Public Act 096-0360
 		





HB0475 Enrolled
LRB096 03079 NHT 13095 b






    AN ACT concerning education.

 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:



 
    Section 5. The School Code is amended  by changing Sections 
10-20.13 and 34-21.6 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/10-20.13)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-20.13)



    Sec. 10-20.13. Textbooks Text books for children of parents 
unable to buy them
and other fees.  
    (a) To purchase, at the
expense of the district, a 
sufficient number of
textbooks for children whose parents are 
unable to buy them, including
but not limited to children 
living in households that meet the free lunch or breakfast 
eligibility guidelines established by the federal government 
pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal Richard B. Russell 
National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et 
seq.), subject to verification as set forth in subsection (c) 
of this Section eligible for free lunches or
breakfasts under 
the Community School Lunch Program. Such textbooks
shall be 
loaned only, and the directors shall require the teacher to see

that they are properly cared for and returned at the end of 
each term of
school.

    (b) To waive all fees assessed by the district on children 
whose parents
are unable to afford them, including but not 
limited to children living in households that meet the free 
lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines established by the 
federal government pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 
C.F.R. 245 et seq.), subject to verification as set forth in 
subsection (c) of this Section eligible
for free lunches or 
breakfasts under the Community School Lunch Program.
 The school 
board
shall adopt written policies and procedures for such 
waiver of fees in
accordance with regulations promulgated by 
the State Board of Education.

    (c) Any school board that participates in a federally 
funded, school-based child nutrition program and uses a 
student's application for, eligibility for, or participation 
in the federally funded, school-based child nutrition program 
(42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving 
fees assessed by the school district must follow the 
verification requirements of the federally funded, 
school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 
245.6a).
    A school board that establishes a process for the 
determination of eligibility for waiver of fees assessed by the 
school district that is completely independent of a student's 
application for, eligibility for, or participation in a 
federally funded, school-based child nutrition program may 
provide for fee waiver verification no more often than every 60 
calendar days. Information obtained during the independent, 
fee waiver verification process indicating that the student 
does not meet free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines 
may be used to deny the waiver of the student's fees, provided 
that any information obtained through this independent process 
for determining or verifying eligibility for fee waivers shall 
not be used to determine or verify eligibility for any 
federally funded, school-based child nutrition program. 
(Source: P.A. 86-195.)

 



    (105 ILCS 5/34-21.6)  (from Ch. 122, par. 34-21.6)



    Sec. 34-21.6. Waiver of fees. 
    (a) The board shall waive all fees assessed by the district

on children whose parents are unable to afford them, including 
but not limited
to children living in households that meet the 
free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines established by 
the federal government pursuant to Section 1758 of the federal 
Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 
C.F.R. 245 et seq.), subject to verification as set forth in 
subsection (b) of this Section eligible for free lunches or 
breakfasts
under the Community School Lunch Program.  The board 
shall develop written
policies and procedures implementing 
this Section in accordance with
regulations promulgated by the 
State Board of Education.

    (b) If the board participates in a federally funded, 
school-based child nutrition program and uses a student's 
application for, eligibility for, or participation in the 
federally funded, school-based child nutrition program (42 
U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R.  245 et seq.) as the basis for waiving 
fees assessed by the district, then the board must follow the 
verification requirements of the federally funded, 
school-based child nutrition program (42 U.S.C. 1758; 7 C.F.R. 
245.6a).
    If the board establishes a process for the determination of 
eligibility for waiver of fees assessed by the district that is 
completely independent of a student's application for, 
eligibility for, or participation in a federally funded, 
school-based child nutrition program, the board may provide for 
fee waiver verification no more often than every 60 calendar 
days. Information obtained during the independent, fee waiver 
verification process indicating that the student does not meet 
free lunch or breakfast eligibility guidelines may be used to 
deny the waiver of the student's fees, provided that any 
information obtained through this independent process for 
determining or verifying eligibility for fee waivers shall not 
be used to determine or verify eligibility for any federally 
funded, school-based child nutrition program. 
(Source: P.A. 86-195.)

 

    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 
September 1, 2009 or upon becoming law, whichever is later.