Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Claims
for Reimbursement - These shall be made under oath or affirmation of
the chief school administrator for the district employed by the school
boardor authorized driver education personnel employed by the
school board [
105 ILCS 5/27-24.6].
1) Reimbursement shall be determined in
accordance with the provisions of Sections 27-24.4 and 27-24.5 of the School
Code.
2)
The school
district that is the residence of an eligible pupil who attends a nonpublic
school in another district that has furnished the driver education course shall
reimburse the district offering the course the difference between the actual
per capita cost of giving the course the previous school year and the amount
reimbursed by the State (Section 27-24.4 of the School Code), subject
to the limitations regarding the reimbursement amount that are set forth in
Section 27-24.2 of the School Code. This arrangement shall also apply in the
case of tuition students who receive driver education from the districts where
they are enrolled rather than from their respective districts of
residence.
3) The district may
charge a reasonable fee not to exceed the amount specified in Section 27-24.2
of the School Code to students who participate in a driver education course
approved in accordance with this Part. No other fee or portion thereof shall be
charged to students and attributed to the driver education course. As used in
this Part, "reasonable fee" means a fee calculated by dividing the sum of
documented annual district costs for items such as instructional materials (if
not included in the district's textbook rental fee), the cost of driver
education cars, car maintenance costs, fuel, and insurance by the number of
students enrolled or participating in the driver education course. The
district's costs used in this calculation shall not include any portion of the
salaries or benefits of school district personnel. For purposes of this
calculation, the cost of driver education cars that are purchased by the
district shall be amortized over a five-year period, and the cost of leasing
cars shall be included in the fee calculation in the year the costs are
incurred.
4) The driver education
fee shall be waived with respect to any student who applies pursuant to this
subsection and who is eligible for free lunches or breakfasts pursuant to the
School Breakfast and Lunch Program Act [ 105 ILCS 125 ] and 23 Ill. Adm. Code
305 (School Food Service), and with respect to other students in accordance
with the district's policy adopted in accordance with 23 Ill. Adm. Code
1.245
(Waiver of School Fees).
b) Transfer Student - For any transfer
student as defined in Section
252.20(b)(2),
reimbursement shall be claimed only by the school district to which the student
has transferred.
c) Cooperative
School Programs - In fulfilling the requirements for reimbursement, a school
district must provide a driver education course or participate in a special
education cooperative or be part of an approved joint school agreement with
another public school district.
d)
Contracting - School districts providing the driver education course through a
contract as provided under Section
252.20(e)
shall make a claim for reimbursement by submitting, in a format specified by
the State Superintendent of Education, the names of the students successfully
completing the course and the date of course completion for each.
e) Records - Daily attendance records shall
be kept by the teachers in the manner prescribed in Section 27-24.6 of the
School Code and are to be used to certify claims made under the Act.
1) Records in either paper or electronic
format must be maintained by the school to substantiate daily lessons, time
behind the wheel, observation time, and periodic as well as final evaluation of
each student. Also recorded shall be the beginning and ending dates of
classroom and behind-the-wheel instruction. Students are to be identified by
their instructional permit number, name, address and other personal
information.
2) The records are to
be on file in the office of the driver education supervisor, principal, or
other manager at the time reimbursement and/or certification is
requested.
3) Driver education
participation records are to be kept and be readily available for a period of
not less than three years.
4) All
records are subject to yearly audit by State auditors.
