[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 56 Introduced in House (IH)]







111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 56

To permit certain school districts in Illinois to be reconstituted for 
    purposes of determining assistance under the Impact Aid program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 6, 2009

   Mr. Kirk introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Education and Labor

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                                 A BILL


 
To permit certain school districts in Illinois to be reconstituted for 
    purposes of determining assistance under the Impact Aid program.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. ELIGIBILITY FOR IMPACT AID PAYMENT.

    (a) Local Educational Agencies.--Notwithstanding section 8013(9)(B) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
7713(9)(B)), North Chicago Community Unit School District 187, North 
Shore District 112, and Township High School District 113 in Lake 
County, Illinois, and Glenview Public School District 34 and Glenbrook 
High School District 225 in Cook County, Illinois, shall be considered 
local educational agencies as such term is used in and for purposes of 
title VIII of such Act.
    (b) Computation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
federally connected children (as determined under section 8003(a) of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a))) 
who are in attendance in the North Shore District 112, Township High 
School District 113, Glenview Public School District 34, and Glenbrook 
High School District 225 described in subsection (a), shall be 
considered to be in attendance in the North Chicago Community Unit 
School District 187 described in subsection (a), solely for purposes of 
computing the amount that the North Chicago Community Unit School 
District 187 is eligible to receive under subsection (b) or (d) of such 
section, if--
            (1) such school districts have entered into an agreement 
        for such students to be so considered and for the equitable 
        apportionment among all such school districts of any amount 
        received by the North Chicago Community Unit School District 
        187 under such section; and
            (2) any amount apportioned among all such school districts 
        pursuant to paragraph (1) is used by such school districts only 
        for the direct provision of educational services.
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