Full Text of HB0117 99th General Assembly
HB0117ham001 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY | Rep. Mary E. Flowers Filed: 3/23/2015
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 117
| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 117 by replacing | 3 | | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
| 4 | | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | 5 | | 10-20.13, 10-22.33A, 34-18.27, and 34-21.6 and by adding | 6 | | Section 34-18.27a as follows:
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-20.13) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.13)
| 8 | | Sec. 10-20.13. Textbooks for children of parents unable to | 9 | | buy them
and other fees and tuition . | 10 | | (a) To purchase, at the
expense of the district, a | 11 | | sufficient number of
textbooks for children whose parents are | 12 | | unable to buy them, including
but not limited to children | 13 | | living in households that meet the free lunch or breakfast | 14 | | eligibility guidelines established by the federal government | 15 | | pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal Richard B. Russell | 16 | | National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et |
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| 1 | | seq.), subject to verification as set forth in subsection (c) | 2 | | of this Section. Such textbooks
shall be loaned only, and the | 3 | | directors shall require the teacher to see
that they are | 4 | | properly cared for and returned at the end of each term of
| 5 | | school.
| 6 | | (b) To waive all fees and tuition assessed by the district | 7 | | on children whose parents
are unable to afford them, including | 8 | | but not limited to children living in households that meet the | 9 | | free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines established by | 10 | | the federal government pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal | 11 | | Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 | 12 | | C.F.R. 245 et seq.), subject to verification as set forth in | 13 | | subsection (c) of this Section.
The school board
shall adopt | 14 | | written policies and procedures for such waiver of fees and | 15 | | tuition in
accordance with regulations promulgated by the State | 16 | | Board of Education.
| 17 | | (c) Any school board that participates in a federally | 18 | | funded, school-based child nutrition program and uses a | 19 | | student's application for, eligibility for, or participation | 20 | | in the federally funded, school-based child nutrition program | 21 | | (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving | 22 | | fees and tuition assessed by the school district must follow | 23 | | the verification requirements of the federally funded, | 24 | | school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. | 25 | | 245.6a). | 26 | | A school board that establishes a process for the |
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| 1 | | determination of eligibility for waiver of fees and tuition | 2 | | assessed by the school district that is completely independent | 3 | | of a student's application for, eligibility for, or | 4 | | participation in a federally funded, school-based child | 5 | | nutrition program may provide for fee and tuition waiver | 6 | | verification no more often than every 60 calendar days. | 7 | | Information obtained during the independent, fee and tuition | 8 | | waiver verification process indicating that the student does | 9 | | not meet free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines may be | 10 | | used to deny the waiver of the student's fees and tuition , | 11 | | provided that any information obtained through this | 12 | | independent process for determining or verifying eligibility | 13 | | for fee and tuition waivers shall not be used to determine or | 14 | | verify eligibility for any federally funded, school-based | 15 | | child nutrition program. | 16 | | (Source: P.A. 96-360, eff. 9-1-09.)
| 17 | | (105 ILCS 5/10-22.33A) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.33A)
| 18 | | Sec. 10-22.33A. Summer school. During that period of the | 19 | | calendar
year not embraced within the regular school term to | 20 | | provide and conduct
courses in subject matters normally | 21 | | embraced in the program of the
schools during the regular | 22 | | school term, to fix and collect a charge for
attendance at such | 23 | | courses in an amount not to exceed the per capita
cost of the | 24 | | operation thereof, except that the board must may waive all or
| 25 | | part of such charges if it determines that the family of an |
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| 1 | | individual
pupil is indigent or that the educational needs of | 2 | | the pupil require his
attendance at such courses, and to give | 3 | | regular school credit for
satisfactory completion by the | 4 | | student of such courses as may be
approved for credit by the | 5 | | State Board of Education.
| 6 | | (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
| 7 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.27)
| 8 | | Sec. 34-18.27. Summer kindergarten. The board may
| 9 | | establish, maintain, and operate, in connection with the | 10 | | kindergarten
program of the school district, a summer | 11 | | kindergarten program that
begins 2 months before the beginning | 12 | | of the regular school year and a
summer kindergarten program | 13 | | for grade one readiness for those pupils
making unsatisfactory | 14 | | progress during the regular kindergarten session
that will | 15 | | continue for 2 months after the regular school year. The
summer | 16 | | kindergarten program may be held within the school district or,
| 17 | | pursuant to a contract that must be approved by the State Board | 18 | | of
Education,
may be operated by 2 or more adjacent school | 19 | | districts or by a
public or private university or college. | 20 | | Transportation for students attending
the summer
kindergarten | 21 | | program shall be the responsibility of the school district.
The | 22 | | expense of establishing, maintaining, and operating the summer
| 23 | | kindergarten program may be paid from funds contributed or | 24 | | otherwise
made available to the school district for that | 25 | | purpose by federal or
State appropriation. The provisions of |
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| 1 | | this Section are subject to Section 34-21.6 of this Code.
| 2 | | (Source: P.A. 95-331, eff. 8-21-07.)
| 3 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-18.27a new) | 4 | | Sec. 34-18.27a. Summer school. During that period of the | 5 | | calendar year not embraced within the regular school term, the | 6 | | board shall provide and conduct courses in subject matters | 7 | | normally embraced in the program of the schools during the | 8 | | regular school term, fix and collect a charge for attendance at | 9 | | such courses in an amount not to exceed the per capita cost of | 10 | | the operation thereof, except that the board must waive all or | 11 | | part of such charges if it determines that the family of an | 12 | | individual pupil is indigent or that the educational needs of | 13 | | the pupil require his or her attendance at such courses, and | 14 | | give regular school credit for satisfactory completion by the | 15 | | student of such courses as may be approved for credit by the | 16 | | State Board of Education.
| 17 | | (105 ILCS 5/34-21.6) (from Ch. 122, par. 34-21.6)
| 18 | | Sec. 34-21.6. Waiver of fees and tuition . | 19 | | (a) The board shall waive all fees and tuition assessed by | 20 | | the district
on children whose parents are unable to afford | 21 | | them, including but not limited
to children living in | 22 | | households that meet the free lunch or breakfast eligibility | 23 | | guidelines established by the federal government pursuant to | 24 | | Section 1758 of the federal Richard B. Russell National School |
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| 1 | | Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.), subject to | 2 | | verification as set forth in subsection (b) of this Section. | 3 | | The board shall develop written
policies and procedures | 4 | | implementing this Section in accordance with
regulations | 5 | | promulgated by the State Board of Education.
| 6 | | (b) If the board participates in a federally funded, | 7 | | school-based child nutrition program and uses a student's | 8 | | application for, eligibility for, or participation in the | 9 | | federally funded, school-based child nutrition program (42 | 10 | | U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving | 11 | | fees and tuition assessed by the district, then the board must | 12 | | follow the verification requirements of the federally funded, | 13 | | school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. | 14 | | 245.6a). | 15 | | If the board establishes a process for the determination of | 16 | | eligibility for waiver of fees and tuition assessed by the | 17 | | district that is completely independent of a student's | 18 | | application for, eligibility for, or participation in a | 19 | | federally funded, school-based child nutrition program, the | 20 | | board may provide for fee and tuition waiver verification no | 21 | | more often than every 60 calendar days. Information obtained | 22 | | during the independent, fee and tuition waiver verification | 23 | | process indicating that the student does not meet free lunch or | 24 | | breakfast eligibility guidelines may be used to deny the waiver | 25 | | of the student's fees and tuition , provided that any | 26 | | information obtained through this independent process for |
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| 1 | | determining or verifying eligibility for fee and tuition | 2 | | waivers shall not be used to determine or verify eligibility | 3 | | for any federally funded, school-based child nutrition | 4 | | program. | 5 | | (Source: P.A. 96-360, eff. 9-1-09.)".
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