Illinois Supreme Court September 23, 2004, 96467 Rel (People v. D.D.)

JUSTICE KILBRIDE

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this case we determine whether a trial court has the authority to order a school district to pay the educational portion of a delinquent minor’s residential placement. D.D. was adjudicated a delinquent minor and was placed on probation. Subsequently, the juvenile court placed D.D. at the Heritage Center (the Center) in Utah.