Public Act 096-1170
 
SB3635 EnrolledLRB096 20719 MJR 36451 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 Section 
14C-12 as follows:
 



    (105 ILCS 5/14C-12)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14C-12)



    Sec. 14C-12. Account of expenditures; Cost report; 
Reimbursement. 
Each
school district shall keep an accurate, 
detailed and separate account of
all monies paid out by it for 
the programs in transitional bilingual education
required or 
permitted by this Article, including transportation costs, and

shall annually report thereon for the school year ending June 
30 indicating
the average per pupil expenditure.  Each school 
district shall be reimbursed
for the amount by which such costs 
exceed the average per pupil expenditure
by such school 
district for the education of children of comparable age
who 
are not in any special education program. At least 60% of 
transitional bilingual education funding received from the 
State must be used for the instructional costs of transitional 
bilingual education. 

    Applications for preapproval for reimbursement for costs 
of transitional
bilingual education programs must be submitted 
to the State Superintendent of
Education at least 60 days 
before a transitional bilingual education program
is started, 
unless a justifiable exception is granted by the State

Superintendent of Education.
Applications shall set forth a 
plan for transitional
bilingual education established and 
maintained in accordance with this Article.

    Reimbursement claims for transitional bilingual education 
programs shall
be made as follows:

    Each school district shall claim reimbursement on a current 
basis for the
first 3 quarters of the fiscal year and file a 
final adjusted
claim
for the school year ended June 30 
preceding computed in accordance with rules
prescribed by the 
State Superintendent's Office.
  The State Superintendent
of

Education before approving any such claims shall
determine 
their accuracy and whether
they are based upon services and 
facilities provided under approved programs.
Upon approval he 
shall transmit to the Comptroller
the
vouchers showing the 
amounts due for
school
district reimbursement claims.  Upon 
receipt of the
final adjusted
claims the State Superintendent 
of Education shall make a final
determination of the
accuracy 
of such claims.  If the money appropriated by the General 
Assembly
for such purpose for any year is insufficient, it 
shall be apportioned on
the basis of the claims approved.

    Failure on the part of the school district to prepare and 
certify the final
adjusted claims due under this Section may 
constitute a forfeiture
by the school district of its right to 
be reimbursed by the State under this
Section.

(Source: P.A. 94-441, eff. 8-4-05.)