94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2005 and 2006
HB3555

 

Introduced 02/24/05, by Rep. Sidney H. Mathias

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 5/10-19.1   from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1
105 ILCS 5/18-8.05
105 ILCS 5/34-21.4a new

    Amends the School Code. Allows a school district, by resolution of its board, to operate on a 4-day school week plan approved by the State Board of Education. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1     AN ACT concerning education.
 
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 Sections
5 10-19.1 and 18-8.05 and by adding Section 34-21.4a as follows:
 
6     (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
7     Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan; 4-day school week
8 plan.
9     (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board,
10 operate one or more schools within the district on a full year
11 school plan approved by the State Board of Education.
12     (b) Any school district may, by resolution of its board,
13 operate on a 4-day school week plan approved by the State Board
14 of Education.
15     (c) Any board which operates under this Section shall
16 devise a plan so that a student's required attendance in school
17 shall be for a minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance,
18 including not more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month
19 period, but shall not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no
20 teacher shall be required to teach more than 185 days. A
21 calendar of 180 days may be established with the approval of
22 the State Board of Education.
23 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
 
24     (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
25     Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
26 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
27 schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
28 (A) General Provisions.
29     (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
30 and subsequent school years. The system of general State

 

 

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1 financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
2 assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
3 required local resources, the financial support provided each
4 pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
5 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
6 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
7 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
8 general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
9 Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
10 of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
11 in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local
12 Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
13 district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
14 this Section.
15     (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
16 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
17 from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
18 general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
19 subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
20 school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
21 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
22 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
23 appropriated under this Section.
24     (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
25 school districts are required to file claims with the State
26 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
27         (a) Any school district which fails for any given
28     school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
29     maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
30     such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
31     case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
32     a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
33     the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
34     proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
35     attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
36     Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"

 

 

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1     means any public school which meets the standards as
2     established for recognition by the State Board of
3     Education. A school district or attendance center not
4     having recognition status at the end of a school term is
5     entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
6     claim which was filed while it was recognized.
7         (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
8     subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
9     otherwise provided in this Section.
10         (c) If a school district operates a full year school
11     under Section 10-19.1 or operates under a 4-day school week
12     in accordance with Section 10-19.1, the general State aid
13     to the school district shall be determined by the State
14     Board of Education in accordance with this Section as near
15     as may be applicable.
16         (d) (Blank).
17     (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
18 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
19 in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
20 for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
21     School districts are not required to exert a minimum
22 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
23 this Section.
24     (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
25 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
26         (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
27     attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
28     subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
29     support levels.
30         (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
31     local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
32     Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
33     subsection (D).
34         (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
35     Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
36     relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property

 

 

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1     tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
2     amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
3     connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
4     amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
5         (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
6     financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
7         (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
8     taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
9     Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
10     Education Building purposes.
 
11 (B) Foundation Level.
12     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
13 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
14 support that should be available to provide for the basic
15 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
16 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
17 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
18 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
19 district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
20 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
21 district.
22     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
23 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
24 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
25 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
26 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
27 Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
28 Foundation Level of support is $4,810.
29     (3) For the 2004-2005 school year and each school year
30 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964 $5,060 or
31 such greater amount as may be established by law by the General
32 Assembly.
 
33 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
34     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant

 

 

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1 to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
2 utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
3 calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
4 number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
5 further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
6 each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
7 of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
8 of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
9 conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
10 (F).
11     (2) The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
12 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
13 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
14 general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
15 attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
16 greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
17 subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
18 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
19 general State aid is being calculated.
 
20 (D) Available Local Resources.
21     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
22 to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
23 Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
24 this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
25 per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
26 local school district revenues from local property taxes and
27 from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
28 on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
29 of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
30 funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
31     (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
32 property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
33 equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
34 school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
35 equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and

 

 

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1 determined as provided in subsection (G).
2     (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
3 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
4 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
5 valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
6 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
7 districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
8 property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
9 product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
10 district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
11 Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts
12 maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
13 per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
14 of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
15 district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
16     (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
17 to each school district during the calendar year 2 years before
18 the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided by the
19 Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall be
20 added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as derived
21 by the application of the immediately preceding paragraph (3).
22 The sum of these per pupil figures for each school district
23 shall constitute Available Local Resources as that term is
24 utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of general State
25 aid.
 
26 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
27     (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
28 allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
29 Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
30     (2) For any school district for which Available Local
31 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
32 Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
33 calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
34 Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
35 Attendance of the school district.

 

 

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

 

 

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1 year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
2 information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
3 attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
4 with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
5 year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
6 provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
7 (1).
8         (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
9     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
10     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
11     to the month of May.
12         (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
13     classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
14     added to the month of September and any days of attendance
15     in June shall be added to the month of May.
16         (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
17     hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
18     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
19     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
20     to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
21     year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
22     subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
23     Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
24     daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
25     multiplied by the days in session for the non-year-round
26     buildings for each month and added to the monthly
27     attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
28     Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
29 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
30 less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
31 supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
32 volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
33 supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
34 Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
35 of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
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1     Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
2 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
3 school.
4     (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
5 of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
6 compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
7         (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
8     only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
9     of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
10     minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
11     unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
12     minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
13     be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
14     school work completed each day to the minimum number of
15     minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
16         (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
17     on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
18     first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
19     utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
20         (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
21     as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
22     superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
23     of Education to the extent that the district has been
24     forced to use daily multiple sessions.
25         (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
26     as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
27     day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
28     utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
29     up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of which a
30     maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
31     parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
32     an in-service training program for teachers which has been
33     approved by the State Superintendent of Education; or, in
34     lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in which
35     event each such day may be counted as a day of attendance;
36     and (2) when days in addition to those provided in item (1)

 

 

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1     are scheduled by a school pursuant to its school
2     improvement plan adopted under Article 34 or its revised or
3     amended school improvement plan adopted under Article 2,
4     provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
5     are scheduled to occur at regular intervals, (ii) the
6     remainder of the school days in which such sessions occur
7     are utilized for in-service training programs or other
8     staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a
9     sufficient number of minutes of school work under the
10     direct supervision of teachers are added to the school days
11     between such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate
12     not less than the number of minutes by which such sessions
13     of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Any
14     full days used for the purposes of this paragraph shall not
15     be considered for computing average daily attendance. Days
16     scheduled for in-service training programs, staff
17     development activities, or parent-teacher conferences may
18     be scheduled separately for different grade levels and
19     different attendance centers of the district.
20         (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
21     teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
22     telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
23     attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
24     clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
25     attendance.
26         (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
27     as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
28     in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
29     may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
30     kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
31         (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
32     age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
33     because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
34     less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
35     attendance; however for such children whose educational
36     needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be

 

 

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1     counted as a full day of attendance.
2         (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
3     1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
4     than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
5     kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
6     consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
7     kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
8     pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
9     school, unless the school district obtains permission in
10     writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
11     Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
12     attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
13     attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
14     attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
15     case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
16     fifth year whose educational development requires a second
17     year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
18     regulations of the State Board of Education.
 
19 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
20     (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
21 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
22 of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
23 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
24 all taxable property of every school district, together with
25 (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
26 funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
27 and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
28 property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
29 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
30     The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
31 assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
32 situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
33 subject to the alternative general homestead exemption
34 provisions of Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code (a) (i)
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1 exemption allowed under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code
2 for real property situated in that school district exceeds the
3 total amount that would have been allowed in that school
4 district if the maximum reduction under Section 15-176 was (i)
5 $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in all other counties in tax
6 year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all counties in tax year 2004 and
7 thereafter and (b) (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount
8 for the taxable year of all additional exemptions under Section
9 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household
10 income of $30,000 or less. The county clerk of any county that
11 is or was subject to the alternative general homestead
12 exemption provisions of Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code
13 shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
14 Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
15 amounts under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code and all
16 amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the
17 Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of $30,000
18 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the general
19 homestead exemption for a parcel of property is determined
20 under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code rather than
21 Section 15-175, then the calculation of Available Local
22 Resources shall not be affected by the difference, if any,
23 between the amount of the general homestead exemption allowed
24 for that parcel of property under Section 15-176 of the
25 Property Tax Code and the amount that would have been allowed
26 had the general homestead exemption for that parcel of property
27 been determined under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code.
28 It is further the intent of this paragraph that if additional
29 exemptions are allowed under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
30 Code for owners with a household income of less than $30,000,
31 then the calculation of Available Local Resources shall not be
32 affected by the difference, if any, because of those additional
33 exemptions.
34     This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
35 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
36 calculation of Available Local Resources.

 

 

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1     (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
2 be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
3         (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
4     this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
5     within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
6     municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
7     financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
8     Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
9     of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
10     Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
11     Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
12     assessed valuation of real property located in any such
13     project area which is attributable to an increase above the
14     total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
15     property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
16     valuation of the district, until such time as all
17     redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
18     Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
19     Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
20     Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
21     equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
22     initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
23     equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
24     used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
25     have been paid.
26         (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
27     a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
28     real property value as equalized or assessed by the
29     Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
30     by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
31     Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
32     district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
33     2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
34     through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
35     through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
36     the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)

 

 

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1     of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
2     percentage rates for district type as specified in this
3     subparagraph (b).
4     (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
5 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
6 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
7 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
8 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
9 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
10     For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
11 shall have the following meanings:
12         "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
13     aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
14         "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
15     calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
16         "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
17     immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
18         "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
19     equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
20     in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
21     calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
22     Tax Extension Limitation Law.
23         "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
24     the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
25     Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
26     Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
27         "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
28     certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
29     the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
30     the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
31         "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
32     in subsection (A).
33     If a school district is subject to property tax extension
34 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
35 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
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1 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
2 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
3 calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
4 the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
5 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For the
6 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter, the
7 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
8 district as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be
9 equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last
10 used in the calculation of general State aid and the district's
11 Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension Limitation
12 Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated
13 under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's
14 equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to
15 subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating
16 the district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant
17 to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized
18 Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
19 district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
20     (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
21 the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
22 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
23 valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
24 apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
25 Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
26 Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
27 district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
28 the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
29 calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
30 the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
31 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
32 as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
33 district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
34 calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
35 allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
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1 that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
2 be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
3 Resources.
4     (5) For school districts having a majority of their
5 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
6 Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
7 aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
8 year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
9 this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
10 allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
11 these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
12 for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
13 difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
14 this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
15 be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
16 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
17     (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
18 is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
19 districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
20 district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
21 general State aid based upon the concentration level of
22 children from low-income households within the school
23 district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
24 districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
25 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
26 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
27 appropriated under this Section. If the appropriation in any
28 fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general
29 State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the
30 general State aid and supplemental general State aid
31 calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure
32 that each school district receives the full amount due for
33 general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall
34 be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State
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1 districts on a prorated basis.
2     (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
3 years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
4 subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
5 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
6 recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
7 Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
8 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
9 the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
10 with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
11 percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
12 of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
13 are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
14 school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
15 school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
16 high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
17 recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
18 and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
19 eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
20 districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
21 censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
22 pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
23 used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
24 district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
25 to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
26 supplemental general State aid grants for school years
27 preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
28 year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
29 fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
30 subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
31 repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
32 affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
33 its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
34 any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
35 affected by any other funding.
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1 school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
2 this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
3 shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
4 count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
5 determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
6 number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
7 following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food
8 Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided
9 by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged
10 over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year
11 2004 and over the 3 immediately preceding fiscal years for each
12 fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance
13 of the school district.
14     (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
15 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
16 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
17         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
18     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
19     grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
20     low income eligible pupil count.
21         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
22     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
23     grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
24     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
25         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
26     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
27     grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
28     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
29         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
30     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
31     1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
32     income eligible pupil count.
33         (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
34     specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
35     above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
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1         (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
2     amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
3     immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
4     respectively.
5     (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
6 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
7 school year:
8         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
9     Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
10     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
11     eligible pupil count.
12         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
13     Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
14     grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
15     low income eligible pupil count.
16         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
17     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
18     grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
19     the low income eligible pupil count.
20         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
21     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
22     grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
23     the low income eligible pupil count.
24         (e) For any school district with a Low Income
25     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
26     grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
27     the low income eligible pupil count.
28         (f) For any school district with a Low Income
29     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
30     school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
31     eligible pupil count.
32     (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
33 State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
34 follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
35 thereafter:
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1     Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
2     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
3     eligible pupil count.
4         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
5     Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
6     school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
7     and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
8     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
9     For the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 school year only, the grant
10 shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
11 For the 2005-2006 school year only, the grant shall be no less
12 than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
13 0.66. For the 2006-2007 school year only, the grant shall be no
14 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
15 0.33.
16     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
17 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
18 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
19 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
20 of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
21 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
22 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
23 the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
24 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
25 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
26 paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
27 received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
28 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
29 received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
30 of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
31 calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
32 (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
33 the 2002-2003 school year.
34     (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
35 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
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1 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
2 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
3 this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
4 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
5 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
6 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
7 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
8     (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
9 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
10 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
11 from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
12 $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
13         (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
14     attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
15     number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
16     eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
17     breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
18     and under the National School Lunch Act during the
19     immediately preceding school year.
20         (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
21     and general State aid among attendance centers according to
22     these requirements shall not be compensated for or
23     contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
24     appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
25     Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
26     in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
27     to the opening of school.
28         (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
29     school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
30     other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
31     entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
32     supplemental general State aid provided by application of
33     this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
34     noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
35     by the school district to the attendance centers.
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1     by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
2     required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
3     may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
4     for any lawful school purpose.
5         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
6     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
7     the discretion of the principal and local school council
8     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
9     qualifying schools through the following programs and
10     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
11     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
12     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
13     other educationally beneficial expenditures which
14     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
15     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
16     expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
17     by board rule.
18         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
19     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
20     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
21     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
22     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
23     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
24     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
25     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
26     State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
27     after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
28     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
29     within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
30     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
31     written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
32     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
33     Board of Education.
34         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
35     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
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1     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
2     shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
3     plan or modified plan is submitted.
4         If the district fails to distribute State aid to
5     attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
6     plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
7     addition to the funds otherwise required by this
8     subsection, to those attendance centers which were
9     underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
10     such underfunding.
11         For purposes of determining compliance with this
12     subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
13     center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
14     this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
15     December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
16     the prior year in addition to any modification of its
17     current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
18     failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
19     subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
20     State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
21     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
22     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
23     receipt of that notification inform the State
24     Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
25     action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
26     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
27     following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
28     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
29     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
30     funds.
31         The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
32     regulations to implement the provisions of this
33     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
34     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
35     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
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1 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
2     (1) For a new school district formed by combining property
3 included totally within 2 or more previously existing school
4 districts, for its first year of existence the general State
5 aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under this
6 Section shall be computed for the new district and for the
7 previously existing districts for which property is totally
8 included within the new district. If the computation on the
9 basis of the previously existing districts is greater, a
10 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
11 the first 4 years of existence of the new district.
12     (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
13 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for the
14 first year during which the change of boundaries attributable
15 to such annexation becomes effective for all purposes as
16 determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general State aid and
17 supplemental general State aid calculated under this Section
18 shall be computed for the annexing district as constituted
19 after the annexation and for the annexing and each annexed
20 district as constituted prior to the annexation; and if the
21 computation on the basis of the annexing and annexed districts
22 as constituted prior to the annexation is greater, a
23 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
24 the first 4 years of existence of the annexing school district
25 as constituted upon such annexation.
26     (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of the
27 territory of one or more entire other school districts, and for
28 2 or more community unit districts which result upon the
29 division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of one or
30 more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts and which
31 together include all of the parts into which such other unit
32 school district or districts are so divided, for the first year
33 during which the change of boundaries attributable to such
34 annexation or division becomes effective for all purposes as
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1 general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated
2 under this Section shall be computed for each annexing or
3 resulting district as constituted after the annexation or
4 division and for each annexing and annexed district, or for
5 each resulting and divided district, as constituted prior to
6 the annexation or division; and if the aggregate of the general
7 State aid and supplemental general State aid as so computed for
8 the annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
9 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
10 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
11 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
12 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
13 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
14 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among the
15 annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
16 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
17 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
18 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
19 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
20 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to or
21 included in each such annexing or resulting district bears to
22 the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or divided
23 district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is determined
24 for the school year last ending prior to the date when the
25 change of boundaries attributable to the annexation or division
26 becomes effective for all purposes. The amount of the total
27 difference payment and the amount thereof to be allocated to
28 the annexing or resulting districts shall be computed by the
29 State Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and
30 other data which shall be certified to the State Board of
31 Education, on forms which it shall provide for that purpose, by
32 the regional superintendent of schools for each educational
33 service region in which the annexing and annexed districts, or
34 resulting and divided districts are located.
35     (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
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1 provided under this Section.
2     (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
3 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
4 pursuant to this Section.
 
5 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
6     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
7 the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
8 with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
9 which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
10 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
11 was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
12 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
13 Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
14 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
15 school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
16 made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
17 general State aid in combination with supplemental general
18 State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
19 receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
20 of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
21 received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
22 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
23 Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
24 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
25     (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
26 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
27 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
28 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
29 school year that in any such school year is less than the
30 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
31 district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
32 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
33 for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
34 that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
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1     (3) (Blank).
 
2 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
3     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
4 of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
5 this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
6 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
7 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
8 it deems necessary.
9     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
10 school which is created and operated by a public university and
11 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
12 of a public university which receives funds from the State
13 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
14 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
15 district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
16 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
17 board of a student's district of residence and the university
18 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
19 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
20 disabilities in a special education program.
21     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
22 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
23 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
24 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
25 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
26 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
27 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
28 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
29 with a school district or a public community college district
30 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
31 more than one educational service region may be established by
32 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
33 educational service regions. An alternative school serving
34 more than one educational service region may be operated under
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1 educational service regions may agree.
2     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
3 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
4 State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
5 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
6 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
7 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
8 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
9 determined under this Section.
 
10 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
11     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
12 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
13 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
14 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
15 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
16 the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
17 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
18 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
19 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
20 remainder of general State school aid for any such district
21 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
22 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
23 Article.
24     (2) (Blank).
25     (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
26 provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
27 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
28     The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
29 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
30 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
31 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
32 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
33 business, and the general public. One of the members so
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1 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
2 initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
3 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
4 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
5 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
6 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
7 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
8 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
9 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
10 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
11 by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
12 after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
13 number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
14 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
15 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
16 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
17 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
18 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
19 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
20 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
21 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
22 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
23 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
24 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
25 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
26 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
27 made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
28 vacancies.
29     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
30 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
31 to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
32 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
33 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
34 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
35 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
36 Governor as in the case of vacancies.

 

 

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1     The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
2 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
3 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
4 its responsibilities.
5     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
6 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
7 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
8 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
9 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
10 for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
11 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
12 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
13 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
14 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
15 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
16 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
17 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
18 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
19 (N) (Blank).
 
20 (O) References.
21     (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
22 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
23 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
24 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
25 extent that those references remain applicable.
26     (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
27 be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
28 provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
29 (P) Public Act 93-838 This amendatory Act of the 93rd General
30 Assembly and Public Act 93-808 House Bill 4266 of the 93rd
31 General Assembly make inconsistent changes to this Section. If
32 House Bill 4266 becomes law, then Under Section 6 of the
33 Statute on Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between

 

 

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1 Public Act 93-808 and Public Act 93-838 House Bill 4266 and
2 this amendatory Act. Public Act 93-838 This amendatory Act,
3 being the last acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public
4 Act 93-838 this amendatory Act is the law regardless of the
5 text of Public Act 93-808 House Bill 4266.
6 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29,
7 eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff. 8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,
8 eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03; 93-715,
9 eff. 7-12-04; 93-808, eff. 7-26-04; 93-838, eff. 7-30-04;
10 93-875, eff. 8-6-04; revised 10-21-04.)
 
11     (105 ILCS 5/34-21.4a new)
12     Sec. 34-21.4a. Four-day school week plan. The school
13 district may, by resolution of the board, operate on a 4-day
14 school week plan in accordance with Section 10-19.1 of this
15 Code if the plan is approved by the State Board of Education.
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
17 becoming law.