State of Illinois
Introduced , by Rep. Mark Batinick - Emanuel Chris Welch - Margo McDermed - Keith R. Wheeler - Nick Sauer
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
Amends Public Act 100-21. Removes references to evidence-based funding and instead inserts references to general State aid. Repeals provisions for funding bilingual education and transitions to evidence-based funding. Makes changes to various line items. Adds line items for disabled student personnel reimbursement, extraordinary funding for children requiring special education, summer school payments, and bilingual education. Makes other changes. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning appropriations.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. "An Act concerning appropriations", Public Act 100-21, amendatory veto overridden July 6, 2017, is amended by changing Sections 5 and 10 of Article 97 and by adding Section 20 to Article 97 as follows:
(P.A. 100-21, Art. 97, Sec. 5)
Sec. 5. The following amounts, or so much thereof as
may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for
payments to entities eligible for General State Aid in an amount equal to
their General State Aid Payment for the 2016-2017 school year inclusive of the
Equity Grant contained in Section 5 of Article 224 of Public Act 99-524: Evidence-Based
Funding, provided for in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code:
Payable from the Education Assistance Fund.... $243,349,300
Payable from the Common School Fund.......... 3,611,012,300
Payable from the General
Revenue Fund.................... 605,224,300 2,203,098,300
Payable from the Fund for the Advancement
of Education.................................. 619,000,000
(P.A. 100-21, Art. 97, Sec. 10)
Sec. 10. The following amounts 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, 2017:
Payable from the General Revenue Fund:
For Blind/Dyslexic Persons...................... $846,000 For Disabled Student Personnel
Reimbursement............................... 442,400,000
For Disabled Student Transportation
Reimbursement................... 450,500,000 387,682,600
For Disabled Student Tuition,
Private Tuition................. 233,000,000 135,265,500
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............................... 3,100,000
For Autism Training & Technical
Assistance...................................... 100,000
For Extraordinary Funding for Children Requiring
Special Education, 14-7.02b
of the School Code.......................... 303,829,700
For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/
Lunch Program................................. 9,000,000
For Summer School Payments, 18-4.3
of the School Code........................... 11,700,000
For Transportation-Regular/Vocational
Common School Transportation
Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code...... 262,909,800
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....... 19,600,000 17,000,000
For Special Education Reimbursement
Per 14-7.03 of the School Code.... 99,100,000 68,177,600
For Career and Technical Education............ 38,062,100
For Truant Alternative and Optional
Education Program............................ 11,500,000
For Tax-Equivalent Grants, 18-4.4................ 222,600
For all costs associated with Alternative
Education/Regional Safe Schools............... 6,300,000
For Philip J. Rock Center and School........... 3,577,800
For grants to Local Education Agencies
to conduct Agricultural
Education Programs............................ 5,000,000
For After School Matters....................... 2,443,800
For Advanced Placement Classes................... 500,000
For costs associated with Teach For America...... 977,500
For National Board Certified Teachers.......... 1,000,000
For Lowest Performing Schools.................. 1,002,800
(P.A. 100-21, Art. 97, Sec. 20 new)
Sec. 20. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2017:
Payable from the General Revenue Fund:
For Bilingual Education...................... $94,540,700
(P.A. 100-21, Art. 97, Sec. 7 rep.)
Section 10. "An Act concerning appropriations", Public Act 100-21, amendatory veto overridden July 6, 2017, is amended by repealing Section 7 of Article 97.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.