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| 1 | + | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5430 Introduced , by Rep. William "Will" Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/14-1.11c new Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the resident district for a student who, as a result of the student's medically complex status resides exclusively at a full-time residential care facility, shall be the school district in which the residential facility is located if the residential facility provides the student with a regular fixed night-time residence for reasons other than placement in a specific school district and the student is not enrolled in a school district outside the district in which the residential facility is located. Provides that as a resident of the district in which the residential facility is located, the educational costs for a student shall be provided directly by the State Board of Education and shall be calculated based on the applicable per diem rate provided by the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board, with such per diem rate being based solely upon the audited submission of the cost financial report for the residential facility for special education students during the applicable school year. Provides that a residential facility shall submit monthly invoices to the State Board of Education for the education costs of a student in a residential facility. Provides that the State Board of Education shall ensure that a representative of the resident school district of the student in a residential facility attend and participate in a individualized education program meeting for the student, and shall proffer a nonpublic facility placement contract for each student and the school district shall immediately execute and return the nonpublic facility placement contract to the residential facility. Provides that for a student in a residential facility, an educational surrogate shall be appointed who shall have authority to execute an individualized education program in the place of the student's parent or guardian on behalf of the student. Provides for restrictions on withholding payment to a residential facility. Provides that the provisions applies only to a special education student who lives at and relies on residential facility as the student's overnight residence but who has not been enrolled by the student's parent or guardian in a school district. Effective immediately. LRB103 37555 RJT 67680 b A BILL FOR 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5430 Introduced , by Rep. William "Will" Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: 105 ILCS 5/14-1.11c new 105 ILCS 5/14-1.11c new Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the resident district for a student who, as a result of the student's medically complex status resides exclusively at a full-time residential care facility, shall be the school district in which the residential facility is located if the residential facility provides the student with a regular fixed night-time residence for reasons other than placement in a specific school district and the student is not enrolled in a school district outside the district in which the residential facility is located. Provides that as a resident of the district in which the residential facility is located, the educational costs for a student shall be provided directly by the State Board of Education and shall be calculated based on the applicable per diem rate provided by the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board, with such per diem rate being based solely upon the audited submission of the cost financial report for the residential facility for special education students during the applicable school year. Provides that a residential facility shall submit monthly invoices to the State Board of Education for the education costs of a student in a residential facility. Provides that the State Board of Education shall ensure that a representative of the resident school district of the student in a residential facility attend and participate in a individualized education program meeting for the student, and shall proffer a nonpublic facility placement contract for each student and the school district shall immediately execute and return the nonpublic facility placement contract to the residential facility. Provides that for a student in a residential facility, an educational surrogate shall be appointed who shall have authority to execute an individualized education program in the place of the student's parent or guardian on behalf of the student. Provides for restrictions on withholding payment to a residential facility. Provides that the provisions applies only to a special education student who lives at and relies on residential facility as the student's overnight residence but who has not been enrolled by the student's parent or guardian in a school district. Effective immediately. LRB103 37555 RJT 67680 b LRB103 37555 RJT 67680 b A BILL FOR |
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| 2 | + | 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB5430 Introduced , by Rep. William "Will" Davis SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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| 4 | + | 105 ILCS 5/14-1.11c new |
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| 5 | + | Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the resident district for a student who, as a result of the student's medically complex status resides exclusively at a full-time residential care facility, shall be the school district in which the residential facility is located if the residential facility provides the student with a regular fixed night-time residence for reasons other than placement in a specific school district and the student is not enrolled in a school district outside the district in which the residential facility is located. Provides that as a resident of the district in which the residential facility is located, the educational costs for a student shall be provided directly by the State Board of Education and shall be calculated based on the applicable per diem rate provided by the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board, with such per diem rate being based solely upon the audited submission of the cost financial report for the residential facility for special education students during the applicable school year. Provides that a residential facility shall submit monthly invoices to the State Board of Education for the education costs of a student in a residential facility. Provides that the State Board of Education shall ensure that a representative of the resident school district of the student in a residential facility attend and participate in a individualized education program meeting for the student, and shall proffer a nonpublic facility placement contract for each student and the school district shall immediately execute and return the nonpublic facility placement contract to the residential facility. Provides that for a student in a residential facility, an educational surrogate shall be appointed who shall have authority to execute an individualized education program in the place of the student's parent or guardian on behalf of the student. Provides for restrictions on withholding payment to a residential facility. Provides that the provisions applies only to a special education student who lives at and relies on residential facility as the student's overnight residence but who has not been enrolled by the student's parent or guardian in a school district. Effective immediately. |
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6 | | - | 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections |
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7 | | - | 5 14-1.11, 14-1.11a, and 14-7.05 as follows: |
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8 | | - | 6 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.11) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.11) |
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9 | | - | 7 Sec. 14-1.11. Resident district; parent; legal guardian. |
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10 | | - | 8 The resident district is the school district in which the |
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11 | | - | 9 parent or guardian, or both parent and guardian, of the |
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12 | | - | 10 student reside when: |
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13 | | - | 11 (1) the parent has legal guardianship of the student |
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14 | | - | 12 and resides within Illinois; or |
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15 | | - | 13 (2) an individual guardian has been appointed by the |
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16 | | - | 14 courts and resides within Illinois; or |
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17 | | - | 15 (3) an Illinois public agency has legal guardianship |
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18 | | - | 16 and the student resides either in the home of the parent or |
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19 | | - | 17 within the same district as the parent; or |
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20 | | - | 18 (4) an Illinois court orders a residential placement |
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21 | | - | 19 but the parents retain any legal rights or guardianship |
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22 | | - | 20 and have not been subject to a termination of parental |
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23 | | - | 21 rights order. |
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24 | | - | 22 In cases of divorced or separated parents, when only one |
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25 | | - | 23 parent has legal guardianship or custody, the district in |
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| 14 | + | 4 Section 5. Purpose. The General Assembly recognizes the |
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| 15 | + | 5 critical importance of and right to education for all students |
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| 16 | + | 6 who reside in Illinois. The purpose of this amendatory Act of |
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| 17 | + | 7 the 103rd General Assembly is to ensure that certain special |
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| 18 | + | 8 education students who, as a result of their medically complex |
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| 19 | + | 9 status, reside exclusively at full-time residential care |
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| 20 | + | 10 facilities receive the free and appropriate public education |
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| 21 | + | 11 to which they are entitled. |
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| 22 | + | 12 Section 10. The School Code is amended by adding Section |
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| 23 | + | 13 14-1.11c as follows: |
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| 24 | + | 14 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.11c new) |
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| 25 | + | 15 Sec. 14-1.11c. Resident district; special education |
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| 26 | + | 16 students residing at residential facility. |
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| 27 | + | 17 (a) In this Section: "residential facility" means a |
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| 28 | + | 18 full-time residential care facility. |
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| 29 | + | 19 (b) The resident district for a student who, as a result of |
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| 30 | + | 20 the student's medically complex status resides exclusively at |
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| 31 | + | 21 a full-time residential care facility, shall be the school |
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| 32 | + | 22 district in which the residential facility is located if the |
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34 | | - | 1 which the parent having legal guardianship or custody resides |
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35 | | - | 2 is the resident district. When both parents retain legal |
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36 | | - | 3 guardianship or custody, the resident district is the district |
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37 | | - | 4 in which either parent who provides the student's primary |
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38 | | - | 5 regular fixed night-time abode resides; provided, that the |
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39 | | - | 6 election of resident district may be made only one time per |
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40 | | - | 7 school year. |
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41 | | - | 8 When the parent has legal guardianship and lives outside |
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42 | | - | 9 of the State of Illinois, or when the individual legal |
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43 | | - | 10 guardian other than the natural parent lives outside the State |
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44 | | - | 11 of Illinois, the parent, legal guardian, or other placing |
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45 | | - | 12 agent is responsible for making arrangements to pay the |
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46 | | - | 13 Illinois school district serving the child for the educational |
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47 | | - | 14 services provided. Those service costs shall be determined in |
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48 | | - | 15 accordance with Section 14-7.01. A parent or guardian who |
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49 | | - | 16 moves out of this State after the child is placed in a |
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50 | | - | 17 nonpublic school or special education facility, public |
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51 | | - | 18 out-of-state school, or county special education facility |
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52 | | - | 19 under this Article shall enroll the child in a school in the |
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53 | | - | 20 other state to initiate reimbursement to Illinois. If the |
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54 | | - | 21 laws, policies, or procedures of the other state prohibit the |
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55 | | - | 22 foregoing or if the parent or guardian otherwise provides |
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56 | | - | 23 proof of at least one satisfactory attempt to enroll the child |
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57 | | - | 24 but is refused by the other state, the child shall continue to |
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58 | | - | 25 be deemed a resident of the last school district in which the |
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59 | | - | 26 child was enrolled. |
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| 37 | + | 105 ILCS 5/14-1.11c new 105 ILCS 5/14-1.11c new |
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| 38 | + | 105 ILCS 5/14-1.11c new |
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| 39 | + | Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that the resident district for a student who, as a result of the student's medically complex status resides exclusively at a full-time residential care facility, shall be the school district in which the residential facility is located if the residential facility provides the student with a regular fixed night-time residence for reasons other than placement in a specific school district and the student is not enrolled in a school district outside the district in which the residential facility is located. Provides that as a resident of the district in which the residential facility is located, the educational costs for a student shall be provided directly by the State Board of Education and shall be calculated based on the applicable per diem rate provided by the Illinois Purchased Care Review Board, with such per diem rate being based solely upon the audited submission of the cost financial report for the residential facility for special education students during the applicable school year. Provides that a residential facility shall submit monthly invoices to the State Board of Education for the education costs of a student in a residential facility. Provides that the State Board of Education shall ensure that a representative of the resident school district of the student in a residential facility attend and participate in a individualized education program meeting for the student, and shall proffer a nonpublic facility placement contract for each student and the school district shall immediately execute and return the nonpublic facility placement contract to the residential facility. Provides that for a student in a residential facility, an educational surrogate shall be appointed who shall have authority to execute an individualized education program in the place of the student's parent or guardian on behalf of the student. Provides for restrictions on withholding payment to a residential facility. Provides that the provisions applies only to a special education student who lives at and relies on residential facility as the student's overnight residence but who has not been enrolled by the student's parent or guardian in a school district. Effective immediately. |
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70 | | - | 1 (Source: P.A. 95-844, eff. 8-15-08.) |
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71 | | - | 2 (105 ILCS 5/14-1.11a) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-1.11a) |
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72 | | - | 3 Sec. 14-1.11a. Resident district; student. The resident |
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73 | | - | 4 district is the school district in which the student resides |
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74 | | - | 5 when: |
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75 | | - | 6 (1) the parent has legal guardianship but the location |
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76 | | - | 7 of the parent is unknown; or |
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77 | | - | 8 (2) an individual guardian has been appointed but the |
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78 | | - | 9 location of the guardian is unknown; or |
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79 | | - | 10 (3) the student is 18 years of age or older and no |
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80 | | - | 11 legal guardian has been appointed; or |
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81 | | - | 12 (4) the student is legally an emancipated minor; or |
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82 | | - | 13 (5) an Illinois public agency has legal guardianship |
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83 | | - | 14 and such agency or any court in this State has placed the |
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84 | | - | 15 student residentially outside of the school district in |
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85 | | - | 16 which the parent lives. |
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86 | | - | 17 In cases where an Illinois public agency has legal |
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87 | | - | 18 guardianship and has placed the student residentially outside |
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88 | | - | 19 of Illinois, the last school district that provided at least |
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89 | | - | 20 45 days of educational service to the student shall continue |
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90 | | - | 21 to be the district of residence until the student is no longer |
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91 | | - | 22 under guardianship of an Illinois public agency or until the |
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92 | | - | 23 student is returned to Illinois. |
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93 | | - | 24 The resident district of a homeless student is the |
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94 | | - | 25 Illinois district in which the student enrolls for educational |
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105 | | - | 1 services. Homeless students include individuals as defined in |
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106 | | - | 2 the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act. |
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107 | | - | 3 The State Superintendent of Education may determine that |
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108 | | - | 4 the location of the parent or guardian of a student is unknown |
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109 | | - | 5 after considering information submitted from the school |
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110 | | - | 6 district that last enrolled the student or from the school or |
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111 | | - | 7 special education facility providing special education and |
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112 | | - | 8 related services to meet the needs of the student. The |
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113 | | - | 9 information submitted to the State Superintendent of Education |
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114 | | - | 10 must include an affidavit from that school district's |
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115 | | - | 11 superintendent or the facility's director attesting that the |
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116 | | - | 12 location of the parent or guardian is unknown and at least 3 |
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117 | | - | 13 satisfactory 4 items of documentary evidence that a minimum of |
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118 | | - | 14 4 separate attempts were made to locate the parent or guardian |
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119 | | - | 15 and no response was received from the parent or guardian |
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120 | | - | 16 within 14 days after such satisfactory attempts. Any |
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121 | | - | 17 determination by the State Superintendent of Education that |
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122 | | - | 18 the location of a parent or guardian is unknown shall be made |
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123 | | - | 19 as soon as practicable after receipt of the affidavit from the |
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124 | | - | 20 school district's superintendent or the facility's director. |
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125 | | - | 21 The State Superintendent of Education's determination is |
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126 | | - | 22 final. However, any determination made by the State |
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127 | | - | 23 Superintendent of Education is subject to review and |
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128 | | - | 24 reconsideration any time a parent's or guardian's location |
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129 | | - | 25 becomes known. |
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130 | | - | 26 A school district or special education facility may |
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| 67 | + | 1 residential facility provides the student with a regular fixed |
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| 68 | + | 2 night-time residence for reasons other than placement in a |
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| 69 | + | 3 specific school district and the student is not enrolled in a |
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| 70 | + | 4 school district outside the district in which the residential |
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| 71 | + | 5 facility is located. |
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| 72 | + | 6 (c) As a resident of the district in which the residential |
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| 73 | + | 7 facility is located pursuant to this Section, the educational |
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| 74 | + | 8 costs for a student shall be provided directly by the State |
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| 75 | + | 9 Board of Education and shall be calculated based on the |
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| 76 | + | 10 applicable per diem rate provided by the Illinois Purchased |
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| 77 | + | 11 Care Review Board, with such per diem rate being based solely |
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| 78 | + | 12 upon the audited submission of the cost financial report for |
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| 79 | + | 13 the residential facility for special education students during |
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| 80 | + | 14 the applicable school year. The Illinois Purchased Care Review |
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| 81 | + | 15 Board's determined per diem rate may not be subject to waivers |
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| 82 | + | 16 or deductions of any kind. The funding mechanism under this |
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| 83 | + | 17 subsection (c) may not include food, which shall be paid |
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| 84 | + | 18 directly by the residential school district. |
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| 85 | + | 19 (d) A residential facility shall submit monthly invoices |
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| 86 | + | 20 to the State Board of Education for the education costs of a |
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| 87 | + | 21 student in a residential facility. The State Board of |
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| 88 | + | 22 Education shall ensure that a representative of the resident |
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| 89 | + | 23 school district of the student in a residential facility under |
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| 90 | + | 24 this Section attends and participates in a individualized |
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| 91 | + | 25 education program meeting for the student, and shall proffer a |
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| 92 | + | 26 nonpublic facility placement contract for each student to who |
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141 | | - | 1 request assistance with determining the location of a parent |
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142 | | - | 2 or guardian from the State Board of Education. |
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143 | | - | 3 (Source: P.A. 102-514, eff. 8-20-21.) |
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144 | | - | 4 (105 ILCS 5/14-7.05) |
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145 | | - | 5 Sec. 14-7.05. Placement in residential facility; payment |
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146 | | - | 6 of educational costs. For any student with a disability in a |
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147 | | - | 7 residential facility placement made or paid for by an Illinois |
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148 | | - | 8 public State agency or made by any court in this State, the |
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149 | | - | 9 school district of residence as determined pursuant to this |
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150 | | - | 10 Article is responsible for the costs of educating the child |
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151 | | - | 11 and shall be reimbursed for those costs in accordance with |
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152 | | - | 12 this Code. Subject to this Section and relevant State |
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153 | | - | 13 appropriation, the resident district's financial |
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154 | | - | 14 responsibility and reimbursement must be calculated in |
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155 | | - | 15 accordance with the provisions of Section 14-7.02 of this |
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156 | | - | 16 Code. In those instances in which a district receives a block |
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157 | | - | 17 grant pursuant to Article 1D of this Code, the district's |
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158 | | - | 18 financial responsibility is limited to the actual educational |
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159 | | - | 19 costs of the placement, which must be paid by the district from |
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160 | | - | 20 its block grant appropriation. Resident district financial |
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161 | | - | 21 responsibility and reimbursement applies for both residential |
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162 | | - | 22 facilities that are approved by the State Board of Education |
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163 | | - | 23 and non-approved facilities, subject to the requirements of |
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164 | | - | 24 this Section. The Illinois placing agency or court remains |
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165 | | - | 25 responsible for funding the residential portion of the |
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| 104 | + | 2 immediately execute and return the nonpublic facility |
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| 105 | + | 3 placement contract to the residential facility. For a student |
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| 106 | + | 4 in a residential facility, an educational surrogate shall be |
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| 107 | + | 5 appointed who shall have authority to execute an |
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| 108 | + | 6 individualized education program in the place of the student's |
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| 109 | + | 7 parent or guardian on behalf of the student. |
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| 110 | + | 8 (e) The State Board of Education may not withhold formula |
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| 111 | + | 9 payments to a residential facility based upon the following: |
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| 112 | + | 10 (1) Not executing a nonpublic facility placement |
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| 113 | + | 11 contract between the school district and the residential |
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| 114 | + | 12 facility. |
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| 115 | + | 13 (2) The failure of the school district to participate |
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| 116 | + | 14 in the individualized education program process or |
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| 117 | + | 15 meetings for a student in the residential facility. |
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| 118 | + | 16 (f) If the per diem rate provided by the Illinois |
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| 120 | + | 18 during the applicable school year increases, the residential |
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| 121 | + | 19 facility may submit an invoice to the State Board of Education |
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| 122 | + | 20 for the amount that would have been due for prior months in the |
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| 123 | + | 21 same school year based on the increased rate. |
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| 124 | + | 22 (g) The State Board of Education shall pay the residential |
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| 125 | + | 23 facility directly within 35 days of receipt of any invoice. If |
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| 126 | + | 24 not paid within 35 days, the State Board of Education shall pay |
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| 127 | + | 25 interest to the residential facility on any overdue amounts at |
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176 | | - | 1 placement and for notifying the resident district prior to the |
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177 | | - | 2 placement, except in emergency situations. If the child is not |
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178 | | - | 3 currently enrolled in a school district or if the resident |
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179 | | - | 4 school district is unknown, the appropriate resident school |
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180 | | - | 5 district must be identified and the child must be enrolled in |
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181 | | - | 6 that district prior to the placement of the child, except in |
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182 | | - | 7 emergency situations. The residential facility shall require |
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183 | | - | 8 the parent or guardian of the child to sign a contract upon |
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184 | | - | 9 placement in the residential facility affirming that the |
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185 | | - | 10 parent or guardian understands the parent's or guardian's |
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186 | | - | 11 obligations under State law, including the obligation to |
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187 | | - | 12 enroll the child in the appropriate school district of |
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188 | | - | 13 residence at time of placement or upon the child reaching the |
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189 | | - | 14 age of 3. The identified school district of residence under |
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190 | | - | 15 this Article may not deny enrollment on the basis of the |
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191 | | - | 16 child's placement. The residential facility in which the |
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192 | | - | 17 student is placed shall notify the resident district of the |
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193 | | - | 18 student's enrollment as soon as practicable after the |
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194 | | - | 19 placement. Failure of the placing agency or court to notify |
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195 | | - | 20 the resident district prior to the placement does not absolve |
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196 | | - | 21 the resident district of financial responsibility for the |
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197 | | - | 22 educational costs of the placement; however, the resident |
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198 | | - | 23 district shall not become financially responsible unless and |
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199 | | - | 24 until it receives written notice of the placement by either |
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200 | | - | 25 the placing agency, court, or residential facility. The |
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201 | | - | 26 placing agency or parent shall request an individualized |
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| 140 | + | 2 student who lives at and relies on residential facility as the |
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| 141 | + | 3 student's overnight residence but who has not been enrolled by |
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212 | | - | 1 education program (IEP) meeting from the resident district if |
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213 | | - | 2 the placement would entail additional educational services |
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214 | | - | 3 beyond the student's current IEP. The district of residence |
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215 | | - | 4 shall retain control of the IEP process, and any changes to the |
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216 | | - | 5 IEP must be done in compliance with the federal Individuals |
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217 | | - | 6 with Disabilities Education Act. |
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218 | | - | 7 Prior to the placement of a child in an out-of-state |
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219 | | - | 8 special education residential facility, the placing agency or |
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220 | | - | 9 court must refer to the child or the child's parent or guardian |
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221 | | - | 10 the option to place the child in a special education |
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222 | | - | 11 residential facility located within this State, if any, that |
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223 | | - | 12 provides treatment and services comparable to those provided |
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224 | | - | 13 by the out-of-state special education residential facility. |
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225 | | - | 14 The placing agency or court must review annually the placement |
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226 | | - | 15 of a child in an out-of-state special education residential |
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227 | | - | 16 facility. As a part of the review, the placing agency or court |
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228 | | - | 17 must refer to the child or the child's parent or guardian the |
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229 | | - | 18 option to place the child in a comparable special education |
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230 | | - | 19 residential facility located within this State, if any. |
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231 | | - | 20 Payments shall be made by the resident district to the |
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232 | | - | 21 entity providing the educational services, whether the entity |
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233 | | - | 22 is the residential facility or the school district wherein the |
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234 | | - | 23 facility is located, no less than once per quarter unless |
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235 | | - | 24 otherwise agreed to in writing by the parties. |
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236 | | - | 25 A residential facility providing educational services |
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237 | | - | 26 within the facility, but not approved by the State Board of |
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248 | | - | 1 Education, is required to demonstrate proof to the State Board |
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249 | | - | 2 of (i) appropriate licensure of teachers for the student |
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250 | | - | 3 population, (ii) age-appropriate curriculum, (iii) enrollment |
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251 | | - | 4 and attendance data, and (iv) the ability to implement the |
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252 | | - | 5 child's IEP. A school district is under no obligation to pay |
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253 | | - | 6 such a residential facility unless and until such proof is |
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254 | | - | 7 provided to the State Board's satisfaction. |
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255 | | - | 8 When a dispute arises over the determination of the |
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256 | | - | 9 district of residence under this Section, any person or |
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257 | | - | 10 entity, including without limitation a school district or |
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258 | | - | 11 residential facility, may make a written request for a |
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259 | | - | 12 residency decision to the State Superintendent of Education, |
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260 | | - | 13 who, upon review of materials submitted and any other items of |
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261 | | - | 14 information he or she may request for submission, shall issue |
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262 | | - | 15 his or her decision in writing. The decision of the State |
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263 | | - | 16 Superintendent of Education is final. |
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264 | | - | 17 (Source: P.A. 102-254, eff. 8-6-21; 102-894, eff. 5-20-22.) |
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