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1 | AN ACT relating to public community colleges.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, | |||||||||||||||||||
3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | changing
Section 2-16.02 as follows:
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6 | (110 ILCS 805/2-16.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02)
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7 | Sec. 2-16.02. State grants. Any community college district | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | that
maintains a
community college recognized by the State | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | Board shall receive, when eligible,
grants enumerated in this | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | Section. Funded semester credit hours or other
measures or both | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | as specified by the State Board shall be used to distribute
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12 | grants to community colleges. Funded semester credit hours | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | shall be defined,
for purposes of this Section, as the greater | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | of
(1) the number of semester credit hours, or equivalent, in | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | all funded
instructional categories of students who have been | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | certified as being in
attendance at midterm during the | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | respective terms of the base fiscal year or
(2) the average of | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | semester credit hours, or equivalent, in all funded
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19 | instructional categories of students who have been certified as | |||||||||||||||||||
20 | being in
attendance at midterm during the respective terms of | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | the base fiscal year and
the 2 prior fiscal years. For purposes | |||||||||||||||||||
22 | of this Section, "base fiscal year"
means the fiscal year 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
23 | years prior to the fiscal year for which the grants are
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24 | appropriated. Such students shall have been residents of | |||||||||||||||||||
25 | Illinois and shall
have been enrolled in courses that are part | |||||||||||||||||||
26 | of instructional program categories
approved by the State Board | |||||||||||||||||||
27 | and that are applicable toward an associate degree
or | |||||||||||||||||||
28 | certificate.
Courses that are eligible for reimbursement are | |||||||||||||||||||
29 | those courses for which
the district pays 50% or more of the | |||||||||||||||||||
30 | program costs from unrestricted
revenue sources, with the | |||||||||||||||||||
31 | exception of courses offered by contract with
the Department of | |||||||||||||||||||
32 | Corrections in correctional institutions. For the
purposes of |
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1 | this Section, "unrestricted revenue sources" means those
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2 | revenues in which the provider of the revenue imposes no | ||||||
3 | financial
limitations upon the district as it relates to the | ||||||
4 | expenditure of the funds. Base operating grants shall be paid | ||||||
5 | based on rates per funded
semester credit hour or equivalent | ||||||
6 | calculated by the State Board for funded
instructional | ||||||
7 | categories using cost of instruction, enrollment, inflation, | ||||||
8 | and
other relevant factors. A portion of the base operating | ||||||
9 | grant shall be
allocated on the basis of non-residential gross | ||||||
10 | square footage of space
maintained by the district.
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11 | Equalization grants shall be calculated by the State Board | ||||||
12 | by determining a
local revenue factor for each district by: (A) | ||||||
13 | adding (1)
each district's Corporate Personal Property | ||||||
14 | Replacement Fund
allocations from the base
fiscal year or the | ||||||
15 | average of the base fiscal year and prior year, whichever is
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16 | less, divided by the applicable statewide average tax rate to | ||||||
17 | (2) the
district's most recently audited
year's equalized | ||||||
18 | assessed valuation or the average of the most recently audited
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19 | year and prior year, whichever is less, (B) then dividing by | ||||||
20 | the district's
audited full-time equivalent resident students | ||||||
21 | for the base fiscal year or the
average for the base fiscal | ||||||
22 | year and the 2 prior fiscal years, whichever is
greater, and | ||||||
23 | (C) then multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax
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24 | rate. The State Board
shall calculate a statewide weighted | ||||||
25 | average threshold by applying
the same methodology to the | ||||||
26 | totals of all districts' Corporate Personal
Property Tax | ||||||
27 | Replacement Fund allocations, equalized assessed valuations, | ||||||
28 | and
audited full-time equivalent district resident students | ||||||
29 | and multiplying by the
applicable statewide average tax rate. | ||||||
30 | The difference between the statewide
weighted average | ||||||
31 | threshold and the local revenue
factor, multiplied by the | ||||||
32 | number of full-time equivalent resident students,
shall | ||||||
33 | determine the amount of equalization funding that each district | ||||||
34 | is
eligible to receive. A percentage factor, as determined by | ||||||
35 | the State Board,
may be applied to the statewide threshold as a | ||||||
36 | method for allocating
equalization funding. A minimum |
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1 | equalization grant of an amount per district
as determined by | ||||||
2 | the State Board shall be established for any community college
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3 | district which qualifies for an equalization grant based upon | ||||||
4 | the preceding
criteria, but becomes ineligible for | ||||||
5 | equalization funding, or would have
received a grant of less | ||||||
6 | than the minimum equalization grant, due to threshold
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7 | prorations applied to reduce equalization funding.
As of July | ||||||
8 | 1, 2004, a community college district must maintain a
minimum | ||||||
9 | required combined in-district tuition and universal fee rate | ||||||
10 | per
semester credit hour equal to 85% of the State-average | ||||||
11 | combined rate, as
determined by the State Board, for | ||||||
12 | equalization funding. As of July 1,
2004, a community college | ||||||
13 | district must maintain a minimum required
operating tax rate | ||||||
14 | equal to at least 95% of its maximum authorized tax
rate to | ||||||
15 | qualify for equalization funding. This 95% minimum tax rate
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16 | requirement shall be based upon the maximum operating tax rate | ||||||
17 | as
limited by the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
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18 | The State Board shall distribute such other grants as may | ||||||
19 | be
authorized or appropriated by the General Assembly.
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20 | Each community college district entitled to State grants | ||||||
21 | under this
Section must submit a report of its enrollment to | ||||||
22 | the State Board not later
than 30 days following the end of | ||||||
23 | each semester, quarter, or term in a
format prescribed by the | ||||||
24 | State Board. These semester credit hours, or
equivalent, shall | ||||||
25 | be certified by each district on forms provided by the
State | ||||||
26 | Board. Each district's certified semester credit hours, or | ||||||
27 | equivalent,
are subject to audit pursuant to Section 3-22.1.
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28 | The State Board shall certify, prepare, and submit to the | ||||||
29 | State Comptroller
during August, November, February, and May of | ||||||
30 | each fiscal year vouchers setting
forth an amount equal to 25% | ||||||
31 | of the grants approved by the State Board for base
operating | ||||||
32 | grants and equalization grants. The State Board shall prepare | ||||||
33 | and
submit to the State Comptroller vouchers for payments of | ||||||
34 | other grants as
appropriated by the General Assembly. If the | ||||||
35 | amount appropriated for grants
is different from the amount | ||||||
36 | provided for such grants under this Act, the
grants shall be |
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1 | proportionately reduced or increased accordingly.
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2 | For the purposes of this Section, "resident student" means | ||||||
3 | a student in a
community college district who maintains | ||||||
4 | residency in that district or
meets other residency definitions | ||||||
5 | established by the State Board, and who
was enrolled either in | ||||||
6 | one of the approved instructional program categories
in that | ||||||
7 | district, or in another community college district to which the
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8 | resident's district is paying tuition under Section 6-2 or with | ||||||
9 | which the
resident's district has entered into a cooperative | ||||||
10 | agreement in lieu of such
tuition.
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11 | For the purposes of this Section, a "full-time equivalent" | ||||||
12 | student is
equal to 30 semester credit hours.
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13 | The Illinois Community College Board Contracts and Grants | ||||||
14 | Fund is hereby
created in the State Treasury. Items of income | ||||||
15 | to this fund shall include
any grants, awards, endowments, or | ||||||
16 | like proceeds, and where appropriate,
other funds made | ||||||
17 | available through contracts with governmental, public, and
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18 | private agencies or persons. The General Assembly shall from | ||||||
19 | time to time
make appropriations payable from such fund for the | ||||||
20 | support, improvement,
and expenses of the State Board and | ||||||
21 | Illinois community college
districts.
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22 | (Source: P.A. 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
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