Sen. Susan Garrett

Filed: 3/28/2008

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 2013

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 2013 by replacing
3 everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4     "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
5 14-13.01 as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/14-13.01)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-13.01)
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
14 by the State Board of Education.
15     The reimbursement shall be limited to funds expended for
16 construction and maintenance of special education facilities

 

 

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1 designed and utilized to house instructional programs,
2 diagnostic services, other special education services for
3 children with disabilities and reimbursement as provided in
4 Section 14-13.01. There shall be no reimbursement for
5 construction and maintenance of any administrative facility
6 separated from special education facilities designed and
7 utilized to house instructional programs, diagnostic services
8 and other special education services for children with
9 disabilities.
10     (a) For staff working on behalf of children who have not
11 been identified as eligible for special education and for
12 eligible children with physical disabilities, including all
13 eligible children whose placement has been determined under
14 Section 14-8.02 in hospital or home instruction, 1/2 of the
15 teacher's salary but not more than $1,000 annually per child or
16 $8,000 per teacher for the 1985-1986 school year through the
17 2005-2006 school year, and $1,000 per child or $9,000 per
18 teacher for the 2006-2007 school year, $3,800 per child or
19 $10,000 per teacher for the 2007-2008 school year, $4,300 per
20 child or $11,000 per teacher for the 2008-2009 school year,
21 $4,800 per child or $12,000 per teacher for the 2009-2010
22 school year, $5,300 per child or $13,000 per teacher for the
23 2010-2011 school year, $5,800 per child or $14,000 per teacher
24 for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year
25 thereafter, the amount from the previous school year increased
26 by a percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if

 

 

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1 any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for
2 all items published by the United States Department of Labor
3 for the 12 months ending on the previous December 31 and for
4 each school year thereafter, whichever is less. Children to be
5 included in any reimbursement under this paragraph must
6 regularly receive a minimum of one hour of instruction each
7 school day, or in lieu thereof of a minimum of 5 hours of
8 instruction in each school week in order to qualify for full
9 reimbursement under this Section. If the attending physician
10 for such a child has certified that the child should not
11 receive as many as 5 hours of instruction in a school week,
12 however, reimbursement under this paragraph on account of that
13 child shall be computed proportionate to the actual hours of
14 instruction per week for that child divided by 5.
15     (b) For children described in Section 14-1.02, 4/5 of the
16 cost of transportation for each such child, whom the State
17 Superintendent of Education determined in advance requires
18 special transportation service in order to take advantage of
19 special educational facilities. Transportation costs shall be
20 determined in the same fashion as provided in Section 29-5. For
21 purposes of this subsection (b), the dates for processing
22 claims specified in Section 29-5 shall apply.
23     (c) (Blank). For each professional worker excluding those
24 included in subparagraphs (a), (d), (e), and (f) of this
25 Section, the annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year
26 through the 2005-2006 school year and $9,000 for the 2006-2007

 

 

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1 school year and for each school year thereafter.
2     (d) (Blank). For one full time qualified director of the
3 special education program of each school district which
4 maintains a fully approved program of special education the
5 annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986 school year through the
6 2005-2006 school year and $9,000 for the 2006-2007 school year
7 and for each school year thereafter. Districts participating in
8 a joint agreement special education program shall not receive
9 such reimbursement if reimbursement is made for a director of
10 the joint agreement program.
11     (e) (Blank). For each school psychologist as defined in
12 Section 14-1.09 the annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986
13 school year through the 2005-2006 school year and $9,000 for
14 the 2006-2007 school year and for each school year thereafter.
15     (f) (Blank). For each qualified teacher working in a fully
16 approved program for children of preschool age who are deaf or
17 hard-of-hearing the annual sum of $8,000 for the 1985-1986
18 school year through the 2005-2006 school year and $9,000 for
19 the 2006-2007 school year and for each school year thereafter.
20     (g) For readers, working with blind or partially seeing
21 children 1/2 of their salary but not more than $400 annually
22 per child. Readers may be employed to assist such children and
23 shall not be required to be certified but prior to employment
24 shall meet standards set up by the State Board of Education.
25     (g-5) For each certificated employee who works with or on
26 behalf of students with disabilities full time, $8,000 for each

 

 

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1 school year through the 2005-2006 school year, $9,000 for the
2 2006-2007 school year, $10,000 for the 2007-2008 school year,
3 $11,000 for the 2008-2009 school year, $12,000 for the
4 2009-2010 school year, $13,000 for the 2010-2011 school year,
5 $14,000 for the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year
6 thereafter, the amount from the previous school year increased
7 by a percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if
8 any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for
9 all items published by the United States Department of Labor
10 for the 12 months ending on the previous December 31.
11     (h) For necessary non-certified employees working in any
12 class or program for children defined in this Article, 1/2 of
13 the salary paid or $2,800 annually per employee through the
14 2005-2006 school year, and $3,500 per employee for the
15 2006-2007 school year, $3,800 per employee for the 2007-2008
16 school year, $4,300 per employee for the 2008-2009 school year,
17 $4,800 per employee for the 2009-2010 school year, $5,300 per
18 employee for the 2010-2011 school year, $5,800 per employee for
19 the 2011-2012 school year, and for each school year thereafter,
20 the amount per employee from the previous school year increased
21 by a percentage increase equal to the percentage increase, if
22 any, in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers for
23 all items published by the United States Department of Labor
24 for the 12 months ending on the previous December 31 and for
25 each school year thereafter, whichever is less.
26     The State Board of Education shall set standards and

 

 

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1 prescribe rules for determining the allocation of
2 reimbursement under this section on less than a full time basis
3 and for less than a school year.
4     When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
5 this Section operates a school or program approved by the State
6 Superintendent of Education for a number of days in excess of
7 the adopted school calendar but not to exceed 235 school days,
8 such reimbursement shall be increased by 1/180 of the amount or
9 rate paid hereunder for each day such school is operated in
10 excess of 180 days per calendar year.
11     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
12 district receiving a payment under this Section or under
13 Section 14-7.02, 14-7.02b, or 29-5 of this Code may classify
14 all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a particular
15 fiscal year or from general State aid pursuant to Section
16 18-8.05 of this Code as funds received in connection with any
17 funding program for which it is entitled to receive funds from
18 the State in that fiscal year (including, without limitation,
19 any funding program referenced in this Section), regardless of
20 the source or timing of the receipt. The district may not
21 classify more funds as funds received in connection with the
22 funding program than the district is entitled to receive in
23 that fiscal year for that program. Any classification by a
24 district must be made by a resolution of its board of
25 education. The resolution must identify the amount of any
26 payments or general State aid to be classified under this

 

 

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1 paragraph and must specify the funding program to which the
2 funds are to be treated as received in connection therewith.
3 This resolution is controlling as to the classification of
4 funds referenced therein. A certified copy of the resolution
5 must be sent to the State Superintendent of Education. The
6 resolution shall still take effect even though a copy of the
7 resolution has not been sent to the State Superintendent of
8 Education in a timely manner. No classification under this
9 paragraph by a district shall affect the total amount or timing
10 of money the district is entitled to receive under this Code.
11 No classification under this paragraph by a district shall in
12 any way relieve the district from or affect any requirements
13 that otherwise would apply with respect to that funding
14 program, including any accounting of funds by source, reporting
15 expenditures by original source and purpose, reporting
16 requirements, or requirements of providing services.
17 (Source: P.A. 95-415, eff. 8-24-07; 95-707, eff. 1-11-08.)
 
18     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
19 becoming law.".