105 ILCS 5/10-22.20
2021 Illinois Compiled Statutes|Chapter 105 - SCHOOLS|105 ILCS 5/ - School Code.|Article 10 - School Boards

 (from Ch. 122, par. 10-22.20)Sec. 10-22.20. Classes for adults and youths whose schooling has  been interrupted; conditions for State reimbursement; use of child  care facilities.(a) To establish special classes for the instruction (1)  of persons of age 21 years or over and (2) of persons less than age 21  and not otherwise in attendance in public school, for the purpose of  providing adults in the community and youths whose schooling has been  interrupted with such additional basic education, vocational skill  training, and other instruction as may be necessary to increase their  qualifications for employment or other means of self-support and their  ability to meet their responsibilities as citizens, including courses of  instruction regularly accepted for graduation from elementary or high  schools and for Americanization and high school equivalency testing review classes.The board shall pay the necessary expenses of such classes out of  school funds of the district, including costs of student transportation  and such facilities or provision for child-care as may be necessary in  the judgment of the board to permit maximum utilization of the courses  by students with children, and other special needs of the students  directly related to such instruction.  The expenses thus incurred shall  be subject to State reimbursement, as provided in Section 2-12.5 of the Public Community College Act.  The  board may make a tuition charge for persons taking instruction who are  not subject to State reimbursement, such tuition charge not to exceed  the per capita cost of such classes.The cost of such instruction, including the additional expenses herein  authorized, shall be assumed in its entirety  from funds appropriated by the State to the Illinois Community College  Board as provided in Section 2-12.5 of the Public Community College Act.(b) The  Illinois Community College Board shall establish  the standards for the  courses of instruction reimbursed  under this Section.  The Illinois Community College Board shall supervise the  administration of the programs.  The Illinois Community College Board shall  determine the cost  of instruction in accordance with standards established by the Illinois  Community College Board, including therein  other incidental costs as herein authorized, which shall serve as the basis of  State reimbursement in accordance with the provisions of the Public Community College Act. In the  approval of programs and the determination of the cost of instruction, the  Illinois Community College Board shall provide  for the maximum utilization of federal  funds for such programs.(c) (Blank).(d) (Blank).(e) (Blank).(f) (Blank).(g) (Blank).(h) (Blank).(i) (Blank).(j) In addition to claiming reimbursement under this Section, a school  district may claim evidence-based funding under Section 18-8.15 for any student  under age 21 who is enrolled in courses accepted for graduation from elementary  or high school and who otherwise meets the requirements of Section  18-8.15.  (Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17; 101-289, eff. 8-9-19.)