Full Text of SB0637 97th General Assembly
SB0637sam002 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Sen. William Delgado Filed: 3/26/2012
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 637
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 637, AS AMENDED, | 3 | | with reference to page and line numbers of Senate Amendment No. | 4 | | 1, on page 1, lines 4 and 5, by replacing "Section 27A-5.5" | 5 | | with "Sections 27A-5.5 and 27A-5.10"; and
| 6 | | on page 1, immediately below line 9, by inserting the | 7 | | following: | 8 | | "(105 ILCS 5/27A-5.10 new) | 9 | | Sec. 27A-5.10. Waiver of fees. | 10 | | (a) The governing body of a charter school shall waive all | 11 | | fees assessed by the charter school
on children whose parents | 12 | | are unable to afford them, including, but not limited
to, | 13 | | children living in households that meet the free lunch or | 14 | | breakfast eligibility guidelines established by the federal | 15 | | government pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal Richard B. | 16 | | Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 |
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| 1 | | et seq.), subject to verification as set forth in subsection | 2 | | (b) of this Section. The governing body of the charter school | 3 | | shall develop written
policies and procedures implementing | 4 | | this Section in accordance with
rules adopted by the State | 5 | | Board of Education. | 6 | | (b) If the governing body of a charter school participates | 7 | | in a federally funded, school-based, child nutrition program | 8 | | and uses a student's application for, eligibility for, or | 9 | | participation in the federally funded, school-based, child | 10 | | nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the | 11 | | basis for waiving fees assessed by the charter school, then the | 12 | | governing body of the charter school must follow the | 13 | | verification requirements of the federally funded, | 14 | | school-based, child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. | 15 | | 245.6a). | 16 | | If the governing body of a charter school establishes a | 17 | | process for the determination of eligibility for waiver of fees | 18 | | assessed by the charter school that is completely independent | 19 | | of a student's application for, eligibility for, or | 20 | | participation in a federally funded, school-based, child | 21 | | nutrition program, then the governing body of the charter | 22 | | school may provide for fee waiver verification no more often | 23 | | than every 60 calendar days. Information obtained during the | 24 | | independent, fee waiver verification process indicating that | 25 | | the student does not meet free lunch or breakfast eligibility | 26 | | guidelines may be used to deny the waiver of the student's |
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| 1 | | fees, provided that any information obtained through this | 2 | | independent process for determining or verifying eligibility | 3 | | for fee waivers shall not be used to determine or verify | 4 | | eligibility for any federally funded, school-based, child | 5 | | nutrition program. ".
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