100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
SB1482
 
Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chapin Rose
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 

 
  
105 ILCS 45/1-15

     Amends the Education for Homeless Children Act. Provides that the State Board of Education may by rule establish limits on the duration and extent of agreements for the transport of a homeless child to the school district of origin after the homeless child begins living in another school district.
  


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1    AN ACT concerning education.
  
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
3represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
4    Section 5. The Education for Homeless Children Act is 
5amended  by changing Section 1-15 as follows:
 



6    (105 ILCS 45/1-15)



7    Sec. 1-15. Transportation to school of origin. Subject to 
8the provisions
of Article 29 of the School Code, if a child 
9becomes a homeless child or if a
homeless child changes his or 
10her temporary living arrangements, and if the
homeless child's 
11parents or guardians decide to continue the child's education

12in the school of origin, the parents or guardians shall make a 
13good faith
effort to provide or arrange for transportation to 
14and from the school of
origin, including authorizing relatives, 
15friends, or a program for homeless
persons to provide the child 
16with transportation to and from the school of
origin.  If 
17transportation to and from the school of origin is not provided 
18in
that manner, it shall be provided in the following manner:


19        (1) if the homeless child continues to live in the 
20    school district in
which the school of origin is located, 
21    the child's transportation to and from
the school of origin 
22    shall be provided or arranged by the school district
in 
23    which the school of origin is located consistent with the 
 
 
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1    requirements of
Article 29 of the School Code; and


2        (2) if the homeless child's living arrangements in the 
3    school district of
origin terminate and the child, though 
4    continuing his or her education in the
school of origin, 
5    begins living in another school district, the school 
6    district
of origin and the school district in which the 
7    homeless child is living shall
meet to apportion the 
8    responsibility and costs for providing the child with

9    transportation to and from the school of origin.  If the 
10    school districts are
unable to agree, the responsibility 
11    and costs for transportation shall be
shared equally. The 
12    State Board of Education may by rule establish limits on 
13    the duration and extent of agreements established under 
14    this paragraph (2). 

15    If a parent or guardian chooses to have the child attend 
16the school of
origin, that parent or guardian, a teacher of the 
17child, and the principal or
his or her designee from the school 
18of origin may meet at the option of the
parent or the school to 
19evaluate whether that travel is in the best interest of
the 
20child's development and education as compared to the 
21development and
education available in attending the school 
22nearest the child's abode.  The
meeting shall also include 
23consideration of the best interests of the homeless
family at 
24its current abode.  A parent may bring a representative of his 
25or her
choice to the meeting.  The meeting shall be convened if 
26travel time is longer
than one hour each way.

 
 
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1(Source: P.A. 88-634, eff. 1-1-95; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)