92nd General Assembly Summary of SB1097    [ Home ]   [ Back ]   [ Legislation ]

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Senate Sponsors:
DILLARD.

House Sponsors:
MEYER

Short description: 
JUV CT & CD CORR-MINORS EDUCAT                                             

Synopsis of Bill as introduced:
        Amends the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 and  the  Unified  Code  of      
   Corrections.  Provides  that  a  minor  who  is placed on probation or      
   supervision, as a condition of that probation or supervision, with the      
   consent of the superintendent  of the  facility,  may  be required  to      
   attend  an  educational  program  at  a facility other than the school      
   where  the offense was committed if the  minor  was  convicted  of  or      
   placed  on  supervision  for a crime of violence  as  defined  in  the      
   Crime  Victims  Compensation  Act  and  the offense was committed in a      
   school, on the real property comprising a school, or within 1,000 feet      
   of a school.  Effective immediately.                                        
          FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education)                               
          It is unclear how often courts will make placements under these      
          provisions. If placements occur within a single school district      
          with consent of the superintendent, the bill should have no          
          fiscal impact. Placements within school districts, however,          
          may have a fiscal impact if the district does not make the           
          necessary provisions for the funding generated by the student        
          to follow that student to another educational facility.              
          In addition, SB 1097 is unclear whether minors can be ordered        
          to attend an education facility in a district other than the         
          one where they reside and where the offense occurred. In this        
          case, the bill is silent on whether tuition must be paid to the      
          receiving district. Based on FY 99 data from the Department of       
          Corrections, more than 700 minors were adjudicated for Class X       
          and felony offenses. If only 1 in 10 were sent to facilities         
          outside of the school district, the cost to the receiving dis-       
          tricts could be in excess of $400,000.                               
          STATE MANDATES NOTE (State Board of Education)                       
          Same as SBE fiscal note.                                             
 
Last action on Bill: PUBLIC ACT.............................. 92-0282

   Last action date: AUG-07-2001

           Location: Senate

 Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE -   0     SENATE -   0


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