AN ACT concerning appropriations.

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

ARTICLE 1

    Section 5.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, which shall be used by the Illinois State Board of Education exclusively for the foregoing purposes and not, under any circumstances, for personal services expenditures or other operational or administrative costs, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Blind/Dyslexic Persons....................... 816,600

  For Disabled Student Personnel

   Reimbursement............................... 440,200,000

  For Disabled Student Transportation

   Reimbursement............................... 440,500,000

  For Disabled Student Tuition,

   Private Tuition............................. 218,947,700

  For District Consolidation Costs/

   Supplemental Payments to School Districts,

   18-8.2, 18-18.3, 18-8.5, 18-8.05(l) of

   the School Code............................... 2,500,000

  For Extraordinary Funding for Children

   Requiring Special Education, 14-7.02b

   of the School Code.......................... 303,091,700

  For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/

   Lunch Program................................ 14,300,000

  For Tax-Equivalent Grants, 18-4.4................ 222,600

  For After School Matters....................... 2,000,000

For Teachers and Administrators

   Mentoring Program..................................... 1

  For Principal Mentoring Program........................ 1

  For Summer School Payments, 18-4.3

   of the School Code........................... 10,100,000

  For Transportation-Regular/Vocational

   Common School Transportation

   Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code...... 205,808,900

  For Visually Impaired/Educational

   Materials Coordinating Unit, 14-11.01

   of the School Code............................ 1,421,100

  For Regular Education Reimbursement

   Per 18-3 of the School Code.................. 12,000,000

  For Special Education Reimbursement

   Per 14-7.03 of the School Code.............. 105,000,000

  For all costs associated with Alternative

   Education/Regional Safe Schools............... 6,300,000

  For Truant Alternative and Optional

   Education Program............................ 11,500,000

  For costs associated with Teach for America.... 1,000,000

  For grants to Local Education Agencies

   to conduct Agriculture Education Programs..... 1,250,000

  For Career and Technical Education............ 38,062,100

  For Arts and Foreign Language.......................... 1

  For National Board Certified Teachers.......... 1,000,000

    Total                                    $1,815,270,703

From the Education Assistance Fund:

  For General State Aid........................ 404,000,000

From the Common School Fund:

  For General State Aid...................... 4,038,198,260

    Total                                      $4,442,198,260

    Section 10.  The following sums, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Autism Training and Technical

   Assistance...................................... 100,000

  For Advanced Placement Classes................... 500,000

  For Early Childhood Education................ 293,962,400

    Total                                      $294,562,400

    Section 15.  The following named sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2013:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For Bilingual Education....................... 61,381,200

    Section 20.  The sum of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the Illinois Coalition Immigrant and Refugee Rights’ Parent Mentor Program.

    Section 25.  The sum of $1,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund for deposit into the School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund for use by the State Board of Education, as provided by 1B-8 of the School Code.

    Section 30.  The sum of $3,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the East St. Louis School District 189.

    Section 35.  The sum of $350,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for targeted initiatives.

    Section 40. The amount of $550,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Downstate Transit Improvement Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for grants to Local Education Agencies to conduct Agriculture Education Programs.

    Section 45.  If and only if House Bill 208 becomes law then Section 35 of Article 2 of that bill is amended as follows:

    "Section 35. The sum of $27,400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments, including Bilingual Assessments.:

For writing assessments in

Grade 11.................................. $2,530,000

For Student Assessments including

Bilingual Assessments................... $24,870,000”

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2013.