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Public Act 098-0640 Public Act 0640 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
Public Act 098-0640 | HB4591 Enrolled | LRB098 17997 NHT 53122 b |
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| 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 | 27A-11 as follows:
| (105 ILCS 5/27A-11)
| Sec. 27A-11. Local financing.
| (a) For purposes of the School Code, pupils enrolled in a | charter school
shall be included in the pupil enrollment of the | school district within which
the
pupil resides. Each charter | school (i) shall determine the school district in
which each | pupil who is enrolled in the charter school resides,
(ii) shall
| report the aggregate number of pupils resident of a school | district who are
enrolled in the charter school to the school | district in which those pupils
reside, and (iii) shall maintain | accurate records of daily attendance that
shall be deemed | sufficient to file claims under Section 18-8 notwithstanding
| any other requirements of that Section regarding hours of | instruction and
teacher certification.
| (b) Except for a charter school established by referendum | under Section
27A-6.5, as part of a charter school contract, | the charter school and the
local
school board shall agree on | funding and any services to be provided by the
school district |
| to the charter school.
Agreed funding that a charter school is | to receive from the local school
board for a school year shall | be paid in
equal quarterly installments with the payment of the
| installment for the first quarter being made not later than | July 1, unless the
charter establishes a different payment | schedule. However, if a charter school dismisses a pupil from | the charter school after receiving a quarterly payment, the | charter school shall return to the school district, on a | quarterly basis, the prorated portion of public funding | provided for the education of that pupil for the time the | student is not enrolled at the charter school. Likewise, if a | pupil transfers to a charter school between quarterly payments, | the school district shall provide, on a quarterly basis, a | prorated portion of the public funding to the charter school to | provide for the education of that pupil.
| All services centrally or otherwise provided by the school | district
including, but not limited to, rent, food services, | custodial services,
maintenance,
curriculum, media services, | libraries, transportation, and warehousing shall be
subject to
| negotiation between a charter school and the local school board | and paid
for out
of the revenues negotiated pursuant to this | subsection (b); provided that the
local school board shall not | attempt, by negotiation or otherwise, to obligate
a charter | school to provide pupil transportation for pupils for whom a | district
is not required to provide transportation under the | criteria set forth in
subsection (a)(13) of Section 27A-7.
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| In no event shall the funding be less than 75% or more than
| 125% of the
school district's per capita student tuition | multiplied by
the
number of students residing in the district | who are enrolled in the charter
school.
| It is the intent of the General Assembly that funding and | service agreements
under this subsection (b) shall be neither a | financial incentive nor a
financial disincentive to the | establishment of a charter school.
| The charter school may set and collect reasonable fees. | Fees collected
from students enrolled at a charter school shall | be retained
by the charter school.
| (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this Section, the | proportionate share
of State and federal resources generated by | students with disabilities or staff
serving them shall be | directed to charter schools enrolling those students by
their | school districts or administrative units. The proportionate | share of
moneys generated under other federal or State | categorical aid programs shall be
directed to charter schools | serving students eligible for that aid.
| (d) The governing body of a charter school is authorized to | accept
gifts,
donations, or grants of any kind made to the | charter school and to expend or
use gifts, donations, or grants | in accordance with the conditions prescribed by
the donor; | however, a gift, donation, or grant may not be accepted by the
| governing body if it is subject to any condition contrary to | applicable law or
contrary
to the terms of the contract between |
| the charter school and the local school
board. Charter schools | shall be encouraged to solicit and utilize community
volunteer | speakers and other instructional resources when providing | instruction
on the Holocaust and other historical events.
| (e) (Blank).
| (f) The State Board shall provide technical assistance to
| persons and groups
preparing or revising charter applications.
| (g) At the non-renewal or revocation of its charter, each
| charter school
shall refund to the local board of education all | unspent funds.
| (h) A charter school is authorized to incur temporary, | short
term debt to
pay operating expenses in anticipation of | receipt of funds from the local
school board.
| (Source: P.A. 90-548, eff. 1-1-98; 90-757, eff. 8-14-98; | 91-407, eff.
8-3-99.)
| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | becoming law.
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Effective Date: 6/9/2014
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