Full Text of SB2444 93rd General Assembly
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| AN ACT concerning schools.
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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 | 5 |
| 10-22.5a and adding Section 34-18.30 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-22.5a) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.5a)
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| Sec. 10-22.5a. Attendance by dependents of United States | 8 |
| military personnel, foreign exchange students , and certain
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| nonresident pupils.
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| (a) To enter into written agreements with cultural exchange | 11 |
| organizations,
or with nationally recognized eleemosynary | 12 |
| institutions that promote excellence
in the arts, mathematics, | 13 |
| or science. The written agreements may provide
for tuition free | 14 |
| attendance at the local district school by foreign exchange
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| students, or by nonresident pupils of eleemosynary | 16 |
| institutions. The local
board of education, as part of the | 17 |
| agreement, may require that the cultural
exchange program or | 18 |
| the eleemosynary institutions provide services to the
district | 19 |
| in exchange for the waiver of nonresident tuition.
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| To enter into written agreements with adjacent school | 21 |
| districts to provide
for tuition free attendance by a student | 22 |
| of the adjacent district when
requested for the student's | 23 |
| health and safety by the student or parent and both
districts | 24 |
| determine that the student's health or safety will be served by | 25 |
| such
attendance. Districts shall not be required to enter into | 26 |
| such agreements nor
be
required to alter existing | 27 |
| transportation services due to the attendance of
such | 28 |
| non-resident pupils.
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| (a-5) If, at the time of enrollment, a dependent of United | 30 |
| States military personnel is housed in temporary housing | 31 |
| located outside of a school district, but will be living within | 32 |
| the district within 60 days after the time of initial |
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| enrollment, the dependent must be allowed to enroll, subject to | 2 |
| the requirements of this subsection (a-5), and must not be | 3 |
| charged tuition. Any United States military personnel | 4 |
| attempting to enroll a dependent under this subsection (a-5) | 5 |
| shall provide proof that the dependent will be living within | 6 |
| the district within 60 days after the time of initial | 7 |
| enrollment. Proof of residency may include, but is not limited | 8 |
| to, postmarked mail addressed to the military personnel and | 9 |
| sent to an address located within the district, a lease | 10 |
| agreement for occupancy of a residence located within the | 11 |
| district, or proof of ownership of a residence located within | 12 |
| the district.
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| (b) Nonresident pupils and foreign exchange students | 14 |
| attending school on a
tuition free basis under such agreements | 15 |
| and nonresident dependents of United States military personnel | 16 |
| attending school on a tuition free basis may be counted for the | 17 |
| purposes
of determining the apportionment of State aid provided | 18 |
| under Section 18-8.05
18-8
of this Code, provided
Act. Provided
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| that any cultural exchange organization or eleemosynary
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| institutions
wishing to participate in an agreement authorized | 21 |
| under this Section must
be approved in writing by the State | 22 |
| Board of Education. The State Board
of Education may establish | 23 |
| reasonable rules to determine the eligibility
of cultural | 24 |
| exchange organizations or eleemosynary institutions wishing
to | 25 |
| participate in agreements authorized under this Section. No | 26 |
| organization
or institution participating in agreements | 27 |
| authorized under this Section
may exclude any individual for | 28 |
| participation in its program on account
of the person's race, | 29 |
| color, sex, religion or nationality.
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| (Source: P.A. 89-480, eff. 1-1-97; 89-622, eff. 8-9-96; 90-14, | 31 |
| eff.
7-1-97.)
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| (105 ILCS 5/34-18.30 new)
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| Sec. 34-18.30. Dependents of military personnel; no | 34 |
| tuition charge. If, at the time of enrollment, a dependent of | 35 |
| United States military personnel is housed in temporary housing |
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| located outside of the school district, but will be living | 2 |
| within the district within 60 days after the time of initial | 3 |
| enrollment, the dependent must be allowed to enroll, subject to | 4 |
| the requirements of this Section, and must not be charged | 5 |
| tuition. Any United States military personnel attempting to | 6 |
| enroll a dependent under this Section shall provide proof that | 7 |
| the dependent will be living within the district within 60 days | 8 |
| after the time of initial enrollment. Proof of residency may | 9 |
| include, but is not limited to, postmarked mail addressed to | 10 |
| the military personnel and sent to an address located within | 11 |
| the district, a lease agreement for occupancy of a residence | 12 |
| located within the district, or proof of ownership of a | 13 |
| residence located within the district. Non-resident dependents | 14 |
| of United States military personnel attending school on a | 15 |
| tuition-free basis may be counted for the purposes
of | 16 |
| determining the apportionment of State aid provided under | 17 |
| Section 18-8.05 of this Code.
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 19 |
| becoming law.
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