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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 | In this Section, "Employment Cost Index" means the average | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
9 | of (i) the Employment Cost Index for total compensation for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
10 | civilian workers and (ii) the Employment Cost Index for total | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
11 | compensation for state and local government workers, both of | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
12 | which are published by the United States Department of Labor. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
13 | Reimbursement for furnishing special educational | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
14 | facilities in a
recognized school to the type of children | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
15 | defined in Section 14-1.02
shall be paid to the school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
16 | districts in accordance with Section 14-12.01
for each school | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
17 | year ending June 30 by the State Comptroller out of any money
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18 | in the treasury appropriated for such purposes on the | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
19 | presentation of vouchers
by the State Board of Education.
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20 | The reimbursement shall be limited to funds expended for | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | construction
and maintenance of special education facilities | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | designed and utilized to
house instructional programs, | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
23 | diagnostic services, other special
education services for |
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1 | children with disabilities and
reimbursement as
provided in | ||||||
2 | Section 14-13.01. There shall be no reimbursement for
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3 | construction and maintenance of any administrative facility | ||||||
4 | separated
from special education facilities designed and | ||||||
5 | utilized to house
instructional programs, diagnostic services | ||||||
6 | and other special education
services for children with | ||||||
7 | disabilities.
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8 | (a) For children who have not been identified as eligible | ||||||
9 | for special
education and for eligible children with physical
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10 | disabilities, including all
eligible children whose placement | ||||||
11 | has been determined under Section 14-8.02 in
hospital or home | ||||||
12 | instruction, 1/2 of the teacher's salary but not more than
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13 | $1,000 annually per child or $8,000 per teacher for the | ||||||
14 | 1985-1986 school year
through the 2006-2007 school year, $3,100 | ||||||
15 | per child or $10,100 per teacher for the 2007-2008 school year, | ||||||
16 | $5,200 per child or $12,200 per teacher for the 2008-2009 | ||||||
17 | school year, $7,300 per child or $14,300 per teacher for the | ||||||
18 | 2009-2010 school year, $9,400 per child or $16,400 per teacher | ||||||
19 | for the 2010-2011 school year, $11,500 per child or $18,500 per | ||||||
20 | teacher for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year | ||||||
21 | thereafter, the amount from the previous school year increased | ||||||
22 | by a percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if | ||||||
23 | any, in the Employment Cost Index
and thereafter , whichever is | ||||||
24 | less. Children
to be included in any reimbursement under this | ||||||
25 | paragraph must regularly
receive a minimum of one hour of | ||||||
26 | instruction each school day, or in lieu
thereof of a minimum of |
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1 | 5 hours of instruction in each school week in
order to qualify | ||||||
2 | for full reimbursement under this Section. If the
attending | ||||||
3 | physician for such a child has certified that the child should
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4 | not receive as many as 5 hours of instruction in a school week, | ||||||
5 | however,
reimbursement under this paragraph on account of that | ||||||
6 | child shall be
computed proportionate to the actual hours of | ||||||
7 | instruction per week for
that child divided by 5.
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8 | (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 4/5 of the | ||||||
9 | cost of
transportation for each such child, whom the State | ||||||
10 | Superintendent of
Education determined in advance requires | ||||||
11 | special transportation service
in order to take advantage of | ||||||
12 | special educational facilities.
Transportation costs shall be | ||||||
13 | determined in the same fashion as provided
in Section 29-5. For | ||||||
14 | purposes of this subsection (b), the dates for
processing | ||||||
15 | claims specified in Section 29-5 shall apply.
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16 | (c) For each professional worker excluding those included | ||||||
17 | in
subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of this Section, the | ||||||
18 | annual sum of
$8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year through the | ||||||
19 | 2006-2007 school year, $10,100 for the 2007-2008 school year, | ||||||
20 | $12,200 for the 2008-2009 school year, $14,300 for the | ||||||
21 | 2009-2010 school year, $16,400 for the 2010-2011 school year, | ||||||
22 | $18,500 for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year | ||||||
23 | thereafter, the amount from the previous school year increased | ||||||
24 | by a percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if | ||||||
25 | any, in the Employment Cost Index
and thereafter .
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26 | (d) For one full time qualified director of the special |
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1 | education
program of each school district which maintains a | ||||||
2 | fully approved program
of special education the annual sum of | ||||||
3 | $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school
year through the 2006-2007 | ||||||
4 | school year, $10,100 for the 2007-2008 school year, $12,200 for | ||||||
5 | the 2008-2009 school year, $14,300 for the 2009-2010 school | ||||||
6 | year, $16,400 for the 2010-2011 school year, $18,500 for the | ||||||
7 | 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year thereafter, the | ||||||
8 | amount from the previous school year increased by a percentage | ||||||
9 | increase equal to the percentage increase, if any, in the | ||||||
10 | Employment Cost Index
and thereafter . Districts participating | ||||||
11 | in a joint agreement special
education program shall not | ||||||
12 | receive such reimbursement if reimbursement is made
for a | ||||||
13 | director of the joint agreement program.
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14 | (e) For each school psychologist as defined in Section | ||||||
15 | 14-1.09 the
annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year | ||||||
16 | through the 2006-2007 school year, $10,100 for the 2007-2008 | ||||||
17 | school year, $12,200 for the 2008-2009 school year, $14,300 for | ||||||
18 | the 2009-2010 school year, $16,400 for the 2010-2011 school | ||||||
19 | year, $18,500 for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each | ||||||
20 | school year thereafter, the amount from the previous school | ||||||
21 | year increased by a percentage increase equal to the percentage | ||||||
22 | increase, if any, in the Employment Cost Index
and thereafter .
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23 | (f) For each qualified teacher working in a fully approved | ||||||
24 | program
for children of preschool age who are deaf or | ||||||
25 | hard-of-hearing the annual
sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 | ||||||
26 | school year through the 2006-2007 school year, $10,100 for the |
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1 | 2007-2008 school year, $12,200 for the 2008-2009 school year, | ||||||
2 | $14,300 for the 2009-2010 school year, $16,400 for the | ||||||
3 | 2010-2011 school year, $18,500 for the 2011-2012 school year, | ||||||
4 | and for each school year thereafter, the amount from the | ||||||
5 | previous school year increased by a percentage increase equal | ||||||
6 | to the percentage increase, if any, in the Employment Cost | ||||||
7 | Index
and thereafter .
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8 | (g) For readers, working with blind or partially seeing | ||||||
9 | children 1/2
of their salary but not more than $400 annually | ||||||
10 | per child. Readers may
be employed to assist such children and | ||||||
11 | shall not be required to be
certified but prior to employment | ||||||
12 | shall meet standards set up by the
State Board of Education.
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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 | 2006-2007 school year, $3,940 per employee for the 2007-2008 | ||||||
17 | school year, $5,080 per employee for the 2008-2009 school year, | ||||||
18 | $6,220 per employee for the 2009-2010 school year, $7,360 per | ||||||
19 | employee for the 2010-2011 school year, $8,500 per employee for | ||||||
20 | the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year thereafter, | ||||||
21 | the amount from the previous school year increased by a | ||||||
22 | percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if any, | ||||||
23 | in the Employment Cost Index, per employee , whichever is less.
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24 | The State Board of Education shall set standards and | ||||||
25 | prescribe rules
for determining the allocation of | ||||||
26 | reimbursement under this section on
less than a full time basis |
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1 | and for less than a school year.
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2 | When any school district eligible for reimbursement under | ||||||
3 | this
Section operates a school or program approved by the State
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4 | Superintendent of Education for a number of days in excess of | ||||||
5 | the
adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235 school days, | ||||||
6 | such
reimbursement shall be increased by 1/185 of the amount or | ||||||
7 | rate paid
hereunder for each day such school is operated in | ||||||
8 | excess of 185 days per
calendar year.
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9 | Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school | ||||||
10 | district receiving
a payment under this Section or under | ||||||
11 | Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or
29-5 of this Code may classify | ||||||
12 | all or a portion of the funds that it receives
in a particular | ||||||
13 | fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to Section
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14 | 18-8.05 of this Code as
funds received in connection with any | ||||||
15 | funding program for which it is
entitled to receive funds from | ||||||
16 | the State in that fiscal year (including,
without limitation, | ||||||
17 | any funding program referenced in this Section),
regardless of | ||||||
18 | the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
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19 | classify more funds as funds received in connection with the | ||||||
20 | funding
program than the district is entitled to receive in | ||||||
21 | that fiscal year for that
program. Any
classification by a | ||||||
22 | district must be made by a resolution of its board of
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23 | education. The resolution must identify the amount of any | ||||||
24 | payments or
general State aid to be classified under this | ||||||
25 | paragraph and must specify
the funding program to which the | ||||||
26 | funds are to be treated as received in
connection therewith. |
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1 | This resolution is controlling as to the
classification of | ||||||
2 | funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the
resolution | ||||||
3 | must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education.
The | ||||||
4 | resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the | ||||||
5 | resolution has
not been sent to the State
Superintendent of | ||||||
6 | Education in a timely manner.
No
classification under this | ||||||
7 | paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount
or timing | ||||||
8 | of money the district is entitled to receive under this Code.
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9 | No classification under this paragraph by a district shall
in | ||||||
10 | any way relieve the district from or affect any
requirements | ||||||
11 | that otherwise would apply with respect to
that funding | ||||||
12 | program, including any
accounting of funds by source, reporting | ||||||
13 | expenditures by
original source and purpose,
reporting | ||||||
14 | requirements,
or requirements of providing services.
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15 | (Source: P.A. 92-568, eff. 6-26-02; 93-1022, eff. 8-24-04.)
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16 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | ||||||
17 | 2007.
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