||||||
10 | paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount
or timing | ||||||
11 | of money the district is entitled to receive under this Code.
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12 | No classification under this paragraph by a district shall
in | ||||||
13 | any way relieve the district from or affect any
requirements | ||||||
14 | that otherwise would apply with respect to
that funding | ||||||
15 | program, including any
accounting of funds by source, reporting | ||||||
16 | expenditures by
original source and purpose,
reporting | ||||||
17 | requirements,
or requirements of providing services.
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18 | (Source: P.A. 92-568, eff. 6-26-02; 93-1022, eff. 8-24-04.)
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19 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
20 | becoming law.
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