093_HB3908

 
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 1        AN ACT concerning schools.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  School  Code  is  amended  by  changing
 5    Section 18-8.05 as follows:

 6        (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
 7        Sec.  18-8.05.  Basis  for apportionment of general State
 8    financial aid and  supplemental  general  State  aid  to  the
 9    common schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.

10    (A)  General Provisions.
11        (1)  The   provisions   of  this  Section  apply  to  the
12    1998-1999 and subsequent school years.  The system of general
13    State financial aid provided for in this Section is  designed
14    to  assure that, through a combination of State financial aid
15    and required local resources, the financial support  provided
16    each  pupil  in  Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
17    prescribed per pupil Foundation Level.  This formula approach
18    imputes a level of per pupil Available  Local  Resources  and
19    provides  for  the  basis  to  calculate a per pupil level of
20    general State financial aid that,  when  added  to  Available
21    Local Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level.  The
22    amount  of  per  pupil general State financial aid for school
23    districts,  in  general,  varies  in  inverse   relation   to
24    Available  Local Resources.  Per pupil amounts are based upon
25    each school district's Average Daily Attendance as that  term
26    is defined in this Section.
27        (2)  In  addition  to general State financial aid, school
28    districts with specified levels or concentrations  of  pupils
29    from   low   income   households   are  eligible  to  receive
30    supplemental general State financial aid grants  as  provided
31    pursuant to subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants
 
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 1    provided  for  school districts under subsection (H) shall be
 2    appropriated for distribution to school districts as part  of
 3    the  same  line item in which the general State financial aid
 4    of school districts is appropriated under this Section.
 5        (3)  To receive financial assistance under this  Section,
 6    school  districts  are required to file claims with the State
 7    Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
 8             (a)  Any school district which fails for  any  given
 9        school  year to maintain school as required by law, or to
10        maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file  for
11        such  school  year any claim upon the Common School Fund.
12        In case of  nonrecognition  of  one  or  more  attendance
13        centers   in   a   school  district  otherwise  operating
14        recognized schools, the claim of the  district  shall  be
15        reduced   in  the  proportion  which  the  Average  Daily
16        Attendance in the attendance center or  centers  bear  to
17        the  Average  Daily Attendance in the school district.  A
18        "recognized school" means any public school  which  meets
19        the standards as established for recognition by the State
20        Board  of  Education.   A  school  district or attendance
21        center not having recognition status  at  the  end  of  a
22        school term is entitled to receive State aid payments due
23        upon   a  legal  claim  which  was  filed  while  it  was
24        recognized.
25             (b)  School district claims filed under this Section
26        are subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
27        otherwise provided in this Section.
28             (c)  If a  school  district  operates  a  full  year
29        school  under  Section  10-19.1, the general State aid to
30        the school district shall  be  determined  by  the  State
31        Board  of  Education  in  accordance with this Section as
32        near as may be applicable.
33             (d)  (Blank).
34        (4)  Except as provided in subsections (H) and  (L),  the
 
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 1    board  of  any  district receiving any of the grants provided
 2    for in this Section may apply those  funds  to  any  fund  so
 3    received   for   which  that  board  is  authorized  to  make
 4    expenditures by law.
 5        School districts are not  required  to  exert  a  minimum
 6    Operating  Tax  Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
 7    this Section.
 8        (5)  As used in this Section the  following  terms,  when
 9    capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
10             (a)  "Average  Daily  Attendance":  A count of pupil
11        attendance  in  school,  averaged  as  provided  for   in
12        subsection   (C)  and  utilized  in  deriving  per  pupil
13        financial support levels.
14             (b)  "Available Local Resources":  A computation  of
15        local  financial  support,  calculated  on  the  basis of
16        Average Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant
17        to subsection (D).
18             (c)  "Corporate   Personal   Property    Replacement
19        Taxes":  Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to
20        "An  Act  in  relation  to  the  abolition  of ad valorem
21        personal property tax and  the  replacement  of  revenues
22        lost thereby, and amending and repealing certain Acts and
23        parts  of Acts in connection therewith", certified August
24        14, 1979, as amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
25             (d)  "Foundation Level":  A prescribed level of  per
26        pupil  financial  support  as  provided for in subsection
27        (B).
28             (e)  "Operating  Tax  Rate":   All  school  district
29        property taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and
30        Interest, Summer School, Rent, Capital  Improvement,  and
31        Vocational Education Building purposes.

32    (B)  Foundation Level.
33        (1)  The  Foundation Level is a figure established by the
34    State representing the minimum level of per  pupil  financial
 
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 1    support  that  should  be  available to provide for the basic
 2    education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance.  As  set
 3    forth  in  this  Section,  each school district is assumed to
 4    exert  a  sufficient  local  taxing  effort  such  that,   in
 5    combination with the aggregate of general State financial aid
 6    provided  the  district,  an  aggregate  of  State  and local
 7    resources are available to meet the basic education needs  of
 8    pupils in the district.
 9        (2)  For  the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level
10    of support is $4,225.  For the  1999-2000  school  year,  the
11    Foundation  Level  of  support  is $4,325.  For the 2000-2001
12    school year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425.
13        (3)  For the 2001-2002 school year and  2002-2003  school
14    year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,560.
15        (4)  For  the  2003-2004 school year and each school year
16    thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,810 or such
17    greater amount as may be established by law  by  the  General
18    Assembly.

19    (C)  Average Daily Attendance.
20        (1)  For   purposes  of  calculating  general  State  aid
21    pursuant to  subsection  (E),  an  Average  Daily  Attendance
22    figure  shall  be  utilized.   The  Average  Daily Attendance
23    figure for formula calculation purposes shall be the  monthly
24    average  of the actual number of pupils in attendance of each
25    school district, as further averaged for the best 3 months of
26    pupil attendance for each school district.  In compiling  the
27    figures  for  the  number  of  pupils  in  attendance, school
28    districts  and  the  State  Board  of  Education  shall,  for
29    purposes of general State  aid  funding,  conform  attendance
30    figures to the requirements of subsection (F).
31        (2)  The  Average  Daily  Attendance  figures utilized in
32    subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
33    school year immediately preceding the school year  for  which
34    general  State  aid is being calculated or the average of the
 
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 1    attendance data for the 3 preceding school  years,  whichever
 2    is greater.  The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
 3    subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
 4    school  year  immediately preceding the school year for which
 5    general State aid is being calculated.

 6    (D)  Available Local Resources.
 7        (1)  For  purposes  of  calculating  general  State   aid
 8    pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  a representation of Available
 9    Local Resources per  pupil,  as  that  term  is  defined  and
10    determined  in this subsection, shall be utilized.  Available
11    Local Resources per pupil shall include a  calculated  dollar
12    amount representing local school district revenues from local
13    property   taxes   and   from   Corporate  Personal  Property
14    Replacement Taxes,  expressed  on  the  basis  of  pupils  in
15    Average Daily Attendance.
16        (2)  In  determining  a  school  district's  revenue from
17    local property taxes, the  State  Board  of  Education  shall
18    utilize  the  equalized  assessed  valuation  of  all taxable
19    property of each school district as of September  30  of  the
20    previous  year.   The  equalized  assessed valuation utilized
21    shall be obtained and determined as  provided  in  subsection
22    (G).
23        (3)  For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
24    through  12,  local  property tax revenues per pupil shall be
25    calculated  as  the  product  of  the  applicable   equalized
26    assessed  valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and
27    divided by the district's Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.
28    For  school districts maintaining grades kindergarten through
29    8, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be  calculated
30    as the product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation
31    for  the  district  multiplied  by  2.30%, and divided by the
32    district's  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure.   For  school
33    districts maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax
34    revenues per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed
 
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 1    valuation of the district multiplied by (i) 1.05% through the
 2    2003-2004 school year, (ii) 1.06% for  the  2004-2005  school
 3    year,  (iii)  1.07% for the 2005-2006 school year, (iv) 1.08%
 4    for the 2006-2007 school year, (v) 1.09%  for  the  2007-2008
 5    school year, and (vi) 1.10% for the 2008-2009 school year and
 6    each  school  year  thereafter, and divided by the district's
 7    Average Daily Attendance figure.
 8        (4)  The Corporate Personal  Property  Replacement  Taxes
 9    paid to each school district during the calendar year 2 years
10    before  the  calendar  year  in  which  a school year begins,
11    divided by the  Average  Daily  Attendance  figure  for  that
12    district,  shall  be added to the local property tax revenues
13    per pupil as derived by the application  of  the  immediately
14    preceding  paragraph (3).  The sum of these per pupil figures
15    for each school district  shall  constitute  Available  Local
16    Resources  as  that term is utilized in subsection (E) in the
17    calculation of general State aid.

18    (E)  Computation of General State Aid.
19        (1)  For each school year, the amount  of  general  State
20    aid  allotted  to  a school district shall be computed by the
21    State Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
22        (2)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
23    Resources  per  pupil  is less than the product of 0.93 times
24    the Foundation Level, general State  aid  for  that  district
25    shall  be  calculated  as  an  amount equal to the Foundation
26    Level minus Available  Local  Resources,  multiplied  by  the
27    Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
28        (3)  For  any  school  district for which Available Local
29    Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than  the  product
30    of  0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product
31    of 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
32    pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the  Foundation  Level
33    derived   using   a  linear  algorithm.   Under  this  linear
34    algorithm, the calculated general State aid per  pupil  shall
 
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 1    decline   in  direct  linear  fashion  from  0.07  times  the
 2    Foundation Level for a school district with  Available  Local
 3    Resources  equal  to the product of 0.93 times the Foundation
 4    Level, to 0.05  times  the  Foundation  Level  for  a  school
 5    district  with Available Local Resources equal to the product
 6    of 1.75  times  the  Foundation  Level.   The  allocation  of
 7    general  State  aid  for  school  districts  subject  to this
 8    paragraph 3 shall be the calculated  general  State  aid  per
 9    pupil  figure  multiplied  by the Average Daily Attendance of
10    the school district.
11        (4)  For any school district for  which  Available  Local
12    Resources  per  pupil  equals  or exceeds the product of 1.75
13    times the Foundation Level, the general  State  aid  for  the
14    school  district  shall  be calculated as the product of $218
15    multiplied by the Average  Daily  Attendance  of  the  school
16    district.
17        (5)  The  amount  of  general  State  aid  allocated to a
18    school district for the 1999-2000  school  year  meeting  the
19    requirements  set  forth  in  paragraph (4) of subsection (G)
20    shall be increased by an amount equal to  the  general  State
21    aid  that  would  have  been received by the district for the
22    1998-1999 school year by utilizing the  Extension  Limitation
23    Equalized  Assessed  Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4)
24    of subsection (G) less the general State aid allotted for the
25    1998-1999 school year.  This amount shall  be  deemed  a  one
26    time  increase, and shall not affect any future general State
27    aid allocations.

28    (F)  Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
29        (1)  Each school district shall, by July 1 of each  year,
30    submit  to  the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed
31    by the State Board of Education, attendance figures  for  the
32    school  year  that began in the preceding calendar year.  The
33    attendance information  so  transmitted  shall  identify  the
34    average daily attendance figures for each month of the school
 
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 1    year.   Beginning  with  the general State aid claim form for
 2    the 2002-2003 school year, districts shall calculate  Average
 3    Daily  Attendance  as  provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and
 4    (c) of this paragraph (1).
 5             (a)  In  districts  that  do  not  hold   year-round
 6        classes,  days  of attendance in August shall be added to
 7        the month of September and any days of attendance in June
 8        shall be added to the month of May.
 9             (b)  In  districts  in  which  all  buildings   hold
10        year-round classes, days of attendance in July and August
11        shall  be added to the month of September and any days of
12        attendance in June shall be added to the month of May.
13             (c)  In districts in which some buildings,  but  not
14        all,  hold  year-round  classes,  for  the non-year-round
15        buildings, days of attendance in August shall be added to
16        the month of September and any days of attendance in June
17        shall be added to the month of  May.  The  average  daily
18        attendance for the year-round buildings shall be computed
19        as  provided in subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To
20        calculate the Average Daily Attendance for the  district,
21        the average daily attendance for the year-round buildings
22        shall  be  multiplied  by  the  days  in  session for the
23        non-year-round buildings for each month and added to  the
24        monthly attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
25        Except  as  otherwise  provided  in this Section, days of
26    attendance by pupils shall be counted only  for  sessions  of
27    not  less  than  5  clock  hours of school work per day under
28    direct supervision of: (i)  teachers,  or  (ii)  non-teaching
29    personnel   or   volunteer   personnel   when   engaging   in
30    non-teaching   duties  and  supervising  in  those  instances
31    specified in subsection (a) of Section 10-22.34 and paragraph
32    10 of Section 34-18, with pupils of legal school age  and  in
33    kindergarten and grades 1 through 12.
34        Days  of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
 
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 1    only to the districts that pay the tuition  to  a  recognized
 2    school.
 3        (2)  Days  of  attendance  by pupils of less than 5 clock
 4    hours of school shall be subject to the following  provisions
 5    in the compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
 6             (a)  Pupils  regularly  enrolled  in a public school
 7        for only a part of the school day may be counted  on  the
 8        basis  of  1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of
 9        40 minutes or more attended pursuant to such  enrollment,
10        unless  a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of
11        80 minutes or more of  instruction,  in  which  case  the
12        pupil  may  be  counted on the basis of the proportion of
13        minutes of school work completed each day to the  minimum
14        number of minutes that school work is required to be held
15        that day.
16             (b)  Days  of  attendance  may  be less than 5 clock
17        hours on the opening and closing of the school term,  and
18        upon  the first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a
19        day  or  days  utilized  as  an  institute  or  teachers'
20        workshop.
21             (c)  A session of 4  or  more  clock  hours  may  be
22        counted  as a day of attendance upon certification by the
23        regional  superintendent,  and  approved  by  the   State
24        Superintendent  of  Education  to  the  extent  that  the
25        district has been forced to use daily multiple sessions.
26             (d)  A  session  of  3  or  more  clock hours may be
27        counted as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder  of
28        the school day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that
29        day  is  utilized  for an in-service training program for
30        teachers, up to a maximum of 5 days per  school  year  of
31        which  a maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
32        parent-teacher conferences, provided a district  conducts
33        an  in-service  training  program  for teachers which has
34        been approved by the State Superintendent  of  Education;
 
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 1        or,  in  lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in
 2        which event each such day may be  counted  as  a  day  of
 3        attendance;  and  (2)  when  days  in  addition  to those
 4        provided in item (1) are scheduled by a  school  pursuant
 5        to  its  school improvement plan adopted under Article 34
 6        or its revised or amended school improvement plan adopted
 7        under Article 2, provided that (i) such sessions of 3  or
 8        more  clock  hours  are  scheduled  to  occur  at regular
 9        intervals, (ii) the remainder of the school days in which
10        such sessions occur are utilized for in-service  training
11        programs   or  other  staff  development  activities  for
12        teachers, and (iii) a sufficient  number  of  minutes  of
13        school  work under the direct supervision of teachers are
14        added to the school days between such regularly scheduled
15        sessions to  accumulate  not  less  than  the  number  of
16        minutes  by  which such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
17        fall short of 5 clock hours. Any full days used  for  the
18        purposes  of  this  paragraph shall not be considered for
19        computing average daily attendance.  Days  scheduled  for
20        in-service    training    programs,   staff   development
21        activities,  or   parent-teacher   conferences   may   be
22        scheduled  separately  for  different  grade  levels  and
23        different attendance centers of the district.
24             (e)  A  session  of  not less than one clock hour of
25        teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site  or  by
26        telephone  to  the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
27        attendance, however these pupils must receive 4  or  more
28        clock  hours  of instruction to be counted for a full day
29        of attendance.
30             (f)  A session of at least  4  clock  hours  may  be
31        counted  as  a  day of attendance for first grade pupils,
32        and pupils in full day kindergartens, and a session of  2
33        or  more hours may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by
34        pupils in kindergartens which provide  only  1/2  day  of
 
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 1        attendance.
 2             (g)  For  children  with  disabilities who are below
 3        the age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more  clock
 4        hours  because  of  their  disability  or  immaturity,  a
 5        session of not less than one clock hour may be counted as
 6        1/2  day  of  attendance; however for such children whose
 7        educational needs so require a session of 4 or more clock
 8        hours may be counted as a full day of attendance.
 9             (h)  A recognized kindergarten  which  provides  for
10        only  1/2  day of attendance by each pupil shall not have
11        more than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any  one  day.
12        However, kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance
13        in  any  5 consecutive school days.  When a pupil attends
14        such a kindergarten for 2 half days  on  any  one  school
15        day,  the  pupil  shall  have  the following day as a day
16        absent from school, unless the  school  district  obtains
17        permission  in  writing  from the State Superintendent of
18        Education. Attendance at kindergartens which provide  for
19        a  full  day of attendance by each pupil shall be counted
20        the same as attendance by first grade  pupils.  Only  the
21        first  year  of  attendance  in one kindergarten shall be
22        counted, except in  case  of  children  who  entered  the
23        kindergarten   in  their  fifth  year  whose  educational
24        development requires a second  year  of  kindergarten  as
25        determined  under  the rules and regulations of the State
26        Board of Education.

27    (G)  Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
28        (1)  For purposes of the calculation of  Available  Local
29    Resources  required  pursuant  to  subsection  (D), the State
30    Board of  Education  shall  secure  from  the  Department  of
31    Revenue  the value as equalized or assessed by the Department
32    of Revenue of all taxable property of every school  district,
33    together  with  (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending
34    taxes for the funds of the district as of September 30 of the
 
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 1    previous year and (ii)  the  limiting  rate  for  all  school
 2    districts  subject  to  property tax extension limitations as
 3    imposed under the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
 4        This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
 5    the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
 6    calculation of Available Local Resources.
 7        (2)  The equalized assessed valuation  in  paragraph  (1)
 8    shall be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
 9             (a)  For the purposes of calculating State aid under
10        this  Section,  with  respect  to  any  part  of a school
11        district within a redevelopment project area  in  respect
12        to   which  a  municipality  has  adopted  tax  increment
13        allocation  financing  pursuant  to  the  Tax   Increment
14        Allocation  Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through
15        11-74.4-11  of  the  Illinois  Municipal  Code   or   the
16        Industrial  Jobs Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through
17        11-74.6-50 of the Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the
18        current equalized assessed  valuation  of  real  property
19        located in any such project area which is attributable to
20        an  increase  above  the total initial equalized assessed
21        valuation of such property shall be used as part  of  the
22        equalized  assessed valuation of the district, until such
23        time as all redevelopment project costs have  been  paid,
24        as  provided  in  Section  11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment
25        Allocation Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35  of
26        the Industrial Jobs Recovery Law.  For the purpose of the
27        equalized  assessed  valuation of the district, the total
28        initial  equalized  assessed  valuation  or  the  current
29        equalized assessed valuation, whichever is  lower,  shall
30        be  used  until  such  time  as all redevelopment project
31        costs have been paid.
32             (b)  The real property equalized assessed  valuation
33        for  a  school  district shall be adjusted by subtracting
34        from the real property value as equalized or assessed  by
 
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 1        the  Department  of  Revenue  for  the district an amount
 2        computed by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes
 3        under Section 18-170 of the Property Tax  Code  by  3.00%
 4        for  a  district  maintaining grades kindergarten through
 5        12,  by  2.30%  for   a   district   maintaining   grades
 6        kindergarten  through  8,  or  by  (i)  1.05% through the
 7        2003-2004 school  year,  (ii)  1.06%  for  the  2004-2005
 8        school  year,  (iii) 1.07% for the 2005-2006 school year,
 9        (iv) 1.08% for the 2006-2007 school year, (v)  1.09%  for
10        the  2007-2008  school  year,  and  (vi)  1.10%  for  the
11        2008-2009 school year and each school year thereafter for
12        a  district  maintaining grades 9 through 12 and adjusted
13        by an amount computed  by  dividing  the  amount  of  any
14        abatement of taxes under subsection (a) of Section 18-165
15        of the Property Tax Code by the same percentage rates for
16        district type as specified in this subparagraph (b).
17        (3)  For  the  1999-2000 school year and each school year
18    thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
19    this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
20    Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using  the
21    district's  Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
22    as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
23        For purposes of  this  subsection  (G)(3)  the  following
24    terms shall have the following meanings:
25             "Budget  Year":   The  school year for which general
26        State aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
27             "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used  to
28        calculate  the  Budget  Year  allocation of general State
29        aid.
30             "Preceding Tax Year": The  property  tax  levy  year
31        immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
32             "Base  Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
33        equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
34        in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting  rate  as
 
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 1        calculated  by  the  County  Clerk  and  defined  in  the
 2        Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
 3             "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
 4        the  equalized  assessed valuation utilized by the County
 5        Clerk  in  the  Preceding  Tax  Year  multiplied  by  the
 6        Operating Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
 7             "Extension Limitation  Ratio":  A  numerical  ratio,
 8        certified  by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
 9        the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator  is
10        the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
11             "Operating  Tax  Rate":  The  operating  tax rate as
12        defined in subsection (A).
13        If a school district is subject to property tax extension
14    limitations as  imposed  under  the  Property  Tax  Extension
15    Limitation  Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
16    the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
17    district.  For  the  1999-2000  school  year,  the  Extension
18    Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district
19    as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be  equal
20    to  the  product  of  the  district's 1996 Equalized Assessed
21    Valuation and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio.  For
22    the 2000-2001 school year and each  school  year  thereafter,
23    the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized Assessed Valuation of a
24    school district as calculated by the State Board of Education
25    shall be equal to  the  product  of  the  Equalized  Assessed
26    Valuation  last  used in the calculation of general State aid
27    and  the  district's  Extension  Limitation  Ratio.  If   the
28    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
29    district  as  calculated under this subsection (G)(3) is less
30    than  the  district's   equalized   assessed   valuation   as
31    calculated  pursuant  to  subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then
32    for purposes of calculating the district's general State  aid
33    for   the  Budget  Year  pursuant  to  subsection  (E),  that
34    Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed  Valuation  shall  be
 
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 1    utilized   to   calculate   the  district's  Available  Local
 2    Resources under subsection (D).
 3        (4)  For the purposes of calculating  general  State  aid
 4    for  the  1999-2000  school  year  only, if a school district
 5    experienced  a  triennial  reassessment  on   the   equalized
 6    assessed  valuation  used  in  calculating  its general State
 7    financial aid apportionment for the  1998-1999  school  year,
 8    the  State  Board  of Education shall calculate the Extension
 9    Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation that would have  been
10    used to calculate the district's 1998-1999 general State aid.
11    This amount shall equal the product of the equalized assessed
12    valuation  used  to  calculate  general  State  aid  for  the
13    1997-1998 school year and the district's Extension Limitation
14    Ratio.    If  the  Extension  Limitation  Equalized  Assessed
15    Valuation of the school district  as  calculated  under  this
16    paragraph  (4) is less than the district's equalized assessed
17    valuation utilized in calculating  the  district's  1998-1999
18    general   State   aid   allocation,   then  for  purposes  of
19    calculating the district's  general  State  aid  pursuant  to
20    paragraph  (5)  of  subsection (E), that Extension Limitation
21    Equalized Assessed Valuation shall be utilized  to  calculate
22    the district's Available Local Resources.
23        (5)  For  school  districts  having  a  majority of their
24    equalized assessed  valuation  in  any  county  except  Cook,
25    DuPage,  Kane,  Lake,  McHenry,  or  Will,  if  the amount of
26    general State aid allocated to the school  district  for  the
27    1999-2000 school year under the provisions of subsection (E),
28    (H),  and  (J)  of  this  Section  is less than the amount of
29    general State aid allocated to the district for the 1998-1999
30    school year under these subsections, then the  general  State
31    aid  of the district for the 1999-2000 school year only shall
32    be increased by the difference between  these  amounts.   The
33    total payments made under this paragraph (5) shall not exceed
34    $14,000,000.    Claims  shall  be  prorated  if  they  exceed
 
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 1    $14,000,000.

 2    (H)  Supplemental General State Aid.
 3        (1)  In addition  to  the  general  State  aid  a  school
 4    district  is  allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying
 5    school districts shall receive a grant, paid  in  conjunction
 6    with   a  district's  payments  of  general  State  aid,  for
 7    supplemental general State aid based upon  the  concentration
 8    level  of  children  from  low-income  households  within the
 9    school district. Supplemental State aid grants  provided  for
10    school  districts under this subsection shall be appropriated
11    for distribution to school districts as part of the same line
12    item in which the  general  State  financial  aid  of  school
13    districts   is   appropriated  under  this  Section.  If  the
14    appropriation in any fiscal year for general  State  aid  and
15    supplemental  general  State  aid  is insufficient to pay the
16    amounts required under the general State aid and supplemental
17    general State aid  calculations,  then  the  State  Board  of
18    Education shall ensure that each school district receives the
19    full  amount  due  for general State aid and the remainder of
20    the appropriation shall  be  used  for  supplemental  general
21    State aid, which the State Board of Education shall calculate
22    and pay to eligible districts on a prorated basis.
23        (1.5)  This  paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
24    years preceding the 2003-2004 school year.  For  purposes  of
25    this  subsection  (H),  the  term  "Low-Income  Concentration
26    Level"  shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the
27    most recently available federal census divided by the Average
28    Daily Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
29    percentage decrease from the 2 most recent  federal  censuses
30    in  the  low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of a high school
31    district with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or  more
32    the  percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil
33    count  of  contiguous  elementary  school  districts,   whose
34    boundaries  are coterminous with the high school district, or
 
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 1    (ii) a high school district within 2 counties and  serving  5
 2    elementary school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous
 3    with the high school district, has a percentage decrease from
 4    the 2 most recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible
 5    pupil  count  and there is a percentage increase in the total
 6    low-income  eligible  pupil  count  of  a  majority  of   the
 7    elementary  school districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most
 8    recent federal censuses,  then  the  high  school  district's
 9    low-income  eligible  pupil  count  from  the earlier federal
10    census shall be the number used as  the  low-income  eligible
11    pupil  count  for  the  high school district, for purposes of
12    this subsection (H).  The changes made to this paragraph  (1)
13    by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to supplemental general State
14    aid  grants  for  school years preceding the 2003-2004 school
15    year that are paid in fiscal year 1999 or thereafter  and  to
16    any  State  aid  payments  made  in  fiscal year 1994 through
17    fiscal year 1998 pursuant to subsection 1(n) of Section  18-8
18    of  this  Code  (which was repealed on July 1, 1998), and any
19    high school district that is affected by Public Act 92-28  is
20    entitled to a recomputation of its supplemental general State
21    aid  grant  or  State  aid paid in any of those fiscal years.
22    This  recomputation  shall  not  be  affected  by  any  other
23    funding.
24        (1.10)  This paragraph (1.10) applies  to  the  2003-2004
25    school  year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
26    this  subsection  (H),  the  term  "Low-Income  Concentration
27    Level"  shall,  for  each  fiscal  year,  be  the  low-income
28    eligible  pupil  count  as  of  July  1  of  the  immediately
29    preceding fiscal year (as determined  by  the  Department  of
30    Human Services based on the number of pupils who are eligible
31    for  at  least  one  of  the  following  low income programs:
32    Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food Stamps, excluding pupils who
33    are eligible for  services  provided  by  the  Department  of
34    Children and Family Services, averaged over the 2 immediately
 
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 1    preceding  fiscal  years  for fiscal year 2004 and over the 3
 2    immediately preceding  fiscal  years  for  each  fiscal  year
 3    thereafter)  divided  by  the Average Daily Attendance of the
 4    school district.
 5        (2)  Supplemental general  State  aid  pursuant  to  this
 6    subsection   (H)   shall  be  provided  as  follows  for  the
 7    1998-1999, 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
 8             (a)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 9        Concentration  Level  of  at least 20% and less than 35%,
10        the grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by
11        the low income eligible pupil count.
12             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
13        Concentration  Level  of  at least 35% and less than 50%,
14        the grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall  be  $1,100
15        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
16             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
17        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
18        the  grant  for  the  1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
19        multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
20             (d)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
21        Concentration  Level  of  60%  or more, the grant for the
22        1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
23        income eligible pupil count.
24             (e)  For the 1999-2000 school year,  the  per  pupil
25        amount  specified  in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and (d)
26        immediately above shall be increased to  $1,243,  $1,600,
27        and $2,000, respectively.
28             (f)  For  the  2000-2001  school year, the per pupil
29        amounts specified in  subparagraphs  (b),  (c),  and  (d)
30        immediately  above  shall  be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
31        respectively.
32        (2.5)  Supplemental general State aid  pursuant  to  this
33    subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
34    school year:
 
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 1             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
 2        Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for  each
 3        school  year  shall  be $355 multiplied by the low income
 4        eligible pupil count.
 5             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
 6        Concentration  Level  of  at least 10% and less than 20%,
 7        the grant for each school year shall be  $675  multiplied
 8        by the low income eligible pupil count.
 9             (c)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
10        Concentration Level of at least 20% and  less  than  35%,
11        the grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied
12        by the low income eligible pupil count.
13             (d)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
14        Concentration Level of at least 35% and  less  than  50%,
15        the grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied
16        by the low income eligible pupil count.
17             (e)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
18        Concentration Level of at least 50% and  less  than  60%,
19        the grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied
20        by the low income eligible pupil count.
21             (f)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
22        Concentration Level of 60% or more, the  grant  for  each
23        school  year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
24        eligible pupil count.
25        (2.10)  Except  as   otherwise   provided,   supplemental
26    general  State  aid  pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be
27    provided as follows for the 2003-2004 school  year  and  each
28    school year thereafter:
29             (a)  For  any  school  district  with  a  Low Income
30        Concentration Level of 15% or less, the  grant  for  each
31        school  year  shall  be $355 multiplied by the low income
32        eligible pupil count.
33             (b)  For any  school  district  with  a  Low  Income
34        Concentration  Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
 
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 1        school year shall be $294.25  added  to  the  product  of
 2        $2,700  and  the  square  of the Low Income Concentration
 3        Level, all multiplied by the low  income  eligible  pupil
 4        count.
 5        For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
 6    less  than  the  grant for the 2002-2003 school year. For the
 7    2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no  less  than
 8    the  grant  for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.66.
 9    For the 2005-2006 school year only, the  grant  shall  be  no
10    less  than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied
11    by 0.33.
12        For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
13    greater than the grant received during the  2002-2003  school
14    year   added  to  the  product  of  0.25  multiplied  by  the
15    difference  between  the  grant   amount   calculated   under
16    subsection  (a) or (b) of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is
17    applicable, and  the  grant  received  during  the  2002-2003
18    school  year.  For  the 2004-2005 school year only, the grant
19    shall be no  greater  than  the  grant  received  during  the
20    2002-2003 school year added to the product of 0.50 multiplied
21    by  the  difference between the grant amount calculated under
22    subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph (2.10), whichever  is
23    applicable,  and  the  grant  received  during  the 2002-2003
24    school year. For the 2005-2006 school year  only,  the  grant
25    shall  be  no  greater  than  the  grant  received during the
26    2002-2003 school year added to the product of 0.75 multiplied
27    by the difference between the grant amount  calculated  under
28    subsection  (a) or (b) of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is
29    applicable, and  the  grant  received  during  the  2002-2003
30    school year.
31        (3)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
32    more  than  1,000  and  less  than  50,000  that  qualify for
33    supplemental general State aid pursuant  to  this  subsection
34    shall  submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
 
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 1    October 30 of each year for the use of  the  funds  resulting
 2    from  this  grant  of  supplemental general State aid for the
 3    improvement of instruction in  which  priority  is  given  to
 4    meeting  the education needs of disadvantaged children.  Such
 5    plan  shall  be  submitted  in  accordance  with  rules   and
 6    regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
 7        (4)  School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
 8    50,000  or  more  that qualify for supplemental general State
 9    aid  pursuant  to  this  subsection  shall  be  required   to
10    distribute  from funds available pursuant to this Section, no
11    less than  $261,000,000  in  accordance  with  the  following
12    requirements:
13             (a)  The  required  amounts  shall be distributed to
14        the attendance centers within the district in  proportion
15        to  the  number  of  pupils  enrolled  at each attendance
16        center who are eligible to receive free or  reduced-price
17        lunches  or  breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition
18        Act of 1966 and  under  the  National  School  Lunch  Act
19        during the immediately preceding school year.
20             (b)  The   distribution   of   these   portions   of
21        supplemental  and  general  State  aid  among  attendance
22        centers  according  to  these  requirements  shall not be
23        compensated for or  contravened  by  adjustments  of  the
24        total  of  other  funds  appropriated  to  any attendance
25        centers, and the Board of Education shall utilize funding
26        from one or several sources in order to  fully  implement
27        this provision annually prior to the opening of school.
28             (c)  Each attendance center shall be provided by the
29        school  district  a  distribution of noncategorical funds
30        and other categorical funds to which an attendance center
31        is entitled under law in order that the general State aid
32        and  supplemental   general   State   aid   provided   by
33        application  of  this  subsection supplements rather than
34        supplants the noncategorical funds and other  categorical
 
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 1        funds  provided  by the school district to the attendance
 2        centers.
 3             (d)  Any funds made available under this  subsection
 4        that  by  reason of the provisions of this subsection are
 5        not required to be allocated and provided  to  attendance
 6        centers  may be used and appropriated by the board of the
 7        district for any lawful school purpose.
 8             (e)  Funds received by an attendance center pursuant
 9        to this subsection shall be used by the attendance center
10        at the discretion  of  the  principal  and  local  school
11        council for programs to improve educational opportunities
12        at  qualifying schools through the following programs and
13        services: early childhood education, reduced  class  size
14        or  improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
15        programs, remedial  assistance,  attendance  improvement,
16        and  other  educationally  beneficial  expenditures which
17        supplement the regular and basic programs  as  determined
18        by the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not
19        be  expended  for  any  political or lobbying purposes as
20        defined by board rule.
21             (f)  Each district subject to the provisions of this
22        subdivision (H)(4) shall submit  an  acceptable  plan  to
23        meet  the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
24        compliance with the requirements of  this  paragraph,  to
25        the  State  Board  of  Education prior to July 15 of each
26        year. This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of
27        local school councils concerning the  school  expenditure
28        plans  developed  in  accordance  with  part 4 of Section
29        34-2.3.  The State Board shall approve or reject the plan
30        within 60 days after its  submission.   If  the  plan  is
31        rejected,  the  district  shall  give  written  notice of
32        intent  to  modify  the  plan  within  15  days  of   the
33        notification of rejection and then submit a modified plan
34        within  30  days  after the date of the written notice of
 
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 1        intent to modify.  Districts  may  amend  approved  plans
 2        pursuant  to  rules  promulgated  by  the  State Board of
 3        Education.
 4             Upon notification by the State  Board  of  Education
 5        that  the district has not submitted a plan prior to July
 6        15 or a modified plan within the  time  period  specified
 7        herein,  the  State  aid  funds  affected by that plan or
 8        modified plan shall be withheld by  the  State  Board  of
 9        Education until a plan or modified plan is submitted.
10             If  the  district  fails  to distribute State aid to
11        attendance centers in accordance with an  approved  plan,
12        the  plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
13        addition  to  the  funds  otherwise  required   by   this
14        subsection,   to  those  attendance  centers  which  were
15        underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal  to
16        such underfunding.
17             For  purposes  of  determining  compliance with this
18        subsection in relation to the requirements of  attendance
19        center  funding,  each district subject to the provisions
20        of this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
21        December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data  for
22        the  prior  year  in  addition to any modification of its
23        current plan.  If it is determined that there has been  a
24        failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
25        subsection  regarding  contravention  or supplanting, the
26        State Superintendent of Education shall, within  60  days
27        of  receipt  of  the  report, notify the district and any
28        affected local school council.  The district shall within
29        45 days of receipt of that notification inform the  State
30        Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
31        action  to be taken, whether  by amendment of the current
32        plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan  for  the
33        following  year.   Failure  to  provide  the  expenditure
34        report  or  the  notification  of  remedial or corrective
 
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 1        action in a timely manner shall result in  a  withholding
 2        of the affected funds.
 3             The  State Board of Education shall promulgate rules
 4        and regulations  to  implement  the  provisions  of  this
 5        subsection.   No  funds  shall  be  released  under  this
 6        subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted
 7        a  plan  that  has  been  approved  by the State Board of
 8        Education.

 9    (I)  General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
10        (1)  For  a  new  school  district  formed  by  combining
11    property  included  totally  within  2  or  more   previously
12    existing  school  districts,  for its first year of existence
13    the general State aid  and  supplemental  general  State  aid
14    calculated  under  this Section shall be computed for the new
15    district and for the previously existing districts for  which
16    property is totally included within the new district.  If the
17    computation on the basis of the previously existing districts
18    is  greater,  a supplementary payment equal to the difference
19    shall be made for the first 4 years of existence of  the  new
20    district.
21        (2)  For  a  school  district  which  annexes  all of the
22    territory of one or more entire other school  districts,  for
23    the   first  year  during  which  the  change  of  boundaries
24    attributable to such annexation  becomes  effective  for  all
25    purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general
26    State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under
27    this  Section  shall be computed for the annexing district as
28    constituted after the annexation and  for  the  annexing  and
29    each annexed district as constituted prior to the annexation;
30    and  if  the  computation  on  the  basis of the annexing and
31    annexed districts as constituted prior to the  annexation  is
32    greater,  a  supplementary  payment  equal  to the difference
33    shall be made for the first  4  years  of  existence  of  the
34    annexing school district as constituted upon such annexation.
 
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 1        (3)  For  2  or  more school districts which annex all of
 2    the territory of one or more entire other  school  districts,
 3    and  for 2 or more community unit districts which result upon
 4    the division (pursuant to petition under  Section  11A-2)  of
 5    one  or more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts
 6    and which together include all of the parts into  which  such
 7    other  unit  school district or districts are so divided, for
 8    the  first  year  during  which  the  change  of   boundaries
 9    attributable to such annexation or division becomes effective
10    for  all  purposes as determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10,
11    as the case may be, the general State  aid  and  supplemental
12    general  State  aid  calculated  under  this Section shall be
13    computed  for  each  annexing  or   resulting   district   as
14    constituted  after  the  annexation  or division and for each
15    annexing and annexed district,  or  for  each  resulting  and
16    divided  district,  as constituted prior to the annexation or
17    division; and if the aggregate of the general State  aid  and
18    supplemental  general  State  aid  as  so  computed  for  the
19    annexing  or  resulting  districts  as  constituted after the
20    annexation or division is less  than  the  aggregate  of  the
21    general  State  aid  and supplemental general State aid as so
22    computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or  for  the
23    resulting  and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
24    annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
25    the difference shall be made and allocated between  or  among
26    the annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
27    annexation  or  division,  for  the  first  4  years of their
28    existence.  The total difference payment shall  be  allocated
29    between  or  among the annexing or resulting districts in the
30    same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion  of  the
31    annexed  or divided district or districts which is annexed to
32    or included in each such annexing or resulting district bears
33    to the total pupil enrollment  from  the  entire  annexed  or
34    divided  district  or  districts, as such pupil enrollment is
 
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 1    determined for the school year last ending prior to the  date
 2    when  the change of boundaries attributable to the annexation
 3    or division becomes effective for all purposes.   The  amount
 4    of  the total difference payment and the amount thereof to be
 5    allocated to the annexing or  resulting  districts  shall  be
 6    computed  by  the  State  Board  of Education on the basis of
 7    pupil enrollment and other data which shall be  certified  to
 8    the State Board of Education, on forms which it shall provide
 9    for  that  purpose, by the regional superintendent of schools
10    for each educational service region in which the annexing and
11    annexed districts, or resulting  and  divided  districts  are
12    located.
13        (3.5)  Claims   for   financial   assistance  under  this
14    subsection (I) shall not be recomputed  except  as  expressly
15    provided under this Section.
16        (4)  Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
17    (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
18    pursuant to this Section.

19    (J)  Supplementary Grants in Aid.
20        (1)  Notwithstanding   any   other   provisions  of  this
21    Section, the amount of the aggregate  general  State  aid  in
22    combination  with  supplemental  general State aid under this
23    Section for which each school district is eligible  shall  be
24    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
25    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
26    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
27    and 5(p-5) of that Section)  for  the  1997-98  school  year,
28    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
29    effect.  If  a  school  district  qualifies  to   receive   a
30    supplementary  payment  made  under  this subsection (J), the
31    amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination with
32    supplemental general State aid under this Section which  that
33    district is eligible to receive for each school year shall be
34    no  less  than  the amount of the aggregate general State aid
 
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 1    entitlement that was received by the district  under  Section
 2    18-8  (exclusive  of  amounts received under subsections 5(p)
 3    and 5(p-5) of that Section) for the  1997-1998  school  year,
 4    pursuant  to the provisions of that Section as it was then in
 5    effect.
 6        (2)  If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this  subsection
 7    (J),  a school district is to receive aggregate general State
 8    aid in combination with supplemental general State aid  under
 9    this  Section  for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
10    school year that in any such school year  is  less  than  the
11    amount  of  the  aggregate general State aid entitlement that
12    the district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
13    district shall also receive, from  a  separate  appropriation
14    made  for  purposes  of  this subsection (J), a supplementary
15    payment that is equal to the amount of the difference in  the
16    aggregate State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
17        (3)  (Blank).

18    (K)  Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
19        In  calculating  the  amount  to be paid to the governing
20    board of a  public  university  that  operates  a  laboratory
21    school  under  this Section or to any alternative school that
22    is operated by a  regional  superintendent  of  schools,  the
23    State Board of Education shall require by rule such reporting
24    requirements as it deems necessary.
25        As  used  in  this  Section,  "laboratory school" means a
26    public school which is  created  and  operated  by  a  public
27    university and approved by the State Board of Education.  The
28    governing  board  of a public university which receives funds
29    from the State  Board  under  this  subsection  (K)  may  not
30    increase  the  number  of students enrolled in its laboratory
31    school from a single district, if that  district  is  already
32    sending  50 or more students, except under a mutual agreement
33    between the school board of a student's district of residence
34    and the university which operates the laboratory  school.   A
 
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 1    laboratory  school  may  not  have  more than 1,000 students,
 2    excluding students with disabilities in a  special  education
 3    program.
 4        As  used  in  this  Section, "alternative school" means a
 5    public school which is created and  operated  by  a  Regional
 6    Superintendent  of Schools and approved by the State Board of
 7    Education.  Such alternative schools  may  offer  courses  of
 8    instruction  for  which  credit  is  given  in regular school
 9    programs, courses to prepare students  for  the  high  school
10    equivalency  testing  program  or vocational and occupational
11    training.   A regional superintendent of schools may contract
12    with a school district or a public community college district
13    to operate an  alternative  school.   An  alternative  school
14    serving  more  than  one  educational  service  region may be
15    established by the regional superintendents of schools of the
16    affected educational service regions.  An alternative  school
17    serving  more  than  one  educational  service  region may be
18    operated under such terms as the regional superintendents  of
19    schools of those educational service regions may agree.
20        Each  laboratory  and  alternative  school shall file, on
21    forms provided by the State Superintendent of  Education,  an
22    annual  State  aid  claim  which  states  the  Average  Daily
23    Attendance  of  the  school's  students by month.  The best 3
24    months' Average Daily Attendance shall be computed  for  each
25    school.  The  general State aid entitlement shall be computed
26    by multiplying the applicable Average Daily Attendance by the
27    Foundation Level as determined under this Section.

28    (L)  Payments,   Additional   Grants   in   Aid   and   Other
29    Requirements.
30        (1)  For a school district operating under the  financial
31    supervision  of  an  Authority created under Article 34A, the
32    general State aid otherwise payable to  that  district  under
33    this  Section,  but  not  the supplemental general State aid,
34    shall be reduced by an amount equal to  the  budget  for  the
 
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 1    operations  of the Authority as certified by the Authority to
 2    the State Board of Education, and an  amount  equal  to  such
 3    reduction  shall  be  paid  to the Authority created for such
 4    district for its operating expenses in the manner provided in
 5    Section 18-11.  The remainder of general State school aid for
 6    any such district shall be paid in  accordance  with  Article
 7    34A  when  that Article provides for a disposition other than
 8    that provided by this Article.
 9        (2)  (Blank).
10        (3)  Summer school.  Summer school payments shall be made
11    as provided in Section 18-4.3.

12    (M)  Education Funding Advisory Board.
13        The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
14    subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
15    The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
16    Governor, by and with the advice and consent of  the  Senate.
17    The   members  appointed  shall  include  representatives  of
18    education, business, and  the  general  public.  One  of  the
19    members  so  appointed shall be designated by the Governor at
20    the time the appointment is made as the  chairperson  of  the
21    Board.  The initial members of the Board may be appointed any
22    time after the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997.
23    The regular term of each member of the Board shall be  for  4
24    years  from  the third Monday of January of the year in which
25    the term of the member's appointment is to  commence,  except
26    that  of  the  5  initial  members  appointed to serve on the
27    Board, the member who is appointed as the  chairperson  shall
28    serve  for  a  term  that commences on the date of his or her
29    appointment and expires on the third Monday of January, 2002,
30    and the remaining 4 members,  by  lots  drawn  at  the  first
31    meeting  of  the  Board  that is held after all 5 members are
32    appointed, shall determine 2 of their  number  to  serve  for
33    terms   that   commence  on  the  date  of  their  respective
34    appointments and expire on the third Monday of January, 2001,
 
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 1    and 2 of their number to serve for terms that commence on the
 2    date of their respective appointments and expire on the third
 3    Monday of January, 2000.  All members appointed to  serve  on
 4    the  Board  shall serve until their respective successors are
 5    appointed and confirmed.  Vacancies shall be  filled  in  the
 6    same  manner  as  original  appointments.   If  a  vacancy in
 7    membership occurs at  a  time  when  the  Senate  is  not  in
 8    session,  the  Governor  shall  make  a temporary appointment
 9    until the next meeting of the Senate, when he  or  she  shall
10    appoint,  by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
11    person to fill that membership for the  unexpired  term.   If
12    the  Senate  is  not in session when the initial appointments
13    are made, those appointments shall be made as in the case  of
14    vacancies.
15        The  Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  shall be deemed
16    established,  and  the  initial  members  appointed  by   the
17    Governor  to serve as members of the Board shall take office,
18    on the date that the Governor makes his or her appointment of
19    the fifth initial member of the Board, whether those  initial
20    members   are   then  serving  pursuant  to  appointment  and
21    confirmation or pursuant to temporary appointments  that  are
22    made by the Governor as in the case of vacancies.
23        The  State  Board  of  Education shall provide such staff
24    assistance to the Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  as  is
25    reasonably  required  for the proper performance by the Board
26    of its responsibilities.
27        For school years after the  2000-2001  school  year,  the
28    Education  Funding  Advisory  Board, in consultation with the
29    State Board  of  Education,  shall  make  recommendations  as
30    provided  in  this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for
31    the foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section
32    and for the supplemental general State aid grant level  under
33    subsection  (H)  of  this  Section  for  districts  with high
34    concentrations of children  from  poverty.   The  recommended
 
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 1    foundation  level  shall be determined based on a methodology
 2    which  incorporates  the  basic  education  expenditures   of
 3    low-spending  schools  exhibiting  high academic performance.
 4    The  Education  Funding  Advisory  Board  shall   make   such
 5    recommendations  to  the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
 6    numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.

 7    (N)  (Blank).

 8    (O)  References.
 9        (1)  References in other laws to the various subdivisions
10    of Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
11    replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to  refer
12    to  the  corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to
13    the extent that those references remain applicable.
14        (2)  References in other laws to State  Chapter  1  funds
15    shall  be  deemed  to refer to the supplemental general State
16    aid provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
17    (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29,
18    eff.  7-1-01;  92-269,  eff.  8-7-01;  92-604,  eff.  7-1-02;
19    92-636, eff.  7-11-02;  92-651,  eff.  7-11-02;  93-21,  eff.
20    7-1-03.)

21        Section  99.   Effective  date.  This Act takes effect on
22    July 1, 2004.