Illinois General Assembly - Bill Status for HB 4399

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district must spend at least 65% of its total operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures and if a school district's direct classroom expenditures for the 2006-2007 school year are less than 65% of its total operating expenditures, then the district must increase its direct classroom expenditures by at least 2 percentage points per school year beginning with the 2007-2008 school year until at least 65% of the district's total operating expenditures are spent on direct classroom expenditures. Provides that a school district that is unable to meet these expenditure standards due to special circumstances may apply to the State Superintendent of Education for a one-year, renewable waiver. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. Effective immediately.

Date	Chamber	Action
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

Date	Chamber	Action
1/5/2006	House	Filed with the Clerk by Rep. Robert W. Churchill
1/10/2006	House	First Reading
1/10/2006	House	Referred to Rules Committee
1/24/2006	House	Assigned to Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
1/27/2006	House	State Mandates Fiscal Note Filed
1/31/2006	House	Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Harry R. Ramey, Jr.
2/15/2006	House	House Amendment No. 1 Filed with Clerk by Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2/15/2006	House	House Amendment No. 1 Adopted in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee; by Voice Vote
2/15/2006	House	Remains in Elementary & Secondary Education Committee
2/17/2006	House	Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee
1/9/2007	House	Session Sine Die

	State Mandates Fiscal Note (Ill. State Board of Education)
	Has no fiscal impact on the State Board of Education. Would remove local control over how a school district expends its funds. Additional administrative burdens may be created as "direct classroom expenditures" are not well defined in the bill or by the National Center for Education Statistics.