101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

 

State of Illinois

 

2019 and 2020   

SB3930

 

Introduced 2/20/2020,  by Sen. Don Harmon

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

 

Makes appropriations for the Illinois State Board of Education and teacher retirement contributions for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020, as follows:

General Funds                    $14,855,724,690

Other State Funds                $    73,963,700

Federal Funds                    $ 3,597,074,500

Total                            $18,526,762,890

 

 

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    AN ACT concerning appropriations.

 

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

 

ARTICLE 1

 

    Section 1.  The amount of $24,508,600, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education to meet its operational expenses for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020.

 

    Section 5.  The following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for Evidence-Based Funding, provided for in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code:

Payable from the Education Assistance Fund..... 622,101,200

Payable from the Common School Fund.......... 3,213,015,600

Payable from the General Revenue Fund........ 2,921,834,200

Payable from the Fund for the Advancement

 of Education.................................. 657,862,200

 

    Section 10. The sum of 44,663,600, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Evidence-Based Funding, provided for in section 18-8.15 of the School Code if, but only if, Public Act 101-0008 takes effect.

 

    Section 15. The sum of 57,336,400 or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Evidence-Based Funding, provided for in section 18-8.15 of the School Code if, but only if, Public Act 101-0008 takes effect.

 

    Section 20. The sum of 48,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Fund for the Advancement of Education to the Illinois State Board of Education for Evidence-Based Funding, provided for in section 18-8.15 of the School Code if, but only if, Public Act 101-0008 takes effect.

 

    Section 25.  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, 2020:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For a grant to Learning

   Ally for Services for Blind/Dyslexic Persons.... 846,000

  For Disabled Student Transportation

   Reimbursement............................... 387,682,600

  For Disabled Student Tuition,

   Private Tuition............................. 152,320,000

  For District Consolidation Costs/

   Supplemental Payments to School Districts....... 213,000

  For a grant to Illinois

   State University for Autism Training & Technical

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

  For the Philip J. Rock Center and School....... 3,777,800

  For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/

   Lunch Program................................. 9,000,000

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

  For Transportation-Regular/Vocational

   Common School Transportation

   Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code...... 289,200,800

  For a grant to Chicago Lighthouse

   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................... 9,900,000

  For Special Education Reimbursement

   Per 14-7.03 of the School Code............... 91,700,000

  For all costs associated with Alternative

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

  For Truants’ Alternative and Optional

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

  For costs associated with

   Teach for America............................. 1,000,000

  For Agriculture Education Programs............. 5,000,000

  For Career and Technical Education............ 43,062,100

  For National Board Certified Teachers.......... 1,500,000

    Total                                    $1,014,746,000

 

    Section 30. The sum of 17,908,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Disabled Student Transportation Reimbursement if, but only if, Public Act 101-0008 takes effect.

 

    Section 35. The sum of 21,440,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Disabled Student Tuition, Private Tuition if, but only if, Public Act 101-0008 takes effect.

 

    Section 40. The sum of 965,400, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Transportation-Regular/Vocational Common School Transportation Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code if, but only if, Public Act 101-0008 takes effect.

 

    Section 45.  The following 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, 2020:

From the General Revenue Fund:

  For State and District

   Technology Support............................ 2,443,800

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

  For Teacher Mentoring Program.................. 2,000,000

  For Principal Mentoring Program................ 1,000,000

  For Low-Income Advanced Placement Fee.......... 2,500,000

  For Diverse Educator Recruitment............... 3,000,000

  For After School Matters....................... 3,443,800

  For After School Programming.................. 20,000,000

  For the Southwest Organizing Project

   Parent Mentoring Program...................... 3,500,000

  For all costs associated with the

   Student Care Department....................... 2,200,000

  For Grant Accountability and Transparency

   Act and Budgeting for Results

   Initiative...................................... 260,000

  For Early Childhood Education................ 593,738,100

    Total                                      $634,585,700

 

    Section 50.  The amount of $650,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with the Community Residential Services........................... Authority.

 

    Section 55.  The amount of $53,200,000, 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.

 

    Section 60.  The amount of $475,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with Educator Misconduct Hearings and Investigations.

 

    Section 65.  The amount 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 all costs associated with Educators Rising, including but not limited to, a grant to Educators Rising of Phi Delta Kappa.

 

    Section 70.  The amount of $12,100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for District Intervention Funding for East St. Louis District 189 and North Chicago CUSD 187, at the approximate costs below:

  For East St. Louis District 189................ 6,050,000

  For North Chicago CUSD 187..................... 6,050,000

 

    Section 75.  The amount of $2,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessarily, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with the Community Partnerships for Student Health and Well-Being Pilot Program including, but not limited to, grants and amounts to be solely determined by the State Superintendent to City of Chicago School District 299 and/or any of the Regional Offices of Education in the six regional service areas.

 

    Section 80. The amount of $7,996,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with Golden Apple Programs, including, but not limited to, a grant to the Golden Apple Foundation and financial assistance to scholars identified by the Golden Apple Foundation, but not including any costs associated with the Golden Apple Accelerators Program.

 

    Section 85. The amount of $1,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with the Golden Apple Accelerators Program, including, but not limited to, a grant to the Golden Apple Foundation and financial assistance to accelerators as identified by the Golden Apple Foundation.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

          Section 5.  The amount of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs authorized by the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code, including refunds.

 

    Section 10.  The amount of $8,484,800, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for expenditures by the Board in accordance with grants, gifts or donations that the Board has received or may receive from any source, public or private, in support of projects that are within the lawful powers of the Board, including refunds.

 

    Section 15.  The amount of $8,150,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

 

    Section 20.  The amount of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund for use by the Illinois State Board of Education as provided in Section 1B-8 of the School Code.

 

    Section 25.  The amount of $2,208,900, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the ISBE Teacher Certificate Institute Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for costs authorized by the School Code, including refunds.

 

    Section 30.  The amount of $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the After-School Rescue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

 

    Section 35.  The amount of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School Infrastructure Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

 

    Section 40.  The amount of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund for use by the Illinois State Board of Education as provided in Section 2-3.77 of the School Code.

 

    Section 45.  The amount of $1,050,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with its Charter School Department per 105 ILCS 5/27A-7.5.

 

    Section 50.  The amount of $11,400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020 for Regional Superintendents’ and Assistants’ Compensation and Related Benefits.

 

    Section 55.  The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2020:

  For Bus Driver Training.......................... 100,000

  For Regional Superintendents’ Services......... 6,970,000

    Total                                        $7,070,000

 

    Section 60.  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, 2020:

From the Drivers Education Fund:

  For Drivers Education......................... 16,000,000

From the Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund:

  For Charter Schools Loans........................ 200,000

From the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund:

  For School Technology Loans, 2-3.117a

    of the School Code........................... 7,500,000

 

    Section 65.  The amount of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Grant Accountability and Transparency Act and Budgeting for Results Initiatives.

 

    Section 70.  The amount of $2,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School STEAM Grant Program Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the School STEAM Grant Program.

 

ARTICLE 3

 

    Section 5.  The amount of $19,904,700, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

 

    Section 10.  The amount of $2,900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

 

    Section 15.  The amount of $50,869,800, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

 

    Section 20.  The following 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, 2020:

From the SBE Federal Department

 of Agriculture Fund:

  For Child Nutrition........................ 1,062,500,000

From the SBE Federal Department

 of Education Fund:

  For Title I................................ 1,090,000,000

  For Title II................................. 160,000,000

  For Title III................................. 50,400,000

  For Title IV................................. 200,000,000

  For Title V.................................... 2,000,000

  For Title X.................................... 7,000,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

   Deaf/Blind...................................... 800,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

   Improvement Program........................... 5,000,000

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

   Preschool.................................... 29,200,000

  For Grants for Vocational

   Education – Basic............................ 66,000,000

  For Special Federal Congressional Projects..... 5,000,000

  For Longitudinal Data System................... 5,200,000

  For Charter Schools........................... 23,000,000

  For Student Assessments....................... 35,000,000

    Total                                    $1,678,600,000

 

    Section 25.  The amount of $754,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Individuals with Disabilities Act, IDEA, at the approximate costs below:

  For Individuals with Disabilities Act, IDEA.. 753,425,000

  For a grant to Regional Office of Education

   #47 for Multi-Tiered Systems of Support......... 400,000

  For a grant to Illinois State University

   for the Autism Learning and Supports Project.... 175,000

 

    Section 30.  The following 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, 2020:

From the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

  For Adolescent Health Programs................... 500,000

  For Sexual Risk Avoidance Programs............. 6,500,000

  For Substance Abuse and Mental

   Health Services............................... 5,300,000

  For STOP School Violence and

   Mental Health Programs........................ 1,000,000

  For Preschool Development Grant

   Birth Through Five........................... 15,000,000

    Total                                       $28,300,000

 

ARTICLE 4

 

    Section 1.  The sum of $5,140,336,721, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for the State's contribution, as provided by law.

 

    Section 5.  The sum of $400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Education Assistance Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for additional costs due to the establishment of minimum retirement allowances pursuant to Sections 16-136.2 and 16-136.3 of the Illinois Pension Code, as amended.

 

    Section 10.  The sum of $350,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Illinois Teachers’ Retirement System for the employer contributions required by the State as an employer of teachers described under subsection (e) or subsection (f) of Section 16-158 of the Illinois Pension Code.

 

    Section 15.  The amount of $89,857,069, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Teachers’ Retirement System of the State of Illinois for deposit into the Teacher Health Insurance Security Fund as the state’s contribution for teachers’ health insurance.

 

    Section 20.  The amount of $12,333,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago for the state’s contribution pursuant to subsection (c) of Section 17-127 of the Illinois Pension Code.

 

    Section 25.  The amount of $254,560,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Common School Fund to the Public Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago for the state’s contribution pursuant to paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 17-127 of the Illinois Pension Code.

 

ARTICLE 99

 

    Section 99.  Effective Date.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2020.