$HB2615 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

AN ACT concerning appropriations.

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

ARTICLE 1

Section 5. The following amounts, or so much of those amounts as may be necessary, respectively, for the objects and purposes named, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2005:

FISCAL SUPPORT SERVICES

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Personal Services......................... $3,410,400

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 88,500

For Retirement Contributions..................... 218,400

For Social Security Contributions................ 173,000

For Contractual Services....................... 2,443,800

For Travel....................................... 313,700

For Commodities................................... 59,100

For Printing...................................... 85,200

For Equipment..................................... 70,900

For Telecommunications........................... 476,800

For Operation of Auto Equipment................... 11,800

Total $7,351,600

From the Drivers Education Fund:

For Personal Services............................. 46,200

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer.................................. 1,500

For Retirement Contributions....................... 1,000

For Social Security Contributions.................. 1,700

For Group Insurance............................... 13,800

Total $64,200

From the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 3,184,500

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 65,100

For Retirement Contributions..................... 389,300

For Social Security Contributions................ 153,000

For Group Insurance.............................. 696,200

For Contractual Services....................... 2,190,000

For Travel....................................... 300,000

For Commodities................................... 75,000

For Printing...................................... 75,000

For Equipment..................................... 75,000

For Telecommunications............................ 50,000

Total $7,253,100

From the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

For Contractual Services.......................... 12,000

For Travel........................................ 30,000

For Commodities.................................... 9,000

For Printing....................................... 2,000

For Equipment..................................... 11,000

For Telecommunications............................. 9,000

Total $73,000

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Personal Services............................ 868,400

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 19,400

For Retirement Contributions..................... 134,200

For Social Security Contributions................. 60,000

For Group Insurance.............................. 220,800

For Contractual Services....................... 5,995,100

For Travel..................................... 1,350,000

For Commodities.................................. 305,000

For Printing..................................... 341,000

For Equipment.................................... 380,000

For Telecommunications........................... 400,000

Total $10,073,900

GENERAL OFFICE

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Personal Services......................... $2,326,200

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 45,500

For Retirement Contributions..................... 181,700

For Social Security Contributions................ 106,300

For Contractual Services......................... 787,000

Total $3,446,700

From the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

For Contractual Services.......................... 30,000

Total.......................................... $30,000

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Personal Services............................ 227,300

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer.................................. 7,800

For Retirement Contributions...................... 26,300

For Social Security Contributions................. 13,000

For Group Insurance............................... 41,400

For Contractual Services......................... 220,000

Total $535,800

HUMAN RESOURCES

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Personal Services........................... $574,200

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 11,800

For Retirement Contributions...................... 55,000

For Social Security Contributions................. 39,700

For Contractual Services.......................... 25,000

Total $705,700

From the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

For Contractual Services........................... 5,000

Total $5,000

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Contractual Services.......................... 30,000

Total $30,000

INTERNAL AUDIT

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Personal Services........................... $120,200

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer.................................. 2,400

For Retirement Contributions....................... 6,400

For Social Security Contributions................. 10,200

For Contractual Services........................... 2,000

Total $141,200

SCHOOL SUPPORT SERVICES FOR ALL SCHOOLS

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Personal Services......................... $4,299,300

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................ 104,300

For Retirement Contributions..................... 259,800

For Social Security Contributions................ 221,800

For Contractual Services....................... 1,870,000

Total $6,755,200

From the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund:

For Personal Services............................. 77,600

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer.................................. 1,600

For Retirement Contributions....................... 8,600

For Social Security Contributions.................. 1,200

For Group Insurance............................... 13,800

Total $102,800

From the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

For Personal Services............................ 316,800

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer.................................. 6,500

For Retirement Contributions...................... 35,300

For Social Security Contributions................. 17,000

For Group Insurance............................... 69,000

For Contractual Services......................... 275,000

Total $719,600

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 2,173,500

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 48,200

For Retirement Contributions..................... 280,200

For Social Security Contributions................. 91,300

For Group Insurance.............................. 441,600

For Contractual Services....................... 1,645,000

Total $4,679,800

From the School Infrastructure Fund:

For Personal Services............................. 76,500

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer.................................. 1,600

For Retirement Contributions......................... 600

For Social Security Contributions.................. 1,200

For Group Insurance............................... 13,800

Total $93,700

SPECIAL EDUCATION SERVICES

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Personal Services......................... $4,124,900

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 88,200

For Retirement Contributions..................... 476,800

For Social Security Contributions................ 231,200

For Group Insurance.............................. 814,200

For Contractual Services....................... 1,850,000

Total $7,585,300

TEACHING AND LEARNING SERVICES FOR ALL CHILDREN

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Personal Services......................... $3,625,600

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 77,200

For Retirement Contributions..................... 165,600

For Social Security Contributions................ 171,000

For Contractual Services....................... 9,349,000

Total $13,388,400

From the Teacher Certificate Fee Revolving Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 1,211,100

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................. 24,600

For Retirement Contributions..................... 104,400

For Social Security Contributions................. 51,700

For Group Insurance.............................. 276,000

Total $1,667,800

From the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund:

For Personal Services............................ 230,500

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer.................................. 4,800

For Retirement Contributions...................... 30,500

For Social Security Contributions.................. 7,200

For Group Insurance............................... 41,400

For Contractual Services......................... 203,000

Total $517,400

From the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Personal Services.......................... 5,250,200

For Employee Retirement Contributions

Paid by Employer................................ 125,300

For Retirement Contributions..................... 664,600

For Social Security Contributions................ 270,600

For Group Insurance............................ 1,106,300

For Contractual Services...................... 25,675,000

Total $33,092,000

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, 2005:

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Blind/Dyslexic Persons....................... 168,800

For Charter Schools............................ 3,421,500

For Disabled Student Services/Materials...... 360,000,000

For Disabled Student Transportation

Reimbursement.............................. 317,100,000

For Disabled Student Tuition,

Private Tuition............................. 66,811,500

For District Consolidation Costs/

Supplemental Payments to School Districts,

18-8.2, 18-18.3, 18-8.5, 18-8.05(l) of

the School Code.............................. 3,518,800

For Extraordinary Special Education,

14-7.02 of the School Code................. 243,048,000

For Fast Growth Grants........................ 10,000,000

For the Illinois Governmental

Internship Program............................. 129,900

For Jobs for Illinois Grads.................... 3,000,000

For the Metro East Consortium for

Child Advocacy................................. 217,100

For Parental Guardian Programs/

Transportation Reimbursement................ 14,454,700

For the Philip J. Rock Center

and School................................... 2,855,500

For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/

Lunch Program............................... 20,500,000

For the School Breakfast Incentive

Program........................................ 723,500

For Standards, Assessments and

Accountability............................... 3,552,700

For Summer School Payments, 18-4.3

of the School Code........................... 6,762,000

For Tax-Equivalent Grants, 18-4.4 of

the School Code................................ 222,600

For Teacher Education.......................... 4,740,000

For Technology for Success..................... 4,134,700

For Textbook Loans, 18-17 of the

School Code................................. 29,126,500

For Transitional Assistance.................... 7,700,000

For Transition of Minority Students.............. 578,800

For Transportation-Regular/Vocational,

Common School Transportation

Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code..... 261,630,000

For Visually Impaired/Educational

Materials Coordinating Unit, 14-11.01

of the School Code........................... 1,121,000

For Regular Education Reimbursement

Per 18-3 of the School Code................. 17,400,000

For Special Education Reimbursement

Per 14-7.03 of the School Code............. 106,100,000

For all costs associated with Alternative

Education/Regional Safe Schools............. 17,035,500

For Truant Alternative and Optional

Education Program........................... 15,578,100

For costs associated with Teach for America...... 450,000

For grants to Local Education Agencies

to conduct Agriculture Education

Programs..................................... 1,881,200

Total $1,523,962,400

From the Education Assistance Fund:

For Career and Technical Education............ 36,062,100

For the Early Childhood Block Grant.......... 243,254,500

For General State Aid........................ 731,900,000

For General State Aid – Hold Harmless......... 30,129,800

For the Reading Improvement Block

Grant....................................... 76,139,800

For the School Safety and Educational

Improvement Block Grant..................... 54,841,000

For the Summer Bridges Program................ 22,238,100

Total $1,194,565,300

From the Common School Fund:

For General State Aid...................... 2,950,301,200

For Regional Superintendents’ and

Assistants’ Compensation..................... 8,150,000

For School Endowment Programs................ 140,000,000

Total $3,098,451,200

From the General Revenue Fund

For Regional Superintendent’s Services......... 5,270,000

From the School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund:

For Emergency Financial Assistance, 1B-8

of the School Code........................... 1,000,000

From the Drivers Education Fund:

For Drivers Education......................... 15,750,000

From the Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund:

For Charter Schools Loans......................... 20,000

From the ISBE GED Testing Fund:

For all costs associated with administering

GED tests...................................... 800,000

From the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund:

For School Technology Loans, 2-3.117a

of the School Code........................... 5,000,000

From the Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund:

For Temporary Relocation Expenses, 2-3.77

of the School Code............................. 350,000

From the State Board of Education Federal Agency Services Fund:

For Learn and Serve America.................... 2,500,000

From the State Board of Education Federal Agency Services Fund:

For Refugee Services........................... 2,000,000

From the State Board of Education Federal Agency Services Fund:

For the School-to-Work Program................. 1,000,000

From the State Board of Education Federal Department of Agriculture Fund:

For Child Nutrition.......................... 450,000,000

From the State Board of Education Federal Department of Education Fund:

For Title I.................................. 642,000,000

For Title I, Reading First.................... 50,000,000

For Title II, Teacher/Principal Training..... 135,000,000

For Title III, English Language

Acquisition................................. 40,000,000

For Title IV, 21st Century/Community

Service Programs............................ 45,000,000

For Title IV, Safe and Drug Free Schools...... 20,000,000

For Title V, Innovation Programs.............. 15,000,000

For Title VI, Rural and Low Income

Students..................................... 1,500,000

For Title X, McKinney Homeless

Assistance................................... 3,250,000

For Enhancing Education through Technology.... 30,000,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Deaf/Blind..................................... 380,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

IDEA....................................... 550,000,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Improvement Program.......................... 2,500,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Model Outreach Program Grants.................. 400,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Pre-School.................................. 25,000,000

For Grants for Vocational

Education – Basic........................... 50,000,000

For Grants for Vocational

Education – Technical Preparation............ 5,000,000

For Charter Schools............................ 2,500,000

For Transition to Teaching....................... 500,000

For Advanced Placement Fee..................... 2,000,000

For Math/Science Partnerships.................. 9,000,000

For Special Federal Congressional Projects..... 5,000,000

Total $1,634,030,000

Section 15. The following named 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, 2005:

From the General Revenue Fund:

For Bilingual Education (over 500,000

population),34-18.2 of the School Code...... 35,896,600

For Bilingual Education (under 500,000

population), 10-22.38a of the

School Code................................. 28,655,400

Total $64,552,000

Section 20. The amount of $29,126,500, or so much thereof as may be necessary and remains unexpended at the close of business on June 30, 2005, from reappropriations heretofore made for such purpose in Article 2, Section 10 of Public Act 93-0842, is reappropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Textbook Loans pursuant to Section 18-17 of the School Code.

Section 25. The amount of $472,700, 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 Residental Services Authority.

Section 30. The amount of $1,399,000, 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 Teacher Certificates Processing.

Section 35. The amount of $125,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Teacher Certificate Institute Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Teacher Certificates – Chicago, 3-12, 2-3.105 of the School Code.

Section 40. The amount of $65,044,700, or so much thereof as may be necessary is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Public School Teachers’ Pension and Retirement Fund of Chicago for the state’s contribution for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2004.

Section 45. The amount of $75,490,000, 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 transfer into the Teachers’ Health Insurance Security Fund as the state’s contribution for teachers’ health insurance.

ARTICLE 2

Section 5. The following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, are appropriated to the Teachers' Retirement System of the State of Illinois for the State's contributions, as provided by law:

Payable from the Common School Fund.......... 588,800,000

Section 10. The following named amount, or so much thereof as may be necessary, respectively, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System for the objects and purposes hereinafter named:

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", as amended.................... 2,800,000

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2005.