AN ACT making 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 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, 2008:
From the General Revenue Fund:
For Blind/Dyslexic Persons..................... 1,018,800
For Charter Schools – Transition Impact Aid.... 3,421,500
For costs associated with the Chicago
Aerospace Education Initiative................. 920,000
For Disabled Student Services/Materials...... 420,100,000
For Disabled Student Transportation
Reimbursement.............................. 353,400,000
For Disabled Student Tuition,
Private Tuition............................ 139,400,000
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.............................. 7,850,000
For Extraordinary Special Education,
14-7.02 of the School Code................. 314,600,000
For Fast Growth Schools as per 18-8.10
of the School Code........................... 7,500,000
For Gifted Education........................... 5,000,000
For the Illinois Governmental
Internship Program............................. 129,900
For Arts and Foreign Language.................. 4,000,000
For Healthy Kids/Healthy Minds/
Expanded Vision.............................. 3,000,000
For Mentoring and After School Programs........ 3,000,000
For Jobs for Illinois Grads.................... 4,000,000
For the Metro East Consortium for
Child Advocacy................................. 217,100
For Parental Guardian Programs/
Transportation Reimbursement................ 11,954,700
For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/
Lunch Program............................... 21,000,000
For the School Breakfast Incentive
Program........................................ 723,500
For Rural Technology Initiatives............... 4,000,000
For Statewide Mentoring and Induction
Programs for teachers and
Administrators............................... 5,000,000
For Teacher Mentoring.......................... 7,000,000
For Summer School Payments, 18-4.3
of the School Code.......................... 10,000,000
For Targeted Interventions..................... 4,000,000
For Tax-Equivalent Grants, 18-4.4 of
the School Code................................ 222,600
For Textbook Loans, 18-17 of the
School Code................................. 42,826,500
For Transitional Assistance.................... 5,000,000
For Transition of Minority Students.............. 578,800
For Transportation-Regular/Vocational
Common School Transportation
Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code..... 317,500,000
For Visually Impaired/Educational
Materials Coordinating Unit, 14-11.01
of the School Code........................... 2,121,000
For Regular Education Reimbursement
Per 18-3 of the School Code................. 11,500,000
For Special Education Reimbursement
Per 14-7.03 of the School Code.............. 79,400,000
For all costs associated with Alternative
Education/Regional Safe Schools............. 18,535,500
For Truant Alternative and Optional
Education Program........................... 20,078,100
For costs associated with Teach for America...... 450,000
For grants to Local Education Agencies
to conduct Agriculture Education
Programs..................................... 2,881,200
Total $1,832,329,200
From the Education Assistance Fund:
For Career and Technical Education............ 38,562,100
For General State Aid........................ 833,560,000
For General State Aid – Hold Harmless......... 20,700,000
For the Reading Improvement Block
Grant....................................... 76,139,800
For the School Safety and Educational
Improvement Block Grant..................... 74,841,000
For the Summer Bridges Program................ 22,238,100
For National Board Certified Teachers......... 11,485,000
For the Illinois Teacher of the Year............. 135,000
Total $1,077,661,000
From the Common School Fund:
For General State Aid...................... 3,620,940,000
For Regional Superintendents’ and
Assistants’ Compensation, including
amounts due but not paid in
fiscal years 2004, 2005, and 2006............ 8,950,000
Total $3,629,890,000
From the General Revenue Fund:
For Regional Superintendent’s Services......... 6,318,000
For Regional Superintendents Services –
Bus Driver Training............................. 50,000
For Regional Superintendents Services –
Supervisory Expenses........................... 102,000
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......................... 17,929,600
From the Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund:
For Charter Schools Loans......................... 20,000
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........................... 1,400,000
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
Department of Agriculture Fund:
For Child Nutrition.......................... 475,000,000
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...... 15,000,000
For Title V, Innovation Programs............... 8,000,000
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.... 20,000,000
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........................... 55,000,000
For Grants for Vocational
Education – Technical Preparation............ 5,000,000
For Charter Schools............................ 2,500,000
For Transition to Teaching..................... 1,000,000
For Advanced Placement Fee..................... 2,000,000
For Math/Science Partnerships.................. 9,000,000
For Integration of Mental Health................. 400,000
For ONPAR...................................... 2,000,000
For Special Federal Congressional Projects..... 5,000,000
Total $2,131,249,600
From the General Revenue Fund:
For Parental Participation Pilot Project......... 100,000
For Autism Training and Technical
Assistance..................................... 100,000
For the Principal Mentoring Program............ 3,100,000
For the Children’s Mental Health
Partnership.................................. 3,000,000
For the Class Size Reduction Pilot Project..... 8,000,000
For Early Childhood Education................ 347,861,400
For Technology for Success..................... 4,169,700
For Advanced Placement Classes................. 1,500,000
For Grow Your Own Teachers..................... 3,000,000
For the Teacher Mentoring Pilot Project........ 2,000,000
For Growth Model Assessments................... 3,000,000
For Regional Superintendent Initiatives.......... 500,000
Total $376,331,100
Section 15. The amount of $250,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for costs associated with the Illinois Economic Education program.
Section 20. The amount of $8,484,800, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the State Board of Education for expenditures by the Board in accordance with grants, gifts or donations that the Board has received or may receive from any source, public or private, in support of projects that are within the lawful powers of the Board.
Section 25. The amount of $7,015,200, or so much of that amount as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.
Section 30. The amount of $100,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund for deposit into the Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund for use by the State Board of Education, as provided in Section 2-3.77 of the School Code.
Section 35. The amount of $500,000, 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 implementation of the State Board of Education Strategic Plan.
Section 40. The sum of $5,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the Technology Immersion Pilot Project pursuant to 105 ILCS 5/2-3.135.
Section 45. The sum of $3,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for costs associated with Hard to Staff Schools incentives pursuant to Senate Bill 198 of the 95th General Assembly.
Section 50. 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, 2008:
From the General Revenue Fund:
For Bilingual Education (over 500,000
population), 34-18.2 of the School Code...... 40,896,600
For Bilingual Education (under 500,000
population), 10-22.38a of the School Code.... 33,655,400
Total $74,552,000
Section 55. The amount of $17,382,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments, including Bilingual Assessments.
Section 60. The amount of $23,780,300, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments.
ARTICLE 999
Section 999. Effective Date. This Act takes effect July 1, 2008.