House Sponsors: WOOLARD-MITCHELL,JERRY-COWLISHAW-BASSI-CROTTY, CURRY,JULIE, DELGADO, HOEFT, JOHNSON,TOM, FOWLER, GILES, MURPHY, JONES,JOHN, KRAUSE, MOFFITT, O'BRIEN, SMITH,MICHAEL, MULLIGAN, PERSICO, WINKEL, LYONS,EILEEN, BLACK, GASH AND MATHIAS. Senate Sponsors: PARKER-CRONIN-BERMAN-RADOGNO-SULLIVAN Short description: SCH CD-SPEC ED-TRANS-REIMBURSE Synopsis of Bill as introduced: Amends the School Code. In provisions concerning the educational services block grant for a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants, provides that the grant shall include funding for children requiring special education services. Removes the extraordinary and private tuition components of the Special Education program that the educational services block grant includes. In provisions concerning children with disabilities attending private schools, public out-of-state schools, public school residential facilities, or private special education facilities, removes the requirement that transportation to and from home to a residential school more than once each school term be subject to prior approval by the State Superintendent of Education. Replaces certain provisions in the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code concerning State reimbursement to a school district with new provisions governing payments for children requiring special education services. Effective immediately. FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education) This proposal will cost $61.63 million in FY2000 and $230 million over a four-year phase-in period. STATE MANDATES FISCAL NOTE (State Board of Education) Same as SBE fiscal note. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1. Provides that the IDEA child count upon which the appropriation for funding for children requiring special education services is based shall be the IDEA child count on December 1 of the fiscal year 2 years preceding (instead of the 2 preceding fiscal years). Makes a technical change. HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2. Provides that the funding program included in the educational services block grant for children requiring special education services in each fiscal year shall be treated in that fiscal year as a payment to the school district in respect of services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year. Provides that nothing in the provisions concerning block grant funding for a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants shall change the nature of payments for any program that, apart from those provisions, would be or, prior to adoption or amendment of those provisions, was on the basis of a payment in a fiscal year in respect of services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year. Provides that nothing in the amendatory Act shall eliminate any reimbursement obligation owed as of the effective date of the amendatory Act to a school district with in excess of 500,000 inhabitants. Last action on Bill: SESSION SINE DIE Last action date: 01-01-09 Location: House Amendments to Bill: AMENDMENTS ADOPTED: HOUSE - 2 SENATE - 0 END OF INQUIRY Full Text Bill Status