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SB0297 Engrossed |
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| AN ACT relating to education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section |
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| 27-24.4 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/27-24.4) (from Ch. 122, par. 27-24.4)
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| Sec. 27-24.4. Reimbursement amount. Each school district |
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| shall be entitled
to reimbursement, for each pupil, excluding |
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| each resident of the district
over age 55, who finishes either |
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| the classroom instruction
part or the practice driving part of |
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| a
driver education course that meets the minimum requirements |
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| of this Act.
However, if a school district has adopted a policy |
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| to permit proficiency examinations for the practice driving |
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| part of the driver education course as provided under Section |
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| 27-24.3, then the school district is entitled to only one-half |
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| of the reimbursement amount for the practice driving part for |
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| each pupil who has passed the proficiency examination, and the |
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| State Board of Education shall adjust the reimbursement formula |
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| accordingly. Reimbursement under this Act
Such reimbursement
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| is payable from
the Drivers Education Fund in the State |
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| treasury.
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| Each year all funds appropriated from the Driver Education |
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| Fund to the
State Board of Education, with the exception of |
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| those funds necessary for
administrative purposes of the State |
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| Board of Education, shall be distributed
to school districts by |
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| the State Board of Education for reimbursement of
claims from |
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| the previous school year.
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| The base reimbursement amount shall be calculated by the |
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| State Board by
dividing the total amount appropriated for |
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| distribution by the total of:
(a) the number of students, |
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| excluding residents of the district over age
55, who have |
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| completed the classroom instruction
part for whom valid claims |