105 ILCS 5/10-22.18a
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.18a)Sec. 10-22.18a.         Child care and training centers - Charges - Public aid  payments for certain children).  To establish Child Care and Training Centers for children under the age  of compulsory school attendance for the purpose of providing them (1) social  and educational guidance and developmental aids supplemental to parental  care and training designed to assist them in attaining their greatest potential  during their school years and adult life and (2) care and services, in addition  to the services specified in (1), required because of the absence from home  for all or part of the day of their parents or other persons in charge of  their care as a result of employment or other reason. The board may also  make the facilities of the Centers available before and after as well as  during regular school hours to school age and preschool age children who  may benefit thereby, including children who require care and supervision  pending the return of their parents or other persons in  charge of their care from employment or other activity requiring absence from  the home.In establishing standards for the Centers, the board shall take into account  standards established by the Department of Children and Family Services  for like facilities. The board shall pay the necessary expenses out of school  funds of the district, subject to State payment for certain children as  hereinafter provided, and may charge for care and training of children for  whom the State does not assume responsibility. The charge shall not exceed  the per capita cost of the Center and, to the extent feasible, shall be  fixed at a level which will permit utilization of the Center by employed  parents of low or moderate income.The Department of Human Services  shall pay  to the district the cost  of care and training provided in the Centers for any child who is a recipient  of financial aid under "The Illinois Public Aid Code", approved April 11,  1967, as amended. The Department shall submit to the board written  notice designating each child for whom it assumes the cost of care and  training.  The board shall submit claims for payment at the end of each monthly period.  If satisfied of their correctness, the Department shall approve the claims  and provide for their payment out of funds appropriated to it for such purposes  and from Federal funds available therefor.The board may permit any other State or local governmental agency or private  agency providing care for children to purchase care and training in the  Centers for children under their charge.After July 1, 1970 when the provisions of Section 10-20.20 become operative  in the district, children in a Child Care and Training Center shall be  transferred  to the kindergarten established under that Section for such portion of the  day as may be required for the kindergarten program, and only the pro-rated  costs of care and training provided in the Center for the remaining period  shall be charged to the Illinois Department or other persons or agencies  paying for such care.     (Source: P.A. 89-507, eff. 7-1-97.)