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91_HB2780
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1 AN ACT to amend the School Code by changing Section
2 14-12.01.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing
6 Section 14-12.01 as follows:
7 (105 ILCS 5/14-12.01) (from Ch. 122, par. 14-12.01)
8 Sec. 14-12.01. Account of expenditures; cost report;
9 reimbursement. Each school board shall keep an accurate,
10 detailed and separate account of all moneys monies paid out
11 by it for the maintenance of each of the types of facilities,
12 classes and schools authorized by this Article for the
13 instruction and care of pupils attending them and for the
14 cost of their transportation, and shall annually report
15 thereon indicating the cost of each such elementary or high
16 school pupil for the school year ending June 30.
17 Applications for preapproval for reimbursement for costs
18 of special education must be first submitted through the
19 office of the regional superintendent of schools to the State
20 Superintendent of Education on or before 30 days after a
21 special class or service is started. Applications shall set
22 forth a plan for special education established and maintained
23 in accordance with this Article. Such applications shall be
24 limited to the cost of construction and maintenance of
25 special education facilities designed and utilized to house
26 instructional programs, diagnostic services, other special
27 education services for children with disabilities and
28 reimbursement as provided in Section 14-13.01. Such
29 application shall not include the cost of construction or
30 maintenance of any administrative facility separated from
31 special education facilities designed and utilized to house
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1 instructional programs, diagnostic services, and other
2 special education services for children with disabilities.
3 Reimbursement claims for special education shall be made as
4 follows:
5 Each district shall file its claim computed in accordance
6 with rules prescribed by the State Board of Education with
7 the regional superintendent of schools, in triplicate, on or
8 before August 1, for approval on forms prescribed by the
9 State Superintendent of Education. Data used as a basis of
10 reimbursement claims shall be for the school year ended on
11 June 30 preceding. The regional superintendent of schools
12 shall check and upon approval provide the State
13 Superintendent of Education with the original and one copy of
14 the claims on or before August 15. The State Superintendent
15 of Education before approving any such claims shall determine
16 their accuracy and whether they are based upon services and
17 facilities provided under approved programs. Upon approval,
18 vouchers for the amounts due the respective districts shall
19 be prepared and submitted during each fiscal year as follows:
20 the first 3 vouchers shall be prepared by the State
21 Superintendent of Education and transmitted to the
22 Comptroller on the 30th day of September, December and March,
23 respectively, and the final voucher, no later than June 20.
24 If, after preparation and transmittal of the September 30
25 vouchers, any claim has been redetermined by the State
26 Superintendent of Education, subsequent vouchers shall be
27 adjusted in amount to compensate for any overpayment or
28 underpayment previously made. If the money appropriated by
29 the General Assembly for such purpose for any year is
30 insufficient, it shall be apportioned on the basis of the
31 claims approved.
32 Claims received at the State Board of Education after
33 August 15 shall not be honored. Claims received by August 15
34 may be amended until November 30.
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1 (Source: P.A. 88-641, eff. 9-9-94; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)