105 ILCS 5/18-3
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 18 - Common School Fund

 (from Ch. 122, par. 18-3)Sec. 18-3. Tuition of children from orphanages and children's homes.  When the children from any home for orphans, dependent, abandoned or  maladjusted children maintained by any organization or association  admitting to such home children from the State in general or when children  residing in a school district wherein the State of Illinois maintains and  operates any welfare or penal institution on property owned by  the State of Illinois, which contains houses, housing units or housing  accommodations within a school district, attend grades kindergarten through  12 of the public schools maintained by that school district, the  State Superintendent of Education shall direct the State Comptroller to  pay a specified amount sufficient to pay the annual tuition cost of such  children who attended such public schools during the regular school year  ending on June 30. The  Comptroller shall pay the amount after receipt of a voucher  submitted by the State Superintendent of Education.The amount of the tuition for such children attending the public schools  of the district shall be determined by the State Superintendent of  Education by multiplying the number of such children in average daily  attendance in such schools by 1.2 times the total annual per capita cost of  administering the schools of the district. Such total annual per capita  cost shall be determined by totaling all expenses of the school district in  the educational, operations and maintenance, bond and interest,  transportation, Illinois municipal retirement, and rent funds for the  school year preceding the filing of such tuition claims less expenditures  not applicable to the regular K-12 program, less offsetting revenues from  State sources except those from the common school fund, less offsetting  revenues from federal sources except those from federal impaction aid, less  student and community service revenues, plus a depreciation allowance; and  dividing such total by the average daily attendance for the year.Annually on or before June 15 the superintendent of the district shall certify to the State Superintendent of Education the following:1. The name of the home and of the organization or     association maintaining it; or the legal description of the real estate upon which the house, housing units, or housing accommodations are located and that no taxes or service charges or other payments authorized by law to be made in lieu of taxes were collected therefrom or on account thereof during either of the calendar years included in the school year for which claim is being made;2. The number of children from the home or living in     such houses, housing units or housing accommodations and attending the schools of the district;3. The total number of children attending the schools     of the district;4. The per capita tuition charge of the district; and5. The computed amount of the tuition payment claimed     as due.Whenever the persons in charge of such home for orphans, dependent, abandoned  or maladjusted children have received from the parent or guardian of any such  child or by virtue of an order of court a specific allowance for educating  such child, such persons shall pay to the school board in the district  where the child attends school such amount of the allowance as is necessary  to pay the tuition required by such district for the education of the  child. If the allowance is insufficient to pay the tuition in full the  State Superintendent of Education shall direct the Comptroller to pay to  the district the difference between the total tuition charged and the  amount of the allowance.Whenever the facilities of a school district in which such house,  housing units or housing accommodations are located, are limited, pupils  may be assigned by that district to the schools of any adjacent district to  the limit of the facilities of the adjacent district to properly educate  such pupils as shall be determined by the school board of the adjacent  district, and the State Superintendent of Education shall direct the  Comptroller to pay a specified amount sufficient to pay the annual tuition  of the children so assigned to and attending public schools in the adjacent  districts and the Comptroller shall draw his warrant upon the State  Treasurer for the payment of such amount for the benefit of the adjacent  school districts in the same manner as for districts in which the houses,  housing units or housing accommodations are located.Summer session costs shall be reimbursed based on the actual expenditures for providing these services.  On or before November 1 of each year, the superintendent of each eligible school district shall certify to the State Superintendent of Education the claim of the district for the summer session following the regular school year just ended. The State Superintendent of Education shall transmit to the Comptroller no later than December 15th of each year vouchers for payment of amounts due to school districts for summer session.Claims for tuition for children from any home for orphans or dependent,  abandoned, or maladjusted children   shall be paid on a current year basis.  On September 30, December 31, and  March 31, the State Board of Education shall voucher payments for districts  with those students based on an estimated cost calculated from the prior  year's claim.  The school district shall certify to the State Superintendent of Education the report of claims due for such tuition payments on or before June 15. Claims received by June 15 may be amended until August 1. The State Superintendent of Education shall direct the State Comptroller to pay to the district, on or before August 31, the amount due for the district for the school year in accordance with the calculation of the claim as set forth in this Section.  However, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section or the  School Code, beginning with fiscal year 1994 and each fiscal year thereafter, if the amount appropriated for any fiscal year is  less than the amount required for purposes of this Section, the amount required  to eliminate any insufficient reimbursement for each district claim under this  Section shall be reimbursed on August 31 of the next fiscal year. Payments required to eliminate any insufficiency for prior fiscal  year claims shall be made before any claims are paid for the current fiscal  year.If a school district makes a claim for reimbursement under Section 14-7.03 it shall not include in any claim filed under this Section  children residing on the property of State institutions included in its  claim under Section 14-7.03.Any child who is not a resident of Illinois who is placed in a child  welfare institution, private facility, State operated program, orphanage  or children's home shall have the payment for his educational tuition and  any related services assured by the placing agent.In order to provide services appropriate to allow a student under the legal  guardianship or custodianship of the State to participate in local school  district educational programs, costs may be incurred in appropriate cases by  the  district that are in excess of 1.2 times the district per capita tuition charge  allowed under the provisions of this Section.  In the event such excess costs  are incurred, they must be documented in accordance with cost rules established  under the authority of this Section and may then be claimed for reimbursement  under this Section.Planned services for students eligible for this funding must be a  collaborative effort between the appropriate State agency or the student's  group home or institution and the local school district.    (Source: P.A. 101-17, eff. 6-14-19.)