Full Text of SB2548 96th General Assembly
SB2548 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010 SB2548
Introduced 1/13/2010, by Sen. Deanna Demuzio SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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110 ILCS 805/2-16.02 |
from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02 |
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Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall certify, prepare, and submit monthly vouchers (rather than quarterly vouchers) to the State Comptroller
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forth an amount equal to one-twelfth (instead of 25%) of the grants approved by the State Board for base
operating grants and equalization grants. Effective July 1, 2010.
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A BILL FOR
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SB2548 |
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| AN ACT concerning education.
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| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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| represented in the General Assembly:
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| Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by | 5 |
| changing Section 2-16.02 as follows:
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| (110 ILCS 805/2-16.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02)
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| Sec. 2-16.02. Grants. Any community college district that | 8 |
| maintains a
community college recognized by the State Board | 9 |
| shall receive, when eligible,
grants enumerated in this | 10 |
| Section. Funded semester credit hours or other
measures or both | 11 |
| as specified by the State Board shall be used to distribute
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| grants to community colleges. Funded semester credit hours | 13 |
| shall be defined,
for purposes of this Section, as the greater | 14 |
| of
(1) the number of semester credit hours, or equivalent, in | 15 |
| all funded
instructional categories of students who have been | 16 |
| certified as being in
attendance at midterm during the | 17 |
| respective terms of the base fiscal year or
(2) the average of | 18 |
| semester credit hours, or equivalent, in all funded
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| instructional categories of students who have been certified as | 20 |
| being in
attendance at midterm during the respective terms of | 21 |
| the base fiscal year and
the 2 prior fiscal years. For purposes | 22 |
| of this Section, "base fiscal year"
means the fiscal year 2 | 23 |
| years prior to the fiscal year for which the grants are
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| appropriated. Such students shall have been residents of | 2 |
| Illinois and shall
have been enrolled in courses that are part | 3 |
| of instructional program categories
approved by the State Board | 4 |
| and that are applicable toward an associate degree
or | 5 |
| certificate.
Courses that are eligible for reimbursement are | 6 |
| those courses for which
the district pays 50% or more of the | 7 |
| program costs from unrestricted
revenue sources, with the | 8 |
| exception of courses offered by contract with
the Department of | 9 |
| Corrections in correctional institutions. For the
purposes of | 10 |
| this Section, "unrestricted revenue sources" means those
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| revenues in which the provider of the revenue imposes no | 12 |
| financial
limitations upon the district as it relates to the | 13 |
| expenditure of the funds. Base operating grants shall be paid | 14 |
| based on rates per funded
semester credit hour or equivalent | 15 |
| calculated by the State Board for funded
instructional | 16 |
| categories using cost of instruction, enrollment, inflation, | 17 |
| and
other relevant factors. A portion of the base operating | 18 |
| grant shall be
allocated on the basis of non-residential gross | 19 |
| square footage of space
maintained by the district.
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| Equalization grants shall be calculated by the State Board | 21 |
| by determining a
local revenue factor for each district by: (A) | 22 |
| adding (1)
each district's Corporate Personal Property | 23 |
| Replacement Fund
allocations from the base
fiscal year or the | 24 |
| average of the base fiscal year and prior year, whichever is
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| less, divided by the applicable statewide average tax rate to | 26 |
| (2) the
district's most recently audited
year's equalized |
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| assessed valuation or the average of the most recently audited
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| year and prior year, whichever is less, (B) then dividing by | 3 |
| the district's
audited full-time equivalent resident students | 4 |
| for the base fiscal year or the
average for the base fiscal | 5 |
| year and the 2 prior fiscal years, whichever is
greater, and | 6 |
| (C) then multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax
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| rate. The State Board
shall calculate a statewide weighted | 8 |
| average threshold by applying
the same methodology to the | 9 |
| totals of all districts' Corporate Personal
Property Tax | 10 |
| Replacement Fund allocations, equalized assessed valuations, | 11 |
| and
audited full-time equivalent district resident students | 12 |
| and multiplying by the
applicable statewide average tax rate. | 13 |
| The difference between the statewide
weighted average | 14 |
| threshold and the local revenue
factor, multiplied by the | 15 |
| number of full-time equivalent resident students,
shall | 16 |
| determine the amount of equalization funding that each district | 17 |
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eligible to receive. A percentage factor, as determined by | 18 |
| the State Board,
may be applied to the statewide threshold as a | 19 |
| method for allocating
equalization funding. A minimum | 20 |
| equalization grant of an amount per district
as determined by | 21 |
| the State Board shall be established for any community college
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| district which qualifies for an equalization grant based upon | 23 |
| the preceding
criteria, but becomes ineligible for | 24 |
| equalization funding, or would have
received a grant of less | 25 |
| than the minimum equalization grant, due to threshold
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| prorations applied to reduce equalization funding.
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| 1, 2004, a community college district must maintain a
minimum | 2 |
| required combined in-district tuition and universal fee rate | 3 |
| per
semester credit hour equal to 85% of the State-average | 4 |
| combined rate, as
determined by the State Board, for | 5 |
| equalization funding. As of July 1,
2004, a community college | 6 |
| district must maintain a minimum required
operating tax rate | 7 |
| equal to at least 95% of its maximum authorized tax
rate to | 8 |
| qualify for equalization funding. This 95% minimum tax rate
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| requirement shall be based upon the maximum operating tax rate | 10 |
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limited by the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law.
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| The State Board shall distribute such other grants as may | 12 |
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authorized or appropriated by the General Assembly.
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| Each community college district entitled to State grants | 14 |
| under this
Section must submit a report of its enrollment to | 15 |
| the State Board not later
than 30 days following the end of | 16 |
| each semester, quarter, or term in a
format prescribed by the | 17 |
| State Board. These semester credit hours, or
equivalent, shall | 18 |
| be certified by each district on forms provided by the
State | 19 |
| Board. Each district's certified semester credit hours, or | 20 |
| equivalent,
are subject to audit pursuant to Section 3-22.1.
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| The State Board shall certify, prepare, and submit monthly | 22 |
| vouchers to the State Comptroller
during August, November, | 23 |
| February, and May of each fiscal year vouchers setting
forth an | 24 |
| amount equal to one-twelfth 25% of the grants approved by the | 25 |
| State Board for base
operating grants and equalization grants. | 26 |
| The State Board shall prepare and
submit to the State |
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| Comptroller vouchers for payments of other grants as
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| appropriated by the General Assembly. If the amount | 3 |
| appropriated for grants
is different from the amount provided | 4 |
| for such grants under this Act, the
grants shall be | 5 |
| proportionately reduced or increased accordingly.
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| For the purposes of this Section, "resident student" means | 7 |
| a student in a
community college district who maintains | 8 |
| residency in that district or
meets other residency definitions | 9 |
| established by the State Board, and who
was enrolled either in | 10 |
| one of the approved instructional program categories
in that | 11 |
| district, or in another community college district to which the
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| resident's district is paying tuition under Section 6-2 or with | 13 |
| which the
resident's district has entered into a cooperative | 14 |
| agreement in lieu of such
tuition.
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| For the purposes of this Section, a "full-time equivalent" | 16 |
| student is
equal to 30 semester credit hours.
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| The Illinois Community College Board Contracts and Grants | 18 |
| Fund is hereby
created in the State Treasury. Items of income | 19 |
| to this fund shall include
any grants, awards, endowments, or | 20 |
| like proceeds, and where appropriate,
other funds made | 21 |
| available through contracts with governmental, public, and
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| private agencies or persons. The General Assembly shall from | 23 |
| time to time
make appropriations payable from such fund for the | 24 |
| support, improvement,
and expenses of the State Board and | 25 |
| Illinois community college
districts.
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| (Source: P.A. 93-21, eff. 7-1-03.)
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| Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1, | 2 |
| 2010.
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