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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, 10-19.1, and 18-8.05 and by adding Section 34-21.4a as
6 follows:
 
7     (105 ILCS 5/10-19)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19)
8     Sec. 10-19. Length of school term - experimental programs.
9 Each school board shall annually prepare a calendar for the
10 school term, specifying the opening and closing dates and
11 providing a minimum term of at least 185 days to insure 176
12 days of actual pupil attendance or at least 880 hours of
13 student contact, computable under Section 18-8.05, except that
14 for the 1980-1981 school year only 175 days of actual pupil
15 attendance shall be required because of the closing of schools
16 pursuant to Section 24-2 on January 29, 1981 upon the
17 appointment by the President of that day as a day of
18 thanksgiving for the freedom of the Americans who had been held
19 hostage in Iran. Any days allowed by law for teachers'
20 institute but not used as such or used as parental institutes
21 as provided in Section 10-22.18d shall increase the minimum
22 term by the school days not so used. Except as provided in
23 Section 10-19.1, the board may not extend the school term
24 beyond such closing date unless that extension of term is
25 necessary to provide the minimum number of computable days or
26 computable hours. In case of such necessary extension school
27 employees shall be paid for such additional time on the basis
28 of their regular contracts. A school board may specify a
29 closing date earlier than that set on the annual calendar when
30 the schools of the district have provided the minimum number of
31 computable days or computable hours under this Section. Nothing
32 in this Section prevents the board from employing

 

 

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1 superintendents of schools, principals and other nonteaching
2 personnel for a period of 12 months, or in the case of
3 superintendents for a period in accordance with Section
4 10-23.8, or prevents the board from employing other personnel
5 before or after the regular school term with payment of salary
6 proportionate to that received for comparable work during the
7 school term.
8     A school board may make such changes in its calendar for
9 the school term as may be required by any changes in the legal
10 school holidays prescribed in Section 24-2. A school board may
11 make changes in its calendar for the school term as may be
12 necessary to reflect the utilization of teachers' institute
13 days as parental institute days as provided in Section
14 10-22.18d.
15     The calendar for the school term and any changes must be
16 submitted to and approved by the regional superintendent of
17 schools before the calendar or changes may take effect.
18     With the prior approval of the State Board of Education and
19 subject to review by the State Board of Education every 3
20 years, any school board may, by resolution of its board and in
21 agreement with affected exclusive collective bargaining
22 agents, establish experimental educational programs, including
23 but not limited to programs for self-directed learning or
24 outside of formal class periods, which programs when so
25 approved shall be considered to comply with the requirements of
26 this Section as respects numbers of days of actual pupil
27 attendance or numbers of hours of student contact and with the
28 other requirements of this Act as respects courses of
29 instruction.
30 (Source: P.A. 93-1036, eff. 9-14-04.)
 
31     (105 ILCS 5/10-19.1)  (from Ch. 122, par. 10-19.1)
32     Sec. 10-19.1. Full year school plan; 4-day school week
33 plan.
34     (a) Any school district may, by resolution of its board,
35 operate one or more schools within the district on a full year

 

 

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1 school plan approved by the State Board of Education.
2     (b) Any school district may, by resolution of its board,
3 operate on a 4-day school week plan approved by the State Board
4 of Education, provided that the school district ensures a
5 minimum of 880 hours of student contact in addition to required
6 institute days.
7     (c) Any board which operates one or more schools on a
8 full-year school plan under this Section shall devise a plan so
9 that a student's required attendance in school shall be for a
10 minimum term of 180 days of actual attendance, including not
11 more than 4 institute days, during a 12 month period, but shall
12 not exceed 185 days. Under such plan, no teacher shall be
13 required to teach more than 185 days. A calendar of 180 days
14 may be established with the approval of the State Board of
15 Education.
16 (Source: P.A. 81-1508.)
 
17     (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
18     Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
19 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
20 schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
21 (A) General Provisions.
22     (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
23 and subsequent school years. The system of general State
24 financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
25 assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
26 required local resources, the financial support provided each
27 pupil in Average Daily Attendance equals or exceeds a
28 prescribed per pupil Foundation Level. This formula approach
29 imputes a level of per pupil Available Local Resources and
30 provides for the basis to calculate a per pupil level of
31 general State financial aid that, when added to Available Local
32 Resources, equals or exceeds the Foundation Level. The amount
33 of per pupil general State financial aid for school districts,
34 in general, varies in inverse relation to Available Local

 

 

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1 Resources. Per pupil amounts are based upon each school
2 district's Average Daily Attendance as that term is defined in
3 this Section.
4     (2) In addition to general State financial aid, school
5 districts with specified levels or concentrations of pupils
6 from low income households are eligible to receive supplemental
7 general State financial aid grants as provided pursuant to
8 subsection (H). The supplemental State aid grants provided for
9 school districts under subsection (H) shall be appropriated for
10 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
11 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
12 appropriated under this Section.
13     (3) To receive financial assistance under this Section,
14 school districts are required to file claims with the State
15 Board of Education, subject to the following requirements:
16         (a) Any school district which fails for any given
17     school year to maintain school as required by law, or to
18     maintain a recognized school is not eligible to file for
19     such school year any claim upon the Common School Fund. In
20     case of nonrecognition of one or more attendance centers in
21     a school district otherwise operating recognized schools,
22     the claim of the district shall be reduced in the
23     proportion which the Average Daily Attendance in the
24     attendance center or centers bear to the Average Daily
25     Attendance in the school district. A "recognized school"
26     means any public school which meets the standards as
27     established for recognition by the State Board of
28     Education. A school district or attendance center not
29     having recognition status at the end of a school term is
30     entitled to receive State aid payments due upon a legal
31     claim which was filed while it was recognized.
32         (b) School district claims filed under this Section are
33     subject to Sections 18-9, 18-10, and 18-12, except as
34     otherwise provided in this Section.
35         (c) If a school district operates a full year school
36     under Section 10-19.1 or operates under a 4-day school week

 

 

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1     in accordance with Section 10-19.1, the general State aid
2     to the school district shall be determined by the State
3     Board of Education in accordance with this Section as near
4     as may be applicable.
5         (d) (Blank).
6     (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
7 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
8 in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
9 for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
10     School districts are not required to exert a minimum
11 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
12 this Section.
13     (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
14 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
15         (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
16     attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
17     subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
18     support levels.
19         (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
20     local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
21     Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
22     subsection (D).
23         (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
24     Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
25     relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
26     tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
27     amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
28     connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
29     amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
30         (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
31     financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
32         (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
33     taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
34     Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
35     Education Building purposes.
 

 

 

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1 (B) Foundation Level.
2     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
3 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
4 support that should be available to provide for the basic
5 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
6 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
7 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
8 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
9 district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
10 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
11 district.
12     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
13 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
14 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
15 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
16 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
17 Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
18 Foundation Level of support is $4,810.
19     (3) For the 2004-2005 school year and each school year
20 thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964 $5,060 or
21 such greater amount as may be established by law by the General
22 Assembly.
 
23 (C) Average Daily Attendance.
24     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
25 to subsection (E), an Average Daily Attendance figure shall be
26 utilized. The Average Daily Attendance figure for formula
27 calculation purposes shall be the monthly average of the actual
28 number of pupils in attendance of each school district, as
29 further averaged for the best 3 months of pupil attendance for
30 each school district. In compiling the figures for the number
31 of pupils in attendance, school districts and the State Board
32 of Education shall, for purposes of general State aid funding,
33 conform attendance figures to the requirements of subsection
34 (F).
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1 subsection (E) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
2 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
3 general State aid is being calculated or the average of the
4 attendance data for the 3 preceding school years, whichever is
5 greater. The Average Daily Attendance figures utilized in
6 subsection (H) shall be the requisite attendance data for the
7 school year immediately preceding the school year for which
8 general State aid is being calculated.
 
9 (D) Available Local Resources.
10     (1) For purposes of calculating general State aid pursuant
11 to subsection (E), a representation of Available Local
12 Resources per pupil, as that term is defined and determined in
13 this subsection, shall be utilized. Available Local Resources
14 per pupil shall include a calculated dollar amount representing
15 local school district revenues from local property taxes and
16 from Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes, expressed
17 on the basis of pupils in Average Daily Attendance. Calculation
18 of Available Local Resources shall exclude any tax amnesty
19 funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26.
20     (2) In determining a school district's revenue from local
21 property taxes, the State Board of Education shall utilize the
22 equalized assessed valuation of all taxable property of each
23 school district as of September 30 of the previous year. The
24 equalized assessed valuation utilized shall be obtained and
25 determined as provided in subsection (G).
26     (3) For school districts maintaining grades kindergarten
27 through 12, local property tax revenues per pupil shall be
28 calculated as the product of the applicable equalized assessed
29 valuation for the district multiplied by 3.00%, and divided by
30 the district's Average Daily Attendance figure. For school
31 districts maintaining grades kindergarten through 8, local
32 property tax revenues per pupil shall be calculated as the
33 product of the applicable equalized assessed valuation for the
34 district multiplied by 2.30%, and divided by the district's
35 Average Daily Attendance figure. For school districts

 

 

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1 maintaining grades 9 through 12, local property tax revenues
2 per pupil shall be the applicable equalized assessed valuation
3 of the district multiplied by 1.05%, and divided by the
4 district's Average Daily Attendance figure.
5     (4) The Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes paid
6 to each school district during the calendar year 2 years before
7 the calendar year in which a school year begins, divided by the
8 Average Daily Attendance figure for that district, shall be
9 added to the local property tax revenues per pupil as derived
10 by the application of the immediately preceding paragraph (3).
11 The sum of these per pupil figures for each school district
12 shall constitute Available Local Resources as that term is
13 utilized in subsection (E) in the calculation of general State
14 aid.
 
15 (E) Computation of General State Aid.
16     (1) For each school year, the amount of general State aid
17 allotted to a school district shall be computed by the State
18 Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
19     (2) For any school district for which Available Local
20 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
21 Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
22 calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
23 Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
24 Attendance of the school district.
25     (3) For any school district for which Available Local
26 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
27 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
28 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
29 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
30 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
31 the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
32 direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
33 a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
34 product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
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1 Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
2 Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
3 subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
4 State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
5 Attendance of the school district.
6     (4) For any school district for which Available Local
7 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
8 the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
9 district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
10 by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
11     (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
12 district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
13 set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
14 by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
15 been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
16 utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed
17 Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
18 the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
19 This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
20 affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
21 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
22     (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
23 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
24 the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
25 year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
26 information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
27 attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
28 with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
29 year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
30 provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
31 (1).
32         (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
33     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
34     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
35     to the month of May.

 

 

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

 

 

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1     not less than the number of minutes by which such sessions
2     of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Any
3     full days used for the purposes of this paragraph shall not
4     be considered for computing average daily attendance. Days
5     scheduled for in-service training programs, staff
6     development activities, or parent-teacher conferences may
7     be scheduled separately for different grade levels and
8     different attendance centers of the district.
9         (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
10     teaching hospitalized or homebound pupils on-site or by
11     telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
12     attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
13     clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
14     attendance.
15         (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
16     as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
17     in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
18     may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
19     kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
20         (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
21     age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
22     because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
23     less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
24     attendance; however for such children whose educational
25     needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
26     counted as a full day of attendance.
27         (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
28     1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
29     than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
30     kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
31     consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
32     kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
33     pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
34     school, unless the school district obtains permission in
35     writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
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1     attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
2     attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
3     attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
4     case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
5     fifth year whose educational development requires a second
6     year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
7     regulations of the State Board of Education.
 
8 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
9     (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
10 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
11 of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
12 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
13 all taxable property of every school district, together with
14 (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
15 funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
16 and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
17 property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
18 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
19     The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
20 assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
21 situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
22 subject to the alternative general homestead exemption
23 provisions of Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code (a) (i)
24 an amount equal to the total amount by which the homestead
25 exemption allowed under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code
26 for real property situated in that school district exceeds the
27 total amount that would have been allowed in that school
28 district if the maximum reduction under Section 15-176 was (i)
29 $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in all other counties in tax
30 year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all counties in tax year 2004 and
31 thereafter and (b) (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount
32 for the taxable year of all additional exemptions under Section
33 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household
34 income of $30,000 or less. The county clerk of any county that
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1 exemption provisions of Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code
2 shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
3 Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
4 amounts under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code and all
5 amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the
6 Property Tax Code for owners with a household income of $30,000
7 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the general
8 homestead exemption for a parcel of property is determined
9 under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code rather than
10 Section 15-175, then the calculation of Available Local
11 Resources shall not be affected by the difference, if any,
12 between the amount of the general homestead exemption allowed
13 for that parcel of property under Section 15-176 of the
14 Property Tax Code and the amount that would have been allowed
15 had the general homestead exemption for that parcel of property
16 been determined under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code.
17 It is further the intent of this paragraph that if additional
18 exemptions are allowed under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
19 Code for owners with a household income of less than $30,000,
20 then the calculation of Available Local Resources shall not be
21 affected by the difference, if any, because of those additional
22 exemptions.
23     This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
24 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
25 calculation of Available Local Resources.
26     (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
27 be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
28         (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
29     this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
30     within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
31     municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
32     financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
33     Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
34     of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
35     Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
36     Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized

 

 

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1     assessed valuation of real property located in any such
2     project area which is attributable to an increase above the
3     total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
4     property shall be used as part of the equalized assessed
5     valuation of the district, until such time as all
6     redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
7     Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
8     Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
9     Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
10     equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
11     initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
12     equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
13     used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
14     have been paid.
15         (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
16     a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
17     real property value as equalized or assessed by the
18     Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
19     by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
20     Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
21     district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
22     2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
23     through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
24     through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
25     the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
26     of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
27     percentage rates for district type as specified in this
28     subparagraph (b).
29     (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
30 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
31 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
32 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
33 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
34 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
35     For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
36 shall have the following meanings:

 

 

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1         "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
2     aid is calculated and awarded under subsection (E).
3         "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
4     calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
5         "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
6     immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
7         "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
8     equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
9     in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
10     calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
11     Tax Extension Limitation Law.
12         "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
13     the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
14     Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
15     Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
16         "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
17     certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
18     the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
19     the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
20         "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
21     in subsection (A).
22     If a school district is subject to property tax extension
23 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
24 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
25 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
26 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
27 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
28 calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
29 the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
30 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For the
31 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter, the
32 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
33 district as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be
34 equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last
35 used in the calculation of general State aid and the district's
36 Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension Limitation

 

 

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1 Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated
2 under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's
3 equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to
4 subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating
5 the district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant
6 to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized
7 Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
8 district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
9     (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
10 the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
11 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
12 valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
13 apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
14 Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
15 Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
16 district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
17 the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
18 calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
19 the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
20 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
21 as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
22 district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
23 calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
24 allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
25 general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
26 that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
27 be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
28 Resources.
29     (5) For school districts having a majority of their
30 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
31 Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
32 aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
33 year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
34 this Section is less than the amount of general State aid
35 allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
36 these subsections, then the general State aid of the district

 

 

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1 for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
2 difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
3 this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
4 be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
5 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
6     (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
7 is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
8 districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
9 district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
10 general State aid based upon the concentration level of
11 children from low-income households within the school
12 district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
13 districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
14 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
15 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
16 appropriated under this Section. If the appropriation in any
17 fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general
18 State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the
19 general State aid and supplemental general State aid
20 calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure
21 that each school district receives the full amount due for
22 general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall
23 be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State
24 Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible
25 districts on a prorated basis.
26     (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
27 years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
28 subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
29 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
30 recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
31 Attendance of the school district. If, however, (i) the
32 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
33 the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
34 with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
35 percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count

 

 

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1 of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
2 are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
3 school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
4 school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
5 high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
6 recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
7 and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
8 eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
9 districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
10 censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
11 pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
12 used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
13 district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
14 to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
15 supplemental general State aid grants for school years
16 preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
17 year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
18 fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
19 subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
20 repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
21 affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
22 its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
23 any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
24 affected by any other funding.
25     (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
26 school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
27 this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
28 shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
29 count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
30 determined by the Department of Human Services based on the
31 number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
32 following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food
33 Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided
34 by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged
35 over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year
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1 fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance
2 of the school district.
3     (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
4 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
5 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
6         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
7     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
8     grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
9     low income eligible pupil count.
10         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
11     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
12     grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
13     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
14         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
15     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
16     grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
17     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
18         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
19     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
20     1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
21     income eligible pupil count.
22         (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
23     specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
24     above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
25     respectively.
26         (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
27     amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
28     immediately above shall be $1,273, $1,640, and $2,050,
29     respectively.
30     (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
31 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
32 school year:
33         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
34     Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
35     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
36     eligible pupil count.

 

 

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1         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
2     Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
3     grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
4     low income eligible pupil count.
5         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
6     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
7     grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
8     the low income eligible pupil count.
9         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
10     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
11     grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
12     the low income eligible pupil count.
13         (e) For any school district with a Low Income
14     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
15     grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
16     the low income eligible pupil count.
17         (f) For any school district with a Low Income
18     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
19     school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
20     eligible pupil count.
21     (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
22 State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
23 follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
24 thereafter:
25         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
26     Concentration Level of 15% or less, the grant for each
27     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
28     eligible pupil count.
29         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
30     Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
31     school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
32     and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
33     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
34     For the 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 school year only, the grant
35 shall be no less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year.
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1 than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
2 0.66. For the 2006-2007 school year only, the grant shall be no
3 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
4 0.33.
5     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
6 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
7 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
8 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
9 of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
10 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
11 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
12 the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
13 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
14 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
15 paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
16 received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
17 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
18 received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
19 of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
20 calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
21 (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
22 the 2002-2003 school year.
23     (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
24 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
25 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
26 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
27 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
28 this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
29 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
30 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
31 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
32 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
33     (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
34 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
35 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
36 from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than

 

 

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1 $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
2         (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
3     attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
4     number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
5     eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
6     breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
7     and under the National School Lunch Act during the
8     immediately preceding school year.
9         (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
10     and general State aid among attendance centers according to
11     these requirements shall not be compensated for or
12     contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
13     appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
14     Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
15     in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
16     to the opening of school.
17         (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
18     school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
19     other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
20     entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
21     supplemental general State aid provided by application of
22     this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
23     noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
24     by the school district to the attendance centers.
25         (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
26     by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
27     required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
28     may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
29     for any lawful school purpose.
30         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
31     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
32     the discretion of the principal and local school council
33     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
34     qualifying schools through the following programs and
35     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
36     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment

 

 

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1     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
2     other educationally beneficial expenditures which
3     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
4     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
5     expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
6     by board rule.
7         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
8     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
9     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
10     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
11     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
12     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
13     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
14     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
15     State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
16     after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
17     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
18     within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
19     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
20     written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
21     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
22     Board of Education.
23         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
24     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
25     modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
26     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
27     shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
28     plan or modified plan is submitted.
29         If the district fails to distribute State aid to
30     attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
31     plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
32     addition to the funds otherwise required by this
33     subsection, to those attendance centers which were
34     underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
35     such underfunding.
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1     subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
2     center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
3     this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
4     December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
5     the prior year in addition to any modification of its
6     current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
7     failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
8     subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
9     State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
10     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
11     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
12     receipt of that notification inform the State
13     Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
14     action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
15     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
16     following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
17     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
18     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
19     funds.
20         The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
21     regulations to implement the provisions of this
22     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
23     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
24     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
25     Education.
 
26 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
27     (1) For a new school district formed by combining property
28 included totally within 2 or more previously existing school
29 districts, for its first year of existence the general State
30 aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under this
31 Section shall be computed for the new district and for the
32 previously existing districts for which property is totally
33 included within the new district. If the computation on the
34 basis of the previously existing districts is greater, a
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1 the first 4 years of existence of the new district.
2     (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
3 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for the
4 first year during which the change of boundaries attributable
5 to such annexation becomes effective for all purposes as
6 determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general State aid and
7 supplemental general State aid calculated under this Section
8 shall be computed for the annexing district as constituted
9 after the annexation and for the annexing and each annexed
10 district as constituted prior to the annexation; and if the
11 computation on the basis of the annexing and annexed districts
12 as constituted prior to the annexation is greater, a
13 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
14 the first 4 years of existence of the annexing school district
15 as constituted upon such annexation.
16     (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of the
17 territory of one or more entire other school districts, and for
18 2 or more community unit districts which result upon the
19 division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of one or
20 more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts and which
21 together include all of the parts into which such other unit
22 school district or districts are so divided, for the first year
23 during which the change of boundaries attributable to such
24 annexation or division becomes effective for all purposes as
25 determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10, as the case may be, the
26 general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated
27 under this Section shall be computed for each annexing or
28 resulting district as constituted after the annexation or
29 division and for each annexing and annexed district, or for
30 each resulting and divided district, as constituted prior to
31 the annexation or division; and if the aggregate of the general
32 State aid and supplemental general State aid as so computed for
33 the annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
34 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
35 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
36 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the

 

 

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1 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
2 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
3 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among the
4 annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
5 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
6 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
7 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
8 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
9 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to or
10 included in each such annexing or resulting district bears to
11 the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or divided
12 district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is determined
13 for the school year last ending prior to the date when the
14 change of boundaries attributable to the annexation or division
15 becomes effective for all purposes. The amount of the total
16 difference payment and the amount thereof to be allocated to
17 the annexing or resulting districts shall be computed by the
18 State Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and
19 other data which shall be certified to the State Board of
20 Education, on forms which it shall provide for that purpose, by
21 the regional superintendent of schools for each educational
22 service region in which the annexing and annexed districts, or
23 resulting and divided districts are located.
24     (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
25 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
26 provided under this Section.
27     (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
28 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
29 pursuant to this Section.
 
30 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
31     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
32 the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
33 with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
34 which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
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1 was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
2 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
3 Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
4 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
5 school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
6 made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
7 general State aid in combination with supplemental general
8 State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
9 receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
10 of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
11 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 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
14 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
15     (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
16 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
17 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
18 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
19 school year that in any such school year is less than the
20 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
21 district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
22 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
23 for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
24 that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
25 State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
26     (3) (Blank).
 
27 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
28     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
29 of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
30 this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
31 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
32 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
33 it deems necessary.
34     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
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1 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
2 of a public university which receives funds from the State
3 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
4 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
5 district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
6 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
7 board of a student's district of residence and the university
8 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
9 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
10 disabilities in a special education program.
11     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
12 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
13 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
14 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
15 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
16 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
17 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
18 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
19 with a school district or a public community college district
20 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
21 more than one educational service region may be established by
22 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
23 educational service regions. An alternative school serving
24 more than one educational service region may be operated under
25 such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
26 educational service regions may agree.
27     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
28 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
29 State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
30 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
31 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
32 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
33 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
34 determined under this Section.
 
35 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.

 

 

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1     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
2 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
3 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
4 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
5 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
6 the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
7 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
8 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
9 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
10 remainder of general State school aid for any such district
11 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
12 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
13 Article.
14     (2) (Blank).
15     (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
16 provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
17 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
18     The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
19 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
20 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
21 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
22 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
23 business, and the general public. One of the members so
24 appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
25 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
26 initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
27 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
28 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
29 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
30 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
31 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
32 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
33 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
34 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
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1 after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
2 number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
3 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
4 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
5 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
6 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
7 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
8 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
9 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
10 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
11 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
12 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
13 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
14 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
15 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
16 made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
17 vacancies.
18     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
19 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
20 to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
21 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
22 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
23 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
24 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
25 Governor as in the case of vacancies.
26     The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
27 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
28 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
29 its responsibilities.
30     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
31 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
32 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
33 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
34 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
35 for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
36 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high

 

 

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1 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
2 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
3 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
4 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
5 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
6 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
7 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
8 (N) (Blank).
 
9 (O) References.
10     (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
11 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
12 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
13 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
14 extent that those references remain applicable.
15     (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
16 be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
17 provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
18 (P) Public Act 93-838 This amendatory Act of the 93rd General
19 Assembly and Public Act 93-808 House Bill 4266 of the 93rd
20 General Assembly make inconsistent changes to this Section. If
21 House Bill 4266 becomes law, then Under Section 6 of the
22 Statute on Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between
23 Public Act 93-808 and Public Act 93-838 House Bill 4266 and
24 this amendatory Act. Public Act 93-838 This amendatory Act,
25 being the last acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public
26 Act 93-838 this amendatory Act is the law regardless of the
27 text of Public Act 93-808 House Bill 4266.
28 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29,
29 eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff. 8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,
30 eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03; 93-715,
31 eff. 7-12-04; 93-808, eff. 7-26-04; 93-838, eff. 7-30-04;
32 93-875, eff. 8-6-04; revised 10-21-04.)
 

 

 

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1     (105 ILCS 5/34-21.4a new)
2     Sec. 34-21.4a. Four-day school week plan. The school
3 district may, by resolution of the board, operate on a 4-day
4 school week plan in accordance with Section 10-19.1 of this
5 Code if the plan is approved by the State Board of Education.
 
6     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
7 becoming law.