Rep. Gary Hannig

Filed: 5/30/2005

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1815

2     AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1815, AS AMENDED,
3 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
4 following:
 
5     "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the
6 FY2006 Budget Implementation (Education) Act.
 
7     Section 5. Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to make
8 changes in State programs that are necessary to implement the
9 Governor's FY2006 budget recommendations concerning education.
 
10     Section 10. The State Finance Act is amended by adding
11 Section 5.640, by changing and renumbering Section 6z-65, added
12 by Public Act 93-838, and by changing Sections 6z-66 and 6z-67
13 as follows:
 
14     (30 ILCS 105/5.640 new)
15     Sec. 5.640. The State Board of Education Special Purpose
16 Trust Fund.
 
17     (30 ILCS 105/6z-65.5)
18     Sec. 6z-65.5 6z-65. SBE Federal Department of Education
19 Fund. The SBE Federal Department of Education Fund is created
20 as a federal trust fund in the State treasury. This fund is
21 established to receive funds from the federal Department of

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1 expenses of the State Board of Education. However,
2 non-appropriated spending is allowed for the refund of
3 unexpended grant moneys to the federal government.
4 (Source: P.A. 93-838, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
5     Section 15. The School Code is amended by adding Section
6 2-3.127a and by changing Sections 2-3.131, 14-8.01, and 18-8.05
7 as follows:
 
8     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.127a new)
9     Sec. 2-3.127a. The State Board of Education Special Purpose
10 Trust Fund. The State Board of Education Special Purpose Trust
11 Fund is created as a special fund in the State treasury. Unless
12 specifically directed to be deposited into other funds, all
13 moneys received by the State Board of Education from gifts,
14 grants, or donations from any source, public or private, shall
15 be deposited into this Fund. Moneys in this Fund shall be used,
16 subject to appropriation by the General Assembly, by the State
17 Board of Education for the purposes established by the gifts,
18 grants, or donations.
 
19     (105 ILCS 5/2-3.131)
20     Sec. 2-3.131. Transitional assistance payments.
21     (a) If the amount that the State Board of Education will
22 pay to a school district from fiscal year 2004 appropriations,
23 as estimated by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2004,
24 is less than the amount that the State Board of Education paid
25 to the school district from fiscal year 2003 appropriations,
26 then, subject to appropriation, the State Board of Education
27 shall make a fiscal year 2004 transitional assistance payment
28 to the school district in an amount equal to the difference
29 between the estimated amount to be paid from fiscal year 2004
30 appropriations and the amount paid from fiscal year 2003
31 appropriations.

 

 

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1     (b) If the amount that the State Board of Education will
2 pay to a school district from fiscal year 2005 appropriations,
3 as estimated by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2005,
4 is less than the amount that the State Board of Education paid
5 to the school district from fiscal year 2004 appropriations,
6 then the State Board of Education shall make a fiscal year 2005
7 transitional assistance payment to the school district in an
8 amount equal to the difference between the estimated amount to
9 be paid from fiscal year 2005 appropriations and the amount
10 paid from fiscal year 2004 appropriations.
11     (c) If the amount that the State Board of Education will
12 pay to a school district from fiscal year 2006 appropriations,
13 as estimated by the State Board of Education on April 1, 2006,
14 is less than the amount that the State Board of Education paid
15 to the school district from fiscal year 2005 appropriations,
16 then the State Board of Education shall make a fiscal year 2006
17 transitional assistance payment to the school district in an
18 amount equal to the difference between the estimated amount to
19 be paid from fiscal year 2006 appropriations and the amount
20 paid from fiscal year 2005 appropriations.
21 (Source: P.A. 93-21, eff. 7-1-03; 93-838, eff. 7-30-04.)
 
22     (105 ILCS 5/14-8.01)  (from Ch. 122, par. 14-8.01)
23     Sec. 14-8.01. Supervision of special education buildings
24 and facilities. All special educational facilities, building
25 programs, housing, and all educational programs for the types
26 of disabled children defined in Section 14-1.02 shall be under
27 the supervision of and subject to the approval of the State
28 Board of Education.
29     All special education facilities, building programs, and
30 housing shall comply with the building code authorized by
31 Section 2-3.12.
32     All educational programs for children with disabilities as
33 defined in Section 14-1.02 administered by any State agency

 

 

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1 shall be under the general supervision of the State Board of
2 Education. Such supervision shall be limited to insuring that
3 such educational programs meet standards jointly developed and
4 agreed to by both the State Board of Education and the
5 operating State agency, including standards for educational
6 personnel.
7     Any State agency providing special educational programs
8 for children with disabilities as defined in Section 14-1.02
9 shall promulgate rules and regulations, in consultation with
10 the State Board of Education and pursuant to the Illinois
11 Administrative Procedure Act as now or hereafter amended, to
12 insure that all such programs comply with this Section and
13 Section 14-8.02.
14     No otherwise qualified disabled child receiving special
15 education and related services under Article 14 shall solely by
16 reason of his or her disability be excluded from the
17 participation in or be denied the benefits of or be subjected
18 to discrimination under any program or activity provided by a
19 State agency.
20     State agencies providing special education and related
21 services, including room and board, either directly or through
22 grants or purchases of services shall continue to provide these
23 services according to current law and practice. Room and board
24 costs not provided by a State agency other than the State Board
25 of Education shall be provided by the State Board of Education
26 to the extent of available funds. An amount equal to one-half
27 of the State education agency's share of IDEA PART B federal
28 monies, or so much thereof as may actually be needed, shall
29 annually be appropriated to pay for the additional costs of
30 providing for room and board for those children placed pursuant
31 to Section 14-7.02 of this Code and, after all such room and
32 board costs are paid, for similar expenditures for children
33 served pursuant to Section 14-7.02 or 14-7.02b of this Code.
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1 those school districts with students costing in excess of 4
2 times the district's per capita tuition charge and then to
3 community based programs that serve as alternatives to
4 residential placements.
5     Beginning with Fiscal Year 1997 and continuing through
6 Fiscal Year 2000, 100% of the former Chapter I, Section 89-313
7 federal funds shall be allocated by the State Board of
8 Education in the same manner as IDEA, PART B "flow through"
9 funding to local school districts, joint agreements, and
10 special education cooperatives for the maintenance of
11 instructional and related support services to students with
12 disabilities. However, beginning with Fiscal Year 1998, the
13 total IDEA Part B discretionary funds available to the State
14 Board of Education shall not exceed the maximum permissible
15 under federal law or 20% of the total federal funds available
16 to the State, whichever is less. In no case shall the aggregate
17 IDEA Part B discretionary funds received by the State Board of
18 Education exceed the amount of IDEA Part B discretionary funds
19 available to the State Board of Education for Fiscal Year 1997,
20 excluding any carryover funds from prior fiscal years,
21 increased by 3% for Fiscal Year 1998 and increased by an
22 additional 3% for each fiscal year thereafter. After all room
23 and board payments and similar expenditures are made by the
24 State Board of Education as required by this Section, the State
25 Board of Education may use the remaining funds for
26 administration and for providing discretionary activities.
27 However, the State Board of Education may use no more than 25%
28 of its available IDEA Part B discretionary funds for
29 administrative services.
30     Special education and related services included in the
31 child's individualized educational program which are not
32 provided by another State agency shall be included in the
33 special education and related services provided by the State
34 Board of Education and the local school district.

 

 

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1     The State Board of Education with the advice of the
2 Advisory Council shall prescribe the standards and make the
3 necessary rules and regulations for special education programs
4 administered by local school boards, including but not limited
5 to establishment of classes, training requirements of teachers
6 and other professional personnel, eligibility and admission of
7 pupils, the curriculum, class size limitation, building
8 programs, housing, transportation, special equipment and
9 instructional supplies, and the applications for claims for
10 reimbursement. The State Board of Education shall promulgate
11 rules and regulations for annual evaluations of the
12 effectiveness of all special education programs and annual
13 evaluation by the local school district of the individualized
14 educational program for each child for whom it provides special
15 education services.
16     A school district is responsible for the provision of
17 educational services for all school age children residing
18 within its boundaries excluding any student placed under the
19 provisions of Section 14-7.02 or any disabled student whose
20 parent or guardian lives outside of the State of Illinois as
21 described in Section 14-1.11.
22 (Source: P.A. 93-1022, eff. 8-24-04.)
 
23     (105 ILCS 5/18-8.05)
24     Sec. 18-8.05. Basis for apportionment of general State
25 financial aid and supplemental general State aid to the common
26 schools for the 1998-1999 and subsequent school years.
 
27 (A) General Provisions.
28     (1) The provisions of this Section apply to the 1998-1999
29 and subsequent school years. The system of general State
30 financial aid provided for in this Section is designed to
31 assure that, through a combination of State financial aid and
32 required local resources, the financial support provided each

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1     tax and the replacement of revenues lost thereby, and
2     amending and repealing certain Acts and parts of Acts in
3     connection therewith", certified August 14, 1979, as
4     amended (Public Act 81-1st S.S.-1).
5         (d) "Foundation Level": A prescribed level of per pupil
6     financial support as provided for in subsection (B).
7         (e) "Operating Tax Rate": All school district property
8     taxes extended for all purposes, except Bond and Interest,
9     Summer School, Rent, Capital Improvement, and Vocational
10     Education Building purposes.
 
11 (B) Foundation Level.
12     (1) The Foundation Level is a figure established by the
13 State representing the minimum level of per pupil financial
14 support that should be available to provide for the basic
15 education of each pupil in Average Daily Attendance. As set
16 forth in this Section, each school district is assumed to exert
17 a sufficient local taxing effort such that, in combination with
18 the aggregate of general State financial aid provided the
19 district, an aggregate of State and local resources are
20 available to meet the basic education needs of pupils in the
21 district.
22     (2) For the 1998-1999 school year, the Foundation Level of
23 support is $4,225. For the 1999-2000 school year, the
24 Foundation Level of support is $4,325. For the 2000-2001 school
25 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,425. For the
26 2001-2002 school year and 2002-2003 school year, the Foundation
27 Level of support is $4,560. For the 2003-2004 school year, the
28 Foundation Level of support is $4,810. For the 2004-2005 school
29 year, the Foundation Level of support is $4,964.
30     (3) For the 2005-2006 2004-2005 school year and each school
31 year thereafter, the Foundation Level of support is $5,164
32 $4,964 $5,060 or such greater amount as may be established by
33 law by the General Assembly.
 

 

 

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

 

 

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

 

 

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1 Board of Education as provided in this subsection.
2     (2) For any school district for which Available Local
3 Resources per pupil is less than the product of 0.93 times the
4 Foundation Level, general State aid for that district shall be
5 calculated as an amount equal to the Foundation Level minus
6 Available Local Resources, multiplied by the Average Daily
7 Attendance of the school district.
8     (3) For any school district for which Available Local
9 Resources per pupil is equal to or greater than the product of
10 0.93 times the Foundation Level and less than the product of
11 1.75 times the Foundation Level, the general State aid per
12 pupil shall be a decimal proportion of the Foundation Level
13 derived using a linear algorithm. Under this linear algorithm,
14 the calculated general State aid per pupil shall decline in
15 direct linear fashion from 0.07 times the Foundation Level for
16 a school district with Available Local Resources equal to the
17 product of 0.93 times the Foundation Level, to 0.05 times the
18 Foundation Level for a school district with Available Local
19 Resources equal to the product of 1.75 times the Foundation
20 Level. The allocation of general State aid for school districts
21 subject to this paragraph 3 shall be the calculated general
22 State aid per pupil figure multiplied by the Average Daily
23 Attendance of the school district.
24     (4) For any school district for which Available Local
25 Resources per pupil equals or exceeds the product of 1.75 times
26 the Foundation Level, the general State aid for the school
27 district shall be calculated as the product of $218 multiplied
28 by the Average Daily Attendance of the school district.
29     (5) The amount of general State aid allocated to a school
30 district for the 1999-2000 school year meeting the requirements
31 set forth in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) shall be increased
32 by an amount equal to the general State aid that would have
33 been received by the district for the 1998-1999 school year by
34 utilizing the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed

 

 

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1 Valuation as calculated in paragraph (4) of subsection (G) less
2 the general State aid allotted for the 1998-1999 school year.
3 This amount shall be deemed a one time increase, and shall not
4 affect any future general State aid allocations.
 
5 (F) Compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
6     (1) Each school district shall, by July 1 of each year,
7 submit to the State Board of Education, on forms prescribed by
8 the State Board of Education, attendance figures for the school
9 year that began in the preceding calendar year. The attendance
10 information so transmitted shall identify the average daily
11 attendance figures for each month of the school year. Beginning
12 with the general State aid claim form for the 2002-2003 school
13 year, districts shall calculate Average Daily Attendance as
14 provided in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of this paragraph
15 (1).
16         (a) In districts that do not hold year-round classes,
17     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
18     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
19     to the month of May.
20         (b) In districts in which all buildings hold year-round
21     classes, days of attendance in July and August shall be
22     added to the month of September and any days of attendance
23     in June shall be added to the month of May.
24         (c) In districts in which some buildings, but not all,
25     hold year-round classes, for the non-year-round buildings,
26     days of attendance in August shall be added to the month of
27     September and any days of attendance in June shall be added
28     to the month of May. The average daily attendance for the
29     year-round buildings shall be computed as provided in
30     subdivision (b) of this paragraph (1). To calculate the
31     Average Daily Attendance for the district, the average
32     daily attendance for the year-round buildings shall be
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1     buildings for each month and added to the monthly
2     attendance of the non-year-round buildings.
3     Except as otherwise provided in this Section, days of
4 attendance by pupils shall be counted only for sessions of not
5 less than 5 clock hours of school work per day under direct
6 supervision of: (i) teachers, or (ii) non-teaching personnel or
7 volunteer personnel when engaging in non-teaching duties and
8 supervising in those instances specified in subsection (a) of
9 Section 10-22.34 and paragraph 10 of Section 34-18, with pupils
10 of legal school age and in kindergarten and grades 1 through
11 12.
12     Days of attendance by tuition pupils shall be accredited
13 only to the districts that pay the tuition to a recognized
14 school.
15     (2) Days of attendance by pupils of less than 5 clock hours
16 of school shall be subject to the following provisions in the
17 compilation of Average Daily Attendance.
18         (a) Pupils regularly enrolled in a public school for
19     only a part of the school day may be counted on the basis
20     of 1/6 day for every class hour of instruction of 40
21     minutes or more attended pursuant to such enrollment,
22     unless a pupil is enrolled in a block-schedule format of 80
23     minutes or more of instruction, in which case the pupil may
24     be counted on the basis of the proportion of minutes of
25     school work completed each day to the minimum number of
26     minutes that school work is required to be held that day.
27         (b) Days of attendance may be less than 5 clock hours
28     on the opening and closing of the school term, and upon the
29     first day of pupil attendance, if preceded by a day or days
30     utilized as an institute or teachers' workshop.
31         (c) A session of 4 or more clock hours may be counted
32     as a day of attendance upon certification by the regional
33     superintendent, and approved by the State Superintendent
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1     forced to use daily multiple sessions.
2         (d) A session of 3 or more clock hours may be counted
3     as a day of attendance (1) when the remainder of the school
4     day or at least 2 hours in the evening of that day is
5     utilized for an in-service training program for teachers,
6     up to a maximum of 5 days per school year of which a
7     maximum of 4 days of such 5 days may be used for
8     parent-teacher conferences, provided a district conducts
9     an in-service training program for teachers which has been
10     approved by the State Superintendent of Education; or, in
11     lieu of 4 such days, 2 full days may be used, in which
12     event each such day may be counted as a day of attendance;
13     and (2) when days in addition to those provided in item (1)
14     are scheduled by a school pursuant to its school
15     improvement plan adopted under Article 34 or its revised or
16     amended school improvement plan adopted under Article 2,
17     provided that (i) such sessions of 3 or more clock hours
18     are scheduled to occur at regular intervals, (ii) the
19     remainder of the school days in which such sessions occur
20     are utilized for in-service training programs or other
21     staff development activities for teachers, and (iii) a
22     sufficient number of minutes of school work under the
23     direct supervision of teachers are added to the school days
24     between such regularly scheduled sessions to accumulate
25     not less than the number of minutes by which such sessions
26     of 3 or more clock hours fall short of 5 clock hours. Any
27     full days used for the purposes of this paragraph shall not
28     be considered for computing average daily attendance. Days
29     scheduled for in-service training programs, staff
30     development activities, or parent-teacher conferences may
31     be scheduled separately for different grade levels and
32     different attendance centers of the district.
33         (e) A session of not less than one clock hour of
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1     telephone to the classroom may be counted as 1/2 day of
2     attendance, however these pupils must receive 4 or more
3     clock hours of instruction to be counted for a full day of
4     attendance.
5         (f) A session of at least 4 clock hours may be counted
6     as a day of attendance for first grade pupils, and pupils
7     in full day kindergartens, and a session of 2 or more hours
8     may be counted as 1/2 day of attendance by pupils in
9     kindergartens which provide only 1/2 day of attendance.
10         (g) For children with disabilities who are below the
11     age of 6 years and who cannot attend 2 or more clock hours
12     because of their disability or immaturity, a session of not
13     less than one clock hour may be counted as 1/2 day of
14     attendance; however for such children whose educational
15     needs so require a session of 4 or more clock hours may be
16     counted as a full day of attendance.
17         (h) A recognized kindergarten which provides for only
18     1/2 day of attendance by each pupil shall not have more
19     than 1/2 day of attendance counted in any one day. However,
20     kindergartens may count 2 1/2 days of attendance in any 5
21     consecutive school days. When a pupil attends such a
22     kindergarten for 2 half days on any one school day, the
23     pupil shall have the following day as a day absent from
24     school, unless the school district obtains permission in
25     writing from the State Superintendent of Education.
26     Attendance at kindergartens which provide for a full day of
27     attendance by each pupil shall be counted the same as
28     attendance by first grade pupils. Only the first year of
29     attendance in one kindergarten shall be counted, except in
30     case of children who entered the kindergarten in their
31     fifth year whose educational development requires a second
32     year of kindergarten as determined under the rules and
33     regulations of the State Board of Education.
 

 

 

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1 (G) Equalized Assessed Valuation Data.
2     (1) For purposes of the calculation of Available Local
3 Resources required pursuant to subsection (D), the State Board
4 of Education shall secure from the Department of Revenue the
5 value as equalized or assessed by the Department of Revenue of
6 all taxable property of every school district, together with
7 (i) the applicable tax rate used in extending taxes for the
8 funds of the district as of September 30 of the previous year
9 and (ii) the limiting rate for all school districts subject to
10 property tax extension limitations as imposed under the
11 Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
12     The Department of Revenue shall add to the equalized
13 assessed value of all taxable property of each school district
14 situated entirely or partially within a county that is or was
15 subject to the alternative general homestead exemption
16 provisions of Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code (a) (i)
17 an amount equal to the total amount by which the homestead
18 exemption allowed under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code
19 for real property situated in that school district exceeds the
20 total amount that would have been allowed in that school
21 district if the maximum reduction under Section 15-176 was (i)
22 $4,500 in Cook County or $3,500 in all other counties in tax
23 year 2003 or (ii) $5,000 in all counties in tax year 2004 and
24 thereafter and (b) (ii) an amount equal to the aggregate amount
25 for the taxable year of all additional exemptions under Section
26 15-175 of the Property Tax Code for owners with a household
27 income of $30,000 or less. The county clerk of any county that
28 is or was subject to the alternative general homestead
29 exemption provisions of Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code
30 shall annually calculate and certify to the Department of
31 Revenue for each school district all homestead exemption
32 amounts under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code and all
33 amounts of additional exemptions under Section 15-175 of the
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1 or less. It is the intent of this paragraph that if the general
2 homestead exemption for a parcel of property is determined
3 under Section 15-176 of the Property Tax Code rather than
4 Section 15-175, then the calculation of Available Local
5 Resources shall not be affected by the difference, if any,
6 between the amount of the general homestead exemption allowed
7 for that parcel of property under Section 15-176 of the
8 Property Tax Code and the amount that would have been allowed
9 had the general homestead exemption for that parcel of property
10 been determined under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax Code.
11 It is further the intent of this paragraph that if additional
12 exemptions are allowed under Section 15-175 of the Property Tax
13 Code for owners with a household income of less than $30,000,
14 then the calculation of Available Local Resources shall not be
15 affected by the difference, if any, because of those additional
16 exemptions.
17     This equalized assessed valuation, as adjusted further by
18 the requirements of this subsection, shall be utilized in the
19 calculation of Available Local Resources.
20     (2) The equalized assessed valuation in paragraph (1) shall
21 be adjusted, as applicable, in the following manner:
22         (a) For the purposes of calculating State aid under
23     this Section, with respect to any part of a school district
24     within a redevelopment project area in respect to which a
25     municipality has adopted tax increment allocation
26     financing pursuant to the Tax Increment Allocation
27     Redevelopment Act, Sections 11-74.4-1 through 11-74.4-11
28     of the Illinois Municipal Code or the Industrial Jobs
29     Recovery Law, Sections 11-74.6-1 through 11-74.6-50 of the
30     Illinois Municipal Code, no part of the current equalized
31     assessed valuation of real property located in any such
32     project area which is attributable to an increase above the
33     total initial equalized assessed valuation of such
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1     valuation of the district, until such time as all
2     redevelopment project costs have been paid, as provided in
3     Section 11-74.4-8 of the Tax Increment Allocation
4     Redevelopment Act or in Section 11-74.6-35 of the
5     Industrial Jobs Recovery Law. For the purpose of the
6     equalized assessed valuation of the district, the total
7     initial equalized assessed valuation or the current
8     equalized assessed valuation, whichever is lower, shall be
9     used until such time as all redevelopment project costs
10     have been paid.
11         (b) The real property equalized assessed valuation for
12     a school district shall be adjusted by subtracting from the
13     real property value as equalized or assessed by the
14     Department of Revenue for the district an amount computed
15     by dividing the amount of any abatement of taxes under
16     Section 18-170 of the Property Tax Code by 3.00% for a
17     district maintaining grades kindergarten through 12, by
18     2.30% for a district maintaining grades kindergarten
19     through 8, or by 1.05% for a district maintaining grades 9
20     through 12 and adjusted by an amount computed by dividing
21     the amount of any abatement of taxes under subsection (a)
22     of Section 18-165 of the Property Tax Code by the same
23     percentage rates for district type as specified in this
24     subparagraph (b).
25     (3) For the 1999-2000 school year and each school year
26 thereafter, if a school district meets all of the criteria of
27 this subsection (G)(3), the school district's Available Local
28 Resources shall be calculated under subsection (D) using the
29 district's Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation
30 as calculated under this subsection (G)(3).
31     For purposes of this subsection (G)(3) the following terms
32 shall have the following meanings:
33         "Budget Year": The school year for which general State
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1         "Base Tax Year": The property tax levy year used to
2     calculate the Budget Year allocation of general State aid.
3         "Preceding Tax Year": The property tax levy year
4     immediately preceding the Base Tax Year.
5         "Base Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of the
6     equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County Clerk
7     in the Base Tax Year multiplied by the limiting rate as
8     calculated by the County Clerk and defined in the Property
9     Tax Extension Limitation Law.
10         "Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension": The product of
11     the equalized assessed valuation utilized by the County
12     Clerk in the Preceding Tax Year multiplied by the Operating
13     Tax Rate as defined in subsection (A).
14         "Extension Limitation Ratio": A numerical ratio,
15     certified by the County Clerk, in which the numerator is
16     the Base Tax Year's Tax Extension and the denominator is
17     the Preceding Tax Year's Tax Extension.
18         "Operating Tax Rate": The operating tax rate as defined
19     in subsection (A).
20     If a school district is subject to property tax extension
21 limitations as imposed under the Property Tax Extension
22 Limitation Law, the State Board of Education shall calculate
23 the Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of that
24 district. For the 1999-2000 school year, the Extension
25 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as
26 calculated by the State Board of Education shall be equal to
27 the product of the district's 1996 Equalized Assessed Valuation
28 and the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. For the
29 2000-2001 school year and each school year thereafter, the
30 Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school
31 district as calculated by the State Board of Education shall be
32 equal to the product of the Equalized Assessed Valuation last
33 used in the calculation of general State aid and the district's
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1 Equalized Assessed Valuation of a school district as calculated
2 under this subsection (G)(3) is less than the district's
3 equalized assessed valuation as calculated pursuant to
4 subsections (G)(1) and (G)(2), then for purposes of calculating
5 the district's general State aid for the Budget Year pursuant
6 to subsection (E), that Extension Limitation Equalized
7 Assessed Valuation shall be utilized to calculate the
8 district's Available Local Resources under subsection (D).
9     (4) For the purposes of calculating general State aid for
10 the 1999-2000 school year only, if a school district
11 experienced a triennial reassessment on the equalized assessed
12 valuation used in calculating its general State financial aid
13 apportionment for the 1998-1999 school year, the State Board of
14 Education shall calculate the Extension Limitation Equalized
15 Assessed Valuation that would have been used to calculate the
16 district's 1998-1999 general State aid. This amount shall equal
17 the product of the equalized assessed valuation used to
18 calculate general State aid for the 1997-1998 school year and
19 the district's Extension Limitation Ratio. If the Extension
20 Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation of the school district
21 as calculated under this paragraph (4) is less than the
22 district's equalized assessed valuation utilized in
23 calculating the district's 1998-1999 general State aid
24 allocation, then for purposes of calculating the district's
25 general State aid pursuant to paragraph (5) of subsection (E),
26 that Extension Limitation Equalized Assessed Valuation shall
27 be utilized to calculate the district's Available Local
28 Resources.
29     (5) For school districts having a majority of their
30 equalized assessed valuation in any county except Cook, DuPage,
31 Kane, Lake, McHenry, or Will, if the amount of general State
32 aid allocated to the school district for the 1999-2000 school
33 year under the provisions of subsection (E), (H), and (J) of
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1 allocated to the district for the 1998-1999 school year under
2 these subsections, then the general State aid of the district
3 for the 1999-2000 school year only shall be increased by the
4 difference between these amounts. The total payments made under
5 this paragraph (5) shall not exceed $14,000,000. Claims shall
6 be prorated if they exceed $14,000,000.
 
7 (H) Supplemental General State Aid.
8     (1) In addition to the general State aid a school district
9 is allotted pursuant to subsection (E), qualifying school
10 districts shall receive a grant, paid in conjunction with a
11 district's payments of general State aid, for supplemental
12 general State aid based upon the concentration level of
13 children from low-income households within the school
14 district. Supplemental State aid grants provided for school
15 districts under this subsection shall be appropriated for
16 distribution to school districts as part of the same line item
17 in which the general State financial aid of school districts is
18 appropriated under this Section. If the appropriation in any
19 fiscal year for general State aid and supplemental general
20 State aid is insufficient to pay the amounts required under the
21 general State aid and supplemental general State aid
22 calculations, then the State Board of Education shall ensure
23 that each school district receives the full amount due for
24 general State aid and the remainder of the appropriation shall
25 be used for supplemental general State aid, which the State
26 Board of Education shall calculate and pay to eligible
27 districts on a prorated basis.
28     (1.5) This paragraph (1.5) applies only to those school
29 years preceding the 2003-2004 school year. For purposes of this
30 subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
31 shall be the low-income eligible pupil count from the most
32 recently available federal census divided by the Average Daily
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1 percentage decrease from the 2 most recent federal censuses in
2 the low-income eligible pupil count of a high school district
3 with fewer than 400 students exceeds by 75% or more the
4 percentage change in the total low-income eligible pupil count
5 of contiguous elementary school districts, whose boundaries
6 are coterminous with the high school district, or (ii) a high
7 school district within 2 counties and serving 5 elementary
8 school districts, whose boundaries are coterminous with the
9 high school district, has a percentage decrease from the 2 most
10 recent federal censuses in the low-income eligible pupil count
11 and there is a percentage increase in the total low-income
12 eligible pupil count of a majority of the elementary school
13 districts in excess of 50% from the 2 most recent federal
14 censuses, then the high school district's low-income eligible
15 pupil count from the earlier federal census shall be the number
16 used as the low-income eligible pupil count for the high school
17 district, for purposes of this subsection (H). The changes made
18 to this paragraph (1) by Public Act 92-28 shall apply to
19 supplemental general State aid grants for school years
20 preceding the 2003-2004 school year that are paid in fiscal
21 year 1999 or thereafter and to any State aid payments made in
22 fiscal year 1994 through fiscal year 1998 pursuant to
23 subsection 1(n) of Section 18-8 of this Code (which was
24 repealed on July 1, 1998), and any high school district that is
25 affected by Public Act 92-28 is entitled to a recomputation of
26 its supplemental general State aid grant or State aid paid in
27 any of those fiscal years. This recomputation shall not be
28 affected by any other funding.
29     (1.10) This paragraph (1.10) applies to the 2003-2004
30 school year and each school year thereafter. For purposes of
31 this subsection (H), the term "Low-Income Concentration Level"
32 shall, for each fiscal year, be the low-income eligible pupil
33 count as of July 1 of the immediately preceding fiscal year (as
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1 number of pupils who are eligible for at least one of the
2 following low income programs: Medicaid, KidCare, TANF, or Food
3 Stamps, excluding pupils who are eligible for services provided
4 by the Department of Children and Family Services, averaged
5 over the 2 immediately preceding fiscal years for fiscal year
6 2004 and over the 3 immediately preceding fiscal years for each
7 fiscal year thereafter) divided by the Average Daily Attendance
8 of the school district.
9     (2) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
10 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 1998-1999,
11 1999-2000, and 2000-2001 school years only:
12         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
13     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
14     grant for any school year shall be $800 multiplied by the
15     low income eligible pupil count.
16         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
17     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
18     grant for the 1998-1999 school year shall be $1,100
19     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
20         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
21     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
22     grant for the 1998-99 school year shall be $1,500
23     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
24         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
25     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for the
26     1998-99 school year shall be $1,900 multiplied by the low
27     income eligible pupil count.
28         (e) For the 1999-2000 school year, the per pupil amount
29     specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d) immediately
30     above shall be increased to $1,243, $1,600, and $2,000,
31     respectively.
32         (f) For the 2000-2001 school year, the per pupil
33     amounts specified in subparagraphs (b), (c), and (d)
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1     respectively.
2     (2.5) Supplemental general State aid pursuant to this
3 subsection (H) shall be provided as follows for the 2002-2003
4 school year:
5         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
6     Concentration Level of less than 10%, the grant for each
7     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
8     eligible pupil count.
9         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
10     Concentration Level of at least 10% and less than 20%, the
11     grant for each school year shall be $675 multiplied by the
12     low income eligible pupil count.
13         (c) For any school district with a Low Income
14     Concentration Level of at least 20% and less than 35%, the
15     grant for each school year shall be $1,330 multiplied by
16     the low income eligible pupil count.
17         (d) For any school district with a Low Income
18     Concentration Level of at least 35% and less than 50%, the
19     grant for each school year shall be $1,362 multiplied by
20     the low income eligible pupil count.
21         (e) For any school district with a Low Income
22     Concentration Level of at least 50% and less than 60%, the
23     grant for each school year shall be $1,680 multiplied by
24     the low income eligible pupil count.
25         (f) For any school district with a Low Income
26     Concentration Level of 60% or more, the grant for each
27     school year shall be $2,080 multiplied by the low income
28     eligible pupil count.
29     (2.10) Except as otherwise provided, supplemental general
30 State aid pursuant to this subsection (H) shall be provided as
31 follows for the 2003-2004 school year and each school year
32 thereafter:
33         (a) For any school district with a Low Income
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1     school year shall be $355 multiplied by the low income
2     eligible pupil count.
3         (b) For any school district with a Low Income
4     Concentration Level greater than 15%, the grant for each
5     school year shall be $294.25 added to the product of $2,700
6     and the square of the Low Income Concentration Level, all
7     multiplied by the low income eligible pupil count.
8     For the 2003-2004 school year, and 2004-2005 school year,
9 and 2005-2006 school year only, the grant shall be no less than
10 the grant for the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2006-2007
11 2005-2006 school year only, the grant shall be no less than the
12 grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by 0.66. For the
13 2007-2008 2006-2007 school year only, the grant shall be no
14 less than the grant for the 2002-2003 school year multiplied by
15 0.33. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph to the
16 contrary, if for any school year supplemental general State aid
17 grants are prorated as provided in paragraph (1) of this
18 subsection (H), then the grants under this paragraph shall be
19 prorated.
20     For the 2003-2004 school year only, the grant shall be no
21 greater than the grant received during the 2002-2003 school
22 year added to the product of 0.25 multiplied by the difference
23 between the grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b)
24 of this paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the
25 grant received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the
26 2004-2005 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than
27 the grant received during the 2002-2003 school year added to
28 the product of 0.50 multiplied by the difference between the
29 grant amount calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this
30 paragraph (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant
31 received during the 2002-2003 school year. For the 2005-2006
32 school year only, the grant shall be no greater than the grant
33 received during the 2002-2003 school year added to the product
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1 calculated under subsection (a) or (b) of this paragraph
2 (2.10), whichever is applicable, and the grant received during
3 the 2002-2003 school year.
4     (3) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
5 more than 1,000 and less than 50,000 that qualify for
6 supplemental general State aid pursuant to this subsection
7 shall submit a plan to the State Board of Education prior to
8 October 30 of each year for the use of the funds resulting from
9 this grant of supplemental general State aid for the
10 improvement of instruction in which priority is given to
11 meeting the education needs of disadvantaged children. Such
12 plan shall be submitted in accordance with rules and
13 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Education.
14     (4) School districts with an Average Daily Attendance of
15 50,000 or more that qualify for supplemental general State aid
16 pursuant to this subsection shall be required to distribute
17 from funds available pursuant to this Section, no less than
18 $261,000,000 in accordance with the following requirements:
19         (a) The required amounts shall be distributed to the
20     attendance centers within the district in proportion to the
21     number of pupils enrolled at each attendance center who are
22     eligible to receive free or reduced-price lunches or
23     breakfasts under the federal Child Nutrition Act of 1966
24     and under the National School Lunch Act during the
25     immediately preceding school year.
26         (b) The distribution of these portions of supplemental
27     and general State aid among attendance centers according to
28     these requirements shall not be compensated for or
29     contravened by adjustments of the total of other funds
30     appropriated to any attendance centers, and the Board of
31     Education shall utilize funding from one or several sources
32     in order to fully implement this provision annually prior
33     to the opening of school.
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1     school district a distribution of noncategorical funds and
2     other categorical funds to which an attendance center is
3     entitled under law in order that the general State aid and
4     supplemental general State aid provided by application of
5     this subsection supplements rather than supplants the
6     noncategorical funds and other categorical funds provided
7     by the school district to the attendance centers.
8         (d) Any funds made available under this subsection that
9     by reason of the provisions of this subsection are not
10     required to be allocated and provided to attendance centers
11     may be used and appropriated by the board of the district
12     for any lawful school purpose.
13         (e) Funds received by an attendance center pursuant to
14     this subsection shall be used by the attendance center at
15     the discretion of the principal and local school council
16     for programs to improve educational opportunities at
17     qualifying schools through the following programs and
18     services: early childhood education, reduced class size or
19     improved adult to student classroom ratio, enrichment
20     programs, remedial assistance, attendance improvement, and
21     other educationally beneficial expenditures which
22     supplement the regular and basic programs as determined by
23     the State Board of Education. Funds provided shall not be
24     expended for any political or lobbying purposes as defined
25     by board rule.
26         (f) Each district subject to the provisions of this
27     subdivision (H)(4) shall submit an acceptable plan to meet
28     the educational needs of disadvantaged children, in
29     compliance with the requirements of this paragraph, to the
30     State Board of Education prior to July 15 of each year.
31     This plan shall be consistent with the decisions of local
32     school councils concerning the school expenditure plans
33     developed in accordance with part 4 of Section 34-2.3. The
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1     after its submission. If the plan is rejected, the district
2     shall give written notice of intent to modify the plan
3     within 15 days of the notification of rejection and then
4     submit a modified plan within 30 days after the date of the
5     written notice of intent to modify. Districts may amend
6     approved plans pursuant to rules promulgated by the State
7     Board of Education.
8         Upon notification by the State Board of Education that
9     the district has not submitted a plan prior to July 15 or a
10     modified plan within the time period specified herein, the
11     State aid funds affected by that plan or modified plan
12     shall be withheld by the State Board of Education until a
13     plan or modified plan is submitted.
14         If the district fails to distribute State aid to
15     attendance centers in accordance with an approved plan, the
16     plan for the following year shall allocate funds, in
17     addition to the funds otherwise required by this
18     subsection, to those attendance centers which were
19     underfunded during the previous year in amounts equal to
20     such underfunding.
21         For purposes of determining compliance with this
22     subsection in relation to the requirements of attendance
23     center funding, each district subject to the provisions of
24     this subsection shall submit as a separate document by
25     December 1 of each year a report of expenditure data for
26     the prior year in addition to any modification of its
27     current plan. If it is determined that there has been a
28     failure to comply with the expenditure provisions of this
29     subsection regarding contravention or supplanting, the
30     State Superintendent of Education shall, within 60 days of
31     receipt of the report, notify the district and any affected
32     local school council. The district shall within 45 days of
33     receipt of that notification inform the State
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1     action to be taken, whether by amendment of the current
2     plan, if feasible, or by adjustment in the plan for the
3     following year. Failure to provide the expenditure report
4     or the notification of remedial or corrective action in a
5     timely manner shall result in a withholding of the affected
6     funds.
7         The State Board of Education shall promulgate rules and
8     regulations to implement the provisions of this
9     subsection. No funds shall be released under this
10     subdivision (H)(4) to any district that has not submitted a
11     plan that has been approved by the State Board of
12     Education.
 
13 (I) General State Aid for Newly Configured School Districts.
14     (1) For a new school district formed by combining property
15 included totally within 2 or more previously existing school
16 districts, for its first year of existence the general State
17 aid and supplemental general State aid calculated under this
18 Section shall be computed for the new district and for the
19 previously existing districts for which property is totally
20 included within the new district. If the computation on the
21 basis of the previously existing districts is greater, a
22 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
23 the first 4 years of existence of the new district.
24     (2) For a school district which annexes all of the
25 territory of one or more entire other school districts, for the
26 first year during which the change of boundaries attributable
27 to such annexation becomes effective for all purposes as
28 determined under Section 7-9 or 7A-8, the general State aid and
29 supplemental general State aid calculated under this Section
30 shall be computed for the annexing district as constituted
31 after the annexation and for the annexing and each annexed
32 district as constituted prior to the annexation; and if the
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1 as constituted prior to the annexation is greater, a
2 supplementary payment equal to the difference shall be made for
3 the first 4 years of existence of the annexing school district
4 as constituted upon such annexation.
5     (3) For 2 or more school districts which annex all of the
6 territory of one or more entire other school districts, and for
7 2 or more community unit districts which result upon the
8 division (pursuant to petition under Section 11A-2) of one or
9 more other unit school districts into 2 or more parts and which
10 together include all of the parts into which such other unit
11 school district or districts are so divided, for the first year
12 during which the change of boundaries attributable to such
13 annexation or division becomes effective for all purposes as
14 determined under Section 7-9 or 11A-10, as the case may be, the
15 general State aid and supplemental general State aid calculated
16 under this Section shall be computed for each annexing or
17 resulting district as constituted after the annexation or
18 division and for each annexing and annexed district, or for
19 each resulting and divided district, as constituted prior to
20 the annexation or division; and if the aggregate of the general
21 State aid and supplemental general State aid as so computed for
22 the annexing or resulting districts as constituted after the
23 annexation or division is less than the aggregate of the
24 general State aid and supplemental general State aid as so
25 computed for the annexing and annexed districts, or for the
26 resulting and divided districts, as constituted prior to the
27 annexation or division, then a supplementary payment equal to
28 the difference shall be made and allocated between or among the
29 annexing or resulting districts, as constituted upon such
30 annexation or division, for the first 4 years of their
31 existence. The total difference payment shall be allocated
32 between or among the annexing or resulting districts in the
33 same ratio as the pupil enrollment from that portion of the
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1 included in each such annexing or resulting district bears to
2 the total pupil enrollment from the entire annexed or divided
3 district or districts, as such pupil enrollment is determined
4 for the school year last ending prior to the date when the
5 change of boundaries attributable to the annexation or division
6 becomes effective for all purposes. The amount of the total
7 difference payment and the amount thereof to be allocated to
8 the annexing or resulting districts shall be computed by the
9 State Board of Education on the basis of pupil enrollment and
10 other data which shall be certified to the State Board of
11 Education, on forms which it shall provide for that purpose, by
12 the regional superintendent of schools for each educational
13 service region in which the annexing and annexed districts, or
14 resulting and divided districts are located.
15     (3.5) Claims for financial assistance under this
16 subsection (I) shall not be recomputed except as expressly
17 provided under this Section.
18     (4) Any supplementary payment made under this subsection
19 (I) shall be treated as separate from all other payments made
20 pursuant to this Section.
 
21 (J) Supplementary Grants in Aid.
22     (1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section,
23 the amount of the aggregate general State aid in combination
24 with supplemental general State aid under this Section for
25 which each school district is eligible shall be no less than
26 the amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that
27 was received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
28 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
29 Section) for the 1997-98 school year, pursuant to the
30 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect. If a
31 school district qualifies to receive a supplementary payment
32 made under this subsection (J), the amount of the aggregate
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1 State aid under this Section which that district is eligible to
2 receive for each school year shall be no less than the amount
3 of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that was
4 received by the district under Section 18-8 (exclusive of
5 amounts received under subsections 5(p) and 5(p-5) of that
6 Section) for the 1997-1998 school year, pursuant to the
7 provisions of that Section as it was then in effect.
8     (2) If, as provided in paragraph (1) of this subsection
9 (J), a school district is to receive aggregate general State
10 aid in combination with supplemental general State aid under
11 this Section for the 1998-99 school year and any subsequent
12 school year that in any such school year is less than the
13 amount of the aggregate general State aid entitlement that the
14 district received for the 1997-98 school year, the school
15 district shall also receive, from a separate appropriation made
16 for purposes of this subsection (J), a supplementary payment
17 that is equal to the amount of the difference in the aggregate
18 State aid figures as described in paragraph (1).
19     (3) (Blank).
 
20 (K) Grants to Laboratory and Alternative Schools.
21     In calculating the amount to be paid to the governing board
22 of a public university that operates a laboratory school under
23 this Section or to any alternative school that is operated by a
24 regional superintendent of schools, the State Board of
25 Education shall require by rule such reporting requirements as
26 it deems necessary.
27     As used in this Section, "laboratory school" means a public
28 school which is created and operated by a public university and
29 approved by the State Board of Education. The governing board
30 of a public university which receives funds from the State
31 Board under this subsection (K) may not increase the number of
32 students enrolled in its laboratory school from a single
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1 students, except under a mutual agreement between the school
2 board of a student's district of residence and the university
3 which operates the laboratory school. A laboratory school may
4 not have more than 1,000 students, excluding students with
5 disabilities in a special education program.
6     As used in this Section, "alternative school" means a
7 public school which is created and operated by a Regional
8 Superintendent of Schools and approved by the State Board of
9 Education. Such alternative schools may offer courses of
10 instruction for which credit is given in regular school
11 programs, courses to prepare students for the high school
12 equivalency testing program or vocational and occupational
13 training. A regional superintendent of schools may contract
14 with a school district or a public community college district
15 to operate an alternative school. An alternative school serving
16 more than one educational service region may be established by
17 the regional superintendents of schools of the affected
18 educational service regions. An alternative school serving
19 more than one educational service region may be operated under
20 such terms as the regional superintendents of schools of those
21 educational service regions may agree.
22     Each laboratory and alternative school shall file, on forms
23 provided by the State Superintendent of Education, an annual
24 State aid claim which states the Average Daily Attendance of
25 the school's students by month. The best 3 months' Average
26 Daily Attendance shall be computed for each school. The general
27 State aid entitlement shall be computed by multiplying the
28 applicable Average Daily Attendance by the Foundation Level as
29 determined under this Section.
 
30 (L) Payments, Additional Grants in Aid and Other Requirements.
31     (1) For a school district operating under the financial
32 supervision of an Authority created under Article 34A, the
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1 Section, but not the supplemental general State aid, shall be
2 reduced by an amount equal to the budget for the operations of
3 the Authority as certified by the Authority to the State Board
4 of Education, and an amount equal to such reduction shall be
5 paid to the Authority created for such district for its
6 operating expenses in the manner provided in Section 18-11. The
7 remainder of general State school aid for any such district
8 shall be paid in accordance with Article 34A when that Article
9 provides for a disposition other than that provided by this
10 Article.
11     (2) (Blank).
12     (3) Summer school. Summer school payments shall be made as
13 provided in Section 18-4.3.
 
14 (M) Education Funding Advisory Board.
15     The Education Funding Advisory Board, hereinafter in this
16 subsection (M) referred to as the "Board", is hereby created.
17 The Board shall consist of 5 members who are appointed by the
18 Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The
19 members appointed shall include representatives of education,
20 business, and the general public. One of the members so
21 appointed shall be designated by the Governor at the time the
22 appointment is made as the chairperson of the Board. The
23 initial members of the Board may be appointed any time after
24 the effective date of this amendatory Act of 1997. The regular
25 term of each member of the Board shall be for 4 years from the
26 third Monday of January of the year in which the term of the
27 member's appointment is to commence, except that of the 5
28 initial members appointed to serve on the Board, the member who
29 is appointed as the chairperson shall serve for a term that
30 commences on the date of his or her appointment and expires on
31 the third Monday of January, 2002, and the remaining 4 members,
32 by lots drawn at the first meeting of the Board that is held
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1 number to serve for terms that commence on the date of their
2 respective appointments and expire on the third Monday of
3 January, 2001, and 2 of their number to serve for terms that
4 commence on the date of their respective appointments and
5 expire on the third Monday of January, 2000. All members
6 appointed to serve on the Board shall serve until their
7 respective successors are appointed and confirmed. Vacancies
8 shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments. If
9 a vacancy in membership occurs at a time when the Senate is not
10 in session, the Governor shall make a temporary appointment
11 until the next meeting of the Senate, when he or she shall
12 appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a
13 person to fill that membership for the unexpired term. If the
14 Senate is not in session when the initial appointments are
15 made, those appointments shall be made as in the case of
16 vacancies.
17     The Education Funding Advisory Board shall be deemed
18 established, and the initial members appointed by the Governor
19 to serve as members of the Board shall take office, on the date
20 that the Governor makes his or her appointment of the fifth
21 initial member of the Board, whether those initial members are
22 then serving pursuant to appointment and confirmation or
23 pursuant to temporary appointments that are made by the
24 Governor as in the case of vacancies.
25     The State Board of Education shall provide such staff
26 assistance to the Education Funding Advisory Board as is
27 reasonably required for the proper performance by the Board of
28 its responsibilities.
29     For school years after the 2000-2001 school year, the
30 Education Funding Advisory Board, in consultation with the
31 State Board of Education, shall make recommendations as
32 provided in this subsection (M) to the General Assembly for the
33 foundation level under subdivision (B)(3) of this Section and
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1 subsection (H) of this Section for districts with high
2 concentrations of children from poverty. The recommended
3 foundation level shall be determined based on a methodology
4 which incorporates the basic education expenditures of
5 low-spending schools exhibiting high academic performance. The
6 Education Funding Advisory Board shall make such
7 recommendations to the General Assembly on January 1 of odd
8 numbered years, beginning January 1, 2001.
 
9 (N) (Blank).
 
10 (O) References.
11     (1) References in other laws to the various subdivisions of
12 Section 18-8 as that Section existed before its repeal and
13 replacement by this Section 18-8.05 shall be deemed to refer to
14 the corresponding provisions of this Section 18-8.05, to the
15 extent that those references remain applicable.
16     (2) References in other laws to State Chapter 1 funds shall
17 be deemed to refer to the supplemental general State aid
18 provided under subsection (H) of this Section.
 
19 (P) Public Act 93-838 This amendatory Act of the 93rd General
20 Assembly and Public Act 93-808 House Bill 4266 of the 93rd
21 General Assembly make inconsistent changes to this Section. If
22 House Bill 4266 becomes law, then Under Section 6 of the
23 Statute on Statutes there is an irreconcilable conflict between
24 Public Act 93-808 and Public Act 93-838 House Bill 4266 and
25 this amendatory Act. Public Act 93-838 This amendatory Act,
26 being the last acted upon, is controlling. The text of Public
27 Act 93-838 this amendatory Act is the law regardless of the
28 text of Public Act 93-808 House Bill 4266.
29 (Source: P.A. 92-16, eff. 6-28-01; 92-28, eff. 7-1-01; 92-29,
30 eff. 7-1-01; 92-269, eff. 8-7-01; 92-604, eff. 7-1-02; 92-636,
31 eff. 7-11-02; 92-651, eff. 7-11-02; 93-21, eff. 7-1-03; 93-715,

 

 

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1 eff. 7-12-04; 93-808, eff. 7-26-04; 93-838, eff. 7-30-04;
2 93-875, eff. 8-6-04; revised 5-26-05.)
 
3     Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
4 2005.".