$SB4107 102ND GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AN ACT concerning appropriations.

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

Section 1. The amount of $23,217,200, 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, 2022.

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..... 511,589,400

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

Payable from the General Revenue Fund........ 3,365,633,300

Payable from the Fund for the Advancement

of Education.................................. 839,000,000

Total $7,929,238,300

Section 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, 2022:

From the General Revenue Fund:

For a grant to Learning

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

For Disabled Student Transportation

Reimbursement............................... 415,719,300

For Disabled Student Tuition,

Private Tuition............................. 182,900,000

For District Consolidation Costs/

Supplemental Payments to School Districts....... 191,000

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................ 0

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,

including prior year costs.................... 9,900,000

For Special Education Reimbursement

Per 14-7.03 of the School Code, including

prior year costs............................ 107,019,800

For all costs associated with Alternative

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

For Truants’ Alternative and Optional

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

For a grant to Teach for America

for the Teach for America Program............. 1,000,000

For Agriculture Education Programs............. 7,050,000

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

For a grant to Illinois State University

for its National Board Resource Center

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

From the Education Assistance Fund:

For Transportation-Regular/Vocational

Common School Transportation Reimbursement,

29-5 of the School Code..................... 305,000,000

Section 15. 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, 2022:

From the General Revenue Fund:

For State and District

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

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

For Principal Mentoring and Recruitment

Program....................................... 1,800,000

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

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

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

For the Southwest Organizing Project

Parent Mentoring Program...................... 8,000,000

For Grant Accountability and Transparency

Act and Budgeting for Results

Initiative...................................... 300,000

Total $38,987,600

Section 20. The amount of $598,138,100, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Early Childhood Education, at the approximate costs below:

For Early Childhood Education................ 592,938,100

For a contract with National Lewis University for

Monitoring Preschool for All and Preschool for All

Expansion programs............................ 1,900,000

For a contract with Illinois Action for Children for

community systems development work........... 1,400,000

For a grant to the Center for Professional Learning to

provide technical assistance to Preschool for All and

Preschool for All Expansion programs.......... 1,900,000

Section 25. The amount of $700,000, 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 and Residential Services Authority.

Section 30. The amount of $40,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments, including Bilingual Assessments.

Section 35. The amount of $490,000, 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 40. The amount of $500,000, 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 authorized by the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code, including refunds.

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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, royalty payments 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 $11,750,000, 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, 2022 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, 2022:

For Bus Driver Training........................... 70,000

For Regional Superintendents’ Services........ 18,970,000

Total $19,040,000

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, 2022:

From the Drivers Education Fund:

For Drivers Education......................... 13,750,000

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 $750,000, 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.

Section 75. The amount of $17,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Freedom Schools Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for grants, contracts, and administrative expenses for costs associated with the freedom school network and programs.

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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, 2022:

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............................... $1,200,000,000

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

For Title IV................................. 225,000,000

For Title V.................................... 2,200,000

For Title X.................................... 9,000,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Deaf/Blind for a grant to Philip J. Rock

Center and School for Project Reach............. 800,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

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

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Preschool.................................... 41,000,000

For Grants for Vocational

Education – Basic............................ 70,000,000

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

Total $2,700,900,000

Section 25. The amount of $160,000,000, 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 Title II, at the approximate costs below:

For Title II................................. 157,640,000

For a grant to the Illinois Principals

Association in support of the Ed Leader’s

Network platform.............................. 1,500,000

For a grant to the Illinois Association of School

Administrators for mentoring of new superintendents

in their first three years of service and targeted

support for superintendents of districts with

comprehensive schools........................... 350,000

For a grant to or contract with the Illinois Principals

Association for the mentoring of principals and assistant

principals in schools identified for comprehensive

supports......................................... 510,000

Section 30. The amount of $949,576,400, 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.. 947,410,000

For a grant to Illinois State University

for the Autism Learning and Supports Project.... 686,400

For a grant to the University of Illinois for the Center

for Transition................................ 1,000,000

For a grant to the Illinois Department

of Juvenile Justice to provide

support and promote successful

reintegration of youth with

disabilities from IDJJ School

District #428 to the youths’

public schools.................................. 400,000

For a grant to the Illinois Deaf

and Hard of Hearing Commission for the

Illinois Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Program.......................................... 80,000

Section 35. 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, 2022:

From the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

For Adolescent Health Programs................... 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........................... 35,000,000

Total $41,800,000

Section 40. The amount of $41,543,000, 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 grants, contracts, and administrative expenses of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund per the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Section 45. The amount of $24,120,500, 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 grants, contracts, and administrative expenses of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund per the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.

Section 50. The amount of $1,162,038,900, 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 grants, contracts, and administrative expenses of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund per the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021, at the approximate costs below:

For Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief

Fund, ESSER II........................... 1,156,038,900

For the Social-Emotional Learning and Trauma Response Program

for a grant to the following named entities, at the

approximate costs below:

For Regional Office of Education #1............ 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #4............ 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #19........... 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #21........... 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #39........... 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #40........... 857,143

For City of Chicago School District 299........ 857,142

Section 55. The amount of $46,365,500, 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 grants, contracts, and administrative expenses of the Governor’s Emergency Education Relief Fund per the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021.

Section 60. The amount of $73,414,900, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for grants, contracts, and administrative expenses for the Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools per the Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2021.

Section 65. The amount of $5,011,807,800, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for grants, contracts, and administrative expenses of the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund per the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, at the approximate costs below:

For Elementary & Secondary School Emergency Relief

Fund, ARP ESSER.......................... 5,005,807,800

For the Social-Emotional Learning and Trauma Response Program

for a grant to the following named entities, at the

approximate costs below:

For Regional Office of Education #1........... 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #4........... 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #19.......... 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #21.......... 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #39.......... 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #40.......... 857,143

For City of Chicago School District 299....... 857,142

Section 70. The amount of $83,246,400, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for grants, contracts, and administrative expenses for the Emergency Assistance to Non-Public Schools per the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

Section 75. The amount of $33,118,500, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for grants, contracts, and administrative expenses for Homeless Children and Youth per the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.

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Section 1. The sum of $10,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 2022, from an appropriation heretofore made for such purpose in Article 127, Section 200 of Public Act 102-0017, as amended, is reapproriated from the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for costs associated with implementing parent mentoring programs for purposes permitted by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and related federal guidance.

Section 5. The sum of $75,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 2022, from an appropriation heretofore made for such purpose in Article 127, Section 370 of Public Act 102-0017, as amended, is reapproriated from the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for a grant to the Black Gold Initiative for mentoring, educational programming, and violence prevention for high school students, for purposes permitted by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and related federal guidance.

Section 10. The sum of $10,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 2022, from an appropriation heretofore made for such purpose in Article 127, Section 190 of Public Act 102-0017, as amended, is reapproriated from the State Coronavirus Urgent Remediation Emergency Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for costs associated with implementing after school programs for purposes permitted by Section 9901 of the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 and related federal guidance.

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Section 1. The sum of $5,893,732,209, 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 $300,000, 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.

Section 10. The sum of $400,000, 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 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 $106,328,858, 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 $13,371,000, 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 $295,302,000, 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 paragraph (2) of subsection (d) of Section 17-127 of the Illinois Pension Code.

Section 99. Effective Date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2022.