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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 Sections | ||||||
5 | 10-20.13 and 34-21.6 as follows:
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6 | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.13) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.13)
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7 | Sec. 10-20.13. Textbooks Text books for children of parents | ||||||
8 | unable to buy them
and other fees. | ||||||
9 | (a) To purchase, at the
expense of the district, a | ||||||
10 | sufficient number of
textbooks for children whose parents are | ||||||
11 | unable to buy them, including
but not limited to children | ||||||
12 | living in households that meet the free lunch or breakfast | ||||||
13 | eligibility guidelines established by the federal government | ||||||
14 | pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal Richard B. Russell | ||||||
15 | National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et | ||||||
16 | seq.), subject to verification as set forth in subsection (c) | ||||||
17 | of this Section eligible for free lunches or
breakfasts under | ||||||
18 | the Community School Lunch Program . Such textbooks
shall be | ||||||
19 | loaned only, and the directors shall require the teacher to see
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20 | that they are properly cared for and returned at the end of | ||||||
21 | each term of
school.
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22 | (b) To waive all fees assessed by the district on children | ||||||
23 | whose parents
are unable to afford them, including but not |
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1 | limited to children living in households that meet the free | ||||||
2 | lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines established by the | ||||||
3 | federal government pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal | ||||||
4 | Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 | ||||||
5 | C.F.R. 245 et seq.), subject to verification as set forth in | ||||||
6 | subsection (c) of this Section eligible
for free lunches or | ||||||
7 | breakfasts under the Community School Lunch Program .
The school | ||||||
8 | board
shall adopt written policies and procedures for such | ||||||
9 | waiver of fees in
accordance with regulations promulgated by | ||||||
10 | the State Board of Education.
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11 | (c) Any school board that participates in a federally | ||||||
12 | funded, school-based child nutrition program and uses a | ||||||
13 | student's application for, eligibility for, or participation | ||||||
14 | in the federally funded, school-based child nutrition program | ||||||
15 | (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving | ||||||
16 | fees assessed by the school district must follow the | ||||||
17 | verification requirements of the federally funded, | ||||||
18 | school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. | ||||||
19 | 245.6a). | ||||||
20 | A school board that establishes a process for the | ||||||
21 | determination of eligibility for waiver of fees assessed by the | ||||||
22 | school district that is completely independent of a student's | ||||||
23 | application for, eligibility for, or participation in a | ||||||
24 | federally funded, school-based child nutrition program may | ||||||
25 | provide for fee waiver verification no more often than every 60 | ||||||
26 | calendar days. Information obtained during the independent, |
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1 | fee waiver verification process indicating that the student | ||||||
2 | does not meet free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines | ||||||
3 | may be used to deny the waiver of the student's fees, provided | ||||||
4 | that any information obtained through this independent process | ||||||
5 | for determining or verifying eligibility for fee waivers shall | ||||||
6 | not be used to determine or verify eligibility for any | ||||||
7 | federally funded, school-based child nutrition program. | ||||||
8 | (Source: P.A. 86-195.)
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9 | (105 ILCS 5/34-21.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-21.6)
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10 | Sec. 34-21.6. Waiver of fees. | ||||||
11 | (a) The board shall waive all fees assessed by the district
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12 | on children whose parents are unable to afford them, including | ||||||
13 | but not limited
to children living in households that meet the | ||||||
14 | free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines established by | ||||||
15 | the federal government pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal | ||||||
16 | Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 | ||||||
17 | C.F.R. 245 et seq.), subject to verification as set forth in | ||||||
18 | subsection (b) of this Section eligible for free lunches or | ||||||
19 | breakfasts
under the Community School Lunch Program . The board | ||||||
20 | shall develop written
policies and procedures implementing | ||||||
21 | this Section in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the | ||||||
22 | State Board of Education.
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23 | (b) If the board participates in a federally funded, | ||||||
24 | school-based child nutrition program and uses a student's | ||||||
25 | application for, eligibility for, or participation in the |
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1 | federally funded, school-based child nutrition program (42 | ||||||
2 | U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving | ||||||
3 | fees assessed by the district, then the board must follow the | ||||||
4 | verification requirements of the federally funded, | ||||||
5 | school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. | ||||||
6 | 245.6a). | ||||||
7 | If the board establishes a process for the determination of | ||||||
8 | eligibility for waiver of fees assessed by the district that is | ||||||
9 | completely independent of a student's application for, | ||||||
10 | eligibility for, or participation in a federally funded, | ||||||
11 | school-based child nutrition program, the board may provide for | ||||||
12 | fee waiver verification no more often than every 60 calendar | ||||||
13 | days. Information obtained during the independent, fee waiver | ||||||
14 | verification process indicating that the student does not meet | ||||||
15 | free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines may be used to | ||||||
16 | deny the waiver of the student's fees, provided that any | ||||||
17 | information obtained through this independent process for | ||||||
18 | determining or verifying eligibility for fee waivers shall not | ||||||
19 | be used to determine or verify eligibility for any federally | ||||||
20 | funded, school-based child nutrition program. | ||||||
21 | (Source: P.A. 86-195.)
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22 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on | ||||||
23 | September 1, 2008 or upon becoming law, whichever is later.
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