102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2021 and 2022
HB2082

 

Introduced 2/17/2021, by Rep. Jim Durkin

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/1D-1

    Amends the School Code. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning block grants for Chicago.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Section
51D-1 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 5/1D-1)
7    (Text of Section from P.A. 100-55)
8    Sec. 1D-1. Block grant funding.
9    (a) For For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year
10thereafter, the State Board of Education shall award to a
11school district having a population exceeding 500,000
12inhabitants a general education block grant and an educational
13services block grant, determined as provided in this Section,
14in lieu of distributing to the district separate State funding
15for the programs described in subsections (b) and (c). The
16provisions of this Section, however, do not apply to any
17federal funds that the district is entitled to receive. In
18accordance with Section 2-3.32, all block grants are subject
19to an audit. Therefore, block grant receipts and block grant
20expenditures shall be recorded to the appropriate fund code
21for the designated block grant.
22    (b) The general education block grant shall include the
23following programs: REI Initiative, Summer Bridges, Preschool

 

 

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1Education, K-6 Comprehensive Arts, School Improvement Support,
2Urban Education, Scientific Literacy, Substance Abuse
3Prevention, Second Language Planning, Staff Development,
4Outcomes and Assessment, K-6 Reading Improvement, 7-12
5Continued Reading Improvement, Truants' Optional Education,
6Hispanic Programs, Agriculture Education, Parental Training,
7Prevention Initiative, Report Cards, and Criminal Background
8Investigations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
9all amounts paid under the general education block grant from
10State appropriations to a school district in a city having a
11population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants shall be appropriated
12and expended by the board of that district for any of the
13programs included in the block grant or any of the board's
14lawful purposes. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2018, at least 25%
15of any additional Preschool Education, Parental Training, and
16Prevention Initiative program funding over and above the
17previous fiscal year's allocation shall be used to fund
18programs for children ages 0-3. Beginning in Fiscal Year 2018,
19funding for Preschool Education, Parental Training, and
20Prevention Initiative programs above the allocation for these
21programs in Fiscal Year 2017 must be used solely as a
22supplement for these programs and may not supplant funds
23received from other sources.
24    (c) The educational services block grant shall include the
25following programs: Regular and Vocational Transportation,
26State Lunch and Free Breakfast Program, Special Education

 

 

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1(Personnel, Transportation, Orphanage, Private Tuition),
2funding for children requiring special education services,
3Summer School, Educational Service Centers, and
4Administrator's Academy. This subsection (c) does not relieve
5the district of its obligation to provide the services
6required under a program that is included within the
7educational services block grant. It is the intention of the
8General Assembly in enacting the provisions of this subsection
9(c) to relieve the district of the administrative burdens that
10impede efficiency and accompany single-program funding. The
11General Assembly encourages the board to pursue mandate
12waivers pursuant to Section 2-3.25g.
13    The funding program included in the educational services
14block grant for funding for children requiring special
15education services in each fiscal year shall be treated in
16that fiscal year as a payment to the school district in respect
17of services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal
18year, calculated in each case as provided in this Section.
19Nothing in this Section shall change the nature of payments
20for any program that, apart from this Section, would be or,
21prior to adoption or amendment of this Section, was on the
22basis of a payment in a fiscal year in respect of services
23provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year,
24calculated in each case as provided in this Section.
25    (d) For fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter,
26the amount of the district's block grants shall be determined

 

 

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1as follows: (i) with respect to each program that is included
2within each block grant, the district shall receive an amount
3equal to the same percentage of the current fiscal year
4appropriation made for that program as the percentage of the
5appropriation received by the district from the 1995 fiscal
6year appropriation made for that program, and (ii) the total
7amount that is due the district under the block grant shall be
8the aggregate of the amounts that the district is entitled to
9receive for the fiscal year with respect to each program that
10is included within the block grant that the State Board of
11Education shall award the district under this Section for that
12fiscal year. In the case of the Summer Bridges program, the
13amount of the district's block grant shall be equal to 44% of
14the amount of the current fiscal year appropriation made for
15that program.
16    (e) The district is not required to file any application
17or other claim in order to receive the block grants to which it
18is entitled under this Section. The State Board of Education
19shall make payments to the district of amounts due under the
20district's block grants on a schedule determined by the State
21Board of Education.
22    (f) A school district to which this Section applies shall
23report to the State Board of Education on its use of the block
24grants in such form and detail as the State Board of Education
25may specify. In addition, the report must include the
26following description for the district, which must also be

 

 

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1reported to the General Assembly: block grant allocation and
2expenditures by program; population and service levels by
3program; and administrative expenditures by program. The State
4Board of Education shall ensure that the reporting
5requirements for the district are the same as for all other
6school districts in this State.
7    (g) This paragraph provides for the treatment of block
8grants under Article 1C for purposes of calculating the amount
9of block grants for a district under this Section. Those block
10grants under Article 1C are, for this purpose, treated as
11included in the amount of appropriation for the various
12programs set forth in paragraph (b) above. The appropriation
13in each current fiscal year for each block grant under Article
141C shall be treated for these purposes as appropriations for
15the individual program included in that block grant. The
16proportion of each block grant so allocated to each such
17program included in it shall be the proportion which the
18appropriation for that program was of all appropriations for
19such purposes now in that block grant, in fiscal 1995.
20    Payments to the school district under this Section with
21respect to each program for which payments to school districts
22generally, as of the date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
23General Assembly, are on a reimbursement basis shall continue
24to be made to the district on a reimbursement basis, pursuant
25to the provisions of this Code governing those programs.
26    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school

 

 

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1district receiving a block grant under this Section may
2classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
3particular fiscal year from any block grant authorized under
4this Code or from general State aid pursuant to Section
518-8.05 of this Code (other than supplemental general State
6aid) as funds received in connection with any funding program
7for which it is entitled to receive funds from the State in
8that fiscal year (including, without limitation, any funding
9program referred to in subsection (c) of this Section),
10regardless of the source or timing of the receipt. The
11district may not classify more funds as funds received in
12connection with the funding program than the district is
13entitled to receive in that fiscal year for that program. Any
14classification by a district must be made by a resolution of
15its board of education. The resolution must identify the
16amount of any block grant or general State aid to be classified
17under this subsection (h) and must specify the funding program
18to which the funds are to be treated as received in connection
19therewith. This resolution is controlling as to the
20classification of funds referenced therein. A certified copy
21of the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
22Education. The resolution shall still take effect even though
23a copy of the resolution has not been sent to the State
24Superintendent of Education in a timely manner. No
25classification under this subsection (h) by a district shall
26affect the total amount or timing of money the district is

 

 

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1entitled to receive under this Code. No classification under
2this subsection (h) by a district shall in any way relieve the
3district from or affect any requirements that otherwise would
4apply with respect to the block grant as provided in this
5Section, including any accounting of funds by source,
6reporting expenditures by original source and purpose,
7reporting requirements, or requirements of provision of
8services.
9(Source: P.A. 100-55, eff. 8-11-17.)
 
10    (Text of Section from P.A. 100-465)
11    Sec. 1D-1. Block grant funding.
12    (a) For For fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2017, the
13State Board of Education shall award to a school district
14having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants a general
15education block grant and an educational services block grant,
16determined as provided in this Section, in lieu of
17distributing to the district separate State funding for the
18programs described in subsections (b) and (c). The provisions
19of this Section, however, do not apply to any federal funds
20that the district is entitled to receive. In accordance with
21Section 2-3.32, all block grants are subject to an audit.
22Therefore, block grant receipts and block grant expenditures
23shall be recorded to the appropriate fund code for the
24designated block grant.
25    (b) The general education block grant shall include the

 

 

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1following programs: REI Initiative, Summer Bridges, Preschool
2At Risk, K-6 Comprehensive Arts, School Improvement Support,
3Urban Education, Scientific Literacy, Substance Abuse
4Prevention, Second Language Planning, Staff Development,
5Outcomes and Assessment, K-6 Reading Improvement, 7-12
6Continued Reading Improvement, Truants' Optional Education,
7Hispanic Programs, Agriculture Education, Parental Education,
8Prevention Initiative, Report Cards, and Criminal Background
9Investigations. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
10all amounts paid under the general education block grant from
11State appropriations to a school district in a city having a
12population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants shall be appropriated
13and expended by the board of that district for any of the
14programs included in the block grant or any of the board's
15lawful purposes.
16    (c) The educational services block grant shall include the
17following programs: Regular and Vocational Transportation,
18State Lunch and Free Breakfast Program, Special Education
19(Personnel, Transportation, Orphanage, Private Tuition),
20funding for children requiring special education services,
21Summer School, Educational Service Centers, and
22Administrator's Academy. This subsection (c) does not relieve
23the district of its obligation to provide the services
24required under a program that is included within the
25educational services block grant. It is the intention of the
26General Assembly in enacting the provisions of this subsection

 

 

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1(c) to relieve the district of the administrative burdens that
2impede efficiency and accompany single-program funding. The
3General Assembly encourages the board to pursue mandate
4waivers pursuant to Section 2-3.25g.
5    The funding program included in the educational services
6block grant for funding for children requiring special
7education services in each fiscal year shall be treated in
8that fiscal year as a payment to the school district in respect
9of services provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal
10year, calculated in each case as provided in this Section.
11Nothing in this Section shall change the nature of payments
12for any program that, apart from this Section, would be or,
13prior to adoption or amendment of this Section, was on the
14basis of a payment in a fiscal year in respect of services
15provided or costs incurred in the prior fiscal year,
16calculated in each case as provided in this Section.
17    (d) For fiscal year 1996 through fiscal year 2017, the
18amount of the district's block grants shall be determined as
19follows: (i) with respect to each program that is included
20within each block grant, the district shall receive an amount
21equal to the same percentage of the current fiscal year
22appropriation made for that program as the percentage of the
23appropriation received by the district from the 1995 fiscal
24year appropriation made for that program, and (ii) the total
25amount that is due the district under the block grant shall be
26the aggregate of the amounts that the district is entitled to

 

 

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1receive for the fiscal year with respect to each program that
2is included within the block grant that the State Board of
3Education shall award the district under this Section for that
4fiscal year. In the case of the Summer Bridges program, the
5amount of the district's block grant shall be equal to 44% of
6the amount of the current fiscal year appropriation made for
7that program.
8    (e) The district is not required to file any application
9or other claim in order to receive the block grants to which it
10is entitled under this Section. The State Board of Education
11shall make payments to the district of amounts due under the
12district's block grants on a schedule determined by the State
13Board of Education.
14    (f) A school district to which this Section applies shall
15report to the State Board of Education on its use of the block
16grants in such form and detail as the State Board of Education
17may specify. In addition, the report must include the
18following description for the district, which must also be
19reported to the General Assembly: block grant allocation and
20expenditures by program; population and service levels by
21program; and administrative expenditures by program. The State
22Board of Education shall ensure that the reporting
23requirements for the district are the same as for all other
24school districts in this State.
25    (g) Through fiscal year 2017, this paragraph provides for
26the treatment of block grants under Article 1C for purposes of

 

 

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1calculating the amount of block grants for a district under
2this Section. Those block grants under Article 1C are, for
3this purpose, treated as included in the amount of
4appropriation for the various programs set forth in paragraph
5(b) above. The appropriation in each current fiscal year for
6each block grant under Article 1C shall be treated for these
7purposes as appropriations for the individual program included
8in that block grant. The proportion of each block grant so
9allocated to each such program included in it shall be the
10proportion which the appropriation for that program was of all
11appropriations for such purposes now in that block grant, in
12fiscal 1995.
13    Payments to the school district under this Section with
14respect to each program for which payments to school districts
15generally, as of the date of this amendatory Act of the 92nd
16General Assembly, are on a reimbursement basis shall continue
17to be made to the district on a reimbursement basis, pursuant
18to the provisions of this Code governing those programs.
19    (h) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any school
20district receiving a block grant under this Section may
21classify all or a portion of the funds that it receives in a
22particular fiscal year from any block grant authorized under
23this Code or from general State aid pursuant to Section
2418-8.05 of this Code (other than supplemental general State
25aid) as funds received in connection with any funding program
26for which it is entitled to receive funds from the State in

 

 

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1that fiscal year (including, without limitation, any funding
2program referred to in subsection (c) of this Section),
3regardless of the source or timing of the receipt. The
4district may not classify more funds as funds received in
5connection with the funding program than the district is
6entitled to receive in that fiscal year for that program. Any
7classification by a district must be made by a resolution of
8its board of education. The resolution must identify the
9amount of any block grant or general State aid to be classified
10under this subsection (h) and must specify the funding program
11to which the funds are to be treated as received in connection
12therewith. This resolution is controlling as to the
13classification of funds referenced therein. A certified copy
14of the resolution must be sent to the State Superintendent of
15Education. The resolution shall still take effect even though
16a copy of the resolution has not been sent to the State
17Superintendent of Education in a timely manner. No
18classification under this subsection (h) by a district shall
19affect the total amount or timing of money the district is
20entitled to receive under this Code. No classification under
21this subsection (h) by a district shall in any way relieve the
22district from or affect any requirements that otherwise would
23apply with respect to the block grant as provided in this
24Section, including any accounting of funds by source,
25reporting expenditures by original source and purpose,
26reporting requirements, or requirements of provision of

 

 

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1services.
2(Source: P.A. 100-465, eff. 8-31-17.)