Sen. Miguel del Valle
Filed: 5/28/2004
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 762
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 762 by replacing | ||||||
3 | everything after the enacting clause with the following:
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4 | "Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing Sections | ||||||
5 | 2-3.33, 2-3.52A, and 2-3.84 and adding Section 18-4.6 as | ||||||
6 | follows: | ||||||
7 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.33) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.33)
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8 | Sec. 2-3.33. Recomputation of claims. To recompute within | ||||||
9 | 3 years from the
final date for filing of a claim any claim for | ||||||
10 | reimbursement to any school
district if the claim has been | ||||||
11 | found to be incorrect and to adjust subsequent
claims | ||||||
12 | accordingly, and to recompute and adjust any such claims within | ||||||
13 | 6 years
from the final date for filing when there has been an | ||||||
14 | adverse court or
administrative agency decision on
the merits | ||||||
15 | affecting the tax revenues of the school district. However, no | ||||||
16 | such
adjustment shall be made regarding equalized assessed | ||||||
17 | valuation unless the
district's equalized assessed valuation | ||||||
18 | is changed by greater than $250,000 or
2%.
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19 | Except in the case of an adverse court or administrative | ||||||
20 | agency decision
no recomputation of a
State aid claim shall be | ||||||
21 | made pursuant to this Section as a result of a
reduction in the | ||||||
22 | assessed valuation of a school district from the assessed
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23 | valuation of the district reported to the State Board of | ||||||
24 | Education by the
Department of Revenue under Section 18-8.05
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1 | 18-8 unless the
requirements of Section
16-15 of the Property | ||||||
2 | Tax Code and Section 2-3.84 of this Code
Act are
complied with | ||||||
3 | in all respects.
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4 | This paragraph applies to all requests for recomputation of | ||||||
5 | a general
State aid claim received after June 30, 2003. In | ||||||
6 | recomputing a general
State aid claim that was originally | ||||||
7 | calculated using an extension
limitation equalized assessed | ||||||
8 | valuation under paragraph (3) of
subsection (G) of Section | ||||||
9 | 18-8.05 of this Code, a qualifying reduction in
equalized | ||||||
10 | assessed valuation shall be deducted from the extension
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11 | limitation equalized assessed valuation that was used in | ||||||
12 | calculating the
original claim.
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13 | From the total amount of general State aid to be provided | ||||||
14 | to
districts, equalized assessed valuation adjustments as a | ||||||
15 | result of recomputation under this Section
must not exceed $25
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16 | million, in the aggregate for all districts,
of the general | ||||||
17 | State aid appropriation in any fiscal year; if necessary,
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18 | amounts shall be prorated among districts. If it is necessary | ||||||
19 | to prorate
claims under this paragraph, then that portion of | ||||||
20 | each prorated claim that is
approved but not paid in the | ||||||
21 | current fiscal year may be resubmitted as a
valid claim in the | ||||||
22 | following fiscal year. | ||||||
23 | All valid requests for recomputation of general State aid | ||||||
24 | claims that are filed under this Section after June 30, 2003 | ||||||
25 | and before July 1, 2004 shall be paid in the State fiscal year | ||||||
26 | ending June 30, 2005, except to the extent reduced due to | ||||||
27 | proration. All valid requests for recomputation under this | ||||||
28 | Section shall be paid to school districts within the first 2 | ||||||
29 | months of the State fiscal year in which they are paid.
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30 | (Source: P.A. 88-555, eff. 7-27-94; 88-670, eff. 12-2-94;
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31 | 89-235, eff. 8-4-95; 89-397, eff. 8-20-95.)
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32 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.52A) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.52A)
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33 | Sec. 2-3.52A. Pilot programs. |
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1 | (a) To improve the quality of
teaching as a profession the | ||||||
2 | State Board of Education may,
pursuant to appropriations for | ||||||
3 | such purposes, establish pilot
programs for teachers relating | ||||||
4 | to clinical schools, restructuring
the teaching workplace, and | ||||||
5 | providing special assistance and support
to beginning | ||||||
6 | teachers. Such programs shall be conducted in accordance
with | ||||||
7 | rules adopted by the State Board of Education. Such rules shall
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8 | provide for, but not be limited to, advisory councils and | ||||||
9 | annual
reports on the progress of the pilot programs.
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10 | (b) Beginning July 1, 2004 and continuing for 3 years, the | ||||||
11 | State Board of Education and the State Teacher Certification | ||||||
12 | Board are authorized to administer a pilot project designed to | ||||||
13 | improve math and science achievement of fifth grade students. | ||||||
14 | With annual joint approval by the State Board of Education and | ||||||
15 | the State Teacher Certification Board, teachers who hold a 6-12 | ||||||
16 | certificate endorsed in mathematics or science and who hold a | ||||||
17 | middle grades endorsement or qualify for teaching in the middle | ||||||
18 | grades may teach fifth grade students in the area of their | ||||||
19 | endorsement, provided that no teacher otherwise assigned to | ||||||
20 | teach those students is, as a direct result of the use of such | ||||||
21 | teachers, subject to reduction in force.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 85-322.)
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23 | (105 ILCS 5/2-3.84) (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.84)
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24 | Sec. 2-3.84. In calculating the amount of State aid to be | ||||||
25 | apportioned
to the various school districts in this State, the | ||||||
26 | State Board of Education
shall incorporate and deduct the total | ||||||
27 | aggregate adjustments to assessments
made by
(i) the State | ||||||
28 | Property Tax Appeal Board or Cook County Board of Appeals , as
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29 | reported pursuant to Section 16-15 of the Property Tax Code or | ||||||
30 | Section
129.1 of the Revenue Act of 1939 by the Department of | ||||||
31 | Revenue , and (ii) any adverse court or administrative agency | ||||||
32 | decision on the merits that affects the tax revenues of the | ||||||
33 | school district from the
equalized assessed valuation that is |
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1 | otherwise to be utilized in
the initial calculation .
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2 | (Source: P.A. 88-670, eff. 12-2-94.)
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3 | (105 ILCS 5/18-4.6 new) | ||||||
4 | Sec. 18-4.6. Tax equivalent grants; Illinois School for the | ||||||
5 | Deaf, Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, Jacksonville | ||||||
6 | Correctional Center, and Jacksonville Developmental Center. | ||||||
7 | When the Illinois School for the Deaf, the Illinois School for | ||||||
8 | the Visually Impaired, the Jacksonville Correctional Center, | ||||||
9 | and the Jacksonville Developmental Center are located in a | ||||||
10 | school district, the State Superintendent of Education shall, | ||||||
11 | subject to appropriation, annually direct the State | ||||||
12 | Comptroller to pay the amount of the tax-equivalent grant | ||||||
13 | provided in this Section, and the State Comptroller shall draw | ||||||
14 | his or her warrant upon the State Treasurer for the payment of | ||||||
15 | the grant. For fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year | ||||||
16 | thereafter, the grant shall be in an amount not to exceed | ||||||
17 | $100,000. Annually on or before September 15, 2005 and July 1, | ||||||
18 | thereafter, the district superintendent shall certify to the | ||||||
19 | State Board of Education that the Illinois School for the Deaf, | ||||||
20 | the Illinois School for the Visually Impaired, the Jacksonville | ||||||
21 | Correctional Center, and the Jacksonville Developmental Center | ||||||
22 | are located within the district.
Failure of any district | ||||||
23 | superintendent to certify the claim for the tax-equivalent | ||||||
24 | grant on or before September 15, 2005 or July 1 of a subsequent | ||||||
25 | year shall constitute a forfeiture by the district of its right | ||||||
26 | to the grant for the school year.
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27 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | ||||||
28 | becoming law.".
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