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

 

    Section 10.  The following 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 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.