$HB2722 102ND 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 1. The amount of $23,217,200, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education to meet its operational expenses for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021.

Section 5. The following amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated to the Illinois State Board of Education for Evidence-Based Funding, provided for in Section 18-8.15 of the School Code:

Payable from the Education Assistance Fund..... 328,529,000

Payable from the Common School Fund.......... 3,029,136,300

Payable from the General Revenue Fund........ 3,081,372,927

Payable from the Fund for the Advancement

of Education.................................. 790,000,000

It is the intent of the General Assembly to provide sufficient appropriations in this section to ensure that only the Base Funding Minimum amount, and no more, is distributed to Organizational and Specially Funded Units in Fiscal Year 2022, plus additional amounts for English Learner Professional Development activities and customary and ordinary adjustments.

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, 2021:

From the General Revenue Fund:

For a grant to Learning

Ally for Services for Blind/Dyslexic Persons.... 846,000

For Disabled Student Transportation

Reimbursement............................... 387,682,600

For Disabled Student Tuition,

Private Tuition............................. 152,320,000

For District Consolidation Costs/

Supplemental Payments to School Districts....... 270,000

For a grant to Illinois

State University for Autism Training & Technical

Assistance...................................... 100,000

For the Philip J. Rock Center and School....... 3,777,800

For Reimbursement for the Free Breakfast/

Lunch Program................................. 9,000,000

For Tax-Equivalent Grants, 18-4.4................ 222,600

For Transportation-Regular/Vocational

Common School Transportation

Reimbursement, 29-5 of the School Code...... 281,323,800

For a grant to Chicago Lighthouse

for Visually Impaired/Educational

Materials Coordinating Unit, 14-11.01

of the School Code............................ 1,421,100

For Regular Education Reimbursement

Per 18-3 of the School Code,

including prior year costs.................... 9,900,000

For Special Education Reimbursement

Per 14-7.03 of the School Code, including

prior year costs............................. 93,000,000

For all costs associated with Alternative

Education/Regional Safe Schools............... 6,300,000

For Truants’ Alternative and Optional

Education Program............................ 11,500,000

For a grant to Teach for America

for the Teach for America Program............. 1,000,000

For Agriculture Education Programs............. 5,000,000

For Career and Technical Education............ 43,062,100

For a grant to Illinois State University

for its National Board Resource Center

for National Board Certified Teachers......... 1,500,000

Total $1,008,226,000

Section 15. 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, 2021:

From the General Revenue Fund:

For State and District

Technology Support............................ 2,443,800

For Advanced Placement Classes................... 500,000

For a grant to the Illinois Education

Association for Teacher Mentoring Program..... 6,500,000

For Principal Mentoring and Recruitment

Program....................................... 3,000,000

For Low-Income Advanced Placement Fee.......... 2,500,000

For After School Matters....................... 3,443,800

For After School Programming.................. 20,000,000

For the Southwest Organizing Project

Parent Mentoring Program...................... 3,500,000

For all costs associated with the

Student Care Department....................... 1,100,000

For Grant Accountability and Transparency

Act and Budgeting for Results

Initiative...................................... 260,000

For Early Childhood Education................ 543,738,100

Total $586,985,700

Section 20. The amount of $650,000, 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 the Community Residential Services........................... Authority.

Section 25. The amount of $41,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Student Assessments, including Bilingual Assessments.

Section 30. The amount of $429,900, 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 Educator Misconduct Hearings and Investigations.

Section 35. The amount of $6,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the General Revenue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the Social-Emotional Learning and Trauma Response Program for a grant to the following named entities, at the approximate costs below:

For Regional Office of Education #1.............. 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #4.............. 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #19............. 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #21............. 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #39............. 857,143

For Regional Office of Education #40............. 857,143

For City of Chicago School District 299.......... 857,142

ARTICLE 2

Section 5. The amount of $6,000,000, 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 all costs authorized by the Educator Licensure Article of the School Code, including refunds.

Section 10. The amount of $8,484,800, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the Illinois 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, including refunds.

Section 15. The amount of $8,150,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 20. The amount of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund for use by the Illinois State Board of Education as provided in Section 1B-8 of the School Code.

Section 25. The amount of $2,208,900, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the ISBE Teacher Certificate Institute Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for costs authorized by the School Code, including refunds.

Section 30. The amount of $200,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the After-School Rescue Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 35. The amount of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School Infrastructure Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 40. The amount of $1,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Temporary Relocation Expenses Revolving Grant Fund for use by the Illinois State Board of Education as provided in Section 2-3.77 of the School Code.

Section 45. The amount of $1,050,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for all costs associated with its Charter School Department per 105 ILCS 5/27A-7.5.

Section 50. The amount of $11,400,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021 for Regional Superintendents’ and Assistants’ Compensation and Related Benefits.

Section 55. The following named amounts, or so much thereof as may be necessary, are appropriated from the Personal Property Tax Replacement Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2021:

For Bus Driver Training........................... 70,000

For Regional Superintendents’ Services......... 6,970,000

Total $7,040,000

Section 60. 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, 2021:

From the Drivers Education Fund:

For Drivers Education......................... 13,750,000

From the Charter Schools Revolving Loan Fund:

For Charter Schools Loans........................ 200,000

From the School Technology Revolving Loan Fund:

For School Technology Loans, 2-3.117a

of the School Code........................... 7,500,000

Section 65. The amount of $600,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Grant Accountability and Transparency Act and Budgeting for Results Initiatives.

Section 70. The amount of $2,500,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the School STEAM Grant Program Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for the School STEAM Grant Program.

ARTICLE 3

Section 5. The amount of $19,904,700, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 10. The amount of $2,900,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 15. The amount of $50,869,800, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for its ordinary and contingent expenses.

Section 20. 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, 2021:

From the SBE Federal Department

of Agriculture Fund:

For Child Nutrition........................ 1,062,500,000

From the SBE Federal Department

of Education Fund:

For Title I................................ 1,160,000,000

For Title III................................. 50,400,000

For Title IV................................. 225,000,000

For Title V.................................... 2,000,000

For Title X.................................... 9,000,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Deaf/Blind...................................... 800,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Improvement Program........................... 5,000,000

For Individuals with Disabilities Act,

Preschool.................................... 31,000,000

For Grants for Vocational

Education – Basic............................ 66,000,000

For Longitudinal Data System................... 5,200,000

For Student Assessments....................... 35,000,000

Total $1,589,400,000

Section 25. The amount of $160,000,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated from the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund to the Illinois State Board of Education for Title II, at the approximate costs below:

For Title II................................. 156,556,000

For a grant to the Illinois Principals

Association in

support of the Ed Leader’s

Network platform.............................. 1,200,000

For a grant to the Illinois Association of School

Administrators for the recruitment of prospective

superintendents and mentoring of new

superintendents of districts with comprehensive

schools......................................... 350,000

For a grant to the Illinois Principals Association for the

mentoring of principals and assistant principals in

schools identified for

comprehensive supports.......................... 510,000

For a grant to Regional Office of Education #56, or an

alternate Regional Office of Education in the same regional

area, to support the completion of the Illinois Quality

Framework and revision to school improvement plans with

comprehensive schools and their

districts....................................... 181,000

For a grant to Regional Office of Education #28, or an