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1     AN ACT in relation to education.
 
2     Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3 represented in the General Assembly:
 
4     Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 14-7.03 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/14-7.03)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-7.03)
7     Sec. 14-7.03. Special Education Classes for Children from
8 Orphanages, Foster Family Homes, Children's Homes, or in State
9 Housing Units. If a school district maintains special education
10 classes on the site of orphanages and children's homes, or if
11 children from the orphanages, children's homes, foster family
12 homes, other State agencies, or State residential units for
13 children attend classes for children with disabilities in which
14 the school district is a participating member of a joint
15 agreement, or if the children from the orphanages, children's
16 homes, foster family homes, other State agencies, or State
17 residential units attend classes for the children with
18 disabilities maintained by the school district, then
19 reimbursement shall be paid to eligible districts in accordance
20 with the provisions of this Section by the Comptroller as
21 directed by the State Superintendent of Education. If a child
22 who was eligible to receive services under this Section (i) is
23 eligible for the subsidized adoption program available through

 

 

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1 the Department of Children and Family Services or is under
2 subsidized guardianship and (ii) continues to receive support
3 services from the Department of Children and Family Services
4 and if the child's program costs exceed 4 times the school
5 district's per capita tuition rate as calculated under Section
6 10-20.12a of this Code, then the child shall continue to be
7 eligible to receive services under this Section and the school
8 district shall continue to be reimbursed under this Section.
9 The changes made to this Section by this amendatory Act of the
10 95th General Assembly apply only to children who are eligible
11 for the subsidized adoption program or who are under subsidized
12 guardianship on or after the effective date of this amendatory
13 Act of the 95th General Assembly.
14     The amount of tuition for such children under this Section
15 shall be determined by the actual cost of maintaining such
16 classes, using the per capita cost formula set forth in Section
17 14-7.01, such program and cost to be pre-approved by the State
18 Superintendent of Education.
19     On forms prepared by the State Superintendent of Education,
20 the district shall certify to the regional superintendent the
21 following:
22         (1) The name of the home or State residential unit with
23     the name of the owner or proprietor and address of those
24     maintaining it;
25         (2) That no service charges or other payments
26     authorized by law were collected in lieu of taxes therefrom

 

 

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1     or on account thereof during either of the calendar years
2     included in the school year for which claim is being made;
3         (3) The number of children qualifying under this Act in
4     special education classes for instruction on the site of
5     the orphanages and children's homes;
6         (4) The number of children attending special education
7     classes for children with disabilities in which the
8     district is a participating member of a special education
9     joint agreement;
10         (5) The number of children attending special education
11     classes for children with disabilities maintained by the
12     district;
13         (6) The computed amount of tuition payment claimed as
14     due, as approved by the State Superintendent of Education,
15     for maintaining these classes.
16     If a school district makes a claim for reimbursement under
17 Section 18-3 or 18-4 of this Act it shall not include in any
18 claim filed under this Section a claim for such children.
19 Payments authorized by law, including State or federal grants
20 for education of children included in this Section, shall be
21 deducted in determining the tuition amount.
22     Nothing in this Act shall be construed so as to prohibit
23 reimbursement for the tuition of children placed in for profit
24 facilities. Private facilities shall provide adequate space at
25 the facility for special education classes provided by a school
26 district or joint agreement for children with disabilities who

 

 

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1 are residents of the facility at no cost to the school district
2 or joint agreement upon request of the school district or joint
3 agreement. If such a private facility provides space at no cost
4 to the district or joint agreement for special education
5 classes provided to children with disabilities who are
6 residents of the facility, the district or joint agreement
7 shall not include any costs for the use of those facilities in
8 its claim for reimbursement.
9     Reimbursement for tuition may include the cost of providing
10 summer school programs for children with severe and profound
11 disabilities served under this Section. Claims for that
12 reimbursement shall be filed by November 1 and shall be paid on
13 or before December 15 from appropriations made for the purposes
14 of this Section.
15     The State Board of Education shall establish such rules and
16 regulations as may be necessary to implement the provisions of
17 this Section.
18     Claims filed on behalf of programs operated under this
19 Section housed in a jail, detention center, or county-owned
20 shelter care facility shall be on an individual student basis
21 only for eligible students with disabilities. These claims
22 shall be in accordance with applicable rules.
23     Each district claiming reimbursement for a program
24 operated as a group program shall have an approved budget on
25 file with the State Board of Education prior to the initiation
26 of the program's operation. On September 30, December 31, and

 

 

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1 March 31, the State Board of Education shall voucher payments
2 to group programs based upon the approved budget during the
3 year of operation. Final claims for group payments shall be
4 filed on or before July 15. Final claims for group programs
5 received at the State Board of Education on or before June 15
6 shall be vouchered by June 30. Final claims received at the
7 State Board of Education between June 16 and July 15 shall be
8 vouchered by August 30. Claims for group programs received
9 after July 15 shall not be honored.
10     Each district claiming reimbursement for individual
11 students shall have the eligibility of those students verified
12 by the State Board of Education. On September 30, December 31,
13 and March 31, the State Board of Education shall voucher
14 payments for individual students based upon an estimated cost
15 calculated from the prior year's claim. Final claims for
16 individual students for the regular school term must be
17 received at the State Board of Education by July 15. Claims for
18 individual students received after July 15 shall not be
19 honored. Final claims for individual students shall be
20 vouchered by August 30.
21     Reimbursement shall be made based upon approved group
22 programs or individual students. The State Superintendent of
23 Education shall direct the Comptroller to pay a specified
24 amount to the district by the 30th day of September, December,
25 March, June, or August, respectively. However, notwithstanding
26 any other provisions of this Section or the School Code,

 

 

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1 beginning with fiscal year 1994 and each fiscal year
2 thereafter, if the amount appropriated for any fiscal year is
3 less than the amount required for purposes of this Section, the
4 amount required to eliminate any insufficient reimbursement
5 for each district claim under this Section shall be reimbursed
6 on August 30 of the next fiscal year. Payments required to
7 eliminate any insufficiency for prior fiscal year claims shall
8 be made before any claims are paid for the current fiscal year.
9     The claim of a school district otherwise eligible to be
10 reimbursed in accordance with Section 14-12.01 for the 1976-77
11 school year but for this amendatory Act of 1977 shall not be
12 paid unless the district ceases to maintain such classes for
13 one entire school year.
14     If a school district's current reimbursement payment for
15 the 1977-78 school year only is less than the prior year's
16 reimbursement payment owed, the district shall be paid the
17 amount of the difference between the payments in addition to
18 the current reimbursement payment, and the amount so paid shall
19 be subtracted from the amount of prior year's reimbursement
20 payment owed to the district.
21     Regional superintendents may operate special education
22 classes for children from orphanages, foster family homes,
23 children's homes or State housing units located within the
24 educational services region upon consent of the school board
25 otherwise so obligated. In electing to assume the powers and
26 duties of a school district in providing and maintaining such a

 

 

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1 special education program, the regional superintendent may
2 enter into joint agreements with other districts and may
3 contract with public or private schools or the orphanage,
4 foster family home, children's home or State housing unit for
5 provision of the special education program. The regional
6 superintendent exercising the powers granted under this
7 Section shall claim the reimbursement authorized by this
8 Section directly from the State Board of Education.
9     Any child who is not a resident of Illinois who is placed
10 in a child welfare institution, private facility, foster family
11 home, State operated program, orphanage or children's home
12 shall have the payment for his educational tuition and any
13 related services assured by the placing agent.
14     Commencing July 1, 1992, for each disabled student who is
15 placed residentially by a State agency or the courts for care
16 or custody or both care and custody, welfare, medical or mental
17 health treatment or both medical and mental health treatment,
18 rehabilitation, and protection, whether placed there on,
19 before, or after July 1, 1992, the costs for educating the
20 student are eligible for reimbursement under this Section
21 providing the placing agency or court has notified the
22 appropriate school district authorities of the status of
23 student residency where applicable prior to or upon placement.
24     The district of residence of the parent, guardian, or
25 disabled student as defined in Sections 14-1.11 and 14-1.11a is
26 responsible for the actual costs of the student's special

 

 

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1 education program and is eligible for reimbursement under this
2 Section when placement is made by a State agency or the courts.
3 Payments shall be made by the resident district to the district
4 wherein the facility is located no less than once per quarter
5 unless otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties.
6     When a dispute arises over the determination of the
7 district of residence, the district or districts may appeal the
8 decision in writing to the State Superintendent of Education.
9 The decision of the State Superintendent of Education shall be
10 final.
11     In the event a district does not make a tuition payment to
12 another district that is providing the special education
13 program and services, the State Board of Education shall
14 immediately withhold 125% of the then remaining annual tuition
15 cost from the State aid or categorical aid payment due to the
16 school district that is determined to be the resident school
17 district. All funds withheld by the State Board of Education
18 shall immediately be forwarded to the school district where the
19 student is being served.
20     When a child eligible for services under this Section
21 14-7.03 must be placed in a nonpublic facility, that facility
22 shall meet the programmatic requirements of Section 14-7.02 and
23 its regulations, and the educational services shall be funded
24 only in accordance with this Section 14-7.03.
25 (Source: P.A. 92-597, eff. 7-1-02; 92-877, eff. 1-7-03; 93-609,
26 eff. 11-20-03.)
 

 

 

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