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 1        AN ACT relating to education, amending named Acts.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The State Finance Act is amended by  changing
 5    Section 8a as follows:

 6        (30 ILCS 105/8a) (from Ch. 127, par. 144a)
 7        Sec.  8a.  Common School Fund; transfers to Common School
 8    Fund and Education Assistance Fund.
 9        (a)  Except as provided in subsection (b) of this Section
10    and except as otherwise provided in this subsection (a)  with
11    respect  to amounts transferred from the General Revenue Fund
12    to the Common School Fund for distribution therefrom for  the
13    benefit  of  the  Teachers' Retirement System of the State of
14    Illinois  and  the  Public  School  Teachers'   Pension   and
15    Retirement Fund of Chicago:
16             (1)  With  respect to all school districts, for each
17        fiscal year other than fiscal year 1994, on or before the
18        eleventh and twenty-first days of each of the  months  of
19        August  through  the  following  July, at a time or times
20        designated by the Governor, the State Treasurer  and  the
21        State Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue
22        Fund  to  the Common School Fund and Education Assistance
23        Fund, as appropriate, 1/24 or so much thereof as  may  be
24        necessary  of  the amount appropriated to the State Board
25        of Education for distribution  to  all  school  districts
26        from  such  Common  School  Fund and Education Assistance
27        Fund, for the fiscal  year,  including  interest  on  the
28        School  Fund proportionate for that distribution for such
29        year.
30             (2)  With respect to all school districts,  but  for
31        fiscal  year  1994  only, on the 11th day of August, 1993
 
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 1        and on or before the 11th and 21st days of  each  of  the
 2        months  of  October, 1993 through July, 1994 at a time or
 3        times designated by the Governor, the State Treasurer and
 4        the State Comptroller shall  transfer  from  the  General
 5        Revenue  Fund  to  the Common School Fund 1/24 or so much
 6        thereof as may be necessary of the amount appropriated to
 7        the State Board of  Education  for  distribution  to  all
 8        school districts from such Common School Fund, for fiscal
 9        year   1994,   including  interest  on  the  School  Fund
10        proportionate for that distribution for such year; and on
11        or before the 21st day of August, 1993 at a time or times
12        designated by the Governor, the State Treasurer  and  the
13        State Comptroller shall transfer from the General Revenue
14        Fund to the Common School Fund 3/24 or so much thereof as
15        may  be necessary of the amount appropriated to the State
16        Board  of  Education  for  distribution  to  all   school
17        districts  from  the  Common School Fund, for fiscal year
18        1994,   including   interest   proportionate   for   that
19        distribution on the School Fund for such fiscal year.
20        The amounts of the payments made in July  of  each  year:
21    (i)  shall  be  considered an outstanding liability as of the
22    30th day of June immediately preceding those  July  payments,
23    within  the  meaning of Section 25 of this Act; (ii) shall be
24    payable from the appropriation for the fiscal year that ended
25    on that 30th day of  June;  and  (iii)  shall  be  considered
26    payments  for  claims covering the school year that commenced
27    during the immediately preceding calendar year.
28        Notwithstanding  the   foregoing   provisions   of   this
29    subsection, as soon as may be after the 10th and 20th days of
30    each  of the months of August through May, 1/24, and on or as
31    soon as may be after the 10th and 20th days of June, 1/12  of
32    the   annual  amount  appropriated  to  the  State  Board  of
33    Education for distribution and  payment  during  that  fiscal
34    year  from  the  Common School Fund to and for the benefit of
 
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 1    the Teachers' Retirement System  of  the  State  of  Illinois
 2    (until  the  end  of  State  fiscal year 1995) and the Public
 3    School Teachers' Pension and Retirement Fund  of  Chicago  as
 4    provided by the Illinois Pension Code and Section 18-7 of the
 5    School Code, or so much thereof as may be necessary, shall be
 6    transferred  by the State Treasurer and the State Comptroller
 7    from the General Revenue Fund to the Common  School  Fund  to
 8    permit  semi-monthly  payments from the Common School Fund to
 9    and for the benefit of such  teacher  retirement  systems  as
10    required by Section 18-7 of the School Code.
11        Notwithstanding  the other provisions of this Section, on
12    or as soon as may be  after  the  15th  day  of  each  month,
13    beginning  in  July  of  1995,  1/12  of  the  annual  amount
14    appropriated for that fiscal year from the Common School Fund
15    to  the  Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois
16    (other than amounts appropriated under  Section  1.1  of  the
17    State Pension Funds Continuing Appropriation Act), or so much
18    thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  shall be transferred by the
19    State Treasurer and the State Comptroller  from  the  General
20    Revenue  Fund  to  the  Common  School Fund to permit monthly
21    payments from the  Common  School  Fund  to  that  retirement
22    system  in  accordance  with  Section  16-158 of the Illinois
23    Pension Code and Section 18-7 of the  School  Code.   Amounts
24    appropriated  to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State
25    of Illinois under Section 1.1  of  the  State  Pension  Funds
26    Continuing  Appropriation  Act  shall  be  transferred by the
27    State Treasurer and the State Comptroller  from  the  General
28    Revenue  Fund  to  the  Common  School  Fund  as necessary to
29    provide for the  payment  of  vouchers  drawn  against  those
30    appropriations.
31        The Governor may notify the State Treasurer and the State
32    Comptroller   to  transfer,  at  a  time  designated  by  the
33    Governor, such additional  amount  as  may  be  necessary  to
34    effect  advance  distribution  to school districts of amounts
 
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 1    that otherwise would be payable in the next month pursuant to
 2    Sections 18-8 through 18-10 of the  School  Code.  The  State
 3    Treasurer  and the State Comptroller shall thereupon transfer
 4    such additional amount. The aggregate amount transferred from
 5    the General Revenue Fund to the Common  School  Fund  in  the
 6    eleven months beginning August 1 of any fiscal year shall not
 7    be  in  excess  of the amount necessary for payment of claims
 8    certified by the State Superintendent of  Education  pursuant
 9    to  the  appropriation  of  the  Common  School Fund for that
10    fiscal year. Notwithstanding  the  provisions  of  the  first
11    paragraph  in  this section, no transfer to effect an advance
12    distribution  shall  be  made  in   any   month   except   on
13    notification, as provided above, by the Governor.
14        The  State Comptroller and State Treasurer shall transfer
15    from the General Revenue Fund to the Common School  Fund  and
16    the Education Assistance Fund such amounts as may be required
17    to  honor  the  vouchers  presented  by  the  State  Board of
18    Education pursuant to Sections 18-3,  18-4.2,  18-4.3,  18-5,
19    18-6 and 18-7 of the School Code.
20        The State Comptroller shall report all transfers provided
21    for  in  this  Act  to  the President of the Senate, Minority
22    Leader of the Senate, Speaker  of  the  House,  and  Minority
23    Leader of the House.
24        (b)  On  or  before the 11th and 21st days of each of the
25    months of June, 1982 through July, 1983, at a time  or  times
26    designated by the Governor, the State Treasurer and the State
27    Comptroller  shall  transfer from the General Revenue Fund to
28    the Common School Fund 1/24 or so  much  thereof  as  may  be
29    necessary  of  the  amount appropriated to the State Board of
30    Education for distribution from such Common School Fund,  for
31    that  same fiscal year, including interest on the School Fund
32    for such year.  The amounts of the payments in the months  of
33    July,  1982 and July, 1983 shall be considered an outstanding
34    liability as of the 30th day of  June  immediately  preceding
 
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 1    such  July  payment, within the meaning of Section 25 of this
 2    Act, and shall be payable  from  the  appropriation  for  the
 3    fiscal  year  which  ended on such 30th day of June, and such
 4    July  payments  shall  be  considered  payments  for   claims
 5    covering school years 1981-1982 and 1982-1983 respectively.
 6        In  the  event  the Governor makes notification to effect
 7    advanced distribution under the provisions of subsection  (a)
 8    of  this  Section,  the aggregate amount transferred from the
 9    General Revenue Fund to the Common  School  Fund  in  the  12
10    months  beginning  August  1, 1981 or the 12 months beginning
11    August 1, 1982 shall not be in excess of the amount necessary
12    for payment of claims certified by the  State  Superintendent
13    of  Education  pursuant  to  the  appropriation of the Common
14    School Fund for the fiscal years commencing on the  first  of
15    July of the years 1981 and 1982.
16    (Source: P.A. 90-372, eff. 7-1-98; 90-587, eff. 7-1-98.)

17        Section  10.   The  School  Code  is  amended by changing
18    Sections 2-3.83, 10-19, 14A-5, 18-8.05,  27A-9  and  29-5  as
19    follows:

20        (105 ILCS 5/2-3.83) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.83)
21        Sec.  2-3.83.   Individual  transition  plan  model pilot
22    program.
23        (a)  The General Assembly finds that transition  services
24    for  special  education  students  in  secondary  schools are
25    needed for the increasing numbers of students exiting  school
26    programs.    Therefore,  to  ensure  coordinated  and  timely
27    delivery of services, the State shall establish a model pilot
28    program to provide such services.   Local  school  districts,
29    using  joint agreements and regional service delivery systems
30    for  special  and  vocational  education  selected   by   the
31    Governor's  Planning  Council  on Developmental Disabilities,
32    shall have the primary responsibility to  convene  transition
 
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 1    planning   meetings  for  these  students  who  will  require
 2    post-school adult services.
 3        (b)  For purposes of this Section:
 4             (1)  "Post-secondary  Service  Provider"   means   a
 5        provider   of   services   for   adults   who   have  any
 6        developmental disability as defined in Section  1-106  of
 7        the  Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities Code or
 8        who are disabled  as  defined  in  the  Disabled  Persons
 9        Rehabilitation Act.
10             (2)  "Individual  Education  Plan"  means  a written
11        statement for an exceptional child that provides at least
12        a statement of: the child's present levels of educational
13        performance, annual goals  and  short-term  instructional
14        objectives;   specific   special  education  and  related
15        services; the extent  of  participation  in  the  regular
16        education  program; the projected dates for initiation of
17        services; anticipated duration of  services;  appropriate
18        objective  criteria  and  evaluation  procedures;  and  a
19        schedule   for   annual   determination   of   short-term
20        objectives.
21             (3)  "Individual  Transition  Plan"  (ITP)  means  a
22        multi-agency informal assessment of a student's needs for
23        post-secondary  adult  services including but not limited
24        to employment, post-secondary education or  training  and
25        residential independent living.
26             (4)  "Developmental  Disability"  means a disability
27        which  is  attributable  to:  (a)   mental   retardation,
28        cerebral  palsy,  epilepsy or autism; or to (b) any other
29        condition which results in  impairment  similar  to  that
30        caused  by mental retardation and which requires services
31        similar to those required by mentally  retarded  persons.
32        Such  disability  must  originate  before  the  age of 18
33        years,  be  expected  to   continue   indefinitely,   and
34        constitute a substantial handicap.
 
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 1             (5)  "Exceptional    Characteristic"    means    any
 2        disabling  or exceptional characteristic which interferes
 3        with a student's education including, but not limited to,
 4        a  determination  that  the  student   is   severely   or
 5        profoundly    mentally   disabled,   trainably   mentally
 6        disabled,  deaf-blind,   or   has   some   other   health
 7        impairment.
 8        (c)  The  model  pilot  program  required by this Section
 9    shall be  established  and  administered  by  the  Governor's
10    Planning Council on Developmental Disabilities in conjunction
11    with  the case coordination pilot projects established by the
12    Department of Human Services pursuant to Section 4.1  of  the
13    Community Services Act, as amended.
14        (d)  The  model pilot program shall include the following
15    features:
16             (1)  Written notice shall be  sent  to  the  student
17        and,  when  appropriate,  his  or  her parent or guardian
18        giving the opportunity to consent to having the student's
19        name and relevant information shared with the local  case
20        coordination  unit  and  other appropriate State or local
21        agencies for purposes of  inviting  participants  to  the
22        individual transition plan meeting.
23             (2)  Meetings  to  develop and modify, as needed, an
24        Individual Transition Plan shall  be  conducted  annually
25        for  all  students with a developmental disability in the
26        pilot program area who are age 16 or older  and  who  are
27        receiving  special  education services for 50% or more of
28        their public school program.   These  meetings  shall  be
29        convened  by  the  local school district and conducted in
30        conjunction with any other regularly  scheduled  meetings
31        such  as the student's annual individual educational plan
32        meeting.    The   Governor's    Planning    Council    on
33        Developmental  Disabilities  shall cooperate with and may
34        enter into any  necessary  written  agreements  with  the
 
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 1        Department  of  Human  Services  and  the  State Board of
 2        Education to identify the target group  of  students  for
 3        transition planning and the appropriate case coordination
 4        unit to serve these individuals.
 5             (3)  The  ITP  meetings  shall  be co-chaired by the
 6        individual  education  plan  coordinator  and  the   case
 7        coordinator.   The  ITP  meeting shall include but not be
 8        limited to discussion of  the  following:  the  student's
 9        projected  date  of  exit  from  the  public schools; his
10        projected post-school goals in the areas  of  employment,
11        residential   living   arrangement   and   post-secondary
12        education  or  training;  specific  school or post-school
13        services needed during the following year to achieve  the
14        student's  goals, including but not limited to vocational
15        evaluation,  vocational  education,  work  experience  or
16        vocational training,  placement  assistance,  independent
17        living skills training, recreational or leisure training,
18        income  support,  medical  needs  and transportation; and
19        referrals and linkage to  needed  services,  including  a
20        proposed  time  frame  for  services  and the responsible
21        agency or provider.  The individual transition plan shall
22        be  signed  by  participants  in  the   ITP   discussion,
23        including  but  not  limited  to the student's parents or
24        guardian,    the     student     (where     appropriate),
25        multi-disciplinary  team  representatives from the public
26        schools, the case coordinator and any  other  individuals
27        who   have   participated  in  the  ITP  meeting  at  the
28        discretion of the individual education plan  coordinator,
29        the  developmental  disability  case  coordinator  or the
30        parents or guardian.
31             (4)  At least 10 days prior to the ITP meeting,  the
32        parents  or  guardian of the student shall be notified in
33        writing of the time and place of the meeting by the local
34        school district. The ITP discussion shall  be  documented
 
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 1        by  the  assigned  case  coordinator,  and  an individual
 2        student  file  shall   be   maintained   by   each   case
 3        coordination  unit.   One year following a student's exit
 4        from public school the case coordinator shall  conduct  a
 5        follow up interview with the student.
 6             (5)  Determinations   with   respect  to  individual
 7        transition plans made under this  Section  shall  not  be
 8        subject  to  any  due  process requirements prescribed in
 9        Section 14-8.02 of this Code.
10        (e)  (Blank). The State Board of Education shall submit a
11    report to the General Assembly by June 30 of each year  which
12    summarizes   the   projected   number  of  secondary  special
13    education students that will be exiting public schools  after
14    the  following  school  year.   The  report  shall  include a
15    description of  the  students'  exceptional  characteristics,
16    location in the State and other information necessary for the
17    State  to  plan  for services for these students.  The report
18    shall  not  contain  any  information  which  identifies  any
19    individual.
20    (Source: P.A. 88-380;  89-397,  eff.  8-20-95;  89-507,  eff.
21    7-1-97; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)

22        (105 ILCS 5/10-19) (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
23        Sec.  10-19.   Length  of  school  term   -  experimental
24    programs. Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar
25    for the school term, specifying the opening and closing dates
26    and providing a minimum term of at least 185 days  to  insure
27    176 days of actual pupil attendance, computable under Section
28    18-8.05  18-8, except that for the 1980-1981 school year only
29    175 days of actual pupil attendance shall be required because
30    of the closing of schools pursuant to Section 24-2 on January
31    29, 1981 upon the appointment by the President of that day as
32    a day of thanksgiving for the freedom of  the  Americans  who
33    had  been  held  hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for
 
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 1    teachers' institute but not used as such or used as  parental
 2    institutes  as  provided  in Section 10-22.18d shall increase
 3    the minimum term by the school days not so used.   Except  as
 4    provided  in  Section  10-19.1,  the board may not extend the
 5    school term beyond such closing date unless that extension of
 6    term is necessary to provide the minimum number of computable
 7    days.  In case of such necessary extension  school  employees
 8    shall  be paid for such additional time on the basis of their
 9    regular contracts.  A school board may specify a closing date
10    earlier than that set on the annual calendar when the schools
11    of  the  district  have  provided  the  minimum   number   of
12    computable  days  under this Section. Nothing in this Section
13    prevents the board from employing superintendents of schools,
14    principals and other nonteaching personnel for a period of 12
15    months, or in the case of superintendents  for  a  period  in
16    accordance  with  Section 10-23.8, or prevents the board from
17    employing other personnel before or after the regular  school
18    term  with  payment  of salary proportionate to that received
19    for comparable work during the school term.
20        A school board may make such changes in its calendar  for
21    the  school  term  as  may  be required by any changes in the
22    legal school holidays prescribed in Section 24-2.   A  school
23    board may make changes in its calendar for the school term as
24    may  be  necessary  to  reflect  the utilization of teachers'
25    institute days as parental  institute  days  as  provided  in
26    Section 10-22.18d.
27        With  the  prior approval of the State Board of Education
28    and subject to review by the State Board of Education every 3
29    years, any school board may, by resolution of its  board  and
30    in  agreement  with  affected exclusive collective bargaining
31    agents,   establish   experimental   educational    programs,
32    including  but  not  limited  to  programs  for self-directed
33    learning or outside of formal class periods,  which  programs
34    when  so  approved  shall  be  considered  to comply with the
 
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 1    requirements of this Section as respects numbers of  days  of
 2    actual  pupil  attendance  and with the other requirements of
 3    this Act as respects courses of instruction.
 4    (Source: P.A. 86-1250; 87-183.)

 5        (105 ILCS 5/14A-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 14A-5)
 6        Sec. 14A-5.  Reimbursement for  services  and  materials.
 7    Pursuant  to  regulations  of  the  State  Board of Education
 8    proposed programs for gifted children may be submitted to the
 9    Council by a school district, 2 or  more  cooperating  school
10    districts,  a county, or 2 or more cooperating counties. Such
11    proposals shall include a statement of the qualifications and
12    duties of the personnel required in the fields of diagnostic,
13    counseling and  consultative  services  and  the  educational
14    materials necessary.
15        Upon receipt of such proposals the Council shall evaluate
16    them and if found to contribute to the development of a State
17    plan  to  increase  the  service  of the public school in the
18    field of education  of  gifted  children  the  Council  shall
19    recommend  the acceptance thereof to the State Superintendent
20    of Education, who may approve the same. Upon the approval  of
21    the  district's  program,  which  shall be offered during the
22    regular school term and may include optional  summer  school,
23    the  district  shall  be  entitled  to  reimbursement for the
24    services  and  materials  required  therefor  by  the  method
25    described in either (a) or (b) as follows:
26        (a)  The number of pupils in average daily attendance  in
27    the  district's  program,  multiplied by one of the following
28    factors:
29        The  factors  for  school  districts   having   different
30    assessed valuations per pupil in average daily attendance for
31    the prior year shall be:
32        1.  in districts with $20,000 or more;
33        1.2  in districts with $16,000 but less than $20,000;
 
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 1        1.3  in districts with $12,000 but less than $16,000;
 2        1.4  in districts with $9,000 but less than $12,000;
 3        1.5  in districts with less than $9,000.
 4        In  no  case  shall  the  claim  for reimbursement of any
 5    district exceed the  actual  cost  of  such  program  to  the
 6    district   nor   shall   the   number   of  pupils  for  whom
 7    reimbursement is claimed exceed 5% of the number of pupils in
 8    average daily attendance in the district for the prior year.
 9        (b)  For  each  professional  worker,   who   meets   the
10    established  standards  for  his  position,  employed  in the
11    district's program at the annual rate of $5,000.
12        On or before July 10, annually,  the  president  and  the
13    secretary  of  the  district  shall  certify  to the regional
14    superintendent   upon   forms   prescribed   by   the   State
15    Superintendent  of  Education  the   district's   claim   for
16    reimbursement  for  the  school  year  ended  on June 30 next
17    preceding. The regional superintendent shall check  all  such
18    claims  to ascertain compliance with the prescribed standards
19    and upon his approval shall certify not later than July 25 to
20    the State Superintendent of Education the regional report  of
21    claims   for  reimbursements.  The  State  Superintendent  of
22    Education shall check and upon  approval  shall  transmit  by
23    September  15  to  the State Comptroller the vouchers showing
24    the  amounts   due   for   district   reimbursement   claims.
25    Reimbursement  shall  be paid in the manner provided above in
26    this  paragraph  through  September  15,  1979.   Thereafter,
27    estimated payments equal to 1/4 of  the  district's  approved
28    program  amount  shall  be  made  by the State Comptroller on
29    November 15, February 15,  and  May  15  upon  submission  of
30    vouchers  by  the State Superintendent of Education.  A final
31    claim shall be filed with the regional superintendent  on  or
32    before  July  10  for  approval  and transmittal to the State
33    Superintendent of Education on  or  before  July  20.  Claims
34    received  by the State Superintendent of Education after July
 
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 1    20 shall not be honored. Upon receipt of the final claim  the
 2    State  Superintendent  shall  verify  its accuracy and make a
 3    final adjusted payment on September 20.
 4        If the amount appropriated for such reimbursement for any
 5    year is insufficient it shall be apportioned on the basis  of
 6    the claims approved.
 7        When any school district eligible for reimbursement under
 8    this  Section operates a school for a full year in accordance
 9    with Section 10-19.1 of this Act such reimbursement shall  be
10    increased  by  1/185 of the amount or rate paid hereunder for
11    each day such school is operated in excess of  185  days  per
12    calendar year.
13        For  purposes  of  calculating  claims  for reimbursement
14    under this Section for any school year beginning July 1, 1997
15     1980, or thereafter, the equalized assessed valuation for  a
16    school  district  used  to  compute  reimbursement  shall  be
17    computed in the same manner as it is computed under paragraph
18    (2)  of  subsection  (G)  of  Section 18-8.05.  determined by
19    adding to the real property equalized assessed valuation  for
20    the  district  an  amount  computed by dividing the amount of
21    money received by the district under the  provisions  of  "An
22    Act  in  relation  to  the  abolition  of ad valorem personal
23    property tax and the replacement of  revenues  lost  thereby,
24    and  amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
25    connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended,
26    by the total tax rate for the district. For purposes of  this
27    subsection, 1976 tax rates shall be used for school districts
28    in  the  county  of Cook, and 1977 tax rates shall be used in
29    all other counties. For the 1980-81 school year, for purposes
30    of computing claims for reimbursement, there shall  be  added
31    to  the  amount  derived  by the above computation 2/3 of the
32    positive  difference  between  the  1978  corporate  personal
33    property equalized assessed valuation and the amount of money
34    received by the district under the provisions of "An  Act  in
 
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 1    relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property tax
 2    and  the  replacement  of revenues lost thereby, and amending
 3    and repealing certain Acts and parts of  Acts  in  connection
 4    therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended, divided by
 5    the  total  tax  rate  for  the district; and for the 1981-82
 6    school year 1/3 of the positive difference shall be added.
 7    (Source: P.A. 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 90-463, eff. 8-17-97.)

 8        (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
 9        Sec. 18-8.05.  Basis for apportionment of  general  State
10    financial  aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid to the
11    common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.

12    (A)  General Provisions.
13        (1)  The  provisions  of  this  Section  apply   to   the
14    1998-1999 and subsequent school years.  The system of general
15    State  financial aid provided for in this Section is designed
16    to assure that, through a combination of State financial  aid
17    and  required local resources, the financial support provided
18    each pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals  or  exceeds  a
19    prescribed per pupil Foundation Level.  This formula approach
20    imputes  a  level  of per pupil Available Local Resources and
21    provides for the basis to calculate  a  per  pupil  level  of
22    general  State  financial  aid  that, when added to Available
23    Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level.  The
24    amount of per pupil general State financial  aid  for  school
25    districts,   in   general,  varies  in  inverse  relation  to
26    Available Local Resources.  Per pupil amounts are based  upon
27    each  school district's Average Daily Attendance as that term
28    is defined in this Section.
29        (2)  In addition to general State financial  aid,  school
30    districts  with  specified levels or concentrations of pupils
31    from  low  income  households   are   eligible   to   receive
32    supplemental  general  State financial aid grants as provided
33    pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
 
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 1    provided for school districts under subsection (H)  shall  be
 2    appropriated  for distribution to school districts as part of
 3    the same line item in which the general State  financial  aid
 4    of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
 5        (3)  To  receive financial assistance under this Section,
 6    school districts are required to file claims with  the  State
 7    Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
 8             (a)  Any  school  district which fails for any given
 9        school year to maintain school as required by law, or  to
10        maintain  a recognized school is not eligible to file for
11        such school year any claim upon the Common  School  Fund.
12        In  case  of  nonrecognition  of  one  or more attendance
13        centers  in  a  school   district   otherwise   operating
14        recognized  schools,  the  claim of the district shall be
15        reduced  in  the  proportion  which  the  Average   Daily
16        Attendance  in  the  attendance center or centers bear to
17        the Average Daily Attendance in the school  district.   A
18        "recognized  school"  means any public school which meets
19        the standards as established for recognition by the State
20        Board of Education.   A  school  district  or  attendance
21        center  not  having  recognition  status  at the end of a
22        school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
23        upon  a  legal  claim  which  was  filed  while  it   was
24        recognized.
25             (b)  School district claims filed under this Section
26        are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
27        otherwise provided in this Section.
28             (c)  If  a  school  district  operates  a  full year
29        school under Section 10-19.1, the general  State  aid  to
30        the  school  district  shall  be  determined by the State
31        Board of Education in accordance  with  this  Section  as
32        near as may be applicable.
33             (d) (Blank).
34        (4)  Except  as  provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
 
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 1    board of any district receiving any of  the  grants  provided
 2    for  in  this  Section  may  apply those funds to any fund so
 3    received  for  which  that  board  is  authorized   to   make
 4    expenditures by law.
 5        School  districts  are  not  required  to exert a minimum
 6    Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for  assistance  under
 7    this Section.
 8        (5)  As  used  in  this Section the following terms, when
 9    capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
10             (a)  "Average Daily Attendance":  A count  of  pupil
11        attendance   in  school,  averaged  as  provided  for  in
12        subsection  (C)  and  utilized  in  deriving  per   pupil
13        financial support levels.
14             (b)  "Available  Local Resources":  A computation of
15        local financial  support,  calculated  on  the  basis  of
16        Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
17        to subsection (D).
18             (c)  "Corporate    Personal   Property   Replacement
19        Taxes":  Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
20        "An Act in  relation  to  the  abolition  of  ad  valorem
21        personal  property  tax  and  the replacement of revenues
22        lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
23        parts of Acts in connection therewith", certified  August
24        14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
25             (d)  "Foundation  Level":  A prescribed level of per
26        pupil financial support as  provided  for  in  subsection
27        (B).
28             (e)  "Operating  Tax  Rate":   All  school  district
29        property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
30        Interest,  Summer  School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and
31        Vocational Education Building purposes.

32    (B)  Foundation Level.
33        (1)  The Foundation Level is a figure established by  the
34    State  representing  the minimum level of per pupil financial
 
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 1    support that should be available to  provide  for  the  basic
 2    education  of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance.  As set
 3    forth in this Section, each school  district  is  assumed  to
 4    exert   a  sufficient  local  taxing  effort  such  that,  in
 5    combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
 6    provided the  district,  an  aggregate  of  State  and  local
 7    resources  are available to meet the basic education needs of
 8    pupils in the district.
 9        (2)  For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation  Level
10    of  support  is  $4,225.   For the 1999-2000 school year, the
11    Foundation Level of support is  $4,325.   For  the  2000-2001
12    school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
13        (3)  For  the  2001-2002 school year and each school year
14    thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425 or such
15    greater amount as may be established by law  by  the  General
16    Assembly.

17    (C)  Average Daily Attendance.
18        (1)  For   purposes  of  calculating  general  State  aid
19    pursuant to  subsection  (E),  an  Average  Daily  Attendance
20    figure  shall  be  utilized.   The  Average  Daily Attendance
21    figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the  monthly
22    average  of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
23    school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
24    pupil attendance for each school district.  In compiling  the
25    figures  for  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance, school
26    districts  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  for
27    purposes of general State  aid  funding,  conform  attendance
28    figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
29        (2)  The  Average  Daily  Attendance  figures utilized in
30    subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
31    school year immediately preceding the school year  for  which
32    general State aid is being calculated.

33    (D)  Available Local Resources.
 
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 1        (1)  For   purposes  of  calculating  general  State  aid
 2    pursuant to subsection (E),  a  representation  of  Available
 3    Local  Resources  per  pupil,  as  that  term  is defined and
 4    determined in this subsection, shall be utilized.   Available
 5    Local  Resources  per pupil shall include a calculated dollar
 6    amount representing local school district revenues from local
 7    property  taxes  and   from   Corporate   Personal   Property
 8    Replacement  Taxes,  expressed  on  the  basis  of  pupils in
 9    Average Daily Attendance.
10        (2)  In determining  a  school  district's  revenue  from
11    local  property  taxes,  the  State  Board of Education shall
12    utilize the  equalized  assessed  valuation  of  all  taxable
13    property  of  each  school district as of September 30 of the
14    previous year.  The  equalized  assessed  valuation  utilized
15    shall  be  obtained  and determined as provided in subsection
16    (G).
17        (3)  For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
18    through 12, local property tax revenues per  pupil  shall  be
19    calculated   as  the  product  of  the  applicable  equalized
20    assessed valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%,  and
21    divided  by  the  district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
22    For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten  through
23    8,  local property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated
24    as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
25    for the district multiplied by  2.30%,  and  divided  by  the
26    district's  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.   For  school
27    districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
28    revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
29    valuation of the district multiplied by 1.20%, and divided by
30    the district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
31        (4)  The  Corporate  Personal  Property Replacement Taxes
32    paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
33    before the calendar year  in  which  a  school  year  begins,
34    divided  by  the  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure for that
 
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 1    district, shall be added to the local property  tax  revenues
 2    per  pupil  as  derived by the application of the immediately
 3    preceding paragraph (3).  The sum of these per pupil  figures
 4    for  each  school  district  shall constitute Available Local
 5    Resources as that term is utilized in subsection (E)  in  the
 6    calculation of general State aid.

 7    (E)  Computation of General State Aid.
 8        (1)  For  each  school  year, the amount of general State
 9    aid allotted to a school district shall be  computed  by  the
10    State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
11        (2)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
12    Resources per pupil is less than the product  of  0.93  times
13    the  Foundation  Level,  general  State aid for that district
14    shall be calculated as an  amount  equal  to  the  Foundation
15    Level  minus  Available  Local  Resources,  multiplied by the
16    Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
17        (3)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
18    Resources  per  pupil is equal to or greater than the product
19    of 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the  product
20    of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
21    pupil  shall  be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
22    derived  using  a  linear  algorithm.   Under   this   linear
23    algorithm,  the  calculated general State aid per pupil shall
24    decline  in  direct  linear  fashion  from  0.07  times   the
25    Foundation  Level  for a school district with Available Local
26    Resources equal to the product of 0.93 times  the  Foundation
27    Level,  to  0.05  times  the  Foundation  Level  for a school
28    district with Available Local Resources equal to the  product
29    of  1.75  times  the  Foundation  Level.   The  allocation of
30    general State  aid  for  school  districts  subject  to  this
31    paragraph  3  shall  be  the calculated general State aid per
32    pupil figure multiplied by the Average  Daily  Attendance  of
33    the school district.
34        (4)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
 
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 1    Resources per pupil equals or exceeds  the  product  of  1.75
 2    times  the  Foundation  Level,  the general State aid for the
 3    school district shall be calculated as the  product  of  $218
 4    multiplied  by  the  Average  Daily  Attendance of the school
 5    district.

 6    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
 7        (1)  Each school district shall, by July 1 of each  year,
 8    submit  to  the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
 9    by the State Board of Education, attendance figures  for  the
10    school  year  that began in the preceding calendar year.  The
11    attendance information  so  transmitted  shall  identify  the
12    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
13    year,  except  that any days of attendance in August shall be
14    added to the month of September and any days of attendance in
15    June shall be added to the month of May.
16        Except as otherwise provided in  this  Section,  days  of
17    attendance  by  pupils  shall be counted only for sessions of
18    not less than 5 clock hours of  school  work  per  day  under
19    direct  supervision  of:  (i)  teachers, or (ii) non-teaching
20    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
21    non-teaching  duties  and  supervising  in  those   instances
22    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
23    10  of  Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age and in
24    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
25        Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be  accredited
26    only  to  the  districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
27    school.
28        (2)  Days of attendance by pupils of less  than  5  clock
29    hours  of school shall be subject to the following provisions
30    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
31             (a)  Pupils regularly enrolled in  a  public  school
32        for  only  a part of the school day may be counted on the
33        basis of 1/6 day for every class hour of  instruction  of
34        40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment.
 
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 1             (b)  Days  of  attendance  may  be less than 5 clock
 2        hours on the opening and closing of the school term,  and
 3        upon  the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
 4        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
 5        workshop.
 6             (c)  A session of 4  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
 7        counted  as a day of attendance upon certification by the
 8        regional  superintendent,  and  approved  by  the   State
 9        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
10        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
11             (d)  A  session  of  3  or  more  clock hours may be
12        counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder  of
13        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
14        day  is  utilized  for an in-service training program for
15        teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per  school  year  of
16        which  a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
17        parent-teacher conferences, provided a district  conducts
18        an  in-service  training  program  for teachers which has
19        been approved by the State Superintendent  of  Education;
20        or,  in  lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
21        which event each such day may be  counted  as  a  day  of
22        attendance;  and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to those
23        provided in item (1) are scheduled by a  school  pursuant
24        to  its  school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
25        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
26        under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3  or
27        more  clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at regular
28        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
29        such sessions occur are utilized for in-service  training
30        programs   or  other  staff  development  activities  for
31        teachers, and (iii) a sufficient  number  of  minutes  of
32        school  work under the direct supervision of teachers are
33        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
34        sessions to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number  of
 
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 1        minutes  by  which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
 2        fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used  for  the
 3        purposes  of  this  paragraph shall not be considered for
 4        computing average daily attendance.  Days  scheduled  for
 5        in-service    training    programs,   staff   development
 6        activities,  or   parent-teacher   conferences   may   be
 7        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
 8        different attendance centers of the district.
 9             (e)  A  session  of  not less than one clock hour of
10        teaching of hospitalized or homebound pupils  on-site  or
11        by  telephone  to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day
12        of attendance, however these pupils  must  receive  4  or
13        more  clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full
14        day of attendance.
15             (f)  A session of at least  4  clock  hours  may  be
16        counted  as  a  day of attendance for first grade pupils,
17        and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of  2
18        or  more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
19        pupils in kindergartens which provide  only  1/2  day  of
20        attendance.
21             (g)  For  children  with  disabilities who are below
22        the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more  clock
23        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
24        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
25        1/2  day  of  attendance; however for such children whose
26        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
27        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
28             (h)  A recognized kindergarten  which  provides  for
29        only  1/2  day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
30        more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one 1 day.
31        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
32        in any 5 consecutive school days.  When a  pupil  attends
33        such  a  kindergarten  for  2 half days on any one school
34        day, the pupil shall have the  following  day  as  a  day
 
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 1        absent  from  school,  unless the school district obtains
 2        permission in writing from the  State  Superintendent  of
 3        Education.  Attendance at kindergartens which provide for
 4        a  full  day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
 5        the same as attendance by first grade pupils.   Only  the
 6        first  year  of  attendance  in one kindergarten shall be
 7        counted, except in  case  of  children  who  entered  the
 8        kindergarten   in  their  fifth  year  whose  educational
 9        development requires a second  year  of  kindergarten  as
10        determined  under  the rules and regulations of the State
11        Board of Education.

12    (G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
13        (1)  For purposes of the calculation of  Available  Local
14    Resources  required  pursuant  to  subsection  (D), the State
15    Board of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department  of
16    Revenue  the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
17    of Revenue of all taxable property of every  school  district
18    together with the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes
19    for  the  funds  of  the  district  as of September 30 of the
20    previous year.
21        This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
22    the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
23    calculation of Available Local Resources.
24        (2)  The equalized assessed valuation  in  paragraph  (1)
25    shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
26             (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
27        this  Section,  with  respect  to  any  part  of a school
28        district within a redevelopment project area  in  respect
29        to   which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax  increment
30        allocation  financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax   Increment
31        Allocation  Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
32        11-74.4-11  of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code   or   the
33        Industrial  Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
34        11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
 
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 1        current equalized assessed  valuation  of  real  property
 2        located in any such project area which is attributable to
 3        an  increase  above  the total initial equalized assessed
 4        valuation of such property shall be used as part  of  the
 5        equalized  assessed valuation of the district, until such
 6        time as all redevelopment project costs have  been  paid,
 7        as  provided  in  Section  11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
 8        Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35  of
 9        the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
10        equalized  assessed  valuation of the district, the total
11        initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
12        equalized assessed valuation, whichever is  lower,  shall
13        be  used  until  such  time  as all redevelopment project
14        costs have been paid.
15             (b)  The real property equalized assessed  valuation
16        for  a  school  district shall be adjusted by subtracting
17        from the real property value as equalized or assessed  by
18        the  Department  of  Revenue  for  the district an amount
19        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
20        under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax  Code  by  3.00%
21        for a district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12
22        ,   or   by  2.30%  for  a  district  maintaining  grades
23        kindergarten through  8,  or  by  1.20%  for  a  district
24        maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted by an amount
25        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
26        under  subsection  (a)  of Section 18-165 of the Property
27        Tax Code by the same percentage rates for  district  type
28        as specified in this subparagraph (b) (c).

29    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
30        (1)  In  addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a school
31    district is allotted pursuant to subsection  (E),  qualifying
32    school  districts  shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction
33    with  a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,   for
34    supplemental  general  State aid based upon the concentration
 
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 1    level of  children  from  low-income  households  within  the
 2    school  district.  Supplemental State aid grants provided for
 3    school districts under this subsection shall be  appropriated
 4    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
 5    item  in  which  the  general  State  financial aid of school
 6    districts is appropriated under this Section. For purposes of
 7    this subsection, the term  "Low-Income  Concentration  Level"
 8    shall  be  the  low-income eligible pupil count from the most
 9    recently available federal  census  divided  by  the  Average
10    Daily Attendance of the school district.
11        (2)  Supplemental  general  State  aid  pursuant  to this
12    subsection shall be provided as follows:
13             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
14        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
15        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
16        the low income eligible pupil count.
17             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
18        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
19        the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall  be  $1,100
20        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
21             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
22        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
23        the  grant  for  the  1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
24        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
25             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
26        Concentration  Level  of  60%  or more, the grant for the
27        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
28        income eligible pupil count.
29             (e)  For the 1999-2000 school year,  the  per  pupil
30        amount  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c), and (d),
31        immediately above shall be increased by $100  to  $1,200,
32        $1,600, and $2,000, respectively.
33             (f)  For  the  2000-2001  school year, the per pupil
34        amounts specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c)  and  (d)
 
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 1        immediately  above  shall be increased to $1,230, $1,640,
 2        and $2,050, respectively.
 3        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
 4    more than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify  for
 5    supplemental  general  State  aid pursuant to this subsection
 6    shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior  to
 7    October  30  of  each year for the use of the funds resulting
 8    from this grant of supplemental general  State  aid  for  the
 9    improvement  of  instruction  in  which  priority is given to
10    meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children.   Such
11    plan   shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules  and
12    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
13        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
14    50,000 or more that qualify for  supplemental  general  State
15    aid   pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required  to
16    distribute from funds available pursuant to this Section,  no
17    less  than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the following
18    requirements:
19             (a)  The required amounts shall  be  distributed  to
20        the  attendance centers within the district in proportion
21        to the number  of  pupils  enrolled  at  each  attendance
22        center  who are eligible to receive free or reduced-price
23        lunches or breakfasts under the federal  Child  Nutrition
24        Act  of  1966  and  under  the  National School Lunch Act
25        during the immediately preceding school year.
26             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
27        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
28        centers according to  these  requirements  shall  not  be
29        compensated  for  or  contravened  by  adjustments of the
30        total of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any  attendance
31        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
32        from  one  or several sources in order to fully implement
33        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
34             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
 
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 1        school district a distribution  of  noncategorical  funds
 2        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
 3        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
 4        and   supplemental   general   State   aid   provided  by
 5        application of this subsection  supplements  rather  than
 6        supplants  the noncategorical funds and other categorical
 7        funds provided by the school district to  the  attendance
 8        centers.
 9             (d)  Any  funds made available under this subsection
10        that by reason of the provisions of this  subsection  are
11        not  required  to be allocated and provided to attendance
12        centers may be used and appropriated by the board of  the
13        district for any lawful school purpose.
14             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
15        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
16        at  the  discretion  of  the  principal  and local school
17        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
18        at qualifying schools through the following programs  and
19        services:  early  childhood education, reduced class size
20        or improved adult to student classroom ratio,  enrichment
21        programs,  remedial  assistance,  attendance improvement,
22        and other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures  which
23        supplement  the  regular and basic programs as determined
24        by the State Board of Education.   Funds  provided  shall
25        not be expended for any political or lobbying purposes as
26        defined by board rule.
27             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
28        subdivision  (H)(4)  shall  submit  an acceptable plan to
29        meet the educational needs of disadvantaged children,  in
30        compliance  with  the  requirements of this paragraph, to
31        the State Board of Education prior to  July  15  of  each
32        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
33        local  school  councils concerning the school expenditure
34        plans developed in accordance  with  part  4  of  Section
 
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 1        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
 2        within  60  days  after  its  submission.  If the plan is
 3        rejected, the  district  shall  give  written  notice  of
 4        intent   to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of  the
 5        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
 6        within 30 days after the date of the  written  notice  of
 7        intent  to  modify.    Districts may amend approved plans
 8        pursuant to rules  promulgated  by  the  State  Board  of
 9        Education.
10             Upon  notification  by  the State Board of Education
11        that the district has not submitted a plan prior to  July
12        15  or  a  modified plan within the time period specified
13        herein, the State aid funds  affected  by  that  plan  or
14        modified  plan  shall  be  withheld by the State Board of
15        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
16             If the district fails to  distribute  State  aid  to
17        attendance  centers  in accordance with an approved plan,
18        the plan for the following year shall allocate funds,  in
19        addition   to   the  funds  otherwise  required  by  this
20        subsection,  to  those  attendance  centers  which   were
21        underfunded  during the previous year in amounts equal to
22        such underfunding.
23             For purposes of  determining  compliance  with  this
24        subsection  in relation to the requirements of attendance
25        center funding, each district subject to  the  provisions
26        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
27        December  1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
28        the prior year in addition to  any  modification  of  its
29        current  plan.  If it is determined that there has been a
30        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
31        subsection regarding contravention  or  supplanting,  the
32        State  Superintendent  of Education shall, within 60 days
33        of receipt of the report, notify  the  district  and  any
34        affected local school council.  The district shall within
 
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 1        45  days of receipt of that notification inform the State
 2        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
 3        action to be taken, whether  by amendment of the  current
 4        plan,  if  feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
 5        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
 6        report or the  notification  of  remedial  or  corrective
 7        action  in  a timely manner shall result in a withholding
 8        of the affected funds.
 9             The State Board of Education shall promulgate  rules
10        and  regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of this
11        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
12        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
13        a plan that has been  approved  by  the  State  Board  of
14        Education.

15    (I)  General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
16        (1)  For  a  new  school  district  formed  by  combining
17    property   included  totally  within  2  or  more  previously
18    existing school districts, for its first  year  of  existence
19    the  general  State  aid  and  supplemental general State aid
20    calculated under this Section shall be computed for  the  new
21    district  and for the previously existing districts for which
22    property is totally included within the new district.  If the
23    computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
24    is greater, a supplementary payment equal to  the  difference
25    shall  be  made for the first 4 years of existence of the new
26    district.
27        (2)  For a school  district  which  annexes  all  of  the
28    territory  of  one or more entire other school districts, for
29    the  first  year  during  which  the  change  of   boundaries
30    attributable  to  such  annexation  becomes effective for all
31    purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
32    State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
33    this Section shall be computed for the annexing  district  as
34    constituted  after  the  annexation  and for the annexing and
 
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 1    each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
 2    and if the computation on  the  basis  of  the  annexing  and
 3    annexed  districts  as constituted prior to the annexation is
 4    greater, a supplementary  payment  equal  to  the  difference
 5    shall  be  made  for  the  first  4 years of existence of the
 6    annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
 7        (3)  For 2 or more school districts which  annex  all  of
 8    the  territory  of one or more entire other school districts,
 9    and for 2 or more community unit districts which result  upon
10    the  division  (pursuant  to petition under Section 11A-2) of
11    one or more other unit school districts into 2 or more  parts
12    and  which  together include all of the parts into which such
13    other unit school district or districts are so  divided,  for
14    the   first  year  during  which  the  change  of  boundaries
15    attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
16    for all purposes as determined under Section 7-9  or  11A-10,
17    as  the  case  may be, the general State aid and supplemental
18    general State aid calculated  under  this  Section  shall  be
19    computed   for   each   annexing  or  resulting  district  as
20    constituted after the annexation or  division  and  for  each
21    annexing  and  annexed  district,  or  for each resulting and
22    divided district, as constituted prior to the  annexation  or
23    division;  and  if the aggregate of the general State aid and
24    supplemental  general  State  aid  as  so  computed  for  the
25    annexing or resulting  districts  as  constituted  after  the
26    annexation  or  division  is  less  than the aggregate of the
27    general State aid and supplemental general State  aid  as  so
28    computed  for  the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
29    resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to  the
30    annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
31    the  difference  shall be made and allocated between or among
32    the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
33    annexation or division,  for  the  first  4  years  of  their
34    existence.   The  total difference payment shall be allocated
 
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 1    between or among the annexing or resulting districts  in  the
 2    same  ratio  as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
 3    annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed  to
 4    or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
 5    to  the  total  pupil  enrollment  from the entire annexed or
 6    divided district or districts, as such  pupil  enrollment  is
 7    determined  for the school year last ending prior to the date
 8    when the change of boundaries attributable to the  annexation
 9    or  division  becomes effective for all purposes.  The amount
10    of the total difference payment and the amount thereof to  be
11    allocated  to  the  annexing  or resulting districts shall be
12    computed by the State Board of  Education  on  the  basis  of
13    pupil  enrollment  and other data which shall be certified to
14    the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
15    for that purpose, by the regional superintendent  of  schools
16    for each educational service region in which the annexing and
17    annexed  districts,  or  resulting  and divided districts are
18    located.
19        (3.5)  Claims  for  financial   assistance   under   this
20    subsection  (I)  shall  not be recomputed except as expressly
21    provided under this Section.
22        (4)  Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
23    (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
24    pursuant to this Section.

25    (J)  Supplementary Grants in Aid.
26        (1)  Notwithstanding  any  other   provisions   of   this
27    Section,  the  amount  of  the aggregate general State aid in
28    combination with supplemental general State  aid  under  this
29    Section  for  which each school district is eligible shall be
30    no less than the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid
31    entitlement  that  was received by the district under Section
32    18-8 (exclusive of amounts received  under  subsections  5(p)
33    and  5(p-5)  of  that  Section)  for the 1997-98 school year,
34    pursuant to the provisions of that Section as it was then  in
 
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 1    effect.   If   a  school  district  qualifies  to  receive  a
 2    supplementary payment made under  this  subsection  (J),  the
 3    amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
 4    supplemental general State aid under this Section  which that
 5    district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
 6    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
 7    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
 8    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
 9    and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the  1997-1998  school  year,
10    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
11    effect.
12        (2)  If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this  subsection
13    (J),  a school district is to receive aggregate general State
14    aid in combination with supplemental general State aid  under
15    this  Section  for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
16    school year that in any such school year  is  less  than  the
17    amount  of  the  aggregate general State aid entitlement that
18    the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
19    district shall also receive, from  a  separate  appropriation
20    made  for  purposes  of  this subsection (J), a supplementary
21    payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in  the
22    aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
23        (3)  (Blank).

24    (K)  Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
25        In  calculating  the  amount  to be paid to the governing
26    board of a  public  university  that  operates  a  laboratory
27    school  under  this Section or to any alternative school that
28    is operated by a  regional  superintendent  of  schools,  the
29    State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting
30    requirements as it deems necessary.
31        As  used  in  this  Section,  "laboratory school" means a
32    public school which is  created  and  operated  by  a  public
33    university and approved by the State Board of Education.  The
34    governing  board  of a public university which receives funds
 
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 1    from the State  Board  under  this  subsection  (K)  may  not
 2    increase  the  number  of students enrolled in its laboratory
 3    school from a single district, if that  district  is  already
 4    sending  50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
 5    between the school board of a student's district of residence
 6    and the university which operates the laboratory  school.   A
 7    laboratory  school  may  not  have  more than 1,000 students,
 8    excluding students with disabilities in a  special  education
 9    program.
10        As  used  in  this  Section, "alternative school" means a
11    public school which is created and  operated  by  a  Regional
12    Superintendent  of Schools and approved by the State Board of
13    Education. Such alternative  schools  may  offer  courses  of
14    instruction  for  which  credit  is  given  in regular school
15    programs, courses to prepare students  for  the  high  school
16    equivalency  testing  program  or vocational and occupational
17    training.  A regional superintendent of schools may  contract
18    with a school district or a public community college district
19    to  operate  an  alternative  school.   An alternative school
20    serving more than  one  educational  service  region  may  be
21    established by the regional superintendents of schools of the
22    affected  educational  service regions. An alternative school
23    serving more than  one  educational  service  region  may  be
24    operated  under such terms as the regional superintendents of
25    schools of those educational service regions may agree.
26        Each laboratory and alternative  school  shall  file,  on
27    forms  provided  by the State Superintendent of Education, an
28    annual  State  aid  claim  which  states  the  Average  Daily
29    Attendance of the school's students by  month.   The  best  3
30    months'  Average  Daily Attendance shall be computed for each
31    school. The general State aid entitlement shall  be  computed
32    by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
33    Foundation Level as determined under this Section.

34    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
 
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 1    Requirements.
 2        (1)  For  a school district operating under the financial
 3    supervision of an Authority created under  Article  34A,  the
 4    general  State  aid  otherwise payable to that district under
 5    this Section, but not the  supplemental  general  State  aid,
 6    shall  be  reduced  by  an amount equal to the budget for the
 7    operations of the Authority as certified by the Authority  to
 8    the  State  Board  of  Education, and an amount equal to such
 9    reduction shall be paid to the  Authority  created  for  such
10    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
11    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
12    any  such  district  shall be paid in accordance with Article
13    34A when that Article provides for a disposition  other  than
14    that provided by this Article.
15        (2)  (Blank).  Impaction.   Impaction  payments  shall be
16    made as provided for in Section 18-4.2.
17        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
18    as provided in Section 18-4.3.

19    (M)  Education Funding Advisory Board.
20        The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
21    subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
22    The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
23    Governor, by and with the advice and consent of  the  Senate.
24    The   members  appointed  shall  include  representatives  of
25    education, business, and  the  general  public.  One  of  the
26    members  so  appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
27    the time the appointment is made as the  chairperson  of  the
28    Board.  The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
29    time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
30    The regular term of each member of the Board shall be  for  4
31    years  from  the third Monday of January of the year in which
32    the term of the member's appointment is to  commence,  except
33    that  of  the  5  initial  members  appointed to serve on the
34    Board, the member who is appointed as the  chairperson  shall
 
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 1    serve  for  a  term  that commences on the date of his or her
 2    appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
 3    and the remaining 4 members,  by  lots  drawn  at  the  first
 4    meeting  of  the  Board  that is held after all 5 members are
 5    appointed, shall determine 2 of their  number  to  serve  for
 6    terms   that   commence  on  the  date  of  their  respective
 7    appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
 8    and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
 9    date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
10    Monday of January, 2000.  All members appointed to  serve  on
11    the  Board  shall serve until their respective successors are
12    appointed and confirmed.  Vacancies shall be  filled  in  the
13    same  manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy in
14    membership occurs at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is  not  in
15    session,  the  Governor  shall  make  a temporary appointment
16    until the next meeting of the Senate, when he  or  she  shall
17    appoint,  by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
18    person to fill that membership for the  unexpired  term.   If
19    the  Senate  is  not in session when the initial appointments
20    are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case  of
21    vacancies.
22        The  Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  shall be deemed
23    established,  and  the  initial  members  appointed  by   the
24    Governor  to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
25    on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
26    the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those  initial
27    members   are   then  serving  pursuant  to  appointment  and
28    confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments  that  are
29    made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
30        The  State  Board  of  Education shall provide such staff
31    assistance to the Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  as  is
32    reasonably  required  for the proper performance by the Board
33    of its responsibilities.
34        For school years after the  2000-2001  school  year,  the
 
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 1    Education  Funding  Advisory  Board, in consultation with the
 2    State Board  of  Education,  shall  make  recommendations  as
 3    provided  in  this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
 4    the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
 5    and for the supplemental general State aid grant level  under
 6    subsection  (H)  of  this  Section  for  districts  with high
 7    concentrations of children  from  poverty.   The  recommended
 8    foundation  level  shall be determined based on a methodology
 9    which  incorporates  the  basic  education  expenditures   of
10    low-spending  schools  exhibiting  high academic performance.
11    The  Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  shall   make   such
12    recommendations  to  the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
13    numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.

14    (N)  General State Aid Adjustment Grant.
15        (1)  Any  school  district  subject   to   property   tax
16    extension  limitations as imposed under the provisions of the
17    Property Tax Extension Limitation Law shall  be  entitled  to
18    receive,  subject  to  the qualifications and requirements of
19    this  subsection,  a  general  State  aid  adjustment  grant.
20    Eligibility for this grant shall be determined on  an  annual
21    basis  and claims for grant payments shall be paid subject to
22    appropriations  made  specific  to  this   subsection.    For
23    purposes  of  this  subsection the following terms shall have
24    the following meanings:
25        "Budget Year":  The school year for which  general  State
26    aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
27        "Current  Year":   The  school year immediately preceding
28    the Budget Year.
29        "Base Tax Year":  The property  tax  levy  year  used  to
30    calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
31        "Preceding   Tax  Year":   The  property  tax  levy  year
32    immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
33        "Extension  Limitation   Ratio":   A   numerical   ratio,
34    certified  by  a school district's County Clerk, in which the
 
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 1    numerator  is  the  Base  Tax  Year's  tax  extension  amount
 2    resulting from the Limiting Rate and the denominator  is  the
 3    Preceding  Tax Year's tax extension amount resulting from the
 4    Limiting Rate.
 5        "Limiting Rate":  The limiting rate  as  defined  in  the
 6    Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
 7        "Preliminary  Tax  Rate":  The  tax rate for all purposes
 8    except bond and interest that would have been used to  extend
 9    those  taxes  absent  the  provisions  of  the  Property  Tax
10    Extension Limitation Law.
11        (2)  To qualify for a general State aid adjustment grant,
12    a  school district must meet all of the following eligibility
13    criteria for each Budget Year for which a grant is claimed:
14             (a)  (Blank).
15             (b)  The Preliminary Tax Rate of the school district
16        for the Base Tax Year was reduced by  the  Clerk  of  the
17        County  as  a  result of the requirements of the Property
18        Tax Extension Limitation Law.
19             (c)  The Available Local Resources per pupil of  the
20        school  district as calculated pursuant to subsection (D)
21        using the Base Tax Year are less than the product of 1.75
22        times the Foundation Level for the Budget Year.
23             (d)  The school district  has  filed  a  proper  and
24        timely  claim for a general State aid adjustment grant as
25        required under this subsection.
26        (3)  A claim for grant assistance under  this  subsection
27    shall be filed with the State Board of Education on or before
28    April  1 of the Current Year for a grant for the Budget Year.
29    The claim shall be made on  forms  prescribed  by  the  State
30    Board  of  Education  and  must  be  accompanied by a written
31    statement from the Clerk of the County, certifying:
32             (a)  That the school district  had  its  Preliminary
33        Tax Rate for the Base Tax Year reduced as a result of the
34        Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
 
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 1             (b)  (Blank).
 2             (c)  The  Extension Limitation Ratio as that term is
 3        defined in this subsection.
 4        (4)  On or before August 1 of the Budget Year  the  State
 5    Board  of Education shall calculate, for all school districts
 6    meeting the other requirements of this subsection, the amount
 7    of the general State aid adjustment grant, if any,  that  the
 8    school  districts are eligible to receive in the Budget Year.
 9    The amount of the general State aid adjustment grant shall be
10    calculated as follows:
11             (a)  Determine the school district's  general  State
12        aid  grant  for the Budget Year as provided in accordance
13        with the provisions of subsection (E).
14             (b)  Determine the school district's adjusted  level
15        of  general  State aid by utilizing in the calculation of
16        Available  Local   Resources   the   equalized   assessed
17        valuation  that  was  used to calculate the general State
18        aid for the  preceding  fiscal  year  multiplied  by  the
19        Extension Limitation Ratio.
20             (c)  Subtract  the  sum  derived in subparagraph (a)
21        from the sum derived in subparagraph (b).  If the  result
22        is  a  positive  number, that amount shall be the general
23        State aid adjustment grant that the district is  eligible
24        to receive.
25        (5)  The  State  Board  of Education shall in the Current
26    Year, based upon claims filed in the Current Year,  recommend
27    to  the  General  Assembly  an  appropriation  amount for the
28    general State aid adjustment grants to be made in the  Budget
29    Year.
30        (6)  Claims for general State aid adjustment grants shall
31    be  paid  in  a lump sum on or before January 1 of the Budget
32    Year only from appropriations made by  the  General  Assembly
33    expressly  for  claims under this subsection.  No such claims
34    may be paid from amounts appropriated for any  other  purpose
 
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 1    provided  for  under  this  Section.   In  the event that the
 2    appropriation   for   claims   under   this   subsection   is
 3    insufficient to meet all Budget Year  claims  for  a  general
 4    State aid adjustment grant, the appropriation available shall
 5    be  proportionately  prorated by the State Board of Education
 6    amongst all districts filing for and entitled to payments.
 7        (7)  The State Board of Education  shall  promulgate  the
 8    required  claim  forms  and  rules necessary to implement the
 9    provisions of this subsection.

10    (O)  References.
11        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
12    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
13    replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to  refer
14    to  the  corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
15    the extent that those references remain applicable.
16        (2)  References in other laws to State  Chapter  1  funds
17    shall  be  deemed  to refer to the supplemental general State
18    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
19    (Source:  P.A.  90-548,  eff.  7-1-98;  incorporates  90-566;
20    90-653, eff. 7-29-98;  90-654,  eff.  7-29-98;  90-655,  eff.
21    7-30-98; revised 9-16-98.)

22        (105 ILCS 5/27A-9)
23        Sec. 27A-9. Term of charter; renewal.
24        (a)  A  charter may be granted for a period not less than
25    3 and not more than 5 school years.  A charter may be renewed
26    in incremental periods not to exceed 5 school years.
27        (b)  A charter school renewal proposal submitted  to  the
28    local school board shall contain:
29             (1)  A  report on the progress of the charter school
30        in achieving the  goals,  objectives,  pupil  performance
31        standards,  content  standards,  and  other  terms of the
32        initial approved charter proposal; and
33             (2)  A financial statement that discloses the  costs
 
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 1        of   administration,   instruction,  and  other  spending
 2        categories for the charter school that is  understandable
 3        to  the  general public and that will allow comparison of
 4        those  costs  to  other  schools  or   other   comparable
 5        organizations, in a format required by the State Board.
 6        (c)  A charter may be revoked or not renewed if the local
 7    school board clearly demonstrates that the charter school did
 8    any  of the following, or otherwise failed to comply with the
 9    requirements of this law:
10             (1)  Committed a material violation of  any  of  the
11        conditions,  standards,  or  procedures  set forth in the
12        charter.
13             (2)  Failed to  meet  or  make  reasonable  progress
14        toward  achievement  of  the  content  standards or pupil
15        performance standards identified in the charter.
16             (3)  Failed to meet generally accepted standards  of
17        fiscal management.
18             (4)  Violated  any  provision  of law from which the
19        charter school was not exempted.
20        (d)  (Blank).
21        (e)  Notice of a local school board's decision  to  deny,
22    revoke  or  not  to  renew a charter shall be provided to the
23    State Board. The State Board  may  reverse  a  local  board's
24    decision  if the State Board finds that the charter school or
25    charter school  proposal  (i)  is  in  compliance  with  this
26    Article, and (ii) is in the best interests of the students it
27    is  designed  to  serve.  Final  decisions of the State Board
28    shall be subject to judicial review under the  Administrative
29    Review Law.
30        (f)  Notwithstanding other provisions of this Article, if
31    the  State Board on appeal reverses a local board's decision,
32    the State Board shall act as the authorized chartering entity
33    for the charter school.  The State Board  shall  approve  and
34    certify  the  charter  and  shall perform all functions under
 
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 1    this Article otherwise performed by the local  school  board.
 2    The  State Board shall report the aggregate number of charter
 3    school pupils resident in a school district to that  district
 4    and  shall notify the district of the amount of funding to be
 5    paid by the State Board to the charter school enrolling  such
 6    students.    The State Board shall require the charter school
 7    to maintain accurate records of daily attendance  that  shall
 8    be  deemed  sufficient  to  file claims under Section 18-8.05
 9    notwithstanding  any  other  requirements  of  that   Section
10    regarding  hours  of  instruction  and teacher certification.
11    The State Board shall withhold from funds otherwise  due  the
12    district  the  funds authorized by this Article to be paid to
13    the charter school and shall pay such amounts to the  charter
14    school.
15    (Source: P.A. 89-450, eff. 4-10-96; 90-548, eff. 1-1-98.)

16        (105 ILCS 5/29-5) (from Ch. 122, par. 29-5)
17        Sec.  29-5.   Reimbursement  by State for transportation.
18    Any  school  district,  maintaining  a  school,  transporting
19    resident  pupils  to  another  school  district's  vocational
20    program, offered through a joint agreement  approved  by  the
21    State  Board of Education, as provided in Section 10-22.22 or
22    transporting its resident pupils to a school which meets  the
23    standards  for  recognition as established by the State Board
24    of  Education  which  provides  transportation  meeting   the
25    standards  of  safety,  comfort,  convenience, efficiency and
26    operation prescribed by the  State  Board  of  Education  for
27    resident pupils in kindergarten or any of grades 1 through 12
28    who:  (a)  reside  at  least  1  1/2 miles as measured by the
29    customary route of travel, from the school attended;  or  (b)
30    reside  in  areas  where  conditions  are  such  that walking
31    constitutes  a  hazard  to  the  safety  of  the  child  when
32    determined under Section 29-3; and (c) are transported to the
33    school attended from pick-up points at the beginning  of  the
 
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 1    school  day  and back again at the close of the school day or
 2    transported to and from  their  assigned  attendance  centers
 3    during  the  school  day, shall be reimbursed by the State as
 4    hereinafter provided in this Section.
 5        The State will pay  the  cost  of  transporting  eligible
 6    pupils  less the assessed valuation in a dual school district
 7    maintaining secondary  grades  9  to  12  inclusive  times  a
 8    qualifying  rate  of  .05%;  in  elementary  school districts
 9    maintaining grades K to 8 times a qualifying rate of .06%; in
10    unit districts maintaining grades K to 12 times a  qualifying
11    rate  of  .07%.  To  be  eligible to receive reimbursement in
12    excess of 4/5 of the cost to  transport  eligible  pupils,  a
13    school  district shall have a Transportation Fund tax rate of
14    at least .12%.  If a school district does  not  have  a  .12%
15    Transportation  Fund  tax  rate,  the  amount of its claim in
16    excess of 4/5 of the cost of  transporting  pupils  shall  be
17    reduced   by   the   sum   arrived   at  by  subtracting  the
18    Transportation Fund tax rate from .12% and  multiplying  that
19    amount  by  the  districts  equalized  or assessed valuation,
20    provided, that in no case  shall  said  reduction  result  in
21    reimbursement  of  less  than  4/5  of  the cost to transport
22    eligible pupils.
23        The minimum amount to be received by a  district  is  $16
24    times the number of eligible pupils transported.
25        Any such district transporting resident pupils during the
26    school  day  to  an  area vocational school or another school
27    district's vocational program more than 1 1/2 miles from  the
28    school  attended,  as  provided  in  Sections  10-22.20a  and
29    10-22.22,  shall  be  reimbursed  by the State for 4/5 of the
30    cost of transporting eligible pupils.
31        School day means that period of time which the  pupil  is
32    required to be in attendance for instructional purposes.
33        If  a  pupil  is at a location within the school district
34    other than his residence for child care purposes at the  time
 
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 1    for transportation to school, that location may be considered
 2    for  purposes  of determining the 1 1/2 miles from the school
 3    attended.
 4        Claims for reimbursement that include children who attend
 5    any school other than a public school shall show  the  number
 6    of such children transported.
 7        Claims  for reimbursement under this Section shall not be
 8    paid for the transportation of pupils for whom transportation
 9    costs are claimed for payment under other  Sections  of  this
10    Act.
11        The  allowable  direct  cost  of  transporting pupils for
12    regular,   vocational,   and    special    education    pupil
13    transportation  shall  be  limited  to the sum of the cost of
14    physical examinations required for employment as a school bus
15    driver; the salaries of full or part-time drivers and  school
16    bus   maintenance   personnel;  employee  benefits  excluding
17    Illinois  municipal  retirement  payments,  social   security
18    payments,   unemployment   insurance  payments  and  workers'
19    compensation insurance premiums; expenditures to  independent
20    carriers  who  operate school buses; payments to other school
21    districts for  pupil  transportation  services;  pre-approved
22    contractual expenditures for computerized bus scheduling; the
23    cost  of  gasoline,  oil, tires, and other supplies necessary
24    for the operation of school buses;  the  cost  of  converting
25    buses'  gasoline engines to more fuel efficient engines or to
26    engines which use alternative energy  sources;  the  cost  of
27    travel  to  meetings  and workshops conducted by the regional
28    superintendent  or  the  State  Superintendent  of  Education
29    pursuant to the standards established  by  the  Secretary  of
30    State  under  Section  6-106  of the Illinois Vehicle Code to
31    improve the driving skills of school bus drivers; the cost of
32    maintenance of school buses  including  parts  and  materials
33    used;   expenditures  for  leasing  transportation  vehicles,
34    except interest and service charges; the  cost  of  insurance
 
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 1    and  licenses  for  transportation vehicles; expenditures for
 2    the rental of transportation equipment; plus  a  depreciation
 3    allowance  of  20%  for 5 years for school buses and vehicles
 4    approved for transporting pupils to and  from  school  and  a
 5    depreciation   allowance  of  10%  for  10  years  for  other
 6    transportation equipment so used. In addition  to  the  above
 7    allowable   costs  school  districts  shall  also  claim  all
 8    transportation supervisory salary costs,  including  Illinois
 9    municipal retirement payments, and all transportation related
10    building and building maintenance costs without limitation.
11        Special  education  allowable  costs  shall  also include
12    expenditures for the salaries of attendants or aides for that
13    portion of the time  they  assist  special  education  pupils
14    while  in  transit  and  expenditures  for parents and public
15    carriers  for  transporting  special  education  pupils  when
16    pre-approved by the State Superintendent of Education.
17        Indirect costs shall be  included  in  the  reimbursement
18    claim  for  districts  which own and operate their own school
19    buses.  Such  indirect  costs  shall  include  administrative
20    costs,  or any costs attributable to transporting pupils from
21    their attendance  centers  to  another  school  building  for
22    instructional  purposes.   No  school district which owns and
23    operates its own school buses  may  claim  reimbursement  for
24    indirect  costs which exceed 5% of the total allowable direct
25    costs for pupil transportation.
26        The State Board  of  Education  shall  prescribe  uniform
27    regulations  for  determining  the  above standards and shall
28    prescribe  forms  of  cost  accounting   and   standards   of
29    determining  reasonable depreciation. Such depreciation shall
30    include the cost of equipping school buses  with  the  safety
31    features  required  by  law  or by the rules, regulations and
32    standards promulgated by the State Board  of  Education,  and
33    the   Department   of   Transportation  for  the  safety  and
34    construction of school buses provided, however, any equipment
 
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 1    cost reimbursed  by  the  Department  of  Transportation  for
 2    equipping  school  buses  with such safety equipment shall be
 3    deducted from  the  allowable  cost  in  the  computation  of
 4    reimbursement  under  this  Section in the same percentage as
 5    the cost of the equipment is depreciated.
 6        On or before July 10, annually, the board  clerk  or  the
 7    secretary  of  the  district  shall  certify  to the regional
 8    superintendent of schools upon forms prescribed by the  State
 9    Superintendent   of   Education   the  district's  claim  for
10    reimbursement for the school  year  ended  on  June  30  next
11    preceding.   The  regional  superintendent  of  schools shall
12    check all transportation claims to ascertain compliance  with
13    the  prescribed standards and upon his approval shall certify
14    not later  than  July  25  to  the  State  Superintendent  of
15    Education  the  regional report of claims for reimbursements.
16    The State Superintendent of Education shall check and approve
17    the claims and prepare the vouchers showing the  amounts  due
18    for  district  reimbursement claims.  Beginning with the 1977
19    fiscal year, the  State  Superintendent  of  Education  shall
20    prepare  and transmit the first 3 vouchers to the Comptroller
21    on  the  30th  day   of  September,   December   and   March,
22    respectively, and the final voucher, no later than June 15.
23        If    the    amount   appropriated   for   transportation
24    reimbursement is insufficient to fund total  claims  for  any
25    fiscal  year,  the State Board of Education shall reduce each
26    school district's  allowable  costs  and  flat  grant  amount
27    proportionately to make total adjusted claims equal the total
28    amount appropriated.
29        For  purposes  of  calculating  claims  for reimbursement
30    under this Section for any school year beginning July 1, 1998
31     1980, or thereafter, the equalized assessed valuation for  a
32    school  district  used  to  compute  reimbursement  shall  be
33    computed in the same manner as it is computed under paragraph
34    (2)  of  subsection  (G)  of  Section  18-8.05. determined by
 
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 1    adding to the real property equalized assessed valuation  for
 2    the  district  an  amount  computed by dividing the amount of
 3    money received by the district under the  provisions  of  "An
 4    Act  in  relation  to  the  abolition  of ad valorem personal
 5    property tax and the replacement of  revenues  lost  thereby,
 6    and  amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
 7    connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as amended,
 8    by the total tax rate for the district. For purposes of  this
 9    subsection, 1976 tax rates shall be used for school districts
10    in  the  county  of Cook, and 1977 tax rates shall be used in
11    all other counties. For the purposes  of  calculating  claims
12    for  reimbursement  under  this  Section  for any school year
13    beginning July 1, 1986,  or  thereafter,  the  real  property
14    equalized  assessed  valuation  for a school district used to
15    compute reimbursement shall be determined by subtracting from
16    the real property value  as  equalized  or  assessed  by  the
17    Department of Revenue for the  district an amount computed by
18    dividing  the  amount of any abatement of taxes under Section
19    18-170 of the Property Tax Code by the maximum operating  tax
20    rates specified in subsection 5(c) of Section 18-8.
21        All  reimbursements  received  from  the  State  shall be
22    deposited into the district's transportation fund or into the
23    fund from which the allowable expenditures were made.
24    (Source: P.A.  88-612,  eff.  7-1-95;  88-641,  eff.  9-9-94;
25    88-670, eff. 12-2-94; 89-235, eff. 8-4-95.)

26        (105 ILCS 5/18-4.2 rep.)
27        (105 ILCS 5/29-6.3 rep.)
28        Section  15.  The  School  Code  is  amended by repealing
29    Sections 18-4.2 and 29-6.3.

30        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
31    becoming law.

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