Ill. Admin. Code tit. 23 § 425.100

Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 52, December 27, 2024

Section 425.100 - Necessary Costs and Fees

This Section provides implementation for the computation of necessary costs and fees as defined in Section 5 of the Invest in Kids Act (the Act) [ 35 ILCS 40 ].

a) For purposes of this Section, "necessary costs and fees" has the meaning ascribed in Section 5 of the Act and is the sum total of the following:

1)the customary charge for instruction and use of facilities (Section 5 of the Act) (i.e., tuition);

2) all charges for required textbooks, instructional materials and technology, including costs associated with the administration of State assessments under Section 2-3.64a-5 of the School Code;

3) charges for field trips made during school hours, or made after school hours if the field trip is a required or customary part of a class or extracurricular activity (e.g., annually scheduled trips to museums, concerts, or places of business and industry or field trips related to instruction in social studies, the fine arts, career/vocational education or the sciences);

4) charges for supplies required for a particular class (e.g., shop or home economics materials, laboratory or art supplies);

5) school uniforms; and

6) any other fee that the qualified school charges as a prerequisite for participation in curricular or extracurricular programs.

b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), for purposes of this Section, "necessary costs and fees" does not include the following:

1)fees payable only once (Section 5 of the Act) per a student's enrollment within a qualified school;

2)contingent deposits that are refundable in whole or in part (Section 5 of the Act) (e.g., locks, towels, laboratory equipment, uniforms or equipment related to intramural sports or to fine arts programs);

3) library fines and other charges made for the loss, misuse or destruction of school property (e.g., musical instruments);

4) charges for the purchase of class rings, yearbooks, pictures, diploma covers or similar items;

5) charges for optional travel undertaken by a school club or group of students outside of school hours (e.g., a trip to Spain by the Spanish club or a senior class trip);

6) charges for admission to school dances, athletic events or other social events;

7) optional community service programs for which fees are charged (e.g., preschool, before- and after-school child care, recreation programs);

8) graduation fees (e.g., caps, gowns); and

9) any other optional fee that the qualified school charges for participation in curricular or extracurricular programs.

c) This Section will automatically be repealed on January 1, 2024.

Ill. Admin. Code tit. 23, § 425.100

Added at 42 Ill. Reg. 5912, effective 3/15/2018