Full Text of HB4776 93rd General Assembly
HB4776 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2003 and 2004 HB4776
Introduced 02/04/04, by Kevin A. McCarthy SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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105 ILCS 5/10-22.20 |
from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20 |
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Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning classes for adults and youths whose schooling has
been interrupted.
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A BILL FOR
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| AN ACT concerning 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 | 5 |
| 10-22.20 as follows:
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| (105 ILCS 5/10-22.20) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20)
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| Sec. 10-22.20. Classes for adults and youths whose | 8 |
| schooling has
been interrupted; conditions for State | 9 |
| reimbursement; use of child
care facilities.
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| (a) To establish special classes for the instruction (1)
of | 11 |
| persons of age 21 years or over, and (2) of persons less than | 12 |
| age 21
and not otherwise in attendance in public school, for | 13 |
| the purpose of
providing adults in the community, and youths | 14 |
| whose schooling has been
interrupted, with such additional | 15 |
| basic education, vocational skill
training, and other | 16 |
| instruction as may be necessary to increase their
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| qualifications for employment or other means of self-support | 18 |
| and their
ability to meet their responsibilities as citizens | 19 |
| including courses of
instruction regularly accepted for | 20 |
| graduation from elementary or high
schools and for | 21 |
| Americanization and General Educational Development
Review | 22 |
| classes.
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| The board shall pay the necessary expenses of these
such
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| classes out of
school funds of the district, including costs of | 25 |
| student transportation
and such facilities or provision for | 26 |
| child-care as may be necessary in
the judgment of the board to | 27 |
| permit maximum utilization of the courses
by students with | 28 |
| children, and other special needs of the students
directly | 29 |
| related to such instruction. The expenses thus incurred shall
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| be subject to State reimbursement, as provided in this Section. | 31 |
| The
board may make a tuition charge for persons taking | 32 |
| instruction who are
not subject to State reimbursement, such |
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| tuition charge not to exceed
the per capita cost of such | 2 |
| classes.
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| The cost of such instruction, including the additional | 4 |
| expenses herein
authorized, incurred for recipients of | 5 |
| financial aid under the Illinois
Public Aid Code, or for | 6 |
| persons for whom education and training aid has been
authorized | 7 |
| under Section 9-8 of that Code, shall be assumed in its | 8 |
| entirety
from funds appropriated by the State to the Illinois | 9 |
| Community College
Board.
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| (b) The
Illinois Community College Board shall establish
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| the standards for the
courses of instruction reimbursed
under | 12 |
| this Section. The Illinois Community College Board shall | 13 |
| supervise the
administration of the programs. The Illinois | 14 |
| Community College Board shall
determine the cost
of instruction | 15 |
| in accordance with standards established by the the Illinois
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| Community College Board, including therein
other incidental | 17 |
| costs as herein authorized, which shall serve as the basis of
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| State reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of this | 19 |
| Section. In the
approval of programs and the determination of | 20 |
| the cost of instruction, the
Illinois Community College Board | 21 |
| shall provide
for the maximum utilization of federal
funds for | 22 |
| such programs.
The Illinois Community College Board shall also | 23 |
| provide for:
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| (1) the development of an index of need for program | 25 |
| planning and for area
funding allocations, as defined by | 26 |
| the Illinois Community College Board;
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| (2) the method for calculating hours of instruction, as | 28 |
| defined by the
Illinois Community College Board, claimable
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| for reimbursement and a method to phase in
the calculation | 30 |
| and for adjusting the calculations in cases where the | 31 |
| services
of a program are interrupted due to circumstances | 32 |
| beyond the control of the
program provider;
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| (3) a plan for the reallocation of funds to increase | 34 |
| the amount allocated
for grants based upon program | 35 |
| performance as set forth in subsection (d) below;
and
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| (4) the development of standards for determining |
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| grants based upon
performance as set forth in subsection | 2 |
| (d) below and a plan for the phased-in
implementation of | 3 |
| those standards.
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| For instruction provided by school districts and community | 5 |
| college
districts beginning July 1, 1996 and thereafter, | 6 |
| reimbursement
provided by
the Illinois Community College Board | 7 |
| for
classes authorized by this Section
shall be provided from
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| funds appropriated for the reimbursement criteria set forth in | 9 |
| subsection (c)
below.
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| (c) Upon the annual approval of the Illinois Community | 11 |
| College Board, reimbursement
shall be first provided for | 12 |
| transportation, child care services, and other
special needs of | 13 |
| the students directly related to instruction and then from the
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| funds remaining
an amount equal to the product of the total | 15 |
| credit hours or units
of instruction approved by the Illinois | 16 |
| Community College Board, multiplied by the
following:
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| (1) For adult basic education, the maximum | 18 |
| reimbursement per
credit hour
or per unit of instruction | 19 |
| shall be equal to the general state aid per pupil
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| foundation level established in subsection (B) of Section | 21 |
| 18-8.05, divided by
60;
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| (2) The maximum reimbursement per credit hour or per | 23 |
| unit of
instruction
in subparagraph (1) above shall be | 24 |
| weighted for students enrolled in classes
defined as | 25 |
| vocational skills and
approved
by the Illinois Community | 26 |
| College Board by
1.25;
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| (3) The maximum reimbursement per credit hour or per | 28 |
| unit of
instruction
in subparagraph (1) above shall be | 29 |
| multiplied by .90 for students enrolled in
classes defined | 30 |
| as adult
secondary
education programs and approved by the | 31 |
| Illinois Community College Board;
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| (4) (Blank); and
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| (5) Funding
for program years after 1999-2000 shall be | 34 |
| determined by the Illinois
Community College Board.
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| (d) Upon its annual approval, the Illinois Community | 36 |
| College Board
shall provide grants to eligible programs for |
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| supplemental
activities to improve or expand services under the | 2 |
| Adult Education Act.
Eligible programs shall be determined | 3 |
| based upon performance outcomes of
students in the programs as | 4 |
| set by the Illinois Community College Board.
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| (e) Reimbursement under this Section shall not exceed
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| actual costs of the approved program.
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| If the amount appropriated to the Illinois Community | 8 |
| College Board for
reimbursement under this Section is less than | 9 |
| the amount required under
this Act, the apportionment shall
be | 10 |
| proportionately reduced.
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| School districts and community college districts may | 12 |
| assess students up
to $3.00 per credit hour, for classes other | 13 |
| than Adult Basic Education level
programs, if needed to meet | 14 |
| program costs.
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| (f) An education plan shall be established for each adult | 16 |
| or youth
whose
schooling has been interrupted and who is | 17 |
| participating in the
instructional programs provided under | 18 |
| this Section.
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| Each school board and community college shall keep an | 20 |
| accurate and
detailed account of the
students assigned to and | 21 |
| receiving instruction under this Section who
are subject to | 22 |
| State reimbursement and shall submit reports of services
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| provided commencing with fiscal year 1997 as required by the | 24 |
| Illinois
Community College Board.
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| For classes authorized under this Section, a credit hour or | 26 |
| unit of
instruction is equal to 15 hours of direct instruction | 27 |
| for students
enrolled in approved adult education programs at | 28 |
| midterm and making
satisfactory progress, in accordance with | 29 |
| standards established by the Illinois Community College Board.
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| (g) Upon proof submitted to the Illinois
Department of | 31 |
| Human Services of the payment of all claims submitted under
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| this Section, that Department shall apply for federal funds | 33 |
| made
available therefor and any federal funds so received shall
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| be paid into the General Revenue Fund in the State Treasury.
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| School districts or community colleges providing classes | 36 |
| under this Section
shall submit applications to the Illinois |
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| Community College Board for
preapproval in accordance with the | 2 |
| standards established by the Illinois
Community College Board. | 3 |
| Payments shall be made by the Illinois Community
College Board | 4 |
| based upon approved programs. Interim expenditure reports may
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| be required by the Illinois Community College Board. Final
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| claims for the school year shall be submitted to the regional | 7 |
| superintendents
for transmittal to the Illinois Community | 8 |
| College Board. Final adjusted
payments shall be made by | 9 |
| September
30.
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| If a school district or community college district fails to | 11 |
| provide, or
is providing unsatisfactory or insufficient | 12 |
| classes under this Section,
the Illinois Community College | 13 |
| Board may enter
into agreements with public or
private | 14 |
| educational or other agencies other than the public schools for
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| the establishment of such classes.
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| (h) If a school district or community college district | 17 |
| establishes
child-care
facilities for the children of | 18 |
| participants in classes established under
this Section, it may | 19 |
| extend the use of these facilities to students who
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| obtained employment and to other persons in the community whose
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| children require care and supervision while the parent or other | 22 |
| person in
charge of the children is employed or otherwise | 23 |
| absent from the home during
all or part of the day. It may make | 24 |
| the facilities available before and
after as well as during | 25 |
| regular school hours to school age and preschool
age children | 26 |
| who may benefit thereby, including children who require care
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| and supervision pending the return of their parent or other | 28 |
| person in
charge of their care from employment or other | 29 |
| activity requiring absence
from the home.
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| The Illinois Community College Board shall
pay to the board | 31 |
| the cost of care
in the facilities for any child who is a | 32 |
| recipient of financial aid
under the Illinois Public Aid Code.
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| The board may charge for care of children for whom it | 34 |
| cannot make
claim under the provisions of this Section. The | 35 |
| charge shall not exceed
per capita cost, and to the extent | 36 |
| feasible, shall be fixed at a level
which will permit |
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| utilization by employed parents of low or moderate
income. It | 2 |
| may also permit any other State or local governmental agency
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| private agency providing care for children to purchase care.
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| After July 1, 1970 when the provisions of Section 10-20.20 | 5 |
| become
operative in the district, children in a child-care | 6 |
| facility shall be
transferred to the kindergarten established | 7 |
| under that Section for such
portion of the day as may be | 8 |
| required for the kindergarten program, and
only the prorated | 9 |
| costs of care and training provided in the Center for
the | 10 |
| remaining period shall be charged to the Illinois Department of
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| Human Services or other persons or agencies paying for such | 12 |
| care.
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| (i) The provisions of this Section shall also apply to | 14 |
| school
districts having a population exceeding 500,000.
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| (j) In addition to claiming reimbursement under this | 16 |
| Section, a school
district may claim general State aid under | 17 |
| Section 18-8.05 for any student
under age 21 who is enrolled in | 18 |
| courses accepted for graduation from elementary
or high school | 19 |
| and who otherwise meets the requirements of Section 18-8.05.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
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