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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 529
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 529, AS AMENDED,
3 with reference to the page and line numbers of House
4 Amendment No. 1, on page 7, by inserting below line 20 the
5 following:
6 "Section 70. The Public Community College Act is amended
7 by changing Section 2-16.02 as follows:
8 (110 ILCS 805/2-16.02) (from Ch. 122, par. 102-16.02)
9 Sec. 2-16.02. Any community college district that
10 maintains a community college recognized by the State Board
11 shall receive, when eligible, grants enumerated in this
12 Section. Funded semester credit hours or other measures as
13 specified by the State Board shall be used to distribute
14 grants to community colleges. Except for equalization grants,
15 retirees health insurance grants, grants to districts
16 established pursuant to Section 6-6.1, and grants for special
17 initiatives, all grants specified in this Section shall be
18 based on funded semester credit hours. Funded semester
19 credit hours shall be defined, for purposes of this Section,
20 as the greater of (1) the number of semester credit hours, or
21 equivalent, in all funded instructional categories of
22 students who have been certified as being in attendance at
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1 midterm during the respective terms of the base fiscal year
2 or (2) the average of semester credit hours, or equivalent,
3 in all funded instructional categories of students who have
4 been certified as being in attendance at midterm during the
5 respective terms of the base fiscal year and the 2 prior
6 fiscal years. For purposes of this Section, "base fiscal
7 year" means the fiscal year 2 years prior to the fiscal year
8 for which the grants are appropriated. Such students shall
9 have been residents of Illinois and shall have been enrolled
10 in courses that are part of instructional program categories
11 approved by the State Board and that are applicable toward an
12 associate degree or certificate. Courses are not eligible
13 for reimbursement where the district receives federal or
14 State financing or both, except financing through the State
15 Board, for 50% or more of the program costs with the
16 exception of courses offered by contract with the Department
17 of Corrections in correctional institutions. After
18 distributing a grant of up to one-tenth of 1% of the total
19 available credit hour grant funding to each district with
20 less than 75,000 funded semester credit hours exclusive of
21 Department of Corrections credit hours, the remaining Credit
22 hour grants shall be paid based on rates per funded semester
23 credit hour or equivalent calculated by the State Board for
24 funded instructional categories using cost of instruction,
25 enrollment, inflation, and other relevant factors. Small
26 district grants, in an amount to be determined by the State
27 Board, shall be made to each district with less than 75,000
28 funded semester credit hours, exclusive of Department of
29 Corrections credit hours.
30 Grants for Equalization grants shall be distributed to
31 each district that falls below a statewide threshold
32 calculated by the State Board by determining a local revenue
33 factor for each district by: (A) adding (1) each district's
34 the Corporate Personal Property Replacement Fund allocations
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1 from the base fiscal year or the average of the base fiscal
2 year and prior year, whichever is less, divided by the
3 applicable statewide average tax rate to (2) the district's
4 most recently audited year's equalized assessed valuation or
5 the average of the most recently audited year and prior year,
6 whichever is less, (B) then dividing by the district's number
7 of audited full-time equivalent resident students for the
8 base fiscal year or the average for the base fiscal year and
9 the 2 prior fiscal years, whichever is greater, and (C) then
10 multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax rate.
11 The State Board shall calculate a statewide weighted average
12 threshold by applying use the same methodology to the totals
13 of all districts' Corporate Personal Property Tax Replacement
14 Fund allocations, equalized assessed valuations, and audited
15 full-time equivalent district resident students and
16 multiplying by the applicable statewide average tax rate
17 calculate a local revenue factor for each district. The
18 difference between the statewide weighted average threshold
19 and the local revenue factor, multiplied by the number of
20 full-time equivalent resident students, shall determine the
21 amount of equalization funding that each district is eligible
22 to receive. A percentage factor, as determined by the State
23 Board, may be applied to the statewide threshold as a method
24 for allocating equalization funding. A minimum equalization
25 grant of an amount per district as determined by the State
26 Board shall be established for any community college district
27 which qualifies for an equalization grant based upon the
28 preceding criteria, but becomes ineligible for equalization
29 funding, or would have received a grant of less than the
30 minimum equalization grant, due to threshold prorations
31 applied to reduce equalization funding. As of July 1, 1997,
32 community college districts must maintain a minimum required
33 in-district tuition rate per semester credit hour as
34 determined by the State Board. For each fiscal year between
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1 July 1, 1997 and June 30, 2001, districts not meeting the
2 minimum required rate will be subject to a percent reduction
3 of equalization funding as determined by the State Board. As
4 of July 1, 2001, districts must meet the required minimum
5 in-district tuition rate to qualify for equalization funding.
6 A special populations grant of a base amount as
7 determined by the State Board $20,000 per community college
8 shall be distributed to each community college district., and
9 Any remaining appropriated funds for special populations
10 purposes shall be distributed based on factors as determined
11 by the State Board programs with the exception of moneys
12 appropriated as grants for unique special populations
13 initiatives created by the State Board shall be distributed
14 proportionately to each community college district on the
15 basis of each district's share of the State total funded
16 semester credit hours, or equivalent, in
17 remedial/developmental and adult basic education/adult
18 secondary education courses. Each community college
19 district's expenditures of funds from those grants shall be
20 limited to courses and services related to programs for
21 educationally disadvantaged and minority students as
22 specified by the State Board.
23 A workforce preparation grant of a base grant amount as
24 determined by the State Board $35,000 shall be distributed to
25 each community college district., and Any remaining
26 appropriated funds for workforce preparation programs with
27 the exception of monies appropriated as grants for special
28 workforce preparation initiatives created by the State Board
29 shall be distributed based on factors as determined by the
30 State Board proportionately to each community college
31 district on the basis of each district's share of the State
32 total funded semester credit hours, or equivalent, in
33 business occupational, technical occupational, and health
34 occupational courses. Each community college district's
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1 expenditures of funds from those grants shall be limited to
2 workforce preparation activities and services as specified by
3 the State Board.
4 An advanced technology equipment grant shall be
5 distributed proportionately to each community college
6 district based on each district's share of the State total
7 funded semester credit hours, or equivalent, in business
8 occupational, technical occupational, and health occupational
9 courses or other measures as determined by the State Board.
10 Each community college district's expenditures of funds from
11 those grants shall be limited to procurement of equipment for
12 curricula impacted by technological advances as specified by
13 the State Board.
14 A retirees health insurance grant shall be distributed
15 proportionately to each community college district or entity
16 created pursuant to Section 3-55 based on each district's
17 share of the total number of community college retirees in
18 the State on July 1 of the fiscal year prior to the fiscal
19 year for which the grants are appropriated, as determined by
20 the State Board. Each community college district's
21 Expenditures of funds from those grants shall be limited to
22 payment of costs associated with the provision of retirees'
23 health insurance.
24 A deferred maintenance grant shall be distributed to each
25 community college district based upon criteria as determined
26 by the State Board. Each community college district's
27 expenditures of funds from those grants shall be limited to
28 deferred maintenance activities specified by the State Board.
29 A grant shall be provided to the Illinois Occupational
30 Information Coordinating Committee for the purpose of
31 providing the State Board with labor market information by
32 updating the Occupational Information System and HORIZONS
33 Career Information System and by providing labor market
34 information and technical assistance, that grant to be
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1 provided in its entirety during the first quarter of the
2 fiscal year.
3 A grant shall be provided to Community College District
4 #540, that district having been formed under the provisions
5 of Section 6-6.1, for the purpose of providing funds for the
6 district to meet operating expenses. The State Board shall
7 certify, prepare, and submit to the State Comptroller during
8 August of the fiscal year a voucher setting forth a one-time
9 payment of any Education Assistance Fund appropriation, and
10 during November, February, and May of the fiscal year a
11 voucher setting forth equal payments of General Revenue Fund
12 appropriations. The Comptroller shall cause a warrant to be
13 drawn for the amount due, payable to Community College
14 District #540, within 15 days following the receipt of each
15 such voucher.
16 The State Board shall distribute such other special
17 grants as may be authorized or appropriated by the General
18 Assembly.
19 Each community college district entitled to State grants
20 under this Section must submit a report of its enrollment to
21 the State Board not later than 30 days following the end of
22 each semester, quarter, or term in a format prescribed by the
23 State Board. These semester credit hours, or equivalent,
24 shall be certified by each district on forms provided by the
25 State Board. Each district's certified semester credit
26 hours, or equivalent, are subject to audit pursuant to
27 Section 3-22.1.
28 The State Board shall certify, prepare, and submit to the
29 State Comptroller during August, November, February, and May
30 of each fiscal year vouchers setting forth an amount equal to
31 25% of the districts' total grants approved by the State
32 Board for credit hour grants, small district grants, special
33 populations grants, workforce preparation grants,
34 equalization grants, advanced technology equipment grants,
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1 deferred maintenance grants, and retirees health insurance
2 grants. The State Board shall prepare and submit to the State
3 Comptroller vouchers for special initiatives grant payments
4 as set forth in the contracts executed pursuant to
5 appropriations received for special initiatives. The
6 Comptroller shall cause his warrants to be drawn for the
7 respective amounts due, payable to each community college
8 district, within 15 days following the receipt of such
9 vouchers. If the amount appropriated for grants is different
10 from the amount provided for such grants under this Act, the
11 grants shall be proportionately reduced or increased
12 accordingly.
13 For the purposes of this Section, "resident student"
14 means a student in a community college district who maintains
15 residency in that district or meets other residency
16 definitions established by the State Board, and who was
17 enrolled either in one of the approved instructional program
18 categories in that district, or in another community college
19 district to which the resident's district is paying tuition
20 under Section 6-2 or with which the resident's district has
21 entered into a cooperative agreement in lieu of such tuition.
22 For the purposes of this Section, a "full-time
23 equivalent" student is equal to 30 semester credit hours.
24 The Illinois Community College Board Contracts and Grants
25 Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Items of
26 income to this fund shall include any grants, awards,
27 endowments, or like proceeds, and where appropriate, other
28 funds made available through contracts with governmental,
29 public, and private agencies or persons. The General
30 Assembly shall from time to time make appropriations payable
31 from such fund for the support, improvement, and expenses of
32 the State Board and Illinois community college districts.
33 (Source: P.A. 88-103; 88-553; 89-141, eff. 7-14-95; 89-281,
34 eff. 8-10-95; 89-473, eff. 6-18-96; 89-626, eff. 8-9-96.)".