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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 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the FY2006
5 Budget Implementation (Education) Act.
 
6     Section 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to make
7 changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the
8 Governor's FY2006 budget recommendations concerning education.
 
9     Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
10 Section 5.640, by changing and renumbering Section 6z-65, added
11 by Public Act 93-838, and by changing Sections 6z-66 and 6z-67
12 as follows:
 
13     (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
14     Sec. 5.640. The State Board of Education Special Purpose
15 Trust Fund.
 
16     (30 ILCS 105/6z-65.5)
17     Sec. 6z-65.5 6z-65. SBE Federal Department of Education
18 Fund. The SBE Federal Department of Education Fund is created
19 as a federal trust fund in the State treasury. This fund is
20 established to receive funds from the federal Department of
21 Education, including administrative funds recovered from
22 federal programs, for the specific purposes established by the
23 terms and conditions of federal awards. Moneys All moneys in
24 the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund shall be used,
25 subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, for grants
26 and contracts to local education agencies, colleges and
27 universities, and other State agencies and for administrative
28 expenses of the State Board of Education. However,
29 non-appropriated spending is allowed for the refund of

 

 

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1 unexpended grant moneys to the federal government. The SBE
2 Federal Department of Education Fund shall serve as the
3 successor fund to the National Center for Education Statistics
4 Fund, and any balance remaining in the National Center for
5 Education Statistics Fund on the effective date of this
6 amendatory Act of the 94th General Assembly must be transferred
7 to the SBE Federal Department of Education Fund by the State
8 Treasurer. Any future deposits that would otherwise be made
9 into the National Center for Education Statistics Fund must
10 instead be made into the SBE Federal Department of Education
11 Fund.
12 (Source: P.A. 93-838, eff. 7-30-04; revised 11-8-04.)
 
13     (30 ILCS 105/6z-66)
14     Sec. 6z-66. SBE Federal Agency Services Fund. The SBE
15 Federal Agency Services Fund is created as a federal trust fund
16 in the State treasury. This fund is established to receive
17 funds from all federal departments and agencies except the
18 Departments of Education and Agriculture (including among
19 others the Departments of Health and Human Services, Defense,
20 and Labor and the Corporation for National and Community
21 Service), including administrative funds recovered from
22 federal programs, for the specific purposes established by the
23 terms and conditions of federal awards. Moneys All moneys in
24 the SBE Federal Agency Services Fund shall be used, subject to
25 appropriation by the General Assembly, for grants and contracts
26 to local education agencies, colleges and universities, and
27 other State agencies and for administrative expenses of the
28 State Board of Education. However, non-appropriated spending
29 is allowed for the refund of unexpended grant moneys to the
30 federal government. The SBE Federal Agency Services Fund shall
31 serve as the successor fund to the SBE Department of Health and
32 Human Services Fund, the SBE Federal Department of Labor
33 Federal Trust Fund, and the SBE Federal National Community
34 Service Fund; and any balance remaining in the SBE Department
35 of Health and Human Services Fund, the SBE Federal Department

 

 

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1 of Labor Federal Trust Fund, or the SBE Federal National
2 Community Service Fund on the effective date of this amendatory
3 Act of the 94th General Assembly must be transferred to the SBE
4 Federal Agency Services Fund by the State Treasurer. Any future
5 deposits that would otherwise be made into the SBE Department
6 of Health and Human Services Fund, the SBE Federal Department
7 of Labor Federal Trust Fund, or the SBE Federal National
8 Community Service Fund must instead be made into the SBE
9 Federal Agency Services Fund.
10 (Source: P.A. 93-838, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
11     (30 ILCS 105/6z-67)
12     Sec. 6z-67. SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund. The
13 SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund is created as a
14 federal trust fund in the State treasury. This fund is
15 established to receive funds from the federal Department of
16 Education, including administrative funds recovered from
17 federal programs, for the specific purposes established by the
18 terms and conditions of federal awards. Moneys All moneys in
19 the SBE Federal Department of Agriculture Fund shall be used,
20 subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, for grants
21 and contracts to local education agencies, colleges and
22 universities, and other State agencies and for administrative
23 expenses of the State Board of Education. However,
24 non-appropriated spending is allowed for the refund of
25 unexpended grant moneys to the federal government.
26 (Source: P.A. 93-838, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
27     Section 15. The School Code is amended by adding Section
28 2-3.127a and by changing Sections 2-3.64, 2-3.131, 14-8.01, and
29 18-8.05 as follows:
 
30     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.64)  (from Ch. 122, par. 2-3.64)
31     Sec. 2-3.64. State goals and assessment.
32     (a) Beginning in the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board
33 of Education shall establish standards and periodically, in

 

 

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1 collaboration with local school districts, conduct studies of
2 student performance in the learning areas of fine arts and
3 physical development/health.
4     Beginning with the 1998-1999 school year until the
5 2004-2005 school year, the State Board of Education shall
6 annually test: (i) all pupils enrolled in the 3rd, 5th, and 8th
7 grades in English language arts (reading, writing, and English
8 grammar) and mathematics; and (ii) all pupils enrolled in the
9 4th and 7th grades in the biological and physical sciences and
10 the social sciences (history, geography, civics, economics,
11 and government). Unless the testing required to be implemented
12 no later than the 2005-2006 school year under this subsection
13 (a) is implemented for the 2004-2005 school year, for the
14 2004-2005 school year, the State Board of Education shall test:
15 (i) all pupils enrolled in the 3rd, 5th, and 8th grades in
16 English language arts (reading and English grammar) and
17 mathematics and (ii) all pupils enrolled in the 4th and 7th
18 grades in the biological and physical sciences. The maximum
19 time allowed for all actual testing required under this
20 paragraph shall not exceed 25 hours, as allocated among the
21 required tests by the State Board of Education, across all
22 grades tested.
23     Beginning no later than the 2005-2006 school year, the
24 State Board of Education shall annually test: (i) all pupils
25 enrolled in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grades in
26 reading and mathematics and (ii) all pupils enrolled in the 4th
27 and 7th grades in the biological and physical sciences. In
28 addition, the State Board of Education shall test (1) all
29 pupils enrolled in the 5th and 8th grades in writing during the
30 2006-2007 school year; (2) all pupils enrolled in the 5th, 6th,
31 and 8th grades in writing during the 2007-2008 school year; and
32 (3) all pupils enrolled in the 3rd, 5th, 6th, and 8th grades in
33 writing during the 2008-2009 school year and each school year
34 thereafter. After the addition of grades and change in subjects
35 as delineated in this paragraph and including whatever other
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1 2005-2006 school year, the maximum time allowed for all State
2 testing in grades 3 through 8 shall not exceed 38 hours across
3 those grades.
4     Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, the State Board
5 of Education shall not test pupils under this subsection (a) in
6 writing, physical development and health, fine arts, and the
7 social sciences (history, geography, civics, economics, and
8 government). The State Board of Education shall not test pupils
9 under this subsection (a) in writing during the 2005-2006
10 school year.
11     The State Board of Education shall establish the academic
12 standards that are to be applicable to pupils who are subject
13 to State tests under this Section beginning with the 1998-1999
14 school year. However, the State Board of Education shall not
15 establish any such standards in final form without first
16 providing opportunities for public participation and local
17 input in the development of the final academic standards. Those
18 opportunities shall include a well-publicized period of public
19 comment, public hearings throughout the State, and
20 opportunities to file written comments. Beginning with the
21 1998-99 school year and thereafter, the State tests will
22 identify pupils in the 3rd grade or 5th grade who do not meet
23 the State standards.
24     If, by performance on the State tests or local assessments
25 or by teacher judgment, a student's performance is determined
26 to be 2 or more grades below current placement, the student
27 shall be provided a remediation program developed by the
28 district in consultation with a parent or guardian. Such
29 remediation programs may include, but shall not be limited to,
30 increased or concentrated instructional time, a remedial
31 summer school program of not less than 90 hours, improved
32 instructional approaches, tutorial sessions, retention in
33 grade, and modifications to instructional materials. Each
34 pupil for whom a remediation program is developed under this
35 subsection shall be required to enroll in and attend whatever
36 program the district determines is appropriate for the pupil.

 

 

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1 Districts may combine students in remediation programs where
2 appropriate and may cooperate with other districts in the
3 design and delivery of those programs. The parent or guardian
4 of a student required to attend a remediation program under
5 this Section shall be given written notice of that requirement
6 by the school district a reasonable time prior to commencement
7 of the remediation program that the student is to attend. The
8 State shall be responsible for providing school districts with
9 the new and additional funding, under Section 2-3.51.5 or by
10 other or additional means, that is required to enable the
11 districts to operate remediation programs for the pupils who
12 are required to enroll in and attend those programs under this
13 Section. Every individualized educational program as described
14 in Article 14 shall identify if the State test or components
15 thereof are appropriate for that student. The State Board of
16 Education shall develop rules and regulations governing the
17 administration of alternative tests prescribed within each
18 student's individualized educational program which are
19 appropriate to the disability of each student.
20     All pupils who are in a State approved transitional
21 bilingual education program or transitional program of
22 instruction shall participate in the State tests. Any student
23 who has been enrolled in a State approved bilingual education
24 program less than 3 cumulative academic years may take an
25 accommodated State test, to be known as the Illinois Measure of
26 Annual Growth in English (IMAGE), if the student's lack of
27 English as determined by an English language proficiency test
28 would keep the student from understanding the regular State
29 test. If the school district determines, on a case-by-case
30 individual basis, that IMAGE would likely yield more accurate
31 and reliable information on what the student knows and can do,
32 the school district may make a determination to assess the
33 student using IMAGE for a period that does not exceed 2
34 additional consecutive years, provided that the student has not
35 yet reached a level of English language proficiency sufficient
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1 knows and can do on the regular State test.
2     Reasonable accommodations as prescribed by the State Board
3 of Education shall be provided for individual students in the
4 testing procedure. All test procedures prescribed by the State
5 Board of Education shall require: (i) that each test used for
6 State and local student testing under this Section identify by
7 name the pupil taking the test; (ii) that the name of the pupil
8 taking the test be placed on the test at the time the test is
9 taken; (iii) that the results or scores of each test taken
10 under this Section by a pupil of the school district be
11 reported to that district and identify by name the pupil who
12 received the reported results or scores; and (iv) that the
13 results or scores of each test taken under this Section be made
14 available to the parents of the pupil. In addition, in each
15 school year the highest scores attained by a student on the
16 Prairie State Achievement Examination administered under
17 subsection (c) of this Section and any Prairie State
18 Achievement Awards received by the student shall become part of
19 the student's permanent record and shall be entered on the
20 student's transcript pursuant to regulations that the State
21 Board of Education shall promulgate for that purpose in
22 accordance with Section 3 and subsection (e) of Section 2 of
23 the Illinois School Student Records Act. Beginning with the
24 1998-1999 school year and in every school year thereafter,
25 scores received by students on the State assessment tests
26 administered in grades 3 through 8 shall be placed into
27 students' temporary records.
28     The State Board of Education shall establish a period of
29 time, to be referred to as the State test window, in each
30 school year for which State testing shall occur to meet the
31 objectives of this Section. However, if the schools of a
32 district are closed and classes are not scheduled during any
33 week that is established by the State Board of Education as the
34 State test window, the school district may (at the discretion
35 of the State Board of Education) move its State test window one
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1 window, so long as the school district gives the State Board of
2 Education written notice of its intention to deviate from the
3 established schedule by December 1 of the school year in which
4 falls the State test window established by the State Board of
5 Education for the testing.
6     (a-5) All tests administered pursuant to this Section shall
7 be academically based. For the purposes of this Section
8 "academically based tests" shall mean tests consisting of
9 questions and answers that are measurable and quantifiable to
10 measure the knowledge, skill, and ability of students in the
11 subject matters covered by tests. The scoring of academically
12 based tests shall be reliable, valid, unbiased and shall meet
13 the guidelines for test development and use prescribed by the
14 American Psychological Association, the National Council of
15 Measurement and Evaluation, and the American Educational
16 Research Association. Academically based tests shall not
17 include assessments or evaluations of attitudes, values, or
18 beliefs, or testing of personality, self-esteem, or
19 self-concept. Nothing in this amendatory Act is intended, nor
20 shall it be construed, to nullify, supersede, or contradict the
21 legislative intent on academic testing expressed during the
22 passage of HB 1005/P.A. 90-296. Nothing in this Section is
23 intended, nor shall it be construed, to nullify, supersede, or
24 contradict the legislative intent on academic testing
25 expressed in the preamble of this amendatory Act of the 93rd
26 General Assembly.
27     The State Board of Education shall monitor the use of short
28 answer questions in the math and reading assessments or in
29 other assessments in order to demonstrate that the use of short
30 answer questions results in a statistically significant
31 improvement in student achievement as measured on the State
32 assessments for math and reading or on other State assessments
33 and is justifiable in terms of cost and student performance.
34     (b) It shall be the policy of the State to encourage school
35 districts to continuously test pupil proficiency in the
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1 information on individual students' performance relative to
2 State standards that is adequate to guide instructional
3 strategies; (ii) improve future instruction; and (iii)
4 complement the information provided by the State testing system
5 described in this Section. Each district's school improvement
6 plan must address specific activities the district intends to
7 implement to assist pupils who by teacher judgment and test
8 results as prescribed in subsection (a) of this Section
9 demonstrate that they are not meeting State standards or local
10 objectives. Such activities may include, but shall not be
11 limited to, summer school, extended school day, special
12 homework, tutorial sessions, modified instructional materials,
13 other modifications in the instructional program, reduced
14 class size or retention in grade. To assist school districts in
15 testing pupil proficiency in reading in the primary grades, the
16 State Board shall make optional reading inventories for
17 diagnostic purposes available to each school district that
18 requests such assistance. Districts that administer the
19 reading inventories may develop remediation programs for
20 students who perform in the bottom half of the student
21 population. Those remediation programs may be funded by moneys
22 provided under the School Safety and Educational Improvement
23 Block Grant Program established under Section 2-3.51.5.
24 Nothing in this Section shall prevent school districts from
25 implementing testing and remediation policies for grades not
26 required under this Section.
27     (c) Beginning with the 2000-2001 school year, each school
28 district that operates a high school program for students in
29 grades 9 through 12 shall annually administer the Prairie State
30 Achievement Examination established under this subsection to
31 its students as set forth below. The Prairie State Achievement
32 Examination shall be developed by the State Board of Education
33 to measure student performance in the academic areas of
34 reading, writing, mathematics, science, and social sciences.
35 Beginning with the 2004-2005 school year, however, the State
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1 social sciences (history, geography, civics, economics, and
2 government) as part of the Prairie State Achievement
3 Examination unless the student is retaking the Prairie State
4 Achievement Examination in the fall of 2004. In addition, the
5 State Board of Education shall not test a student in writing as
6 part of the Prairie State Achievement Examination during the
7 2005-2006 school year. The State Board of Education shall
8 establish the academic standards that are to apply in measuring
9 student performance on the Prairie State Achievement
10 Examination including the minimum examination score in each
11 area that will qualify a student to receive a Prairie State
12 Achievement Award from the State in recognition of the
13 student's excellent performance. Each school district that is
14 subject to the requirements of this subsection (c) shall afford
15 all students 2 opportunities to take the Prairie State
16 Achievement Examination beginning as late as practical during
17 the second semester of grade 11, but in no event before March
18 1. The State Board of Education shall annually notify districts
19 of the weeks during which these test administrations shall be
20 required to occur. Every individualized educational program as
21 described in Article 14 shall identify if the Prairie State
22 Achievement Examination or components thereof are appropriate
23 for that student. Each student, exclusive of a student whose
24 individualized educational program developed under Article 14
25 identifies the Prairie State Achievement Examination as
26 inappropriate for the student, shall be required to take the
27 examination in grade 11. For each academic area the State Board
28 of Education shall establish the score that qualifies for the
29 Prairie State Achievement Award on that portion of the
30 examination. Any student who fails to earn a qualifying score
31 for a Prairie State Achievement Award in any one or more of the
32 academic areas on the initial test administration or who wishes
33 to improve his or her score on any portion of the examination
34 shall be permitted to retake such portion or portions of the
35 examination during grade 12. Districts shall inform their
36 students of the timelines and procedures applicable to their

 

 

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1 participation in every yearly administration of the Prairie
2 State Achievement Examination. Students receiving special
3 education services whose individualized educational programs
4 identify the Prairie State Achievement Examination as
5 inappropriate for them nevertheless shall have the option of
6 taking the examination, which shall be administered to those
7 students in accordance with standards adopted by the State
8 Board of Education to accommodate the respective disabilities
9 of those students. A student who successfully completes all
10 other applicable high school graduation requirements but fails
11 to receive a score on the Prairie State Achievement Examination
12 that qualifies the student for receipt of a Prairie State
13 Achievement Award shall nevertheless qualify for the receipt of
14 a regular high school diploma. In no case, however, shall a
15 student receive a regular high school diploma without taking
16 the Prairie State Achievement Examination, unless the student
17 is exempted from taking the Prairie State Achievement
18 Examination under this subsection (c) because the student's
19 individualized educational program developed under Article 14
20 of this Code identifies the Prairie State Achievement
21 Examination as inappropriate for the student, (ii) the student
22 is exempt due to the student's lack of English language
23 proficiency under subsection (a) of this Section, or (iii) the
24 student is enrolled in a program of Adult and Continuing
25 Education as defined in the Adult Education Act.
26     (d) Beginning with the 2002-2003 school year, all schools
27 in this State that are part of the sample drawn by the National
28 Center for Education Statistics, in collaboration with their
29 school districts and the State Board of Education, shall
30 administer the biennial State academic assessments of 4th and
31 8th grade reading and mathematics under the National Assessment
32 of Educational Progress carried out under Section m11(b)(2) of
33 the National Education Statistics Act of 1994 (20 U.S.C. 9010)
34 if the Secretary of Education pays the costs of administering
35 the assessments.
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1 subject to available federal funds to this State for the
2 purpose of student assessment, the State Board of Education
3 shall provide additional tests and assessment resources that
4 may be used by school districts for local diagnostic purposes.
5 These tests and resources shall include without limitation
6 additional high school writing, physical development and
7 health, and fine arts assessments. The State Board of Education
8 shall annually distribute a listing of these additional tests
9 and resources, using funds available from appropriations made
10 for student assessment purposes.
11     (f) For the assessment and accountability purposes of this
12 Section, "all pupils" includes those pupils enrolled in a
13 public or State-operated elementary school, secondary school,
14 or cooperative or joint agreement with a governing body or
15 board of control, a charter school operating in compliance with
16 the Charter Schools Law, a school operated by a regional office
17 of education under Section 13A-3 of this Code, or a public
18 school administered by a local public agency or the Department
19 of Human Services.
20 (Source: P.A. 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 93-426, eff. 8-5-03; 93-838,
21 eff. 7-30-04; 93-857, eff. 8-3-04; revised 10-25-04.)
 
22     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.127a new)
23     Sec. 2-3.127a. The State Board of Education Special Purpose
24 Trust Fund. The State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust
25 Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Unless
26 specifically directed to be deposited into other funds, all
27 moneys received by the State Board of Education from gifts,
28 grants, or donations from any source, public or private, shall
29 be deposited into this Fund. Moneys in this Fund shall be used,
30 subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, by the State
31 Board of Education for the purposes established by the gifts,
32 grants, or donations.
 
33     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.131)
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1     (a) If the amount that the State Board of Education will
2 pay to a school district from fiscal year 2004 appropriations,
3 as estimated by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2004,
4 is less than the amount that the State Board of Education paid
5 to the school district from fiscal year 2003 appropriations,
6 then, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education
7 shall make a fiscal year 2004 transitional assistance payment
8 to the school district in an amount equal to the difference
9 between the estimated amount to be paid from fiscal year 2004
10 appropriations and the amount paid from fiscal year 2003
11 appropriations.
12     (b) If the amount that the State Board of Education will
13 pay to a school district from fiscal year 2005 appropriations,
14 as estimated by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2005,
15 is less than the amount that the State Board of Education paid
16 to the school district from fiscal year 2004 appropriations,
17 then the State Board of Education shall make a fiscal year 2005
18 transitional assistance payment to the school district in an
19 amount equal to the difference between the estimated amount to
20 be paid from fiscal year 2005 appropriations and the amount
21 paid from fiscal year 2004 appropriations.
22     (c) If the amount that the State Board of Education will
23 pay to a school district from fiscal year 2006 appropriations,
24 as estimated by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2006,
25 is less than the amount that the State Board of Education paid
26 to the school district from fiscal year 2005 appropriations,
27 then the State Board of Education shall make a fiscal year 2006
28 transitional assistance payment to the school district in an
29 amount equal to the difference between the estimated amount to
30 be paid from fiscal year 2006 appropriations and the amount
31 paid from fiscal year 2005 appropriations.
32 (Source: P.A. 93-21, eff. 7-1-03; 93-838, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
33     (105 ILCS 5/14-8.01)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.01)
34     Sec. 14-8.01. Supervision of special education buildings
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1 programs, housing, and all educational programs for the types
2 of disabled children defined in Section 14-1.02 shall be under
3 the supervision of and subject to the approval of the State
4 Board of Education.
5     All special education facilities, building programs, and
6 housing shall comply with the building code authorized by
7 Section 2-3.12.
8     All educational programs for children with disabilities as
9 defined in Section 14-1.02 administered by any State agency
10 shall be under the general supervision of the State Board of
11 Education. Such supervision shall be limited to insuring that
12 such educational programs meet standards jointly developed and
13 agreed to by both the State Board of Education and the
14 operating State agency, including standards for educational
15 personnel.
16     Any State agency providing special educational programs
17 for children with disabilities as defined in Section 14-1.02
18 shall promulgate rules and regulations, in consultation with
19 the State Board of Education and pursuant to the Illinois
20 Administrative Procedure Act as now or hereafter amended, to
21 insure that all such programs comply with this Section and
22 Section 14-8.02.
23     No otherwise qualified disabled child receiving special
24 education and related services under Article 14 shall solely by
25 reason of his or her disability be excluded from the
26 participation in or be denied the benefits of or be subjected
27 to discrimination under any program or activity provided by a
28 State agency.
29     State agencies providing special education and related
30 services, including room and board, either directly or through
31 grants or purchases of services shall continue to provide these
32 services according to current law and practice. Room and board
33 costs not provided by a State agency other than the State Board
34 of Education shall be provided by the State Board of Education
35 to the extent of available funds. An amount equal to one-half
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1 monies, or so much thereof as may actually be needed, shall
2 annually be appropriated to pay for the additional costs of
3 providing for room and board for those children placed pursuant
4 to Section 14-7.02 of this Code and, after all such room and
5 board costs are paid, for similar expenditures for children
6 served pursuant to Section 14-7.02 or 14-7.02b of this Code.
7 Any such excess room and board funds must first be directed to
8 those school districts with students costing in excess of 4
9 times the district's per capita tuition charge and then to
10 community based programs that serve as alternatives to
11 residential placements.
12     Beginning with Fiscal Year 1997 and continuing through
13 Fiscal Year 2000, 100% of the former Chapter I, Section 89-313
14 federal funds shall be allocated by the State Board of
15 Education in the same manner as IDEA, PART B "flow through"
16 funding to local school districts, joint agreements, and
17 special education cooperatives for the maintenance of
18 instructional and related support services to students with
19 disabilities. However, beginning with Fiscal Year 1998, the
20 total IDEA Part B discretionary funds available to the State
21 Board of Education shall not exceed the maximum permissible
22 under federal law or 20% of the total federal funds available
23 to the State, whichever is less. In no case shall the aggregate
24 IDEA Part B discretionary funds received by the State Board of
25 Education exceed the amount of IDEA Part B discretionary funds
26 available to the State Board of Education for Fiscal Year 1997,
27 excluding any carryover funds from prior fiscal years,
28 increased by 3% for Fiscal Year 1998 and increased by an
29 additional 3% for each fiscal year thereafter. After all room
30 and board payments and similar expenditures are made by the
31 State Board of Education as required by this Section, the State
32 Board of Education may use the remaining funds for
33 administration and for providing discretionary activities.
34 However, the State Board of Education may use no more than 25%
35 of its available IDEA Part B discretionary funds for
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1     Special education and related services included in the
2 child's individualized educational program which are not
3 provided by another State agency shall be included in the
4 special education and related services provided by the State
5 Board of Education and the local school district.
6     The State Board of Education with the advice of the
7 Advisory Council shall prescribe the standards and make the
8 necessary rules and regulations for special education programs
9 administered by local school boards, including but not limited
10 to establishment of classes, training requirements of teachers
11 and other professional personnel, eligibility and admission of
12 pupils, the curriculum, class size limitation, building
13 programs, housing, transportation, special equipment and
14 instructional supplies, and the applications for claims for
15 reimbursement. The State Board of Education shall promulgate
16 rules and regulations for annual evaluations of the
17 effectiveness of all special education programs and annual
18 evaluation by the local school district of the individualized
19 educational program for each child for whom it provides special
20 education services.
21     A school district is responsible for the provision of
22 educational services for all school age children residing
23 within its boundaries excluding any student placed under the
24 provisions of Section 14-7.02 or any disabled student whose
25 parent or guardian lives outside of the State of Illinois as
26 described in Section 14-1.11.
27 (Source: P.A. 93-1022, eff. 8-24-04.)
 
28     (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
29     Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
30 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
31 schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
32 (A) General Provisions.
33     (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
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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
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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, the general State aid to the school
12     district shall be determined by the State Board of
13     Education in accordance with this Section as near as may be
14     applicable.
15         (d) (Blank).
16     (4) Except as provided in subsections (H) and (L), the
17 board of any district receiving any of the grants provided for
18 in this Section may apply those funds to any fund so received
19 for which that board is authorized to make expenditures by law.
20     School districts are not required to exert a minimum
21 Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance under
22 this Section.
23     (5) As used in this Section the following terms, when
24 capitalized, shall have the meaning ascribed herein:
25         (a) "Average Daily Attendance": A count of pupil
26     attendance in school, averaged as provided for in
27     subsection (C) and utilized in deriving per pupil financial
28     support levels.
29         (b) "Available Local Resources": A computation of
30     local financial support, calculated on the basis of Average
31     Daily Attendance and derived as provided pursuant to
32     subsection (D).
33         (c) "Corporate Personal Property Replacement Taxes":
34     Funds paid to local school districts pursuant to "An Act in
35     relation to the abolition of ad valorem personal property
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1     amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
2     connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
3     amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
4         (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
5     financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
6         (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
7     taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
8     Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
9     Education Building purposes.
 
10 (B) Foundation Level.
11     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
12 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
13 support that should be available to provide for the basic
14 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
15 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
16 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
17 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
18 district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
19 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
20 district.
21     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
22 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
23 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
24 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
25 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
26 Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
27 Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
28 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964.
29     (3) For the 2005-2006 2004-2005 school year and each school
30 year thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $5,164
31 $4,964 $5,060 or such greater amount as may be established by
32 law by the General Assembly.
 
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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
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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
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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
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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;
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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
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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
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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
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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 school year, and 2004-2005 school year,
10 and 2005-2006 school year only, the grant shall be no less than
11 the grant for the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2006-2007
12 2005-2006 school year only, the grant shall be no less than the
13 grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.66. For the
14 2007-2008 2006-2007 school year only, the grant shall be no
15 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
16 0.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
17 contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
18 grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
19 subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
20 prorated.
21     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
22 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
23 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
24 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
25 of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
26 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
27 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
28 the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
29 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
30 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
31 paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
32 received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
33 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
34 received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
35 of 0.75 multiplied by the difference between the grant amount
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1 (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
2 the 2002-2003 school year.
3     (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
4 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
5 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
6 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
7 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
8 this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
9 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
10 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
11 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
12 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
13     (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
14 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
15 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
16 from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
17 $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
18         (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
19     attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
20     number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
21     eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
22     breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
23     and under the National School Lunch Act during the
24     immediately preceding school year.
25         (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
26     and general State aid among attendance centers according to
27     these requirements shall not be compensated for or
28     contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
29     appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
30     Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
31     in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
32     to the opening of school.
33         (c) Each attendance center shall be provided by the
34     school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
35     other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
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1     supplemental general State aid provided by application of
2     this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
3     noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
4     by the school district to the attendance centers.
5         (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
6     by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
7     required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
8     may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
9     for any lawful school purpose.
10         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
11     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
12     the discretion of the principal and local school council
13     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
14     qualifying schools through the following programs and
15     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
16     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
17     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
18     other educationally beneficial expenditures which
19     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
20     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
21     expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
22     by board rule.
23         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
24     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
25     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
26     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
27     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
28     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
29     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
30     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
31     State Board shall approve or reject the plan within 60 days
32     after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
33     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
34     within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
35     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
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1     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
2     Board of Education.
3         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
4     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
5     modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
6     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
7     shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
8     plan or modified plan is submitted.
9         If the district fails to distribute State aid to
10     attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
11     plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
12     addition to the funds otherwise required by this
13     subsection, to those attendance centers which were
14     underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
15     such underfunding.
16         For purposes of determining compliance with this
17     subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
18     center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
19     this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
20     December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
21     the prior year in addition to any modification of its
22     current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
23     failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
24     subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
25     State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
26     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
27     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
28     receipt of that notification inform the State
29     Superintendent of Education of the remedial or corrective
30     action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
31     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
32     following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
33     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
34     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
35     funds.
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1     regulations to implement the provisions of this
2     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
3     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
4     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
5     Education.
 
6 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
7     (1) For a new school district formed by combining property
8 included totally within 2 or more previously existing school
9 districts, for its first year of existence the general State
10 aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under this
11 Section shall be computed for the new district and for the
12 previously existing districts for which property is totally
13 included within the new district. If the computation on the
14 basis of the previously existing districts is greater, a
15 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
16 the first 4 years of existence of the new district.
17     (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
18 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for the
19 first year during which the change of boundaries attributable
20 to such annexation becomes effective for all purposes as
21 determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general State aid and
22 supplemental general State aid calculated under this Section
23 shall be computed for the annexing district as constituted
24 after the annexation and for the annexing and each annexed
25 district as constituted prior to the annexation; and if the
26 computation on the basis of the annexing and annexed districts
27 as constituted prior to the annexation is greater, a
28 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
29 the first 4 years of existence of the annexing school district
30 as constituted upon such annexation.
31     (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of the
32 territory of one or more entire other school districts, and for
33 2 or more community unit districts which result upon the
34 division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of one or
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1 together include all of the parts into which such other unit
2 school district or districts are so divided, for the first year
3 during which the change of boundaries attributable to such
4 annexation or division becomes effective for all purposes as
5 determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10, as the case may be, the
6 general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated
7 under this Section shall be computed for each annexing or
8 resulting district as constituted after the annexation or
9 division and for each annexing and annexed district, or for
10 each resulting and divided district, as constituted prior to
11 the annexation or division; and if the aggregate of the general
12 State aid and supplemental general State aid as so computed for
13 the annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
14 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
15 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
16 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
17 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
18 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
19 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among the
20 annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
21 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
22 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
23 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
24 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
25 annexed or divided district or districts which is annexed to or
26 included in each such annexing or resulting district bears to
27 the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or divided
28 district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is determined
29 for the school year last ending prior to the date when the
30 change of boundaries attributable to the annexation or division
31 becomes effective for all purposes. The amount of the total
32 difference payment and the amount thereof to be allocated to
33 the annexing or resulting districts shall be computed by the
34 State Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and
35 other data which shall be certified to the State Board of
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1 the regional superintendent of schools for each educational
2 service region in which the annexing and annexed districts, or
3 resulting and divided districts are located.
4     (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
5 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
6 provided under this Section.
7     (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
8 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
9 pursuant to this Section.
 
10 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
11     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
12 the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
13 with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
14 which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
15 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
16 was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
17 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
18 Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
19 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
20 school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
21 made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
22 general State aid in combination with supplemental general
23 State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
24 receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
25 of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
26 received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
27 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
28 Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
29 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
30     (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
31 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
32 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
33 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
34 school year that in any such school year is less than the
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1 district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
2 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
3 for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
4 that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
5 State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
6     (3) (Blank).
 
7 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
8     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
9 of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
10 this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
11 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
12 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
13 it deems necessary.
14     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
15 school which is created and operated by a public university and
16 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
17 of a public university which receives funds from the State
18 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
19 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
20 district, if that district is already sending 50 or more
21 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
22 board of a student's district of residence and the university
23 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
24 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
25 disabilities in a special education program.
26     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
27 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
28 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
29 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
30 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
31 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
32 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
33 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
34 with a school district or a public community college district
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1 more than one educational service region may be established by
2 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
3 educational service regions. An alternative school serving
4 more than one educational service region may be operated under
5 such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
6 educational service regions may agree.
7     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
8 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
9 State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
10 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
11 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
12 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
13 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
14 determined under this Section.
 
15 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
16     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
17 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
18 general State aid otherwise payable to that district under this
19 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
20 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
21 the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
22 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
23 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
24 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
25 remainder of general State school aid for any such district
26 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
27 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
28 Article.
29     (2) (Blank).
30     (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
31 provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
32 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
33     The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
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1 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
2 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
3 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
4 business, and the general public. One of the members so
5 appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
6 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
7 initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
8 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
9 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
10 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
11 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
12 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
13 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
14 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
15 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
16 by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
17 after all 5 members are appointed, shall determine 2 of their
18 number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
19 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
20 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
21 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
22 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
23 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
24 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
25 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
26 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
27 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
28 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
29 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
30 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
31 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
32 made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
33 vacancies.
34     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
35 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
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1 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
2 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
3 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
4 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
5 Governor as in the case of vacancies.
6     The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
7 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
8 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
9 its responsibilities.
10     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
11 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
12 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
13 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
14 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
15 for the supplemental general State aid grant level under
16 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
17 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
18 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
19 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
20 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
21 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
22 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
23 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
24 (N) (Blank).
 
25 (O) References.
26     (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
27 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
28 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
29 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
30 extent that those references remain applicable.
31     (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
32 be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
33 provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 

 

 

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1 (P) Public Act 93-838 This amendatory Act of the 93rd General
2 Assembly and Public Act 93-808 House Bill 4266 of the 93rd
3 General Assembly make inconsistent changes to this Section. If
4 House Bill 4266 becomes law, then Under Section 6 of the
5 Statute on Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between
6 Public Act 93-808 and Public Act 93-838 House Bill 4266 and
7 this amendatory Act. Public Act 93-838 This amendatory Act,
8 being the last acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public
9 Act 93-838 this amendatory Act is the law regardless of the
10 text of Public Act 93-808 House Bill 4266.
11 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29,
12 eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff. 8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,
13 eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03; 93-715,
14 eff. 7-12-04; 93-808, eff. 7-26-04; 93-838, eff. 7-30-04;
15 93-875, eff. 8-6-04; revised 5-26-05.)
 
16     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
17 2005.