093_HB3480eng HB3480 Engrossed LRB093 09411 NHT 09646 b 1 AN ACT relating to schools. 2 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 3 represented in the General Assembly: 4 Section 5. The School Code is amended by changing 5 Section 18-12 as follows: 6 (105 ILCS 5/18-12) (from Ch. 122, par. 18-12) 7 Sec. 18-12. Dates for filing State aid claims. The 8 school board of each school district shall require teachers, 9 principals, or superintendents to furnish from records kept 10 by them such data as it needs in preparing and certifying 11 under oath or affirmation to the regional superintendent its 12 school district report of claims provided in Sections 18-8 13 through 18-10 on blanks to be provided by the State 14 Superintendent of Education. The district claim shall be 15 based on the latest available equalized assessed valuation 16 and tax rates, as provided in Section 18-8.05 and shall use 17 the average daily attendance as determined by the method 18 outlined in Section 18-8.05 and shall be certified and filed 19 with the regional superintendent by July 1. Failure to so 20 file by July 1 constitutes a forfeiture of the right to 21 receive payment by the State until such claim is filed and 22 vouchered for payment. The regional superintendent of 23 schools shall certify the county report of claims by July 15; 24 and the State Superintendent of Education shall voucher for 25 payment those claims to the State Comptroller as provided in 26 Section 18-11. 27 Except as otherwise provided in this Section, if any 28 school district fails to provide the minimum school term 29 specified in Section 10-19, the State aid claim for that year 30 shall be reduced by the State Superintendent of Education in 31 an amount equivalent to .56818% for each day less than the HB3480 Engrossed -2- LRB093 09411 NHT 09646 b 1 number of days required by this Code. 2 If the State Superintendent of Education determines that 3 the failure to provide the minimum school term was occasioned 4 by an act or acts of God, or was occasioned by conditions 5 beyond the control of the school district which posed a 6 hazardous threat to the health and safety of pupils, the 7 State aid claim need not be reduced. 8 If the State Superintendent of Education determines that 9 the failure to provide the minimum school term was due to a 10 school being closed on or after September 11, 2001 for more 11 than one-half day of attendance due to a bioterrorism or 12 terrorism threat that was investigated by a law enforcement 13 agency, the State aid claim shall not be reduced. 14 If, during any school day, (i) a school district has 15 provided at least one clock hour of instruction but must 16 close the schools due to adverse weather conditions or due to 17 acondition beyond the control of the school district that18poses a hazardousthreat to the health orandsafety of 19 pupils prior to providing the minimum hours of instruction 20 required for a full day of attendance, or (ii) the school 21 district must delay the start of the school day due to 22 adverse weather conditions or due to a threat to the health 23 or safety of pupils and this delay prevents the district from 24 providing the minimum hours of instruction required for a 25 full day of attendance, the partial day of attendance may be 26 counted as a full day of attendance. The partial day of 27 attendance and the reasons therefor shall be certified in 28 writing within a month of the closing or delayed start by the 29 local school district superintendent to the Regional 30 Superintendent of Schools for forwarding to the State 31 Superintendent of Education for approval. 32 If a school building is ordered to be closed by the 33 school board, in consultation with a local emergency response 34 agency, due to a condition that poses a hazardous threat to HB3480 Engrossed -3- LRB093 09411 NHT 09646 b 1 the health and safety of pupils, then the school district 2 shall have a grace period of 4 days in which the general 3 State aid claim shall not be reduced so that alternative 4 housing of the pupils may be located. 5 No exception to the requirement of providing a minimum 6 school term may be approved by the State Superintendent of 7 Education pursuant to this Section unless a school district 8 has first used all emergency days provided for in its regular 9 calendar. 10 If the State Superintendent of Education declares that an 11 energy shortage exists during any part of the school year for 12 the State or a designated portion of the State, a district 13 may operate the school attendance centers within the district 14 4 days of the week during the time of the shortage by 15 extending each existing school day by one clock hour of 16 school work, and the State aid claim shall not be reduced, 17 nor shall the employees of that district suffer any reduction 18 in salary or benefits as a result thereof. A district may 19 operate all attendance centers on this revised schedule, or 20 may apply the schedule to selected attendance centers, taking 21 into consideration such factors as pupil transportation 22 schedules and patterns and sources of energy for individual 23 attendance centers. 24 No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless 25 the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files 26 with the State Superintendent of Education, on forms 27 prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that the 28 district has complied with the requirements of Section 29 10-22.5 in regard to the nonsegregation of pupils on account 30 of color, creed, race, sex or nationality. 31 No State aid claim may be filed for any district unless 32 the clerk or secretary of the school board executes and files 33 with the State Superintendent of Education, on forms 34 prescribed by the Superintendent, a sworn statement that to HB3480 Engrossed -4- LRB093 09411 NHT 09646 b 1 the best of his or her knowledge or belief the employing or 2 assigning personnel have complied with Section 24-4 in all 3 respects. 4 (Source: P.A. 92-661, eff. 7-16-02.) 5 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect on 6 July 1, 2003.