Bill Text: IL SB1482 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Education for Homeless Children Act. Provides that the State Board of Education may by rule establish limits on the duration and extent of agreements for the transport of a homeless child to the school district of origin after the homeless child begins living in another school district.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2019-01-09 - Session Sine Die [SB1482 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2017-SB1482-Introduced.html

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100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2017 and 2018 SB1482 Introduced 2/9/2017, by Sen. Chapin Rose SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
105 ILCS 45/1-15
Amends the Education for Homeless Children Act. Provides that the State Board of Education may by rule establish limits on the duration and extent of agreements for the transport of a homeless child to the school district of origin after the homeless child begins living in another school district.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT
A BILL FOR
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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 Education for Homeless Children Act is
amended by changing Section 1-15 as follows:
(105 ILCS 45/1-15)
Sec. 1-15. Transportation to school of origin. Subject to
the provisions of Article 29 of the School Code, if a child
becomes a homeless child or if a homeless child changes his or
her temporary living arrangements, and if the homeless child's
parents or guardians decide to continue the child's education
in the school of origin, the parents or guardians shall make a
good faith effort to provide or arrange for transportation to
and from the school of origin, including authorizing relatives,
friends, or a program for homeless persons to provide the child
with transportation to and from the school of origin. If
transportation to and from the school of origin is not provided
in that manner, it shall be provided in the following manner:
(1) if the homeless child continues to live in the
school district in which the school of origin is located,
the child's transportation to and from the school of origin
shall be provided or arranged by the school district in
which the school of origin is located consistent with the

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requirements of Article 29 of the School Code; and
(2) if the homeless child's living arrangements in the
school district of origin terminate and the child, though
continuing his or her education in the school of origin,
begins living in another school district, the school
district of origin and the school district in which the
homeless child is living shall meet to apportion the
responsibility and costs for providing the child with
transportation to and from the school of origin. If the
school districts are unable to agree, the responsibility
and costs for transportation shall be shared equally. The
State Board of Education may by rule establish limits on
the duration and extent of agreements established under
this paragraph (2).
If a parent or guardian chooses to have the child attend
the school of origin, that parent or guardian, a teacher of the
child, and the principal or his or her designee from the school
of origin may meet at the option of the parent or the school to
evaluate whether that travel is in the best interest of the
child's development and education as compared to the
development and education available in attending the school
nearest the child's abode. The meeting shall also include
consideration of the best interests of the homeless family at
its current abode. A parent may bring a representative of his
or her choice to the meeting. The meeting shall be convened if
travel time is longer than one hour each way.

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(Source: P.A. 88-634, eff. 1-1-95; 88-686, eff. 1-24-95.)