100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2017 and 2018
HB5144
 
Introduced , by Rep. Rita Mayfield
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:






105 ILCS 5/10-22.22 from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.22

 Amends the School Code. Provides that, beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, a school board with a pupil attending an area secondary vocational school shall pay the vocational school tuition based upon the vocational school's per capita cost or the school district's per capita cost, whichever one is greater (instead of just the vocational school's per capita cost). Effective immediately.



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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 School Code is amended by changing Section 
510-22.22 as follows:




6 (105 ILCS 5/10-22.22) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.22)



7 Sec. 10-22.22. Transportation for pupils; tuition; 
8vocational school pupils-Tuition. 

9 To provide free transportation for pupils, and where in its 
10judgment the
interests of the district and of the pupils 
11therein will be best subserved
by so doing the school board may 
12permit the pupils in the district or in
any particular grade to 
13attend the schools of other districts and may
permit any pupil 
14to attend an area secondary vocational school operated by
a 
15public school district or a public or non-public vocational 
16school within
the State of Illinois or adjacent states approved 
17by the Board of
Vocational Education, and may provide free 
18transportation for such pupils
and shall pay the tuition of 
19such pupils in the schools attended; except as otherwise 
20provided in this Section, such
tuition shall be based upon per 
21capita cost computed in the following
manner: The cost of 
22conducting and maintaining any area secondary
vocational 
23school facility shall be first determined and shall include the

 
 
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1following expenses applicable only to such educational 
2facility under rules
and regulations established by the Board 
3of Vocational Education and
Rehabilitation as follows:

4  a. Salaries of teachers, vocational counselors, and 
5 supporting
professional workers, necessary non-certified 
6 workers, clerks, custodial
employees, and any district 
7 taxes specifically for their pension and
retirement 
8 benefits.

9  b. Equipment and supplies necessary for program 
10 operation.

11  c. Administrative costs.

12  d. Operation of physical plant, including heat, light, 
13 water, repairs,
and maintenance.

14  e. Auxiliary service, not including any transportation 
15 cost.

16 From such total cost thus determined there shall be 
17deducted the State
reimbursement due on account of such 
18educational facility for the same
year, not including any State 
19reimbursement for area secondary vocational
school 
20transportation. Such net cost shall be divided by the average 
21number
of pupils in average daily attendance in such area 
22secondary vocational
school facility for the school year in 
23order to arrive at the net per
capita tuition cost. Such costs 
24shall be computed on pupils regularly
enrolled in an area 
25secondary vocational school on the basis of one-sixth
day for 
26every class hour attended pursuant to such enrollment. 
 
 
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1Provided,
that the board subject to the approval of the county 
2superintendent of
schools may determine what schools outside of 
3their district such pupils
shall attend. This Section section 
4does not require the board of directors or board
of education 
5of any district to admit pupils from another district.


6 Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, the tuition to be 
7paid by a school board under this Section shall be based upon 
8the vocational school's per capita cost, as computed under this 
9Section, or the school district's per capita cost, as computed 
10under Section 10-20.12a of this Code, whichever one is greater. 
11(Source: P.A. 94-213, eff. 7-14-05.)



12 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
13becoming law.